BLUELOCK

Prefectural Final for the National High School Soccer Tournament. Isagi Yoichi, a first-year forward, loses his chance for the Nationals because he has passed the ball to his fellow player in front of the goal. That's when he receives an invitation for Blue Lock. It's a facility to train one world's greatest striker out of 300 high-school-aged forwards so that Japan can win the World Cup. Isagi...

The top five players in Blue Lock will play as forwards in the U-20 Cup. Those who drop out will lose the chance to play for the Japanese team.

The first selection is the round-robin tournament of five teams. But because of the special rule that allows the top scorer of the team to proceed to the next section, the matches turn into chaotic scrambling for the ball.

Team Z was crushed by Team X. Responding to Ego's urge to "take up a weapon," the players discuss what their weapons are in preparation for the next match. However, Isagi struggles to identify what it is.

Isagi relies on "the smell of the goal," his raw instinct, to play, and it leads to the fierce battle of "reading" each other's hand with Team Y's playmaker, Niko Ikki. Isagi and Niko battle as they both watch over the whole field.

After the match with Team Y, Isagi's rank moves up, and he becomes the center of the team. The next match is against Team W, led by the Wanima twins. Their eye contact and impeccable combinations are hard to beat.

Because of Kuon's betrayal, Team Z is faced with a desperate situation of playing 12-on-10, with the opponent knowing everything about their weapons and strategies. Even under such a circumstance, Team Z never gives up on the fight, and Isagi continues to believe in himself. Inspired by their passion, Chigiri runs through the field at an incredible speed, his weapon he has sealed away. His ego...

Team Z managed to hold onto a sliver of hope for surviving the first selection. But the sticky situation never ends, with them forced to play 10-on-11 against the strongest team in the group due to Kuon's betrayal. Even a draw would make them disqualified, so winning is the only option for them. Under such a circumstance, Isagi goes to meet with a certain someone to attain the secret of formula...

The stakes are high with the match against Team V. In the first half, Team Z is overwhelmed by Team V's super trio, Nagi Seishiro, Mikage Reo, and Tsurugi Zantetsu. Especially the formidable attack of Nagi and Reo pair, who have only started playing soccer six months ago with no record of losing, is enough to break their spirits. When everyone is about to give up, Bachira Meguru's play sets...

Unleashing their weapons and egos, Team Z has caught up to a draw. They totally have the momentum of the game, but that has "awakened" Team V's monster, Nagi. In the chain reaction to awakening, Isagi learns to use his weapon and keeps fighting.

By Kuon’s self-sacrificing foul, Team Z has a little bit of hope. During the last play that determines their fate, Isagi finds the final piece of the puzzle that’s necessary for his evolution. With the players’ “awakening” and “evolution,” the first selection of Blue Lock where ego comes head to head, finally comes to an end.

With many candidates dropping out, Blue Lock project moves on to the second selection. It's where a teammate becomes a foe, and a foe becomes a teammate. And here, Isagi meets Itoshi Rin, the strongest egoist he's ever met, the top player of the new Blue Lock ranking and the little brother of the genius Itoshi Sae. To evolve even further, Isagi's battle proceeds to a new stage.

Second selection, third stage is the Rivalry Battle, where you battle as a team of three, and a winner take a player from the losing team. Isagi has moved on to this new stage and teamed up with Bachira and Nagi, and they face against the team of top three players in the New Blue Lock ranking. Isagi feels his progress as his team takes the lead. However, Rin's shot right afterward completely...

In two-on-two games, Isagi and Nagi face the team of Baro and Naruhaya. Losing means disqualification. With that pressure, Isagi and Nagi think hard on their individual strengths to win a one-on-one situation.

Isagi struggles in a tough game against the strong Baro and the improved Naruhaya but finds a glimpse of his new weapon. In the extreme condition where the egos of everyone collide, the time has come for Isagi to evolve.

Isagi struggles to figure out how to make a coherent strategy that plays to his, Barou, and Nagi's strengths before their next match begins. And their next set of opponents are all familiar faces...

Against a team fully utilizing their weapons, Isagi's team struggles due to the lack of coordination. But through observing and analyzing his opponents, Isagi discovers a new way to use his weapon and evolves himself one step further.

While others improve, Baro, the king of the field, is left out of the chain of evolution because of his strong ego. When Isagi takes the leading role of the field from him, the sense of defeat makes Baro kneel down to the ground.

Isagi's team cinched a win due to the awakening of Barou as a villain on the field. To cause more chemical reactions in the fourth stage, they picked one player from the other team, who demonstrated ego to devour them during the game. In the meantime, Bachira and the Top 3 are looking for the next opponent. Rin sees through Bachira's "monster" during their training, which forces Bachira to face...

Isagi and others are set to play a revenge match against the "Top 3," who have defeated them and took Bachira from them. They have fought against formidable foes and advanced by repeating the process of ego and chemical reactions, and they're ready to throw everything they have at the Top 3. The final battle of 4 vs 4 is finally about to begin. Isagi, Nagi, Barou, and Chigiri desperately try to...

Isagi captures everything that's happening in the field to see its future, and Nagi controls the space. Their combination bursts and series of play light up the fire in Rin. Rin's dominating play gradually corners Isagi's team once again.

Monsters with absolute talents that Bachira has finally found... he barely has time to rejoice the encounter, because he realizes that he is left behind by Isagi and Rin. In the meantime, the game has entered its final phase, going through a seesaw struggle with Barou as a joker in the play. In the extreme condition, Isagi continues to be awakened, and Bachira faces his own ego.

Bachira shakes off the monster which occupied his mind as an ideal, and he awakens his ego. He's been searching for someone in his play, but now he forges on for his own goal. At the end of the play is Isagi, who's been waiting for him because he believed in Bachira's ego. Isagi succeeds in a desperate interception, but the ball flies up and lands mercilessly and cruelly on the winner. It's the...

The next challenge for Isagi and his team of five is a match against the world-level super star players. The World Five overwhelms them. And Blue Lock project which is created to produce the world's best striker enters a new phase.