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Blue Lock 1
By (Author) Muneyuki Kaneshiro
Illustrated by Yusuke Nomura
1
Kodansha America, Inc
Kodansha Comics
30th August 2022
21st June 2022
United States
General
Fiction
American style / tradition comic books
Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Superheroes and super-villains
741.5
Paperback
208
Width 145mm, Height 208mm, Spine 17mm
249g
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!
Muneyuki Kaneshiro broke out as creator of 2011's As the Gods Will, a death game story that spawned two sequels and a film adaptation directed by the legendary Takashi Miike. His latest work is the stylish and twisted soccer battle manga Blue Lock. Manga artist Yusuke Nomura debuted in 2014 with the grotesquely cute cult hit alien invasion story Dolly Kill Kill, which was released digitally in English by Kodansha. His latest work is the soccer battle manga Blue Lock.