Blue Lock (ブルーロック Burū Rokku?) is a shounen sports manga written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. It is currently being serialized in the Weekly Shounen Magazine.
Synopsis[]
The story begins with Japan’s elimination from the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which prompts the Japanese Football Union to start a program scouting high school players who will begin training in preparation for the 2022 Cup. Isagi Yoichi, a forward at Ichinan High School, receives an invitation to this program when his team fails to get to Nationals. Encouraged to engage in teamwork, he had passed to his less-skilled teammate – who missed – without trying to make the game-changing goal by himself. This failing, and his invitation to matriculate into this new program, establishes a basis in discussing the ideas of egoism and individual effort in sports, which appears throughout the manga and anime.
His coach becomes Ego Jinpachi, who explicitly believes that Japan lost at the World Cup due to unnecessary teamwork. Stating that he intends to “destroy Japanese loser football”, he introduces a radical new training regimen: isolate 300 young forwards in a prison-like institution called “Blue Lock” and put them through rigorous training aimed at creating “the world’s greatest egotist striker.”
List of Volumes and Chapters[]
| # | Volumes | |||
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| 1 | November 16, 2018  March 16, 2021 |
978-4-06-513400-9
978-1-63-699003-3 | ||
| Cover character(s): Yoichi Isagi |
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| 2 | January 17, 2019 April 20, 2021 |
978-4-06-514121-2
978-1-63-699057-6 | ||
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Cover character(s): Meguru Bachira |
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| 3 | March 15, 2019 May 18, 2021 |
978-4-06-514447-3
978-1-63-699103-0 | ||
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Cover character(s): Hyoma Chigiri |
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| 4 | June 17, 2019 June 15, 2021 |
978-4-06-515450-2
978-1-63-699153-5 | ||
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Cover character(s): Rensuke Kunigami |
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| 5 | August 16, 2019 July 20, 2021 |
978-4-06-516336-8
978-1-63-699231-0 | ||
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Cover character(s): Seishiro Nagi |
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| 6 | October 17, 2019 August 17, 2021 |
978-4-06-517167-7 978-1-63-699301-0 
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Cover character(s): Rin Itoshi |
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| 7 | January 17, 2020 September 21, 2021
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978-4-06-517887-4 978-1-63-699363-8
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Cover character(s): Shoei Baro |
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| 8 | March 17, 2020 October 19, 2021
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978-4-06-518559-9 978-1-63-699415-4
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Cover character(s): Reo Mikage |
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| 9 | May 15, 2020 November 16, 2021
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978-4-06-518854-5 978-1-63-699467-3
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Cover character(s): Jyubei Aryu |
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| 10 | August 17, 2020 December 21, 2021
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978-4-06-520360-6 978-1-63-699523-6
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Cover character(s): Aoshi Tokimitsu |
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| 11 | October 16, 2020 January 18, 2022
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978-4-06-521018-5 978-1-63-699561-8
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Cover character(s): Jinpachi Ego |
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| 12 | December 17, 2020 March 15, 2022
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978-4-06-521638-5 978-1-63-699660-8
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Cover character(s): Ryusei Shido |
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| 13 | March 17, 2021 May 17, 2022
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978-4-06-522073-3 978-1-68-491176-9
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Cover character(s): Tabito Karasu |
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| 14 | May 17, 2021 July 19, 2022
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978-4-06-523148-7 978-1-68-491354-1
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Cover character(s): Eita Otoya |
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| 15 | August 17, 2021 September 20, 2022
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978-4-06-524479-1 978-1-68-491445-6
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Cover character(s): Kenyu Yukimiya |
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| 16 | October 15, 2021 November 15, 2022
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978-4-06-525141-6 978-1-68-491542-2
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Cover character(s): Oliver Aiku |
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| 17 | December 17, 2021 January 17, 2023
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978-4-06-526286-3 978-1-68-491650-4
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Cover character(s): Sae Itoshi |
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| 18 | March 17, 2022 March 2, 2023
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978-4-06-527288-6 978-1-68-491854-6
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Cover character(s): Anri Teieri |
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| 19 | May 17, 2022 May 16, 2023
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978-4-06-527913-7 978-1-68-491936-9
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Cover character(s): Michael Kaiser |
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| 20 | July 15, 2022 July 18, 2023
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978-4-06-528501-5 979-8-88-933041-7
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Cover character(s): Alexis Ness |
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| 21 | October 17, 2022 September 5, 2023
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978-4-06-528501-5 979-8-88-933138-4
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Cover character(s): Ranze Kurona |
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| 22 | December 16, 2022 November 7, 2023
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978-4-06-529987-6 979-8-88-933262-6
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Cover character(s): Gin Gagamaru |
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| 23 | March 16, 2023 January 2, 2024
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978-4-06-530927-8 979-8-88-933317- 3
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Cover character(s): Jingo Raichi |
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| 24 | May 17, 2023 March 5, 2024
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978-4-06-531566-8 979-8-88-933403-3
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Cover character(s): Yo Hiori |
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| 25 | July 14, 2023 May 7, 2024
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978-4-06-532183-6 979-8-88-933488-0
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Cover character(s): Ikki Niko |
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| 26 | September 14, 2023 July 2, 2024
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978-4-06-532844-6 979-8-88-933615-0
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Cover character(s): Don Lorenzo |
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| 27 | December 15, 2023 September 3, 2024
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978-4-06-533904-6 979-8-89-478004-7
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Cover character(s): Shuto Sendo |
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| 28 | March 15, 2024 November 5, 2024
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978-4-06-534561-0 979-8-89-478154-9
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Cover character(s): Jin Kiyora |
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| 29 | May 16, 2024 |
978-4-06-535506-0
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Cover character(s): Nijiro Nanase |
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| 30 | August 16, 2024 |
978-4-06-536520-5
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Cover character(s): Zantetsu Tsurugi |
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| 31 | October 17, 2024 |
978-4-06-537047-6
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Cover character(s): Charles Chevalier |
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| 32 | December 17, 2024 |
978-4-06-537769-7
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| Cover character(s): Gurimu Igarashi |
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Chapters not yet in tankōbon[]
The following are chapters that have not yet been collected into tankōbon volumes:
- Chapter 277: Genius and Prodigy (
天才 と秀才 Tensai to Shūsai?) - Chapter 278: 〇△□ (
〇△□ Maru-san Kaku Shikaku?) - Chapter 279: Soccer Junkies (フットボールジャンキーズ Futtobōru Jankīzu?)
- Chapter 280: The Wall of the Talented (
秀才 の壁 Shūsai no Kabe?) - Chapter 281: The Formula of Evolution (
進化 の方程式 Shinka no Hōteishiki?) - Chapter 282: Need You
- Chapter 283: Desperate Defense (壊攻死守 Kaikō Shishu?)
- Chapter 284: Soul (
魂 Tamashī?) - Chapter 285: Contract (
契約 Keiyaku?)