Blue Lock Vol. 21 (Kodansha, 2023)

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 to the win. The Japan Football Union is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, and who can be the decisive instrument in turning around a losing match...and to do so, they've gathered 300 of Japan's best and brightest youth players. Who will emerge to lead the team...and will they be able to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in their way? The third match of the Neo Egotist League kicks off with a preemptive strike from the transformed Chigiri. While the newly established duo of Isagi and Ranze plot a counterattack, Nagi begins devising his own plays at the encouragement of Chris Prince. And with the U-20 strikers Kaiser and Agi in the mix, the battlefield rockets up to the next level! Will Isagi's hunger for a goal lead him to strike gold and smash through his limits?!