9.1/101,216 votesLoading...#1 - The Stage for the Lead
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/12/2023
By understanding and enhancing each other’s weapons, Isagi and Nagi are drawing countless paths to the goal. In contrast, with Chigiri, who has further evolved, at the center, Kunigami and Reo find themselves struggling to keep up, and a back-and-forth battle unfolds on the field. Meanwhile, Barou, who should have been the king of the field, was left behind in the evolutionary chain because of his overpowering ego. Having been robbed of the leading role on the field by Isagi, Barou finally falls to his knees.
Director: Hiroshi Kimura, Fukutarou Hattori
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
9.1/101,125 votesLoading...#2 - Voice
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/12/2023
The thrill of finally finding the "monsters" with overwhelming talent became short-lived, as Bachira realizes he's being left behind in the battle between Isagi and Rin. Meanwhile, the game is reaching its final stage, with a fierce back-and-forth battle led by the wild card, Barou. As Isagi takes his skills to the next level under extreme conditions, Bachira is forced to confront his own "ego" amidst the intensity of the situation. Where will their newfound powers take them, and what impact will it have on the game's outcome?
Director: Kazuki Yokoyama
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
9.0/101,194 votesLoading...#3 - Just the Way It Is
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/2022
Each player unleashed their weapon and ego, and Team Z has caught up to a draw. They totally have the momentum of the game, but that has “awakened” Team V’s monster, Nagi. In the chain reaction to awakening, Isagi also learns to use his weapon and keeps fighting. The “heat” generated by the clashing of ego from both teams starts to affect Kuon as well.
Director: Kazuki Yokoyama
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
9.0/101,111 votesLoading...#4 - Donkey
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/5/2023
Isagi begins to realize that his former teammates made a great trio with Reo, making the best use of their own weapons. Now, he'll have to think about how he's going to get his much-desired "chemical reaction" with Nagi and Barou, if not, he won't be able to win. That said, the Barou remain not very cooperative...
Director: Yusuke Onoda, Shintaro Inokawa
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.8/101,133 votesLoading...#5 - Rush
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/20/2022
Because of Kuon’s betrayal, Team Z is faced with a desperate situation of playing 12-on-10, with the opponent knowing everything about their weapons and strategies. Even under such a circumstance, Team Z never gives up on the fight, and Isagi continues to believe in himself. Inspired by their passion, Chigiri runs through the field at an incredible speed, his weapon he has sealed away. His ego rocks the match when they are losing at 3-4.
Director: Yoshito Mikamo, Akira Toba
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.8/101,089 votesLoading...#6 - The Final Piece
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/18/2022
Team Z launches a final counter to try and win against Team V. Isagi is trying to find the last piece he needs to crack the formula to become a goal machine.
Director: Norio Kajima
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.7/101,224 votesLoading...#7 - To Be Reborn
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/6/2022
Isagi relies on "the smell of the goal," his raw instincts, to make a move, and it leads to the fierce battle of "reading" each other's hand with Team Y's playmaker, Niko Ikki. Isagi and Niko's battle as they both watch over the whole field and throw their ego at each other, brings them to the last one minute of the match. Can Isagi and Team Z beat Niko's final strategy, "One Time Kill Counter"?
Director: Chihiro Kumano
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.7/10905 votesLoading...#8 - Super Link-Up Play
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/26/2023
Finally, Isagi and Nagi are going to have a rematch with Rin's team. However, adding Bachira to Rin's team will bring some unforeseen circumstances.
Director: Takayuki Tanaka, Tokihiro Sasaki
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.6/101,002 votesLoading...#9 - Awakening
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/2022
The match continues to leave Team Z scared of Nagi's abilities. However, one of the members is not scared, even though they are facing a soccer genius...?
Director: Takayuki Tanaka
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.4/101,733 votesLoading...#10 - Dream
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/9/2022
Isagi Yoichi, a first-year forward, loses his chance for the Nationals because he has passed the ball to his fellow player in front of the goal. That's when he receives an invitation for Blue Lock. It's a facility to train one world's greatest striker out of 300 high-school-aged forwards so that Japan can win the World Cup.
Director: Tetsuaki Watanabe, Masao Kawase, Kazuki Yokoyama
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.3/10839 votesLoading...#11 - Devour
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/22/2023
Isagi realizes that the conclusion of the match is in his and Naruhaya's hands. However, how will he go about beating Naruhaya? This will be a game that will not depend on genius players, but on "mediocre" players.
Director: Yoshito Mikamo, Shintaro Inokawa
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.3/10779 votesLoading...#12 - I'm Not There
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/5/2023
Isagi captures everything that’s happening in the field to see its future, and Nagi controls the space. Their combination bursts, and their series of play lights up the fire in Rin. Rin’s dominating play that encompasses everything on the field, from the skills of all players, the ball, positioning and tactics gradually corners Isagi’s team once again. As chaos and ego clash, one man is covertly sharpening his fangs to devour the game dominated by Rin.
Director: Kohei Kuratomi
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.1/10965 votesLoading...#13 - I'm Sorry
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/2022
After the match with Team Y, Isagi's rank moved up, and he became the center of the team. The next match is against Team W, led by the Wanima twins. Their eye contact and impeccable combinations are hard to beat. They used to play in the same team as Chigiri Hyoma, and they use his past trauma to egg him on. Chigiri says that he joined Blue Lock to find a reason to quit soccer. Team Z leads the game with Kuon's play. Everyone's elated for the good start of the match, but Isagi feels something is off.
