1. I am a striker!
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2. Someone once said:
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3. "In the world of soccer,"
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4. "you can train first-rate goalkeepers,
defenders, and midfielders,"
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5. "but strikers are different."
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6. "A first-rate striker will find
where the soccer is most intense..."
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7. "and suddenly appear there."
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8. Let me be blunt.
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9. If things carry on the way they are,
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10. Japan will never win the
World Cup. Not in a million years.
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11. We're making plenty of dough, so what do
we care? After all, soccer's a business.
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12. Anri-chan, surely you don't really believe
Japan has a chance of winning the World Cup?
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13. Of course I do, you money-grubbing rodent.
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14. It's my goddamn dream!
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15. "If we just play our soccer, we can win"?
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16. "Japan's possession soccer is
good enough for the world stage"?
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17. That kind of thinking is exactly why
we never make it past the last 16!
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18. Well, you came up with this idea,
laid the groundwork, and put it all in motion.
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19. So if it doesn't work out,
I know whose head will roll.
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20. I truly believe the only person
who can break down Japanese soccer
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21. and forge a player who can lead
this country to a World Cup win...
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22. is this man right here!
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23. Ego Jinpachi.
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24. Isagi-kun?
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25. What are you doing?
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26. Wait, what is this? What just happened?
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27. I'm sorry. It's just...
The ball came at me out of nowhere and...
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28. Huh? Don't give me—
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29. Diamonds in the rough,
only results matter here.
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30. Losers lock off.
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31. Kira Ryosuke, you are disqualified.
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32. This is bullshit.
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33. How is it possible for
my future career to lie in tatters...
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34. all because of some stupid game?
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35. I'm Japanese soccer's jewel in the crown!
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36. You telling me Igaguri and Isagi-kun
are more talented than me? Huh?
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37. Why does this silly game
of tag even matter?
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38. What does it have to do with soccer?
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39. In Blue Lock, everything has
something to do with soccer.
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40. Look around you, Mr. Mediocre Elite.
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41. The room you are in...
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42. is the same size as the penalty area.
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43. Roughly 75% of all goals are
born within these confines.
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44. If you can't do your work in this space,
you have no talent as a striker.
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45. S-So... So what?
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46. Tag is nothing like soccer!
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47. If you're the one running away,
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48. you need a keen sense of interpersonal
space, tactics, and positioning.
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49. If you're the one doing the chasing,
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50. your dribbling and aim must be precise,
and the quality of your kicks must be high.
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51. That makes it an excellent
soccer training drill, wimp.
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52. Even so, how can you know anything
about me in just two minutes?
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53. A soccer match is 90 minutes!
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54. On average, the total amount of time any
player spends on the ball in a 90-minute game
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55. is about 136 seconds.
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56. You wasted the chance that was
afforded to all of you equally.
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57. B-But nothing could be done
in those last ten seconds—
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58. Would you say the same
thing if this was a match?
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59. When the ball hit you, there was
still one second left on the clock.
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60. You could've survived if you'd blasted it at
the immobile Igaguri. But you didn't see it.
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61. In a way, it was the last play
right before the final whistle.
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62. The moment your teammate's shot hit you,
you gave up and accepted defeat.
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63. That's why you didn't see it.
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64. You missed your chance at victory
by not taking that extra step.
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65. Whoever is "it" in this game of tag might be the
loser if he holds onto the ball for too long.
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66. But he might also be the winner, as only
he has the power to choose who is hit next.
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67. A striker shoulders that responsibility
and fights until the very last second.
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68. Isagi Yoichi targeted someone ranked
higher than him, not the fallen Igaguri.
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69. Bachira Meguru stole the ball off him
and went after the strongest guy.
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70. That's a selfish obsession with victory that
isn't affected by the group's common sense.
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71. That's the egoism of the
striker that I'm looking for.
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72. You lost because you ran away from it.
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73. Kira Ryosuke, lock off.
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74. But... B-But he came at me...
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75. Bachira came outta nowhere...
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76. Bachira came at me outta nowhere!
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77. Kira-kun...
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78. This isn't right.
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79. It... can't be.
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80. Why did I kick it? Did I just
end Kira-kun's soccer career?
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81. Then why...
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82. Why am I so pumped up?
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83. That guy...
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84. Why did you pass it to me?
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85. If I hadn't kicked it, you would've lost.
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86. Hm? Because I knew you'd kick it.
It was written on your face.
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87. Huh?
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88. "Only results matter here," right?
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89. So I believed in you, and I won, right?
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90. This guy's totally crazy.
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91. Is this ridiculousness going to continue?
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92. "Ridiculousness"?
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93. You're right. That's the world of "win or lose."
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94. Those world-class strikers
you so casually adore
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95. put their lives on the line
like this every day.
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96. How does it feel to fight for
your career for the first time?
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97. Does it scare you? Does it excite you?
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98. This is normal in Blue Lock.
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99. Are you shaken up? Did it make
you go, "All right! I survived!"?
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100. That's what victory feels like.
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101. Etch that into your brain.
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102. Every time you get a taste of that
pleasant sensation, your ego grows.
