Okuhito Iemon/Synopsis

**Table of Contents**
Introduction Arc • First Selection Arc • Second Selection Arc
References
## Plot

### Introduction Arc

Iemon attends the initial Blue Lock meeting and agrees to join the program like the other 299 high school forwards. When he arrives at Blue Lock, he receives his uniform and training gear like everybody else. He then goes to his designated room and awaits what's next while sitting on the far side of the room.

   After entering Team Z's shared room, Ego appears on the screen and greets the players in the room. He explains their current room situation and the Blue Lock ranking system. Ego also explains that the top 5 players at the end of Blue Lock will have a guaranteed spot on the Japan U-20 team for the U-20 World Cup. Nevertheless, there are also consequences to joining Blue Lock. To elaborate, players who lost at Blue Lock would be permanently barred from ever playing on Japan's National team. With those details, the first test of Blue Lock is announced. For the dormitory test, play a game of tag.

Given a limited amount of time, the "it" of the game must pass the ball to someone else and hit them. Once the time runs out, the last "it" would be eliminated from Blue Lock. Shortly after, a ball drops in the center of the room and Gurimu Igarashi is noted as the person who is "it" since he is (currently) the lowest-ranked person in the room. By the end of the dormitory test, Ryousuke Kira was tagged. Thus, Kira is eliminated. The 11 players in the room will now live there together as a group called Team Z.

Afterward, Team Z spent the next few days training their bodies to condition themselves into the way of living at Blue Lock.  Following the training, Ego announces the new rankings in Blue Lock. He then informs Team Z that they are currently the lowest-ranked team in the facility. Lastly, Ego reveals that Blue Lock will be having its First Selection soon.

### First Selection Arc

#### Team Z vs Team X

   Team Z desperately tries to stop Baro from his tracks. Isagi positions in front of Baro to stop him. To pass Isagi, Baro does a heel flick. This move amazes Isagi, making him unable to react quickly. After that, Baro was able to pass Kuon and Imamura with nutmegs. Baro then kicks the ball towards the net. Iemon, however, failed to stop the ball, resulting in the goal of Team X.

As Team Z was still focusing on scoring by themselves, Team X slowly understood that they can win through cooperation. Thus, players of Team X started passing the balls to Baro. While Team Z was stealing the balls from one another, Team X formed a team to allow Baro to score goals. As a result, Team X won the match.

Inside Team Z's shared room, each player identifies their unique weapons. Iemon tells the team that he is a jack of all trades.

#### Team Z vs Team Y

The match between Team Z and Team Y begins. Okawa, in possession of the ball, runs towards the goal. It is hinted that Okawa's weapon is his super shooting. Isagi believes that Team Z fell into Team Y's trap. Iemon, new to the position of goalkeeper, failed to block Okawa's shoot. This inevitably resulted in Okawa scoring a goal. The score is now 1-0.

To avoid another goal by Team Y, Team Z decided on having 2 players mark Okawa. Isagi deduced that Team Y's tactic was to hold out and wait for the perfect opportunity to strike. Isagi believes that, to defeat Team Y, they must stop Okawa from scoring.

Although it was a rocky battle, Team Z's efforts were not wasted as they won against Team Y. The match ended with a score of 1-2 (Team Z in the lead).

#### Team Z vs Team W

At Team Z's monitoring room, Team Z (besides Kuon) is preparing for their upcoming match. Iemon leads the discussion. Iemon informs them that Team W's key players are the Wanima Brothers (Keisuke Wanima and Junichi Wanima). When the twins played against Baro's team, the brothers scored 4 goals combined. Isagi then tells the others that the twins are useless when they are isolated. Iemon agrees with him, saying that to defeat Team W, they must split them apart.

Kuon then comes to the monitoring room after taking a long bath. Kuon tells the team that for their next game, they will follow an improved version of their tactic. Kuon calls this new strategy "the 3x3 all-stars" tactic. Iemon and Chigiri is not part of this tactic. Instead, Iemon will be the goalkeeper, while Chigiri would rather stay on the defensive again.

After several hours, the game between Team Z and Team W starts. During the beginning of the match, Team Z seemed successful as they scored 3 goals against Team W thanks to Kuon. Nonetheless, problems started to rise after the third goal.

The second half of the game starts with Raichi in possession of the ball. Kuon then tells Raichi to slow down and asks for the ball. Raichi says that Kuon better give it back to him later. Shortly after Kuon received the ball, Keisuke from Kuon's back and steals the ball. Raichi gets mad and calls Kuon an idiot. Isagi is surprised to see Junichi more aggressive in attacking, unlike a while ago. Plus, Junichi and Keisuke are more in sync in this game. Isagi tries to stop them but he was overwhelmed by the skills of the twins combined. Keisuke, with the ball, appears in front of Iemon. Iemon believes he can handle Keisuke; however, suprisingly, Keisuke passes to Junichi. With Iemon focused on Keisuke, Junichi was able to score a goal The score is now 3-1, with Team Z in the lead.

    After several minutes, the score has now changed to 3-4, with Team W in the lead. Having the ball, Junichi kicks the ball, attempting to score once more. If Team W scores another goal, Team Z would be behind by 2 points, making it more difficult for them to win. Isagi calls for Iemon's help. Fortunately, Iemon flicks the ball away from the net.

The ball is now a loose ball, with both teams chasing it. Seeing that Chigiri is near the ball, Isagi shouts Chigiri's name. Chigiri runs toward the ball; however, Keisuke catches up with Chigiri. Keisuke tells him that this day will mark the end of Chigiri's football journey. Chigiri, affected by Keisuke's words, remained glued on the floor. Raichi screams at Chigiri and tells him to defend.

