Blue Lock All Chapters Free for 24 Hours, Print Run Tops 60 Million
The free-read event and the 60-million-copy milestone together signal the manga's sustained commercial momentum ahead of its third anime season.
Key Facts
- Kodansha made all chapters of Blue Lock free for 24 hours on June 9 across Magazine Pocket, ebookjapan, Comic Cmoa, and LINE Manga.
- The worldwide cumulative print run for Blue Lock has exceeded 60 million copies.
- The third anime season is titled Blue Lock: Neo Egoist League and was confirmed with a teaser visual featuring Yoichi Isagi and Michael Kaiser.
Reporting from 2 sources: Eiga Natalie, Denfaminicogamer.
Kodansha announced on June 9 that all chapters of the manga Blue Lock will be free for a 24-hour period across four platforms: Magazine Pocket, ebookjapan, Comic Cmoa, and LINE Manga. The publisher also revealed the worldwide cumulative print run has exceeded 60 million copies. The third anime season is titled Blue Lock: Neo Egoist League.
On June 9, Kodansha made every chapter of Blue Lock available for free for 24 hours on four digital platforms. Magazine Pocket offers all chapters except the latest, while ebookjapan, Comic Cmoa, and LINE Manga grant access to all 38 volumes. The publisher also announced that the worldwide cumulative print run has surpassed 60 million copies.
The third anime season, titled Blue Lock: Neo Egoist League, was confirmed alongside a teaser visual featuring Yoichi Isagi and Michael Kaiser. The manga, written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura, is serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.