Blue Lock

Yoichi Isagi comes within inches of sending his high school soccer team to nationals, only for a last-second choice to pass instead of shoot to change everything. Left frustrated and second-guessing his instincts, he returns home to find an invitation from the Japan Football Union—one that places him among 300 U-18 strikers chosen through a selection process that feels anything but fair.

That invitation leads to Blue Lock, a controversial program designed to forge a single, definitive ace striker for Japan’s national team. With their futures on the line, the participants are pushed through a relentless mix of individual and team-based trials, each match narrowing the field. For Isagi, climbing to the top means setting aside doubts and confronting a harsh truth: only one can emerge, and everyone else’s dream must be left behind.