Blue Lock season 2

{{Short description|Season of anime television series}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}

{{Infobox television season

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| caption = First Blu-ray volume cover

| num_episodes = 14

| network = TV Asahi

| first_aired = {{Start date|2024|10|5}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2024|12|28}}

| episode_list = List of Blue Lock episodes

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Blue Lock is an anime television series based on the manga series by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. The second season is produced by Eight Bit and directed by Yūji Haibara, Taku Kishimoto overseeing the series' scripts, Kenji Tanabe providing the main character designs and serving as chief animation director along with Tomoko Mori and Sorato Shimizu, Tadayoshi Okimura serving as action director, and Jun Murayama composing the music.{{cite web|script-title=ja:「ブルーロック」第2期、全14話で放送 愛空役は日野聡、閃堂役は若山晃久|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/579181|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|date=June 24, 2024|access-date=November 10, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=October 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007142644/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/579181|url-status=live}} Titled vs. U-20 Japan, the season aired from October 5 to December 28, 2024, on TV Asahi's brand new {{ill|IMAnimation|ja|IMAnimation}} block.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=BLUELOCK TV Anime's 2nd Season Reveals 2 More Cast Members, October 5 Debut in New Programming Block on TV Asahi|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-24/bluelock-tv-anime-2nd-season-reveals-2-more-cast-members-october-5-debut-in-new-programming-block-/.212351|website=Anime News Network|date=June 24, 2024|access-date=June 24, 2024|archive-date=June 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240624104428/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-24/bluelock-tv-anime-2nd-season-reveals-2-more-cast-members-october-5-debut-in-new-programming-block-/.212351|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=BLUELOCK Season 2 Anime Reveals Title, New Visuals|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-08-18/bluelock-season-2-anime-reveals-title-new-visuals/.214430|website=Anime News Network|date=August 18, 2024|access-date=August 18, 2024|archive-date=August 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818130145/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-08-18/bluelock-season-2-anime-reveals-title-new-visuals/.214430|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:テレビ朝日:アニメ枠「IMAnimation」10月新設 第1弾は「ブルーロック」第2期 追加キャストに日野聡、若山晃久|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20240624dog00m200054000c.html|website=Mantan Web|date=June 24, 2024|access-date=June 24, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=June 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240624105610/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20240624dog00m200054000c.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:第2期最終話目前!『ブルーロック』シリーズの全話無料一挙放送が決定!劇場版からTVアニメ第1期全24話&第2期最新話までを12月22日(日)~24日(火)に無料一挙放送!|url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000828.000064643.html|publisher=Abema|via=PR Times|date=December 15, 2024|access-date=December 27, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=December 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241227054802/https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000828.000064643.html|url-status=live}} It adapts volumes 13–17 of the manga (chapters 109–149/151).{{cite web|last=Leigh|first=Janet A|title=Blue Lock season 3 potential release date, cast, plot, trailer and everything you need to know|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a63358538/blue-lock-season-3/|website=Digital Spy|date=January 7, 2025|access-date=January 8, 2025|archive-date=January 8, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250108140220/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a63358538/blue-lock-season-3/|url-status=live}}{{efn|Chapters 95–108 from volumes 12 to mid-13, adapts the "Third Selection" story arc, if not the focus of "U-20 Japan" arc throughout a season.}}

The season follows Yoichi Isagi and the other players who survived and advanced to the next stage of Blue Lock program, facing the biggest challenge to keep the program alive as the players proven their skills in an attempt to be chosen for the upcoming match.

The opening theme song is {{nihongo|"Bōjaku no Charisma"|傍若のカリスマ|Bōjaku no Karisuma}}, performed by Unison Square Garden,{{cite web|script-title=ja:「ブルーロック」第2期OP主題歌はUNISON SQUARE GARDEN、音源聴けるPV公開|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/583570|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|date=July 24, 2024|access-date=July 24, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=July 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724102934/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/583570|url-status=live}} while the ending theme song is "One", by Snow Man.{{cite web|script-title=ja:「エピ凪」地上波初放送決定 「ブルーロック」第2期の新PV到着、EDはSnow Man|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/591377|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|date=September 17, 2024|access-date=September 17, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=September 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917122107/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/591377|url-status=live}}

Crunchyroll licensed the season, and is streaming an English dub starting on October 18, 2024.{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Crunchyroll to Stream BLUELOCK Season 2 Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-07-06/crunchyroll-to-stream-bluelock-season-2-anime/.212928|website=Anime News Network|date=July 6, 2024|access-date=November 10, 2024|archive-date=October 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009045244/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-07-06/crunchyroll-to-stream-bluelock-season-2-anime/.212928|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=BLUELOCK Season 2 Anime Reveals English Dub's Cast, October 18 Debut|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-17/bluelock-season-2-anime-reveals-english-dub-cast-october-18-debut/.216854|website=Anime News Network|date=October 17, 2024|access-date=November 10, 2024|archive-date=November 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241110065227/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-17/bluelock-season-2-anime-reveals-english-dub-cast-october-18-debut/.216854|url-status=live}} Medialink licensed the season in Asia-Pacific.{{cite web|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Ani-One Asia Licenses BLUE LOCK vs. U-20 JAPAN, A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School!, Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions, More Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-03/ani-one-asia-licenses-blue-lock-vs-u-20-japan-a-terrified-teacher-at-ghoul-school-ron-kamonohashi-/.216293|website=Anime News Network|date=October 3, 2024|access-date=November 10, 2024|archive-date=October 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003102607/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-10-03/ani-one-asia-licenses-blue-lock-vs-u-20-japan-a-terrified-teacher-at-ghoul-school-ron-kamonohashi-/.216293|url-status=live}}

Episodes

{{See also|List of Blue Lock episodes{{!}}List of Blue Lock episodes}}

{{Episode table

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{{Episode list|Blue Lock season 2

| EpisodeNumber = 25

| EpisodeNumber2 = 1

| Title = Tryouts

| TranslitTitle = Toraiauto

| NativeTitle = {{Ruby-ja|適性試験|トライアウト}}

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy = Masahiro Amano
& Ryōtarō Honda

| Aux2 = Kiyoshi Okuyama
& Chihiro Nitta

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|10|6}}{{efn|name=12:00|This episode aired at 12:00 a.m. JST, 30 minutes after the original air time on TV Asahi.{{Cite web|script-title=ja:テレビ朝日|url=https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/pr/contents/20241005_01282.html|publisher=TV Asahi|access-date=October 5, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=October 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241001182613/https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/pr/contents/20241005_01282.html|url-status=dead}}}}

| ShortSummary = In a flashback, Rin is challenged by Sae, who criticizes his lack of progression compared to him. Ego addresses the finalists and informs them that the match will be held in three week's time. He then names the top six players: Rin, Shidou, Tabito Karasu, Eita Otoya, Kenyu Yukimiya, and Nagi. He explains that three teams will be formed based on a pair of the six and the choosing of the remaining finalists. In a rotational match format, three players will join a pair once and face another group in a test to find who can synergize the most effectively with them; as the runner-up, Bachira will play twice. This will determine spots for the final team. Initially, Isagi has difficulty choosing who he will play with, deciding between what he knows and what he could learn; after chatting with Bachira, Barou, Niko, and Reo, he chooses to play with Rin and Shidou, as does Bachira. At the same time, Rin and Shidou clash over an intense mutual dislike. Angered by the match, the JFU resolve to crush Blue Lock no matter what; U20 team captain Oliver Aiku accepts the challenge. The U20 Japan VS. Blue Lock Match will begin.

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{{Episode list|Blue Lock season 2

| EpisodeNumber = 26

| EpisodeNumber2 = 2

| Title = The Assassin and the Ninja

| TranslitTitle = Koroshi-ya to Ninja

| NativeTitle = 殺し屋と忍者

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy = Fukutarō Hattori
& Hiroshi Kimura

