Be Blues!
Be Blues! – Ao ni Nare | |
BE BLUES!〜青になれ〜 | |
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Genre | Sports |
Manga | |
Written by | Motoyuki Tanaka |
Published by | Shogakukan |
Imprint | Shōnen Sunday Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | January 26, 2011 – present |
Volumes | 44 |
Be Blues! – Ao ni Nare (BE BLUES!〜青になれ〜) is a Japanese association football manga series written and illustrated by Motoyuki Tanaka. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday since January 2011, with its chapters collected into forty-four tankōbon volumes as of July 2021. In 2015, the manga won the 60th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category.
Plot[]
Ryū Ichijō (一条 龍) is a prodigy football player who dreams of becoming a professional player and member of the Japan national team (the "Blues" of the title) by the age of 18. He excels as he proceeds through his schooling, but just as he prepares to start his junior high school he suffers a fall leading to really serious injuries, and has to go through a long period of rehabilitation. Two years after his accident, he is able to play again and starts working to get his skills up again, and to improve so as to achieve his dreams of making it to the national team.
Characters[]
- Ryū Ichijō (一条 龍, Ichijō Ryū)[1]
- Yūto Oume (青梅 優人, Oume Yūto)
- Tatsuhiko Kuze (久世 立彦, Kuze Tatsuhiko)
- Takumi Sakuraba (桜庭 巧美, Sakuraba Takumi)
Publication[]
Be Blues! – Ao ni Nare is written and illustrated by Motoyuki Tanaka. The manga started in Shogakukan's magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday on January 26, 2011.[2] Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was published on June 17, 2011.[3] As of July 16, 2021, forty-four volumes have been released.[4]
Volume list[]
Volume | Release date | ISBN | Oricon | Copies sold |
Refs. |
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1 | June 17, 2011 | 978-4-09-123005-8 | [3] | ||
2 | September 16, 2011 | 978-4-09-123248-9 | [5] | ||
3 | November 18, 2011 | 978-4-09-123370-7 | [6] | ||
4 | February 17, 2012 | 978-4-09-123545-9 | [7] | ||
5 | May 18, 2012 | 978-4-09-123658-6 | [8] | ||
6 | July 18, 2012 | 978-4-09-123773-6 | [9] | ||
7 | October 18, 2012 | 978-4-09-123895-5 | [10] | ||
8 | December 18, 2012 | 978-4-09-123895-5 | 41 | 27,329[a] | [11][12] |
9 | March 18, 2013 | 978-4-09-124199-3 | 24 | 36,329[b] | [13][14] |
10 | June 18, 2016 | 978-4-09-124317-1 | 38 | 36,724[c] | [15][16] |
11 | September 18, 2013 | 978-4-09-124380-5 | 24 | 35,490[d] | [17][18] |
12 | November 18, 2013 | 978-4-09-124492-5 | 15 | 40,057[e] | [19][20] |
13 | February 18, 2014 | 978-4-09-124560-1 | 17 | 41,071[f] | [21][22] |
14 | May 16, 2014 | 978-4-09-124641-7 | 34 | 26,320[g] | [23][24] |
15 | June 18, 2014 | 978-4-09-124739-1 | 31 | 35,324[h] | [25][26] |
16 | September 18, 2014 | 978-4-09-125100-8 | 30 | 33,794[i] | [27][28] |
17 | December 18, 2014 | 978-4-09-125395-8 | 27 | 35,806[j] | [29][30] |
18 | March 18, 2015 | 978-4-09-125630-0 | 23 | 44,336[k] | [31][32] |
19 | May 18, 2015 | 978-4-09-125834-2 | 10 | 49,322[l] | [33][34] |
20 | August 18, 2015 | 978-4-09-126205-9 | 18 | 49,224[m] | [35][36] |
21 | November 18, 2015 | 978-4-09-126491-6 | 21 | 44,625[n] | [37][38] |
22 | February 18, 2016 | 978-4-09-126779-5 | 16 | 59,953[o] | [39][40][41] |
23 | May 18, 2016 | 978-4-09-127138-9 | 15 | 40,959[p] | [42][43] |
24 | August 18, 2016 | 978-4-09-127327-7 | 18 | 49,224[q] | [44][45] |
25 | November 18, 2016 | 978-4-09-127416-8 | 27 | 52,216[r] | [46][47][48] |
26 | February 17, 2017 | 978-4-09-127500-4 | 17 | 54,062[s] | [49][50][51] |
27 | May 18, 2017 | 978-4-09-127569-1 | 14 | 54,323[t] | [52][53][54] |
28 | August 18, 2017 | 978-4-09-127678-0 | [55] | ||
29 | November 17, 2017 | 978-4-09-127869-2 | [56] | ||
30 | February 16, 2018 | 978-4-09-128084-8 | [57] | ||
31 | May 18, 2018 | 978-4-09-128248-4 | [58] | ||
32 | August 17, 2018 | 978-4-09-128350-4 | [59] | ||
33 | November 16, 2018 | 978-4-09-128576-8 | [60] | ||
34 | February 18, 2019 | 978-4-09-128878-3 | [61] | ||
35 | May 17, 2019 | 978-4-09-129150-9 | [62] | ||
36 | August 16, 2019 | 978-4-09-129319-0 | [63] | ||
37 | November 18, 2019 | 978-4-09-129444-9 | [64] | ||
38 | February 18, 2020 | 978-4-09-129559-0 | [65] | ||
39 | May 18, 2020 | 978-4-09-850076-5 | [66] | ||
40 | July 17, 2020 | 978-4-09-850160-1 | [67] | ||
41 | September 18, 2020 | 978-4-09-850175-5 | [68] | ||
42 | January 18, 2021 | 978-4-09-850381-0 | [69] | ||
43 | April 16, 2021 | 978-4-09-850516-6 | [70] | ||
44 | April 16, 2021 | 978-4-09-850632-3 | [4] |
Reception[]
In 2015, the manga won the 60th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category.[71]
See also[]
- Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu — Another manga series by the same author.
Notes[]
- ^ As of December 23, 2012.
- ^ As of March 24, 2013.
- ^ As of June 22, 2013.
- ^ As of September 22, 2013.
- ^ As of November 24, 2013.
- ^ As of February 23, 2014.
- ^ As of May 18, 2014.
- ^ As of June 22, 2014.
- ^ As of September 21, 2014.
- ^ As of December 21, 2014.
- ^ As of March 22, 2015.
- ^ As of May 24, 2015.
- ^ As of August 23, 2015.
- ^ As of November 22, 2015.
- ^ As of February 28, 2016.
- ^ As of May 24, 2016.
- ^ As of August 23, 2016.
- ^ As of November 30, 2016.
- ^ As of February 26, 2017.
- ^ As of May 28, 2017.
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External links[]
- Be Blues! official website at Web Sunday (in Japanese)
- Be Blues! at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Manga series
- 2011 manga
- Association football in anime and manga
- Shogakukan manga
- Shōnen manga
- Winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga