Blue Lock, Band 18

ブルーロック [Blue Lock] #18

by Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Markus Lange (translator), Yusuke Nomura (illustrator)

Durch den Sieg gegen die japanische U-20 sind Yoichi und die anderen Spieler von Blue Lock über Nacht zu Helden geworden. Doch während die Jungs eine kurze Pause genießen, bereitet Jinpachi Ego bereits weitere Prüfungen für sie vor. Er hat neue Befugnisse sowie die Aufmerksamkeit finanzkräftiger Sponsoren und er gedenkt, diese zu nutzen, um eine schlagkräftige Truppe für die U-20-WM zusammenzustellen. Unsere jungen Egoisten werden erneut alles in die Waagschale werfen müssen, denn ihre nächsten Gegner kommen aus europäischen Topklubs!

Genres: Manga, Sports, Action, Fiction, Shonen, Comics, Young Adult

202 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 17, 2022

About the author

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

Reviews

[aleksandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[Ali · Rating 3 out of 5]

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؟

[. · Rating 5 out of 5]

KAISER IS HERE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Let’s fucking go

[Lucy Tonks (the invisible life of a reader) · Rating 5 out of 5]

the arcs are getting more and more interesting and intense

also idk how i feel about kunigami

[Hella · Rating 5 out of 5]

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

[Munsaka · Rating 4 out of 5]

Why the fuck is the German team called Bastard💀

[(straw)mary ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

ahhh such a good balance of filler and plot progression

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

[kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

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

also, kaiser literal loml

[ana ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

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

[hope · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[Mar · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 3 out of 5]

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!!!

[Jay · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[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

[aria · Rating 5 out of 5]

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

[tiaᝰa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved the little segment at the beginning where everybody was just playing around and having fun; Bachira looked so cute 😋. And yes, it's confirmed, we finally get to see more of Loki!! But Michael Kaiser's introduction was crazy, his first appearance and he's already starting it up with Isagi. Low-key got second-hand embarrassment when Noel Noa told him off for "asserting his dominance", but it's whatever...he can do that to me too 😂✌🏽. And the little puppy-boy he got on deck was so silly, especially with how he got Kaiser that handkerchief, and then clapped after Kaiser introduced himself to the Blue Lock members, their relationship seems straight out of a movie.

However, the concept of Ego being able to convince the best European soccer leagues to assemble in Japan for his program seemed a bit unrealistic to me. There is no way that the U-20 v. Blue Lock match struck up that much attention, and even if it did, there is no possible way that all five major leagues would agree to lend their best players to such a program. Then again, I really don't know much about soccer at all, so maybe they would do that, who knows? It just seems a bit idealistic to me.

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

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]!!!!!

[Flo · Rating 4 out of 5]

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 · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[zara · Rating 4 out of 5]

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

[naviya · Rating 5 out of 5]

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

[marilynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

i need more of those domestic chapters now.

[Alex · Rating 5 out of 5]

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

[Jess Shumaker · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the filler and action combo in this one. The characters are all deranged and i'm really here for it all. I enjoyed their bro time, and I loved the scene with the parents

[Holland]

Grateful for all the random mfs who post the chapters on TikTok, I’ve just been binge reading it on there 😭

[Kelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

Michael Kaiser 😍 My fave kind of walking, talking red flag~

[Katie❄️ · Rating 4 out of 5]

The new training direction is interesting.

[Abdullah Mango · Rating 5 out of 5]

Would you put your life on the line for football?!

[evelynslibrary · Rating 5 out of 5]

POOKIE IS BACK!!!