The sports genre in the anime and manga industry is currently being dominated by Blue Lock. The series’ storyline is steadily progressing in the manga, and the anime is soon going to witness the release of the second season. Thus, Blue Lock fans and sports anime fans in general are going to get some quality episodes in a few days.

Blue Lock | Credit: Studio 8bit

The main reason behind Blue Lock’s popularity is the way Muneyuki Kaneshiro, the author of the series, depicted the sport of football. The narrative not only focuses on individual characters and their ascend to success, but it also deeply dives into the sport, its rules, its strategies, and the various aspects that make football one of the most popular games in the whole world.

Thus, it proves that Kaneshiro is an avid football fan and has a decent knowledge of the game. This was...