After Japan’s crushing defeat at the 2018 World Cup, the country’s football team is in disarray. What they need is a world-class striker, someone with an unshakable drive to score and lead the team to victory. To find this player, the Japan Football Union creates “Blue Lock,” a brutal training program aimed at molding the ultimate striker. 300 of Japan’s top youth football players are selected to compete, and only one will make it to the national team. The competition is fierce, with each player facing off against others in challenges designed to test their skills, egos, and ability to fight for the top spot. Amidst rivalries, personal growth, and intense action, who will rise to the challenge and become the ultimate ace striker for Japan? Striving for greatness, overcoming personal limits, intense competition, teamwork vs individualism.