Blue Lock, Vol. 18

ブルーロック [Blue Lock] #18

by Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura (illustrator)

COULD YOU CHANGE YOUR ENVIRONMENT?

Still basking in the glow of victory against the U-20 Japan team, the Blue Lock Eleven enjoy some well-earned downtime in Shibuya. But their rest proves short-lived, as Ego soon calls everyone together to reveal the details of Phase Two. In this next challenge, the strikers will have the opportunity to train with professional U-20 players from the biggest European leagues. The stakes are higher and the rivalries ever fiercer... Let Phase Two begin!

Genres: Manga, Sports, Fiction, Action, Young Adult, Shonen, Graphic Novels

208 pages, Paperback

First published March 17, 2022

About the author

Muneyuki Kaneshiro (金城宗幸, Kaneshiro Muneyuki) is a Japanese mangaka.

Reviews

[aleksandra]

4.25/5

I swear the author needs to be BANNED from creating more beautiful men. First Aiku, and now KAISER?!? Man needs to be locked up for being so fine.

[Freefall (super inactive rn sorry)]

QUEEN ANRI HELLO HELLO 👑👑👑 EGO IS SO RUDE TO YOU SO I'LL BE RUDE TO HIM

and so the neo-egoist league begins! this would be the start of the anime's season 3! in the beginning, i was literally thinking to myself, "awww they're all so cute outside of blue lock! why was this scene cut from the anime?" BECAUSE THIS VOLUME ISN'T EVEN ANIMATED YET, GENIUS?!

the beginning was mildly upsetting (otoya and aiku being the man-whores they are) but also so so cute! everyone got together including the (former) u20 team members! it was so fun to read about their little adventures and get a glimpse of everyone else on break. the slice-of-life art is amazing and i'd love side stories of their everyday lives post-blue lock!! it's funny seeing how far they've come, with that little scene between isagi and his old teammate.

and we're introduced to bastard münchen! and m*chael k**ser that shithead (i hate kaiser. so fucking bad. i kept visibly cringing and fake-gagging every time he made an appearance, which was far too often.) i'm so excited to go beyond the realm of what anime's covered.

i'm shaking and sobbing because WDYM KUNIGAMI IS SO LIKE. NOOOOOOOOOO

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[Munsaka]

Why the fuck is the German team called Bastard💀

[.]

KAISER IS HERE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Let’s fucking go

[Ali]

فاز دوم بلو لاک شروع خیلی خوبی داشته. این مانگا واقعا کارش توی هایپ کردن و معرفی شخصیت جدید و خفن خوبه.
تنها باگ داستان اینه که چرا اعضای تیم جوانان مهم‌ترین باشگاه‌های پنج کشور باید از صد روز قبل مسابقات جام جهانی فقط توی بلو لاک بمونن؟ خودشون تیم ملی ندارن؟ نباید هماهنگ بشن؟

[Lucy (the invisible life of a reader)]

the arcs are getting more and more interesting and intense

also idk how i feel about kunigami

[ana]

isagi on the field:💀
isagi off the field:😁

[(straw)mary ♡]

ahhh such a good balance of filler and plot progression

i can't wait to find out more about phase 2!!

[kelly]

i just wanna know what they did to Kunigami in that training… my poor guy.

also, kaiser literal loml

[Hella]

فعلا میزارمش کنار تا بعدا دوباره برگردم به مجموعه چون فعلا آدرنالین خونم زده بالا بیشتر از این حجم آدرنالین نمیتونم تحمل کنم. 🙂

[hope]

why do i feel like this is only the beginning......😳

KUNIGAMI??????? wtf happened to him in that wildcard thing 😭

the plot just keeps getting more interesting and the addition of new characters is 🤯 like kaiser!?!? 👀 and getting to see noel noa, AHHH i love it.

my prayers were answered and we got to see more aiku. i fear he's becoming one of my favs already.

i feel like i should do some rating since now i've read 18 volumes so far:

my character rankings

this is going to be pretty hard but i think i have my top 6 pretty solidified
1. rin (are we surprised??)
2. isagi
3. nagi
4. reo
5. bachira
6. aiku

honestly, reo and nagi are pretty close and could be interchangeable. 🤭

[fulcrum]

we do not tolerate ness slander in this house. and we do not support kiis. just saying. 🪄✨

i thought kaiser would annoy me more, but he’s actually funny and kind of charming in his crazy behaviour. let’s see what happens next with kunigami, was it really worth it? i’m not sure knshr even knows what to do with him at this point. maybe it’s just me. anyway, i really want to know what chigiri thinks about his comeback.

[Mizuki]

(1) I must admit I kind of sense there is Boy's Love vibe in this volume...

(2)

"I came here to meet you."

Gay. ^_^

(3) I firmly do not believe Boy's Love is something that you can just simply lock a punch of young good-looking dudes in the same building and then call it a day. BL needs development too you know. so let's see if the author will give us some development this time! 😂😂😂😂

[Percy]

Isn't Isagi a polar opposite of Itadori? Anyone who meets Yuji loves and cherishes him instantly while anyone Yoichi meets wants to beat him to a pulp lol

[tammy]

yoichi joining the German team is a win. the on page times new roman German was done just for me. AUF DIE KNIE djlaksjfdsjf then the new guy's last name being named Kaiser. dude. 😭 I also googled "bastard münchen" only for it to be made up

[Mar]

i am SO hooked right now.
not really a spoiler i guess, but: i need to know what happened to kunigami like now! i've been waiting for so looooong.
also i love bachira more every day.

[elif sinem]

Obsessed with Kaiser but I think the Japanese need to stop acting like 1) Germany is an Aryan country full of Aryan Germans 2) that the country is doing anything efficient or based on rational thinking or runs shit like the sci-fi navy. Also, my man Kunigami became JAW. Boooo!!!

