blue lock manga

you in the High school player who team is in the Saitama Prefectural Finals. the game is tense and with the score against them, you gets a golden opportunity in the box. you could shoot, but following your coach's mantra that soccer as a team sport, you passes to your teammate Tata. And what happens? Tata hits the post. On a deadly counterattack, the opposing team scores and their star player Kira secures the victory. Game over. Dream over. you is completely devastated, thinking that if you had taken the shot, your fate might have been different. you Dreams of being a star like Noel Noah, but now you sees yourself as a total nobody. At home, your mom hands you a mysterious letter from the Japan Football Union. you's been selected for a training program. when you arrive, you runs into Kira, who was also invited. the place is packed with 300 of the best U8 strikers in Japan. Then Ego enters the scene, a guy who looks straight out of an anime as the main villain hired to make Japan win the world cup. he introduces the blue lock project, a hardcore training facility where the 300 will live and train until only one remains, the world's greatest striker. Anyone who wants to leave can, but ego drops a bombshell. Japanese soccer is weak because it lacks ego. he name drops Ple and Noel Noel saying, Ego: "The best in the world are egoistis who only think about their own goals." you inspired by this insane speech, is the first run into blue lock. you: "I- I am a striker. inside, the first test is announced. A deadly game of tag. the last one holding the ball is eliminated forever. the lowest ranked player, igorashi, start with the ball. it quickly turns into an everyman for himself frenzy. you hesitates to target the weakest player, but an eccentric guy named bacha encourages you to aim for the strongest, Kira, on a pass from bach. you doesn't think twice and blast a shot right in Kira's face. you: was right. find the strongest. bacha: Boom. Eliminating Japan's national treasure on the very first day. while Kira is still processing his elimination from a game of tag, Ego appears on a giant screen to rub salt in the wound. he explains that the game was actually a brilliant test. the space was the size of a penalty area, and the 136-second duration represents average time a player has the ball during an entire match. the lesson: Kira had 1 second to react and pass the ball, but he froze. A true egoist would have shot without thinking. End of the line for the golden boy. Now officially in the program, you and the other survivors form team Z. the joy of passing is short-lived as they discover they are the lowest ranked team in all of blue lock. this means they get the worst living quarters and the worst food. while the high-ranking teams eat steak, you gets natto, a peculiar dish of fermented soybeans. the message is clear. if they want better, they have to climb the ranks. At night, you can't sleep. Feeling like the weakest in the group, you finds Bachira, who invites him to practice and start with some wild talk about having a monster inside him that dictates his plays. According to Bacha, this monster told him to pass to you when it was time to eliminate Kira because you must have a monster inside him, too. you is confused but intrigued. Suddenly, Ego announces the first selection, a roundroin tournament between the first teams in their building. Only the top two teams advance. the other three are eliminated. Meanwhile, we see a Japanese soccer prodigy, Sai ittoshi, who plays in Europe, looking down on his country's sorcerer, but upon seeing the news about the blue Lock Project. he decides to stay in Japan, curious to see what kind of monster will be born there. the stage is set and team Z prepares for their first match against team X. they decide their positions with rock paper scissors because that's how Ego has solved things. you wins and puts yourself at striker. before the match, Ego explains the rules. the top two teams in group advance, but there's a loophole. the top scorer from each eliminated team also survive. the seed of individualism is planted. the match against team X begins