Blue Lock Vol. 14

Blue Lock Vol. 14

A bizarre and stylish action manga blends an on-trend premise with stylish violence reminiscent of Chainsaw Man and Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure.

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!

COULD YOU IMPROVISE TO SURVIVE?

The curtain finally rises on the Blue Lock Eleven versus U-20 Japan game. Deprived of their wild-card striker, Shidou, the Blue Lock Eleven must find a way to break through the ironclad defense of the so-called “diamond generation.” Individual battles play out across the field as the Itoshi brothers revisit old rivalries and Isagi goes head-to-head with a fellow “reflexive thinker” on the opposing team…

Biographical Notes:

Muneyuki Kaneshiro broke out as creator of 2011’s As the Gods Will, a death game story that spawned two sequels and a film adaptation directed by the legendary Takashi Miike. His latest work is the stylish and twisted soccer battle manga Blue Lock.

Manga artist Yusuke Nomura debuted in 2014 with the grotesquely cute cult hit alien invasion story Dolly Kill Kill, which was released digitally in English by Kodansha. His latest work is the soccer battle manga Blue Lock.

Title Notes:

This bizarre and stylish action manga blends an on-trend premise with stylish violence reminiscent of Chainsaw Man and Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure.

Before the announcement of this edition, this series received the most requests of any digital Kodansha title for a print edition.

The anime adaptation from the studio behind That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime is one of 2022’s most anticipated.

Ages 16 and up for bloody, stylized violence.

More details on Yusuke Nomura & Muneyuki Kaneshiro:

Yusuke Nomura’s Twitter Page

More works by Yusuke Nomura

More works by Muneyuki Kaneshiro