Blue Lock Vol.40 - Special Edition

Blue Lock Vol.40 - Special Edition (ブルーロック 40) is volume 40 (special edition) of Blue Lock, the football manga by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura.

It began serialisation in Shonen Magazine in August 2018. It tells the story of Yoichi Isagi, who joins a programme created to train young players to represent Japan at the football World Cup; the only rule is that disqualified players may never represent Japan in any tournament again. This special edition commemorates the live-action movie and includes 8 clear files with previously unseen photos of the cast.

Recommended level: Intermediate (JLPT N3–N2). As a shōnen title every kanji carries furigana, though it includes football and competition vocabulary.

Original Japanese version, with furigana.