Blue Lock 21 : 21

by Kaneshiro, Muneyuki | Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Published 26/08/2025 by Kodansha America, Inc (Kodansha Comics) in the United States as part of the Blue Lock series
Paperback | 208 pages
144 x 207 x 18mm | 256g

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 airing now!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, the last striker standing will have to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in his way!