Not bad, guys.
Keep on being decoys for me.
What gives, Rin-chan? Now that Isagi's on the team, your movement's on a whole other level.
That goal just now...
It was inspired by my off-the-ball movement as I tried to devour the image in Bachira's head.
I made a run that was awkward for the opposition, and Rin fed off that.
Th-Those three are seriously amazing,
They scored straight away against the World Five...
The chemistry between Isagi and Bachira drives them forward, and Rin devours it.
Our last match opened up this avenue of attack to them,
and it even works against the world's top players.
Wow, that's so cool.
Yeah. What a noble triangle they have formed.
Fabulously glam.
Add me in and we'll make it a square.
Huh?
Hey, I want in! Let's make it a pentagon!
If you wanna join in, have at it.
Okay, let's see how far we can go.
I told you, we're gonna win.
Sure, that goal worked, but it wasn't my goal.
Next time, I'll be the one to score!
Bring it, Mister "I'm 17 and I already play for France"!
He's looking for someone to pass to?
Um, is this okay?
Julian Loki France International
At this distance,
you've got nothing but weak spots.
He's coming! His first touch...
Huh?!
He's super fast!
What's with his explosive acceleration?!
Bachira!
Once in top gear, he doesn't slow at all, and his strides while dribbling are huge!
Oh no! He eats up so much ground with each touch!
He's past you before you can even react.
Your route is too obvious.
You've got good foresight.
But I'm fast.
He...
He went up another gear?
So this is the speed of Loki the Child Prodigy?
This is the World Five!
Come on, Loki. Don't do it all yourself.
Pass it next time, you jerk!
Okay.
I've had enough, anyway.
Let's finish this up and hit the showers.
Do we even stand a chance?
Like a sprinter.
Unbelievable speed.
Stop whining and just give me the ball.
Are you...
that scared of Loki's speed?
You've just got tunnel vision from a lack of experience.
Take it away...
baby.
All righty.
We'll stop him, Bachira! The two of us can box him in.
Gotcha.
Ka-zoom.
Pablo Cabassos Argentina International
He pinged a pacy pass with backspin between us?!
So this is where you were aiming. I will win this aerial battle.
Dada Silva Brazil International
You're goin' down!
Aryu doesn't have free rein in the air?
Oh no! Not in front of the goal!
But I can reach it! I'll clear it!
Move.
Adam Blake England International
I've got no interest in male bodies.
Tokimitsu got outmuscled?
It's no good. Speed, anticipation, kicking, jumping, physical strength...
Every single one of our weapons is being overpowered.
Everything we've been doing in Blue Lock up to now isn't working!
Here are some players we can never beat as we are now.
This is how far away we still are from the very top.
This is the level I'm aiming to reach?
Soccer is amazing.
I want to get to that level.
Not yet.
No, we're not done yet!
Rin.
I like you.
Leonardo Luna
As expected of Sae's brother.
Spain International
Unlike these other kids,
you really still think you can win this.
I'm gonna discourage...
you.
That's no good.
If you open your legs that easily,
people are gonna think you're a loose guy.
Don't be depressed.
This is just an assessment.
There's no way you coulda won!
Time to report to Ego about your skills.
Adiós, you lumps of talent.
Let's meet again on the real field.
Blue Lock 3rd Selection
1st Assignment: Match Against the World Five
Rin...
Damn it.
Lose
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Conference Room
You're paying these world-class players a hundred million each?
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Plus a goal bonus of one million on top?!
Just how much money are you wasting on this stupid project?!
Exactly! And what's the point of it? Explain yourself!
And sit properly!
"Spare the rod and spoil the child."
Our aim is to give these youths a taste of the real world.
Blue Lock Project Representative
I don't expect a bunch of old geezers who've learned how to give up
to understand what it means to dream, so zip it.
What?! How impudent!
All right, all right. That's enough, Ego-kun.
As of right now, the Blue Lock project is canceled.
Japan Football Union Special Adviser
B-But that's so sudden! Why?
Complaints from parents.
An unclear picture of the project's aim.
And more importantly, the fact that it has produced no visible results.
We need to put an end to this whole foolish thing and—
In that case...
I will show you results.
Huh?
A big match, bossman.
The time has come for Blue Lock to change Japan.
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3rd Selection
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(for 5 people)
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We seriously drowned out there.
Yeah. I thought I'd gotten stronger since coming to Blue Lock,
but I feel like I've been put in my place.
But you know...
After playing guys I thought belonged on the other end of a TV screen,
the whole "best in the world" thing feels a bit more real to me now.
