Haneru and Kira DEFEAT NAGI! Blue Lock Chapter 348 Spoilers!
Nagi is about to take his second chance. Can he survive the Birdcage and rejoin Blue Lock?
In the previous Blue Lock chapter, Blue Lock loses to France, their first loss in the U-2o World Cup.
Blue Lock Chapter 348 is titled, “This is It!”
This chapter has 20 pages.
90 minutes…
Editor’s note: “Behind the scenes of the france match, SIDE-B KICKS into High Gear! Nagi, Kira, and the others’ egos will be tested once again!?”
We return from where we left off in Chapter 327: “Birdcage”, as Nagi and the rest of Side-B begin the Birdcage round.
Teppei, Mizuki and Shindo go over their role as “the Cage”, since only 3 pairs out of the 301 participants will make it to the next round.
From the 301 participants are 25 teams: each team has 12 players, with one having 13.
On Nagi’s side, there are 13, with 11 as the Cage and Nagi and Kira as the Birds, whose goal is to steal the ball from the Cage players, who must keep passing the ball for 136 seconds without the Birds stealing it.
Nagi and Kira charge immediately.
Seeing as pressuring the Cage will not work, Kira decides to narrow down the target and corner them for Nagi to trap the ball.
Hajime Nishioka grabs the ball after his teammates exchange passes trying to prevent the Bird duo from getting the ball.
Hajime ends up landing a shot and hitting Nagi’s face with the ball.
As the ball flies, suddenly Shindo takes the ball, saying that just touching the ball is not enough and you need to secure omplete possession of it to count it as a clear.
Kira and the other Cage players are surprised by Shindo’s leap.
Upon recovering the ball and keeping hold of it, Shindo is then chosen by Buratsuta as the next Bird and he gets to choose his partner
He leaves the ball behind and starts observing his “teammates” and thinking about who to choose to be his partner
Shindo sees the logic of the Birdcage.
It is designed to the antithesis of Blue Lock because the game’s goal is to survive as a “duo”, building relationships of trust.
Shindo chooses Kira as his partner, giving Kira a second shot.
We see a repeat where Kira corners the other players.
Nagi attempts to save the Birdcage but Shindo appears, anticipating Nagi’s trap.
Mizuki remarks Shindo is quite brutal while Shindo notes that stopping Nagi’s movements is the key to victory.
This allows Shindo Haneru and Ryosuke Kira to advance as the first pair, having won the First Stage of the Birdcage.
Shindo admires Kira’s talent and downplays Blue Lock’s talent level but Kira stays quiet.
Are we seeing some conflict over his own resentment for Blue Lock?
With Mizuki as the Bird, he chooses Nagi as his partner, becoming the next Bird pair.
While Nagi feels the fever he has long waited for.
Editor’s note: “It hurts, it’s painful, it’s frustrating, damn it… An egoist’s favorite thing!! I can’t stop, ‘Blue Lock’!!”
Blue Lock Chapter 349 is titled, “Revive” and will be released on June 17, 2026.
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