Blue Lock Vol. 1

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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. 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. 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.

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！ You might even agree that this is how the world should be -- that the talented and brilliant should sacrifice themselves for the sake of the rest. If so you must, at the very least, be mindful of the people who's lives get ruined by such limiting morality. Mateo, Alex (May 13, 2021). "45th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Winners Announced". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 21, 2021 . Retrieved May 13, 2021. Animage+ (in Japanese). December 26, 2022. Archived from the original on January 4, 2023 . Retrieved January 4, 2023. Crunchyroll has licensed the series and has streamed an English dub starting on October 22, 2022. [44] [3] Medialink licensed the series in Asia-Pacific; [45] it is streamed on their Ani-One YouTube channel, [46] and on iQIYI, [47] bilibili, [48] Netflix, [49] and Animax Asia. [50]The perspective then shifts to our protagonist, Yoichi Isagi whose high school team is playing in the All-Japan High School Soccer Tournament. Unfortunately, right at the end of the game, the team loses and their dreams of going to the national stage of the competition go up in smoke. Isagi is devastated and wonders if he’d taken a shot at the goal instead of passing, would that have changed their fate in those final moments? Upon returning home, our protagonist receives an invitation for a special player training program, the very same program that Anri and Jinpachi have put together… Ngl, I actually wanted to read the physical copy of this manga, but, the english translation is hella expensive, so we, gotta make do with what we have :') (My resources are a blessing)

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!") 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] I was searching for a Kageyama due to most sports manga's having the Kageyama-verse, but alas not one in sight yet. To be determined. That being said I do see a Kageyama look alike. I'm looking at you Isagi! 👀 In January 2021, Kodansha USA announced that they licensed the manga for English digital release in North America, starting on March 16, 2021. [24] In January 2022, Kodansha USA announced that they would release the manga in print. [25]The series takes place just after Japan lost in the round of 16 in the 2018 Soccer World Cup. New hire to the Japan Football Union, Anri Teieri, is frustrated by the national team once again falling apart against the skill of the rest of the world and has come up with a plan to change things. Together with coach Jinpachi Ego, Anri is proposing a project to produce new players from promising youth talent who can be shaped into something different and who will lead the team to victory. At the end of the first season, an anime film adaptation of the Episode Nagi manga was also announced. [14] The film will feature the staff and cast reprising their roles with Shunsuke Ishikawa, who served as assistant director for the first season, assigned to direct the film and manga writer Muneyuki Kaneshiro supervising the story. [52] It will premiere in Japanese theatres on April 19, 2024. [53] Stage plays [ edit ] Lanzamientos Planeta Cómic marzo 2022". ramenparados.com (in Spanish). March 12, 2022. Archived from the original on March 13, 2022 . Retrieved April 14, 2022. Lanzamientos Planeta Cómic marzo 2022". ramenparados.com (in Spanish). March 12, 2022 . Retrieved April 14, 2022. W杯優勝を目指すFW育成物語「ブルーロック」週マガで. Natalie (in Japanese). August 1, 2018. Archived from the original on February 4, 2021 . Retrieved January 27, 2021.

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. in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on February 2, 2022 . Retrieved January 27, 2021.

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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. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (January 26, 2021). "Kodansha Licenses 7 New Manga by Jet Kusamura, Marimo Ragawa, Fly, More". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021 . Retrieved January 27, 2021. Animate Times (in Japanese). June 29, 2022. Archived from the original on July 10, 2022 . Retrieved July 10, 2022. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (January 26, 2021). "Kodansha Licenses 7 New Manga by Jet Kusamura, Marimo Ragawa, Fly, More". Anime News Network . Retrieved January 27, 2021. 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.

When I saw Kodansha had a new sports manga coming out, I jumped on the opportunity to read and review it early! Was this enough to change my opinion on sports manga? Not really. Was it a solid enough read that I would suggest it for fans of such manga? Absolutely, especially if they like the survival game style of manga its colliding with. It's strengths are well done from an objective standpoint and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't at least entertained for my read (some times extremely so). While I can't say I'm a huge fan, it was a fun read. I never thought I would say this, but I'm actually genuinely intrigued where a sport's manga is going. If it stays this over the top, I think I may continue along with it. 3/5 starI'm going to be completely honest, I accidentally requested this one on Netgalley. It was a button slip on my phone and then it was accepted. I felt a bit bad about that and went ahead and gave it a proper read though, as I didn't want to be that guy who just requests anything and lets it sit. The introduction was good, and like every first volume, we have to read the second to really know what's going on, but for a start, it caught my attention. Super intense, and I liked that.... It's not cliche :') The competition is bloody intense, and honestly, I'm not surprised because in the real football world, its also as intense ; just that the training centres here exaggerated in a sense. First off, this manga is unlike any sports manga I've read to date. Yes, I'll be honest and say that that isn't A LOT, but with the sports manga I have read, they are not like this. And by not like this, I mean that those sports manga focus on teamwork and building a team together. Natalie (in Japanese). August 12, 2022. Archived from the original on November 3, 2022 . Retrieved August 12, 2022.