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  • Published: 30 August 2022
  • ISBN: 9781646516544
  • Imprint: Kodansha
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $24.99

Blue Lock 1



A mad young coach gathers soccer players from across the country to compete in a series of bizarre challenges in a high-tech colosseum he calls Blue Lock. It's a no-balls-barred battle to become Japan's next top striker, in this Squid Game–meets–World Cup manga, now available in print!
 
Anime coming soon!

A mad young coach gathers soccer players from across the country to compete in a series of bizarre challenges in a high-tech colosseum he calls Blue Lock. It's a no-balls-barred battle to become Japan's next top striker, in this Squid Game–meets–World Cup manga, now available in print!
 
Anime coming soon!

Are you the world's top egoist?
 
After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan's team struggles to regroup. But what's mising? An absolute ace striker. The Football Union is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, so Blue Lock -- a rigorous training ground for 300 of Japan's best and brightest youth players -- is created. To survive this battle royale, the last striker standing will have to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in his way!

  • Published: 30 August 2022
  • ISBN: 9781646516544
  • Imprint: Kodansha
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $24.99

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Praise for Blue Lock 1

"Probably the closest we'll get to a version of The Hunger Games with a recognizable game in the starring role." -Anime News Network
 
"A virtually flawless debut volume…sports manga cranked up to eleven." -AiPT Comics
 
"Blue Lock is an exciting, fresh soccer series… a binge-worthy read. It's been accruing steady, impressive traction in Japan, getting great reception and selling impressively, and even piling popularity in the West." -CBR