Blue Lock Vol. 1

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a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p 舞台「ブルーロック」開幕！潔世一役の竹中凌平「人生の活力になる作品に」. Stage Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 23, 2023. Archived from the original on May 17, 2023 . Retrieved May 23, 2023. kids under the age of 18 are gathered to a secret facility. They are all considered the best candidates to be the next ace striker for Japan, as it has been decided that the country needs to rework its soccer game if it's ever going to win the world cup. We get to know these characters, their strengths and their faults as they try to rise up to be great players.

Anyways, going into the manga, I don't know what to expect, and honestly, at first, I felt like it was like... every other sports manga? I think its because I've grown up with literal legends in sports mangas and animes that makes me quite skeptical to start a new one. From the writer of the brilliant Boku-tachi ga Yarimashita come a sports manga unlike any other: it's not the most exciting, or with the best characters, or with the best plotting, but it understand something about individual psychology that few other stories do -- in any medium. After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan’s team struggles to regroup. But what’s missing? An absolute Ace Striker, who can guide them to the win. The Football Association is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, and who can be the decisive instrument in turning around a losing match…and to do so, they’ve gathered 300 of Japan’s best and brightest youth players. Who will emerge to lead the team…and will they be able to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in their way? there is no goal of teamwork here, no meaningful friendships to be made, no philosophical lessons to be learned. just 300 of Japan’s best high school soccer players rounded up and given one objective: defeat your fellow players battle royale-style to become the striker that will lead Japan to World Cup Victory no matter what it takes. it’s The Hunger Games out there. no, seriously, these boys are brutal. the stakes couldn’t be higher. The manga has also been licensed in France by Pika Édition; [26] in Germany by Kazé; [27] in Taiwan by Tong Li Publishing; [28] in South Korea by Haksan Publishing; [29] in Italy by Panini Comics; [30] in Spain by Planeta DeAgostini; [31] in Thailand by Vibulkij Publishing; [32] in Indonesia by Elex Media Komputindo; [33] and in Argentina by Editorial Ivrea. [34]

Junji Ito’s ‘Sensor’ review

The manga has also been licensed in France by Pika Édition; [6] in Germany by Kazé; [7] in Taiwan by Tong Li Publishing; [8] in South Korea by Haksan Publishing; [9] in Italy by Panini Comics; [10] in Spain by Planeta DeAgostini; [11] in Thailand by Vibulkij Publishing; [12] in Indonesia by Elex Media Komputindo; [13] and in Argentina by Editorial Ivrea. [14] Animate Times (in Japanese). August 8, 2022. Archived from the original on August 12, 2022 . Retrieved August 12, 2022. Honestly, this is not a bad thing. It somehow manages to combine the "survival game" style of manga with a sports one, which is an odd choice, but certainly unique enough to make it stand out and generally pulls it off. It makes this over the top nature more fitting as the people involved in this project are literally going to ruin 299 lives for the sake of one and the book seems to alternate between "wow, that's horrible" and "what a great idea." It's ridiculous to the extent that it actually makes this usually unintentionally comic aspect, turns it up to 11, and makes it entertaining for me. Natalie (in Japanese). November 14, 2018. Archived from the original on February 7, 2021 . Retrieved January 27, 2021.

A stage play adaptation of the manga was announced by Kodansha in December 2022. It ran May 4–7, 2023, at Osaka's Sankei Hall Breeze and May 11–14 at Tokyo's Sunshine Theater. The play was directed and written by Naohiro Ise. The cast included Ryōhei Takenaka as Yoichi Isagi, Nobunaga Satō as Meguru Bachira, Shōta Matsuda as Rensuke Kunigami, and Ryō Saeki as Hyōma Chigiri. [54] I waver between a 2 and a 3 for this title. On the one hand, it absolutely embraces its insane concept, that soccer is not, in fact, a team sport and instead turns on the ego of its teams' strikers. On the other hand, that's a really messed up way to look at soccer. (Or any other team sport, for that matter.) It's as if Muneyuki Kaneshiro pitched a dystopian story and his editors said they wanted a sports manga instead, so he just twisted the plot he had to fit the requirements. The main theme of this story is egoism. Egoism in sport is common in the real world, but most sport-themed stories do their best to show egoism as an obstacle to winning: if you only care about yourself you won't work as a team, and therefore won't win. It's true, but it's only a part of the truth. Many teams know how to work well together, yet most of them lose. Why? because at the end of the day, winning at football comes down to scoring more goals than your opponents. Teamwork is an important part of it, and so is personal talent and ability, but there is something else -- a driving force, a powerful motivation, a hunger that pushes an individual to fight against all odds.

Animage+ (in Japanese). December 26, 2022. Archived from the original on January 4, 2023 . Retrieved January 4, 2023.

When I saw Kodansha had a new sports manga coming out, I jumped on the opportunity to read and review it early! W杯、日本代表ベスト１６敗退…。これを受け日本フットボール連合は、W杯優勝のため、３００人の高校生を集めた育成寮“青い監獄（ブルーロック）”を設立。コーチを務める男・絵心甚八は、日本に必要なのは「エゴイズムにあふれるストライカーだ」と断言。無名のFW・潔 世一たちは、己をエゴイストに変える蹴落とし合いの選別に挑む！ I'm not a sports fan. That's immediately going to set me at a disadvantage here, as is the fact that I think sports manga in particular are hilarious (not in a positive way) as they are treated in such life or death terms and with a passion higher than any sane person would hold for any topic (YOU MUST TRAIN AT OUR FACILITY AND YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO RETURN HOME. Response: "But we cannot abandon our precious teams!") Making one the strongest opponent even on their main team. As our main character, Isagi, learns a new kind of way of thinking in regards to soccer, we see him turn into a very different person. I wouldn't say it's bad mind you, but again, this is different than say manga like Haikyu!! where each person aims to improve, but they also seek to improve as a TEAM.Loo, Egan (May 30, 2023). "Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2023 (1st Half) — One Piece 105 Sells 1.76 Million". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 31, 2023 . Retrieved May 31, 2023. Kunigami "Ah, my bad. My clothes flew away" Rensuke - WHAT IN THE RIPPED TEENAGER?! (also giving me if Bakugo had a brother vibes) Muneyuki Kaneshiro and artist Yusuke Nomura (creator of Dolly Kill Kill, also available from Kodansha) have put a lot of time into researching both Japanese soccer and the game as a whole. Although you may not agree that this game of tag we see in the second half of Volume 1 has anything to do with soccer, the reasoning Junpachi lays out afterwards makes a lot of sense in context. I’m willing to put aside any scepticism I have about the setup simply because it’s so much fun to watch the egotistical strikers face off against each other.