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103. And that will elevate you to the
height of world's greatest striker.
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104. Congratulations. You have passed the
admission exam for the Blue Lock dorm.
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105. All right!
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106. There are eleven of you in this room.
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107. You eleven will be living together.
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108. At times, you'll work together.
Other times, you'll betray each other.
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109. You will be rivals who
wreck each other's dreams.
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110. Blue Lock...
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111. Team Z.
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112. Isagi! Igaguri!
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113. How can you talk about becoming the
world's greatest striker looking like that?
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114. You mere mortals should
go home before I make you cry!
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115. Shut up—
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116. Don't mind him.
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117. Isagi-kun, do you want some water?
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118. Thanks, Kuon.
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119. Ready, go!
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120. Aw, hell, this guy's super athletic, too.
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121. Isagi-kun, are you not at your best today?
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122. Oh, well, you know...
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123. That was actually my max.
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124. Talk about crushing your spirit.
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125. At the cafeteria, you get rice and miso soup,
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126. but your side dish changes
depending on your ranking.
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127. Huh, natto. Must be nice.
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128. All I've been getting is pickled radish.
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129. Chin up, Igaguri.
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130. I'm jealous of the higher-ranked guys.
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131. I mean, just look.
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132. Seriously? Man, that looks tasty.
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133. Is he a caveman?
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134. I'm stealing your dumpling!
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135. Hey, pipsqueak. Give that back.
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136. Sorry, it's already in my belly! So good!
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137. You won't get away.
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138. Isagi, hide your food!
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139. Nah, they wouldn't want ours.
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140. I haven't got time for sleep!
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141. If I don't do something,
I'm sure to get "locked off."
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142. Everyone's better than me.
I don't see how I can beat them.
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143. Isagi.
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144. Training alone?
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145. Huh? Uh, yeah...
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146. Then, want me to train with you?
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147. Hey, Bachira.
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148. Hm?
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149. When we played tag,
you passed the ball to me.
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150. Yup.
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151. Why did you think I'd aim for Kira-kun?
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152. Well... I guess it's because...
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153. There's a monster inside of me.
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154. Go!
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155. Bachira!
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156. So slow.
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157. No, the monster would...
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158. Bachira!
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159. Pass it!
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160. You can't beat the monster like that.
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161. Hey, what are you doing?
You held onto it too long!
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162. Stop ball-hogging!
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163. A "monster"?
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164. What do you mean?
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165. When I'm playing soccer,
the monster comes out and talks to me.
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166. "Score a goal."
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167. "Weave about more."
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168. But in that moment, the monster
said to me: "Pass the ball to Isagi."
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169. "There's a monster inside him too," it said.
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170. A monster?
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171. When I play, I listen to its voice.
That's all there is to it.
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172. You hear it too, right?
The monster's voice.
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173. What the heck is he talking about?
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174. Though, when I kicked the ball...
In that moment, I didn't recognize myself.
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175. I want to know what this
"monster" inside me is.
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176. Maybe finding that out will give me
a clue on how to survive Blue Lock.
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177. Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Noel Noa...
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178. All amazing players have
monsters inside of them.
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179. It must be what proves you're a striker.
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180. That's what I believe.
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181. So Isagi...
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182. I'm glad I came here
because I got to meet you.
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183. 'Kay, let's try it again.
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184. Sure.
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185. What's wrong with this guy?
He's talking nonsense.
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186. But...
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187. Come at me.
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188. He gives me...
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189. courage.
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190. Yeah, that's it! That's how
your eyes looked at the time.
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191. I'm going to survive this.
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192. The results of the fitness
tests have been assessed.
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193. Please return to your rooms
and confirm the latest rankings.
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194. Tch.
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195. Hey, Gagamaru.
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196. What rank are you? Tell me!
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197. Hey, Isagi.
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198. Look at this.
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199. I shot way up from my old rank of 300.
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200. See? I'm at 275 now.
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201. What? That's amazing.
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202. Oh, you did, too. Look.
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203. Whoa.
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204. You're still one above me?
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205. You're my rival, huh?
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206. Well, well.
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207. Hello there, diamonds in the rough.
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208. How are you enjoying life at Blue Lock?
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209. Cut the crap!
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210. Do you really expect us to improve
in this crummy environment?
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211. Yeah, what he said. I want better food.
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212. The environment's crummy because
your soccer skills are crummy, duh. Idiots.
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213. What?
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214. Let's talk a little bit about Blue Lock.
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215. In this facility, a total of
25 teams from B down to Z
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216. are split into five groups, one per building.
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217. Oh, and by the way...
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218. Each team lost one person after the
game of tag, so there are 275 players left.
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219. What? So I'm still dead last?
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220. I was happy for nothing!
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221. Your rank decides your team.
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222. Ranks 1 through 11 are in Team B,
ranks 12 through 22 are in C...
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223. In short, you Team Z guys are
the lowest-ranked in Building 5.
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224. These guys are in the lowest group?
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225. Tsk. Don't lump me in with these losers.
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226. What?
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227. Who you callin' "losers"?
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228. Hey now, let's calm down.
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229. Higher-ranked players eat gourmet food
and get to train in better buildings.
