W杯、日本代表ベスト１６敗退…。これを受け日本フットボール連合は、W杯優勝のため、３００人の高校生を集めた育成寮“青い監獄（ブルーロック）”を設立。コーチを務める男・絵心甚八は、日本に必要なのは「エゴイズムにあふれるストライカーだ」と断言。無名のFW・潔 世一たちは、己をエゴイストに変える蹴落とし合いの選別に挑む！

Premise: a teenage boy and his school football's team lost a contest which meant the team would not make it into the national youth championship. When I saw Kodansha had a new sports manga coming out, I jumped on the opportunity to read and review it early!Making one the strongest opponent even on their main team. As our main character, Isagi, learns a new kind of way of thinking in regards to soccer, we see him turn into a very different person. I wouldn't say it's bad mind you, but again, this is different than say manga like Haikyu!! where each person aims to improve, but they also seek to improve as a TEAM.

First off, this manga is unlike any sports manga I've read to date. Yes, I'll be honest and say that that isn't A LOT, but with the sports manga I have read, they are not like this. And by not like this, I mean that those sports manga focus on teamwork and building a team together. Animate Times (in Japanese). June 29, 2022. Archived from the original on July 10, 2022 . Retrieved July 10, 2022. BLAZE BATTLE」のTVCMキャラクターに山田涼介さんの起用が決定！. Gamer (in Japanese). November 20, 2023. Archived from the original on November 20, 2023 . Retrieved November 20, 2023. It does have some language, but this is the kind of sports manga I love in that we get this intensity and a main character who doesn't want to settle. (He has a great way of surprising the reader with his choices!) The first chapter really leads you have to compassion for Isagi and know my heart broke for him during one scene. W杯優勝を目指すFW育成物語「ブルーロック」週マガで. Natalie (in Japanese). August 1, 2018. Archived from the original on February 4, 2021 . Retrieved January 27, 2021.Honestly, this is not a bad thing. It somehow manages to combine the "survival game" style of manga with a sports one, which is an odd choice, but certainly unique enough to make it stand out and generally pulls it off. It makes this over the top nature more fitting as the people involved in this project are literally going to ruin 299 lives for the sake of one and the book seems to alternate between "wow, that's horrible" and "what a great idea." It's ridiculous to the extent that it actually makes this usually unintentionally comic aspect, turns it up to 11, and makes it entertaining for me. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (January 26, 2021). "Kodansha Licenses 7 New Manga by Jet Kusamura, Marimo Ragawa, Fly, More". Anime News Network . Retrieved January 27, 2021.