[Hannah Farquhar]

I love these freaks!!!

[Lisa ₊⁺✧]

I feel like this will be a new banger Arc 🙇‍♀️

[aria]

this volume was so good im so happy to see kunigami again

Chapter 150 :
- YOCCHANNN AWE i love that nickname… CHIGIRI IN A PONYTAIL SAVE MEEEEEEEEEE
- If isagi took a sip of the drink bachira was holding out then it would’ve been an indirect kiss……
- bachira is actually the cutest ever i spent five minutes giggling over how cute he is here
- “and i don’t have kunigami’s contact info… i wanted to invite him, though.” gay ppl omg im tired of them
- the way reo immediately asks where nagi is SHUSHHHH U CAN BE WITHOUT YOUR BOYFRIEND FOR 10 MINUTES
- THE AIKU SCENE IS SO RANDOM?????????

Chapter 151 :
- AWEEEEEEE THE LITTLE KID ASKING TO SHAKE ISAGI’S HAND isagi has come so far im so proud of him
- that stupid ichinan forward guy is madddddddd annoying "i couldve been a fluke hero too!!" u missed the winning shot for ur HIGHSCHOOL TEAM and u think u can score a shot in a game against sae itoshi and japanese u-20 Sure bro

Chapter 153 :
- NEO EGOIST LEAGUE YESSSSSSSS im so hyped
- rinsagi flirting and we just started the new chapter okay man

Chapter 154 :
- SELECTION TIMEEEEEEEEEEE i love how igaguri genuinely thinks hes gonna last in the neo egoist league he’s probably gonna be the first to get locked off Lets be serious for a moment
- AAAAAAAAA NAGIREO ON THE SAME TEAM AGAIN OHH I MISSED THEM….I LOVE NAGI, REO AND CHIGIRIIII
"so we're together, nagi." "yeah, you okay with that?" my babies aawe this is so bittersweet ive missed their interactions
- The way bachira immediately approaches isagi he actually cant go 5 minutes without seeing isagi… - BACHIRA PICKING SPAIN FITS HIM SO WELL
- “Even if we end up on separate paths… make sure you’ve evolved by the time we meet again.” im required to mention any bachisagi interactions
- ??????????? why is half the main cast on germany helpppp spain only has two relevant characters what

Chapter 155 :
- KUNIGAMI WILD CARD YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS KUNIGAMIIIIIIIII

Chapter 156 :
- Im crying kunigami is rude as hell now I still love him he looks like a sad wet cat
- “I’m gonna call you yoichi, okay?” OH GOD ITS KAISER
- AUF DIE KNIE, BLUE LOCK !!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Chapter 157 :
- ness is such a cutie i love his little turtle smile
- KAISER’S THUMB ON ISAGI’S CHIN??????? EXCUSE MEEEE
- Kaiser makes me so mad but holyyyyyyyyyy hes hot AND HIS HANDSSSSSSS
- NESSSSSS MY BABY im gonna squish him

Chapter 158 :
- noa pmo at first but he’s actually . a pretty cool guy when giving isagi advice
- ABCHIRA BACNIRA BACHIRA BACHIRA BACHIRA BACHIRA
- “damn it… bachira… i swear that i’m… gonna stand on the same field as you!!” i love how their roles have swapped

[Jay]

Molto carino l'episodio filler della vacanza. Nagi si conferma il mio gemello perduto, il principe dei nerd! Bellissima l'idea della fase due, con la scelta dei team (adoro il fatto che Isagi abbia joinato il team tedesco), le nuove regole delle partite e l'attaccante maestro. Se devo proprio dirlo, già non mi piace l'evoluzione di Rensuke, spero davvero di ricredermi e non vedo l'ora di vedere le partite! Ego è un genio.

[zara]

that fluff and break at the beginning was smth i sorely needed. also michael kaiser 🛐

[naviya]

-THIS IS SO SILLY I LOVE IT
- bachira my son "if you want me, come and steal me" pls
- chigiri....

[Mary]

I think this was my favorite volume so far. The mix of filler and plot was 10000000/10. I also loved the scene with Isagi’s parents, it was so wholesome. Gagamaru randomly in the mountains made me cackle at 4 am while I was reading this 😂

Something else happened that I am LOSING my mind over!!!!! I need to know what happened to [redacted]!!!!!

[Jasmine]

All the BL fanfics of Isagi and Kaiser are starting to make sense now. Oh my!

I need to know what they did to Kunigami. I need to know if those spoilers I saw on Twitter are real or not.

Once again, Bachira is a whole King. His brain is in the right place!

It was nice to see the boys goofing off and having fun after their much deserved victory. I’m curious to see what breakthroughs Isagi and the gang experience next.

[Flo]

Une révolution dans Blue Lock avec la réapparition de Kunigami et l'arrivée de Noel Noa et les stars mondiales ainsi que les U20 mondiaux, une nouvelle hype arrive et de nouveaux défis attendent les protagonistes!!

[BookManiac]

4.25/5.

A solid interim volume that allows the Blue Lock boys some downtime after their U-20 match, shows the aftereffects, and then sets up their next challenge... Very excited to see this plot develop.

[ash !]

➛ vol. 18 ★★★★★

“those ladies seemed a lot older than you…” “couldn’t manage the defense?”

please i loved seeing the blue lock players outside of the facility!! it was so fun and humorous, i neeeeee moreeee. also KUNIGAMI IS FINALLY BACK BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM WHY IS HE MEAN !!!!

[marilynn]

i need more of those domestic chapters now.

[Alex]

omg a new arc that looks amazing and interesting, the teams looks so interesting i need to see what is going to happen