Blue Lock Vol. 1

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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. Anime starts Sunday, October 9th, so I had see what this was all about and was not disappointed as this has a lot of potential. This was allover wild and not what I expected. I'm just here for the ride and the crazy angry drawn faces. 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. In January 2021, Kodansha USA announced that they have licensed the manga for English digital release in North America, starting on March 16, 2021. [4] In January 2022, Kodansha USA announced that they would release the manga in print. [5] in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on February 2, 2022 . Retrieved January 27, 2021.

Natalie (in Japanese). August 12, 2022. Archived from the original on November 3, 2022 . Retrieved August 12, 2022. The boy sleeping on the floor (who I now know is Bahira Meguru) kills me. What a mood! (Potentially my favorite character already!) I admit I almost put this manga down because that it what personally I was hoping for. (I went in "blind" when starting this meaning I didn't read the blurb beforehand.) Jinpachi Ego is in my opinion VERY egoistic himself and really disliked what he is teaching these young adults concerning sports, but man. When I saw Kodansha had a new sports manga coming out, I jumped on the opportunity to read and review it early!

Chapter Titles

A second play, subtitled 2nd Stage, is scheduled to run January 18–24, 2024, at Kyoto Theater and January 25–31 at Hulic Hall Tokyo. The play was again directed and written by Ise and Kōhei Nagata joined the cast as Rin Itoshi. [55] [13] Video game [ edit ] Animage+ (in Japanese). Tokuma Shoten. February 16, 2022. Archived from the original on February 23, 2022 . Retrieved March 14, 2022.

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. BLAZE BATTLE』(ブレバト)TVCMキャラクターに山田涼介さんの起用が決定！ (in Japanese). Bael Inc. via PR Times. November 20, 2023. Archived from the original on November 20, 2023 . Retrieved November 20, 2023. 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? 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…I'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. 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. 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!") Natalie (in Japanese). November 14, 2018. Archived from the original on February 7, 2021 . Retrieved January 27, 2021.

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. 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) Lanzamientos Planeta Cómic marzo 2022". ramenparados.com (in Spanish). March 12, 2022. Archived from the original on March 13, 2022 . Retrieved April 14, 2022. volume 1 is pretty fast-paced and surprisingly doesn’t cycle through the same motions that often plague the sports genre. the art is also INSANELY good. i had to stop to admire the character designs multiple times. (major Tokyo Ghoul vibes!)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. Animate Times (in Japanese). June 29, 2022. Archived from the original on July 10, 2022 . Retrieved July 10, 2022. 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 star Unlike most manga, the artwork in this one is done by a different person than the writing. The writer is Muneyuki Kaneshiro, while the artist is Yusuke Nomura. Nomura's work is gorgeous. I really love the artwork in this manga. All the characters look great and they are easy to tell apart, while he environments look beautiful as well. The highlight of the artwork though are the football scenes. Every football scene is drawn in such a way that it looks like a fight scene. It's truly gorgeous. 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！

Premise: a teenage boy and his school football's team lost a contest which meant the team would not make it into the national youth championship. 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 Japan Football Union 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? Mateo, Alex (February 1, 2020). "Japanese Bookstores Recommend 15 Top Manga for 2020". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on February 1, 2020 . Retrieved January 27, 2021.

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. 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] 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.