I started reading Blue Lock, the new soccer manga by Muneyuki Kaneshiro & Yusuke Nomura fr. @KodanshaManga and some aspects of the character designs remind me of Tite Kubo (Bleach) & Wataru Watanabe (Yowamushi Pedal) kodansha.us/series/blue-lo… 
Blue Lock starts off as a basic sports manga, with scenes at a high school playoff, but within a few chapters, things take a darker turn... kinda like Prison School or Battle Royale. Your first hint of this is seeing the sketch of the cover on the title page. What's on his neck?
In a lot of sports manga, and heck, a lot of soccer manga, there's an emphasis on teamwork. Blue Lock turns that on its head by trying to push its players to be "egoists" like world's soccer legends (e.g. Pele, Messi) kodansha.us/series/blue-lo…
The camp that introduces the protagonist to talented rivals is like a prison camp. The coach? More eccentric sociopath than encouraging father figure. So if you like sports manga, but you're ready for something that takes its tropes and turns it sideways, give Blue Lock a try.
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