# WebtoonLib — Blue Lock #42

## Series
- title: Blue Lock
- slug: blue-lock-6a3d3a

## Chapter
- number: 42
- release_date: 2025-05-29

### Summary
The Second Selection begins, confining the remaining strikers to individual cells in a stark new phase orchestrated by Jinpachi Ego. Overseeing the brutal trial is Anri Teieri, the passionate JFA member who conceived of the Blue Lock project to shatter Japan's football mediocrity. While the players face this solitary challenge, Yoichi Isagi is left to grapple with his own inadequacies, shaken by the overwhelming skill of the \#1 ranked Rin Itoshi and contemplating what it will take to survive this next stage.
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- summary_verification: unverified

### Characters involved
- Rin Itoshi — Main
- Yoichi Isagi — Main
- Anri Teieri — Supporting
- Jinpachi Ego — Supporting

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
The Second Selection begins, confining the remaining strikers to individual cells in a stark new phase orchestrated by Jinpachi Ego.

### Spoiler summary
The Second Selection begins, confining the remaining strikers to individual cells in a stark new phase orchestrated by Jinpachi Ego. Overseeing the brutal trial is Anri Teieri, the passionate JFA member who conceived of the Blue Lock project to shatter Japan's football mediocrity. While the players face this solitary challenge, Yoichi Isagi is left to grapple with his own inadequacies, shaken by the overwhelming skill of the \#1 ranked Rin Itoshi and contemplating what it will take to survive this next stage.

## Status
- data_status: partial
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Blue Lock #42](/series/blue-lock-6a3d3a/chapter-42)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/blue-lock-6a3d3a

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