Blue Lock 1
Kodansha Comics · Paperback · June 21, 2022
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.
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- Who it’s for
- A sharp, high-stakes manga kickoff with a cult-following kind of pull.
- Genres
- Sports Manga, General Manga, Action & Adventure Comics
- Published
- Kodansha Comics, June 21, 2022
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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 in 2018, Japan's soccer team struggles to regroup. But what's missing? An absolute ace striker.
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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!
Sharp Start
A sharp, high-stakes manga kickoff with a cult-following kind of pull.
Come here for
- competitive sports-manga energy
- collector-friendly entry point
Expect
- manga-first pacing
- teens, gifts, Japanese edition appeal
Where it sits
| Sports Manga | 90% |
|---|---|
| Action & Adventure Comics | 77% |
| General Manga | 68% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- General Manga
- Tie-In Comics
- Sports Manga
- Authors
- Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura
- Publisher
- Kodansha Comics
- Published
- June 21, 2022
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- General Manga