The story begins with Japan’s elimination from the 2018 FIFA World Cup,
which prompts the Japanese Football Union to start
a programme scouting high school players who will begin training in preparation for the 2022 Cup.
Isagi Youichi, a forward, receives an invitation
to this programme soon after his team loses the chance to go
to Nationals because he passed to his less-skilled teammate
– who missed – without trying to make the game-changing goal by himself.
Their coach will be Ego Jinpachi, who intends to
“destroy Japanese loser football” by introducing
a radical new training regimen: isolate 300 young forwards in
a prison-like institution called “Blue Lock” and put them through rigorous training aimed
at creating “the world’s greatest egotist striker.”
Won the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in Shounen Category in 2021.