BLUE LOCK CHAPTER 21: BREAK THROUGH!

Chapter 21 opens in the dying moments of Team Z’s match against Team W, with the scoreboard showing a crushing 4–3 deficit. Panic and desperation run through the team as their hopes of survival hang on a single final play. Isagi receives the ball under pressure, hearing his teammates beg for a pass, but for the first time he clearly senses the field. In that instant, he spots a narrow, explosive opportunity, not for himself, but for the one player who has been holding back his true potential: Hyoma Chigiri.

The momentum shifts when Isagi launches a daring long ball into empty space, trusting that Chigiri will reach it. What follows is a turning point not only for the match, but for Chigiri’s character. The timid, hesitant player who had spent the earlier games playing safely confronts the fear that has chained him since his devastating past injury. As he sprints with everything he has, memories of shattered dreams, lost confidence, and warnings about his fragile leg collide with the overwhelming thrill he once felt when outrunning everyone on the field.

Chigiri breaks through the defenders, igniting a speed that stuns both teams. As he accelerates, the chapter reveals his internal struggle: the terror of reinjury, the weight of unrealized talent, and the yearning to reclaim the joy of surpassing an opponent. His sprint becomes a declaration of who he truly is, a prodigy who once believed he could be the best in the world, but who had buried that ambition to protect himself.

With Team W scrambling and the goalkeeper rushing forward, Chigiri reaches Isagi’s pass at full velocity. The play becomes a gamble on his future. If he fails, he accepts that his leg and his dream may never recover. But if he succeeds, he proves to himself that his fear no longer controls him. In a surge of resolve, he strikes the ball toward the net with everything he has.

The chapter concludes with Chigiri’s shot hitting home, tying the game 4–4 and keeping Team Z alive. As he screams in triumph, the others finally witness the real Chigiri, a striker reborn in the heat of desperation. His breakthrough marks not just a goal, but the revival of his identity, and a powerful new force emerging within Team Z.