On the official Twitter account for the manga by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke nomura, Blue lockThe literary franchise was found to have exceeded 3.6 million copies in circulation. «The 13th compiled volume is here! The “Blue Lock” team is preparing for the national U-20 tournament. What happens to the selection? Many thanks for your support! The accumulated copies have exceeded 3.6 million!"Wrote the account.

Kaneshiro and Nomura publish the manga in the magazine Weekly Shonen Magazine from the publisher Kodansha since August 2018. The publisher published the twelfth compiled volume on December 17th, followed by the thirteenth on March 17th in Japan.

Blue Lock Synopsis

The story begins with the departure of the Japanese national team from the 2018 FIFA World Cup and prompts the Japanese Football Union to start a training program to prepare a team of students who will take part in the 2022 World Cup. Isagi Yoichi, a striker, receives an invitation to join this program shortly after his team missed an opportunity to compete in Nationals as he passes the ball on to his less skilled teammate, who obviously missed the shot himself.

His coach will be Ego Jinpachi, who intends to put an end to the "weak Japan in football" idea by employing a radically new training program: isolating and subjecting 300 young strikers in a prison-like facility called the Blue Lock they undergo rigorous training that produces "the greatest, most talented and selfish striker in the world".

Source: Official Twitter account

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