Yeah, I think I know what you mean.
Becoming the world's best striker isn't such a fantasy anymore.
Yeah! It's far off, for sure, but it's definitely within sight.
Right.
This feeling must have been the point of playing that game.
But...
He was different.
He was the only one who thought we could actually beat the World Five.
I was totally overwhelmed.
Midway through, I felt I was just testing myself against better players.
I was happy just taking on these players I adored,
and accepted that this was the best I could do at this point.
So it's remarkable how frustrated you got with it all, Rin.
I still look up to those on the world stage.
But to you, they are your equals, and you must defeat them.
A guy like you has what it takes to become the best in the world.
Rin, I will watch you from my front-row seat,
and surpass you to become the best in the world!
Super important!
2nd Assignment
Language Study
Start with English
Sunday.
Maun-day.
Tu-ess-day.
Wed... Wed... Weh...
Wed-ness-day?
It's "Wednesday," idiot.
And the only one you got right was Sunday.
How did you get into high school?
Excuse me, Rin-kun.
Is it true that when you introduce yourself, you can say "I'm..." instead of "My name is..."?
Hey, Rin.
So you have to lightly bite your tongue and... "Tess"!
Is that how you pronounce "th"?
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Isagi Yoichi chose to work on his listening skills first
C'mon, tell us, Rin-kun.
You're the only one who can help.
Tess. Tuss. Toos.
Am I doing it right?
I'm not your damn tutor.
I can...
Fly-day!
I can't take it anymore!
How long do we have to keep this up?!
Ah, stop!
We need to do this to play on the world stage!
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I'm sorry that you're so surly. Give your arms a shavey shavey.
Ow. I bit my tongue.
They're at it again...
The second selection has just concluded,
Super important!
3rd Selection
2nd Assignment
Language Study
Start with English
and the remaining players advance to the third selection.
It's over?
We're finally onto the next one.
Good. I was getting tired of studying.
Please put on your kit and bib,
and make your way to the central joint room immediately.
It's time. The next stage is starting.
A total of 35 players from seven teams have made it into the third selection,
and you will enter in the order you passed.
Seven teams, huh?
Quite a lot dropped out, then.
Right.
There were 300 of us at the start, meaning 265 failed to get through.
I wonder if those guys made it, too.
Are you missing Team Z or something?
Nah.
I just wonder how much stronger they are now. Like, how much they've evolved, you know?
And it's not just them. I'm sure there'll be more guys who are really good.
Could the first team to pass the selection please enter?
Rin Aryu Tokimitsu Bachira Isagi
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Joint Room
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I'm getting a little nervous.
Who do you think the other players will be?
Well, whoever they are, they obviously won't be weak.
That's true. Only those who have battled their way through will have made it here.
Could the second team to pass please enter?
How you got here doesn't matter.
But if you're not here, you don't have the right to become the best in the world.
No matter the outcome, I will accept it.
Because this is Blue Lock.
Nagi Barou Chigiri Tsurugi Kiyora
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'Sup.
We're here, donkey.
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It's been a million years.
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What's up?
Oh, Zantetsu's here, too.
I knew he would be.
You guys...
I'm the fourth one.
He's the fifth one.
Hi there!
Hm?
Isagi, why do you look so relieved?
Did you think we might not have made it?
Oh, no, not at all...
You bastard.
You looking down on us?
Talk about bigheaded.
What?
We really are just the supporting cast to you, huh?
That's not true!
It's just, well...
I'm happy.
I'm glad I got to see you all again.
Why wouldn't you see us again?
I can't just quit soccer after losing to you.
Like I said, I'm gonna kill you.
I haven't beaten the Top Three, either.
Well, anyway, let's just call this reunion fate.
Yeah. Let's play again.
These guys really are the best!
Could the next team please enter?
Oh? I don't know these guys.
Well, it's not like we're the only ones fighting hard in here.
Nice to meet ya!
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'Sup.
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Nice to meet you, too.
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Hmph. Who needs greetings, you schmoes?
Could the fourth team to pass please enter?
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Yikes! They look strong.
Seven teams passed the second selection, so there's three teams left.
Could the fifth team to pass please enter?
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Niko!
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I knew you'd make it. I look forward to playing you on this stage.
I already told you that I would be the one to crush you.
Wait, aren't they missing a player?
Nishioka Hajime from the fifth team to pass
was injured in their World Five game and is currently recuperating.
Nishioka Hajime
"Aomori's Messi" Nishioka?
