Blue Lock Vol.40

Blue Lock Vol.40 (ブルーロック 40) is the fortieth volume of the football manga by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura, bringing the match against France to a close.

Second matchday of the U-20 World Cup: Japan against France. BL JAPAN reaches the closing stretch behind, 2-3. Isagi beats Hugo in a duel decided by luck and finds himself with a clear chance, but Rin, desperate to score himself, blocks his way. The volume settles the match and, with it, the future of every egoist in the project.

Recommended level: Intermediate (JLPT N3–N2). Football terminology is everywhere, along with the colloquial, aggressive language of the players' inner monologues.

Original Japanese version, with furigana.