Blue Lock 34

Isagi's last-second goal has handed Germany the win in the Neo-Egoist League, and now the question is whether that is enough to lift him to the top of the salary rankings. The answer will matter, because in Blue Lock the only thing that counts is how much a striker is worth.

Back at the facility, Ego, the eccentric coach who built this high-tech proving ground, announces which players are being cut from the program. The list contains a name that nobody saw coming, and the news shakes the whole roster.

Then the scene widens. The U-20 World Cup kicks off, and the players who have been shaped by Blue Lock's ruthless, ego-driven training get to test themselves on the biggest stage soccer has to offer. Volume 34 of Muneyuki Kaneshiro's series, which has been pitched as Squid Game meets the World Cup, moves the fight for Japan's top striker spot out of the colosseum and onto the world pitch.