Sounds like everyone here took on the World Five.
Two teams left.
Those guys will make it, right?
Could the sixth team to pass please enter?
I said quit pushin'!
I wanna make a cool entrance with me in the middle.
"No, I'll be the middle!" is what I'm saying.
Stop that, you bastards!
Ouch!
Raichi! Gagamaru!
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I told you, you dimwits!
What an uncool entrance.
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They haven't changed one bit.
Oh, hey, what's up? There are lots of guys here I haven't seen in a while.
Gagamaru, you...
"Get off me!" is what I'm saying.
Big Bro Wanima's actually talking...
"We get to play again," is what I'm saying.
One team left.
Right.
They aren't here yet.
Reo and Kunigami.
No, they'll be here. They have to be!
Guys like them won't let it end here.
And to finish off, could the seventh team to pass please enter?
Amen.
Igaguri?!
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Reo.
One guy left.
The last person is...
That's all.
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Kunigami...
Where's Kunigami?
That is everyone that has advanced to the third selection.
Hey, Reo. Why isn't he here? Well?
We lost.
I got chosen.
Huh?
He wasn't the kind of person who could become the best striker in the world.
That's all there is to it.
That can't be true.
There's no way Kunigami would let it end in a place like this!
Well, he did.
And I'm the one who sent him sliding down to hell.
Though, sure, he had a great physique,
and his honest heart was pure, fair, and graceful. But...
On the field, no one gives a shit if you're a good guy or not.
Anyone who ain't living for those explosive flashes is trash.
That innocent and honest shit stain of a hero
was just a slime who didn't even help me level up.
Shut your hole. You don't know a thing about Kunigami—
Like I said, no one gives a shit...
about your story!
Chigiri?
This guy's really pissing me off.
You said it.
We can take this outside if you like.
If you ask me, you're the slime, Mr. Salon Tan Antenna Guy.
This tan ain't from the salon. It's all sun, bro.
Okay, settle down, diamonds in the rough.
You have no time to be worrying about those who didn't make it.
After all, your own soccer careers might go up in smoke
and be relegated to worthless garbage, along with Blue Lock itself.
Oh, but before all of that, good work.
That defeat at the hands of the World Five was an invaluable experience, I'm sure.
I can tell you the purpose of that match later, but...
Well, let's just say a lot has happened, and plans have changed.
Seems the bigwigs of Japanese soccer want to shut down Blue Lock and soon.
So I decided to challenge them.
As such, the next selection will take place three weeks from now,
and the future of Blue Lock is riding on it.
It'll be a special big match between Japan's Under-20s team and the Blue Lock XI.
And if you win the match, we get to hijack Japan's U-20s team.
"Hijack"?
Does that mean we'll be on the U-20s?
Well, after all, this is a ragtag team of high school players, and everyone's a forward.
They all snickered and readily agreed to the match.
Their aim is to can the Blue Lock project,
and use the buzz over this showdown to represent Japan to rake in money.
But if we lose, we'll be a laughingstock,
and our names will go down in Japanese soccer history as a failed attempt to train up talent.
So how does what you've heard so far make you feel?
Frustrated at being taken so lightly?
Or burning with fury and wanting to give them a shock?
And I can say this quite calmly and pragmatically...
Right now, you're good enough to overthrow Japanese soccer.
That said, they're also gonna go all-out for the win.
They've added one more player to their team.
Itoshi Sae is that player.
Now, it's time to put it all on the line.
You 35 have discovered your egos, mastered weapons and chemical reactions,
and seen the level of the world's top players firsthand.
Bagging a spot on Japan's U-20s is no longer a dream.
It's a reality you can reach out and grab.
Let's go, diamonds in the rough.
We here at Blue Lock will create a new epoch.
Episode 24
The Time Has Come
Isagi!
Over here! I'm free!
"One for all and all for one."
I used to think soccer was a sport where eleven players fought as one.
But now I know it's not.
In soccer, the one who scores the most is the greatest.
Soccer exists for strikers.
And as a striker, nothing should bring you more joy than your own goals.
You should live only for that moment.
I'm not fighting for all of you.
I'm not fighting for someone else's dream.
I am me.
This is my dream. My fight.
I'm glad I got to fight alongside you.
And that's why I'll climb over your corpses.
I was a complete unknown and a total nobody until recently,
but if we win this, I could end up on Japan's U-20s team.
With this one game,
I can change my life completely.
All of us are only here to win.
I won't let them put an end to Blue Lock.
I will change the world with my goal.
I'll become the best striker in the world!