| Aux2 = Chihiro Nitta, Akemi Nakajima
& Chisaki Satō

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|10|12}}

| ShortSummary = In the first match, Rin and Shidou are joined by Nijiro Nanase, Yo Hiori, and Isagi, facing Karasu, Otoya, Shiguma Kyohei, Saramadara Kairu, and Chigiri. At kick off, Shidou is guarded and passes to Isagi, who gives it to Rin. Chigiri intercepts them but Shidou steals the ball and scores the first goal. In the next play, Karasu, having analyzed his opponents, takes the ball and scores his team's first point. Next play, Karasu is cornered and passes to Otoya, who sneaks behind everyone and takes the ball to score. Rin, in the next play, ignores everyone to curve a shot for a second point. The rest of the players realize they must assert themselves to the top four. Chigiri shows his speed to an impressed Karasu, who passes to him; he evades Rin to pass it to Otoya for a third point. In the next play, Hiori passes to Rin but Shidou collides with him; Chigiri takes the loose ball and passes it to Otoya, who gives it to Karasu for a fourth goal. Isagi, watching Shidou and Rin fight, realizes he can use their incompatibility to his advantage.

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{{Episode list|Blue Lock season 2

| EpisodeNumber = 27

| EpisodeNumber2 = 3

| Title = The World You Feel

| TranslitTitle = Kanjiru Sekai

| NativeTitle = 感じる世界

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy = Mitsutoshi Satō

| Aux2 = Chihiro Nitta
& Kiyoshi Okuyama

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|10|19}}

| ShortSummary = Isagi proceeds to dash between them, taking the ball and scores the third goal for his team.

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{{Episode list|Blue Lock season 2

| EpisodeNumber = 28

| EpisodeNumber2 = 4

| Title = Chameleon

| TranslitTitle = Kamereon

| NativeTitle = カメレオン

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy = Yuki Nishiyama

| Aux2 = Chisaki Satō, Chihiro Nitta
& Kiyoshi Okuyama

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|10|26}}

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{{Episode list|Blue Lock season 2

| EpisodeNumber = 29

| EpisodeNumber2 = 5

| Title = Flow

| DirectedBy = Hiroshi Kimura
& Fukutarō Hattori

| Aux2 = Chisaki Satō

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|11|2}}

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{{Episode list|Blue Lock season 2

| EpisodeNumber = 30

| EpisodeNumber2 = 6

| Title = The Big Stage

| TranslitTitle = Ōbutai

| NativeTitle = 大舞台

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy = Kenji Yasuda

| Aux2 = Suzuka Yoshida, Chihiro Nitta
& Kiyoshi Okuyama

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|11|9}}

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{{Episode list|Blue Lock season 2

| EpisodeNumber = 31

| EpisodeNumber2 = 7

| Title = Itoshi Sae

| TranslitTitle = Itoshi Sae

| NativeTitle = 糸師 冴

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy = Yūsuke Kamata
& Kentarō Sugimoto

| Aux2 = Katsumi Terahigashi

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|11|16}}

| ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list|Blue Lock season 2

| EpisodeNumber = 32

| EpisodeNumber2 = 8

| Title = Blue Genes

| TranslitTitle = Ao no Idenshi

| NativeTitle = 青の遺伝子

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy = Mitsutoshi Satō

| Aux2 = Kiyoshi Okuyama
& Chihiro Nitta

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|11|23}}

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{{Episode list|Blue Lock season 2

| EpisodeNumber = 33

| EpisodeNumber2 = 9

| Title = Night Snow

| TranslitTitle = Naito Sunō

| NativeTitle = ナイトスノウ

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy = Hiroshi Kimura
& Fukutarō Hattori

| Aux2 = Masashi Kojima

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|12|1}}{{efn|name=12:00}}

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{{Episode list|Blue Lock season 2

| EpisodeNumber = 34

| EpisodeNumber2 = 10

| Title = The Subs Take to the Stage

| TranslitTitle = Kōtai Geki

| NativeTitle = 交代劇

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy = Aya Ikeda

| Aux2 = Chisaki Satō

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|12|8}}{{efn|This episode aired at 12:30 a.m. JST, 1 hour after the original air time on TV Asahi.{{Cite web|script-title=ja:テレビ朝日|url=https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/pr/contents/20241207_01825.html|publisher=TV Asahi|access-date=December 7, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=December 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215151735/https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/pr/contents/20241207_01825.html|url-status=dead}}}}