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230. In here, the best soccer player is king.
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231. If you want a better environment,
win your way up.
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232. All righty, then.
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233. Let us begin the first selection.
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234. Itoshi Sae-kun.
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235. You were a genius midfielder in the academy
of one of the world's top clubs, Royale.
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236. But regulations stopped you from playing
in the first team, so you returned to Japan.
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237. Does this mean we'll get to see
you play in the domestic league?
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238. Over my dead body.
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239. If I have to play in a country like this,
I'd rather play with college kids in Germany.
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240. So, uh...
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241. Do you have dreams of representing your
country at the international level in the future?
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242. None whatsoever.
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243. The national team of a weak country like this
one will never be the greatest in the world.
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244. My dream is to win the Champions League.
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245. There isn't a forward in this country
who's good enough for my passes.
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246. I was born in the wrong country.
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247. Hey...
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248. Gimme a break.
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249. This won't do, Sae-chan!
The media's going to hate you.
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250. So? This country doesn't matter to me.
I only came back 'cause my passport expired.
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251. I know that, but...
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252. Oh yeah, I heard the JFU was
holding a press conference today.
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253. So that's how we plan to train up a striker
who can lead Japan to a World Cup win.
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254. Through this Blue Lock project.
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255. Even if you do produce a top striker, how can
you guarantee Japan will win the World Cup?
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256. Are you saying it's okay to ruin the lives
of 299 people just for one person's sake?
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257. Didn't their parents object?
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258. Well, uh, that's...
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259. We respect the opinions
of the players themselves.
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260. And their parents have
signed consent forms...
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261. "Ruin the lives of..."?
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262. Exactly!
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263. For Japanese soccer to move forward,
we need this crazy project!
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264. Don't you all want to see it?
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265. The moment this hero of
Japanese soccer is born.
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266. The first selection will involve
the 55 of you in Building 5.
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267. It's a kind of five-team round robin.
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268. Only the top two teams will move on to the
second selection in this survival match.
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269. So the eleven of us on Team Z
will play as a proper team?
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270. We're all forwards though.
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271. Why don't you be the goalie?
You have the face of one.
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272. Don't. I can't say no when
people ask me to do something.
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273. Then, I'll play center forward.
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274. Huh? No, I will.
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275. No, me.
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276. No, me! I will!
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277. Igaguri, you can be in defense.
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278. What?
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279. A team made up of eleven
forwards? That's crazy talk.
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280. Listen up.
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281. Soccer was originally
a sport all about scoring.
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282. You've been stupidly imprinted with
the notions of positioning and tactics,
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283. but all of those roles
only evolved over time.
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284. Soccer initially started out
with every player being a striker.
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285. So play soccer as it was originally.
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286. Create soccer from
zero with your brains.
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287. "Create soccer from zero"?
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288. Japanese soccer has improved at an
incredible rate in the last quarter-century,
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289. even compared to the world standard.
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290. Just one more step, and we'll be
on par with the world's top teams.
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291. Soccer fans around the world
can see that happening.
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292. That's how much Japan has improved.
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293. But to take that extra step, it's time for current Japanese soccer to die.
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294. The dream of simply playing in the
World Cup has served its purpose.
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295. So now is the time to dream a
new dream for Japanese soccer.
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296. Abandon what you've believed
to be common sense until now.
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297. Shove new notions into your brains.
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298. What we really need right now for
Japan to become the best in the world
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299. isn't the teamwork of eleven players.
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300. What we need is one hero.
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301. Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar...
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302. Soccer can evolve endlessly
if a hero like that exists.
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303. To stop him, new defensive
systems are created.
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304. To top him, new tactics are born.
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305. One person's play can change
a team, a country, even the world.
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306. That's the kind of sport soccer is.
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307. This is a new stage for Japanese soccer.
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308. The main characters are not us adults,
who have forgotten how to dream,
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309. but these youngsters,
who are still nobodies.
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310. Do you have the courage to dream a
new dream of winning the World Cup?
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311. Are you ready to fight?
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312. It's all there...
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313. In Blue Lock!
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314. In Blue Lock!
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315. This press conference is over.
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316. What bullshit!
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317. Is this how you treat young talent?
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318. JFU's gone crazy!
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319. Sae-chan, we'd better get going.
The flight back to Spain is—
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320. Cancel it.
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321. What?
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322. I want to see what kind of idiot's going to
be born in this country with my own eyes.
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323. Here they come. Team X.
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324. I'll be the one who survives!
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325. Blue Lock, Additional Time!
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326. That's extra training done with.
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327. Whew, I'm beat.
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328. Wait, which one was our room again?
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329. If we try every door,
we'll find it eventually.
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330. No, that's the changing room
and bathroom, Bachira.
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331. Huh?
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332. Huh?
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333. Huh?
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334. Blue Lock's so huge, it's like a maze.
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335. The map says it's over here...
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336. It's this way, Bachira.
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337. Well? Well? Well, well, well?
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338. I told you that's the bathroom!
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339. The monster inside me is saying,
"I can't hold it anymore."
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340. Then just go already, idiot!
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