Director: Tatsuya Ishiguro
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.1/10712 votesLoading...#14 - Luck
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/19/2023
Bachira sheds his ideal of the "monster" and finally awakens his own ego. Until now, Bachira had been seeking someone to follow, but now he charges forward towards his own goal, finding in Isagi a companion who trusts in his ego. Isagi performs a decisive cut, but the ball made its merciless way to the victor's side... The time for the ultimate showdown has arrived, making sparks fly as the eight egoists clash. Which team will emerge victorious in the second selection's "Rivalry Battle"?
Director: Hiroshi Kimura, Fukutarou Hattori
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
8.1/10688 votesLoading...#15 - The Time Has Come
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/26/2023
Rin chooses to add Isagi to his team, and together with Bachira they pass the second selection. Waiting for them on the other side is a 5-on-5 match against a team of world-class players. Thanks to Isagi, Bachira, and Rin's coordinated play, they manage to score the first goal, but they soon find themselves overwhelmed by the opposing team's superior skill and ability. Despite this, they desperately keep fighting until the last second, unleashing their own "egos." As a result, the "Blue Lock" project, aiming to produce the world's greatest striker, enters a new phase.
Director: Tetsuaki Watanabe, Kohei Kuratomi, Shintaro Inokawa
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.9/10844 votesLoading...#16 - TOP3
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/8/2023
In this new stage of the second selection, the white team formed by Isagi, Nagi and Bachira will finally go against the top three in the ranking of the previous stage, running the risk of losing one of their three players if they lose the game. Still, the willingness to test their new skills against the top three is much stronger in the white team members. Will they be able to win this match?
Director: Yasushi Muroya
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.9/10760 votesLoading...#17 - Dancing Boy
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/19/2023
Isagi and his friends barely manage to win as Barou awakens as the "villain" of the field. In order to cause a further "chemical reaction", they take away the only player who showed their ego to "eat" themselves and advance to the force stage. On the other hand, Bachira, who is looking for an opponent for the next match with TOP3, sees through the existence of a "Monster" in himself during training with Rin, and faces his own "ego".
Director: Norio Kajima
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.8/10991 votesLoading...#18 - Premonition and Intuition
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/30/2022
Team Z was crushed by Team X, who centered the offensive play around egoistical yet skilled Barou. Responding to Ego's urge to "take up a weapon," the players discuss what their weapons are in preparation for the next match. However, Isagi struggles to identify what it is. Using "the smell of the goal" he felt in the game against Team X as a hint, Isagi and the others go against Team Y in the next match.
Director: Takahiro Enokida
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.8/10809 votesLoading...#19 - The Second Selection
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/25/2022
With many dropouts, the "Blue Lock" project enters the second selection. A harsh second selection where former friends become rivals and former enemies become allies at a dizzying pace. There, Isagi meets Rin, the most powerful egoist ever, the younger brother of the genius Itoshi Sae, and the new Blue Lock ranking TOP ranker. Seeking further evolution, Isagi's fight advances to a new stage.
Director: Yusuke Onoda
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.5/101,013 votesLoading...#20 - Soccer's "Zero"
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/23/2022
The first selection is the round-robin tournament of five teams of V, W, X, Y and Z in Building Five, with only top two teams being eligible to move forward. Isagi's Team Z, the lowest ranking team, plays against Team X. But because of the special rule that allows the top scorer of the team to proceed to the next section, the match turns into chaotic scrambling for the ball, regardless of the teams. It was Barou Shoei, Team X's formidable striker, who changes the flow of the game.
Director: Kazuki Yokoyama
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.5/10884 votesLoading...#21 - The Formula for Goals
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/27/2022
The Z team has only one game left to play, and it will decide the future of its members. While everyone seems to be nervous about the kickoff, Isagi is trying to find a way to score goals without anyone's help.
Director: Kentaro Sugimoto
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.4/101,072 votesLoading...#22 - Monster
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/16/2022
Kira is eliminated from Blue Lock, and with that, the first day at the Blue Lock that promises to create the greatest center forward in the world begins in Isagi Yoichi 's life.
Director: Shunsuke Ishikawa
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.4/10771 votesLoading...#23 - The Geniuses and the Average Joes
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/15/2023
The loss of Bachira on his team makes Isagi very anxious about what his future with Nagi will be like. To make matters worse, the situation is now even more complex: the ideal would be to go against a weaker team, but that would mean taking a weaker player too, which would make it more difficult to advance the next stages. So what are Isagi and Nagi going to do?
Director: Hiroshi Kimura, Fukutarou Hattori
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.4/10741 votesLoading...#24 - Tri-Fusion
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/29/2023
Barou joins Isagi and Nagi's team, already causing quite a stir with his conflicts with Nagi. Isagi is trying to see a way to mediate these two, which will be very complicated.
Director: Kohei Kuratomi
Writer: Taku Kishimoto
7.0/101 votesLoading...#25 - Tryouts
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 10/6/2024
35 forwards remain after the 2nd selection at Blue Lock. With a big match against Japan's U-20s in three weeks, Ego announces that the team will be centered around the top 6 players. The tryouts for the rest of the positions begin.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of BLUE LOCK
Every episode of BLUE LOCK ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of BLUE LOCK!
After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan's team struggles to regroup. But what's missing? An absolute Ace Striker, who can guide them...
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Best Episodes Summary
"The Stage for the Lead" is the best rated episode of "BLUE LOCK". It scored 9.1/10 based on 1216 votes. Directed by Hiroshi Kimura, Fukutarou Hattori and written by Taku Kishimoto, it aired on 2/12/2023. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Voice".