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{{Episode list|Blue Lock season 2

| EpisodeNumber = 35

| EpisodeNumber2 = 11

| Title = What You Taught Us

| TranslitTitle = Oshieta Koto

| NativeTitle = 教えた{{Ruby-ja|感情|コト}}

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy = Shin Tosaka

| Aux2 = Kiyoshi Okuyama
& Chihiro Nitta

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|12|14}}

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{{Episode list|Blue Lock season 2

| EpisodeNumber = 36

| EpisodeNumber2 = 12

| Title = Flowers

| TranslitTitle = Hana

| NativeTitle = 花

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy = Mitsutoshi Satō

| Aux2 = Chihiro Nitta
& Kiyoshi Okuyama

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|12|21}}

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{{Episode list|Blue Lock season 2

| EpisodeNumber = 37

| EpisodeNumber2 = 13

| Title = Not Alone

| TranslitTitle = Hitori Janai

| NativeTitle = ひとりじゃない

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy = Yūsuke Kamata
& Daisuke Tsukushi

| Aux2 = Chihiro Nitta, Kiyoshi Okuyama
& Chisaki Satō

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|12|28}}{{efn|name="BTB"|Episodes 13 and 14 premiered back-to-back, with Episode 13 airing 30 mins earlier than the original air time on TV Asahi.{{Cite web|script-title=ja:テレビ朝日|url=https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/pr/contents/20241228_07215.html|publisher=TV Asahi|access-date=December 28, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=December 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241227142839/https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/pr/contents/20241228_07215.html|url-status=dead}}}}

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{{Episode list|Blue Lock season 2

| EpisodeNumber = 38

| EpisodeNumber2 = 14

| Title = Last Attack

| TranslitTitle = Owari Geki

| NativeTitle = 終撃

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| DirectedBy = Kentarō Sugimoto
& Hajime Nihira

| Aux2 = Kiyoshi Okuyama, Chisaki Satō
& Hajime Nihira

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|12|28}}{{efn|name="BTB"}}

| ShortSummary = Rin, now in his flow state, tears through the U20 team but misses a curve shot, with his older brother Sae taking possession. Rin clashes with Sae as the clock winds down on the match, deflecting the ball as Sae tries to nutmeg it. While Oliver Aiku tries to defend, Isagi, having predicted that Rin would do this, manages to get the ball and scores, winning the U20 Japan game. In a post-match interview, Isagi states that he will lead Japan to victory in the U20 world cup, and Ego declares that Phase 1 of Blue Lock is complete. Afterwards, Rin formally declares Isagi his rival, while a changed Kunigami returns from the Wild Card program. Elsewhere, a blond man with a blue rose tattoo on his neck answers a call from Ego, with the man seemingly holding a grudge against Blue Lock.

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Home media release

= Japanese =

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|+ Bandai Namco Filmworks (Japan – Region 2/A)

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| 1

| 25–31

| Yoichi Isagi, Yō Hiori and Nijirō Nanase

| March 26, 2025

| {{cite web|title=Burūrei vol.1|Terebi Anime "Burū Rokku" Kōshiki Saito|script-title=ja:Blu-ray vol.1|TVアニメ『ブルーロック』公式サイト|trans-title=Blu-ray vol.1|TV Anime "Blue Lock" Official Website|url=https://tv.bluelock-pr.com/bd/vol1/|website=bluelock-pr.com|access-date=November 10, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=November 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241110070817/https://tv.bluelock-pr.com/bd/vol1/|url-status=live}}

2

| 32–38

| Rin and Sae Itoshi

| May 28, 2025

| {{cite web|title=Burūrei vol.2|Terebi Anime "Burū Rokku" Kōshiki Saito|script-title=ja:Blu-ray vol.2|TVアニメ『ブルーロック』公式サイト|trans-title=Blu-ray vol.2|TV Anime "Blue Lock" Official Website|url=https://tv.bluelock-pr.com/bd/vol2/|website=bluelock-pr.com|access-date=November 10, 2024|language=ja|archive-date=November 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241110070955/https://tv.bluelock-pr.com/bd/vol2/|url-status=live}}

Notes

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References