Following the third goal of Team Z, Team W's defense improved immensely. To Isagi, it appeared as if Team W knew all of Team Z's weapons and strategies. Likewise, the top scorer for this match, Kuon, was also making several mistakes. Moreover, Team W also became more agressive. Because of these, Team W was able to score 4 goals. It was then revealed that Kuon had leaked information about Team Z to Team W. In exchange, Team W will allow Kuon to score goals against them (just enough to become Team Z's top scorer).

Frustrated that his teammates' weapons are not working, Isagi tries to pull through by himself. This caused a shock to Keisuke and his teammates since they believed that Isagi's only weapon is his spatial awareness. He drives the ball but fails when Junichi blocks him. Chigiri sees Isagi's reckless and extreme efforts. Isagi, however, doesn't see it that way. He believes that Team Z can still win. Iemon, seeing Isagi's fighting spirit, calls his other teammates to support Isagi.

Once Team Z realized this, they were baffled. Nevertheless, time was running. Although the sudden betrayal was frustrating and disheartening, Team Z opted to focus on the game. The score was 3-4, with Team W in the lead. If Team Z lost this match, they will be evicted. Thus, they chose to settle on a tie instead. Fortunately, their efforts weren't wasted. The match ended in a draw, with a score of 4-4.

#### Team Z vs Team V

At Team Z's monitoring room, the team discusses their next match. They also watched the game between Team W and Team Y. Apparently, the match between them ended in a draw thanks to Niko and the Wanima brothers. Iemon, leading the discussion, informs the team of the change in their rankings.

Team Z is now in the third position among the fifth stratum. Team V, Team W, Team X, and Team Y is in the first, second, fifth, and fourth position, respectively. For Team Z's next game, they will compete against the undefeated Team V. After that, Iemon shows an image of the key players of Team V.

After the meeting, to relax their minds befor the upcoming match, Bachira, Gagamaru, Igaguri, and Isagi plays a game of "what does the face of that Wanima bro mean?" Bachira plays the role of Junichi, while the rest try to guess what he is saying. Isagi says that Bachira's facial expression means "I wonder if we'll win the next game." Igaguri guessed that Bachira's face implies that his stomach hurts. Gagamura, on the other hand, understood Bachira's expression as "Grandma, are you doing well?"

Bachira tells the three that they got it wrong and that he was doing an "I wonder what rain tastes like" expression. Seeing the four goofing around, Iemon scolds them, telling them that they should be focusing on their last and next game. Bachira then jokes, saying that Iemon is making an "I'm so mad" face.

Following several hours, the last game for the first selection begins. Before the match, Iemon, the tactician, announces their strategy to the team. Iemon states that Kunigami, Gagamaru. Chigiri will be their key players since they're the team's best strikers. Everyone from the team agrees and prepares for their upcoming match.

The heated game proceeds, favoring no team. After the ball is stolen by Team Z, Team V would reclaim it once more. Suffice to say, the game's results could be anyone's bet.

The time is running out as several minutes have now passed. The score is now 4-4. After Kuon pulled Nagi's face to stop him, the field became chaotic. Reo and Zantetsu were baffled that Kuon would turn to violence and desperate effort to stop their opponent team from scoring. Likewise, Team Z were also confused. Knowing that Kuon betrayed Team Z twice , it was perplexing to see Kuon help Team Z since he once declared that he won't help them in this match.

    Because of Kuon's offense, the game resumes with the free-kick. Team V's free-kick kicker is Reo. Behind the scenes, everyone knows that if Kuon didn't do that, Team Z would've lost already. Team Z desperately tries to stop Reo from scoring. Iemon wonders what Reo will do. Will Reo pass to Nagi or Zantetsu? No. Iemon believes that as an egoistic striker, Reo will prefer to score by his skills alone. Iemon's guess was correct, allowing him to stop the ball from hitting the net. Now the ball is loose, both Team V and Team Z tries to retrieve it.

Team Z let go of their panic to focus their attention on the current match. Team Z gave their all in this match, knowing that losing would mean that they won't reach their dreams in football. Through Team Z's passionate plays, Team Z successfully scored a goal against Team V. Team Z was then declared the winner of this match.

    After the match, Raichi notes that he hasn't forgiven Kuon yet. Raichi believes, nonetheless, that, thanks to Kuon grabbing Nagi's head, Team Z didn't lose. Raichi then extends his hand and invites Kuon. Kuon comes closer and reaches for Raichi's hand. Before Kuon can touch his hand, Raichi punches his face. This shocks everyone in Team Z. Raichi then says that he hates Kuon, but he'll move past his betrayal with a punch. Igaguri, Imamura, and Iemon agreed with Raichi.

After that, Kunigami helps the fallen Kuon stand. Kunigami invites Kuon to celebrate together. Subsequently, the buzzer rang, announcing the results of the first selection. With the end of the first selection, Team V and Team Z survived. Plus, the top strikers of Team W, Team X, and Team Y will also advance. Junichi Wanima (6 goals), Ikki Niko (4 goals), and Shoei Baro (10 goals) are the top strikers. Team Z rejoices in their victory against Team Z and for surviving the first selection.

### Second Selection Arc

He was never seen again after the first selection, he presumably did not pass the second selection.

## References

*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 2.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 3.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 6.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 8.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 9.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 11.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 11.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 12.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 17.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 19.
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*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 20.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 23.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 24.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 26.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 16.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 22.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 24.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 35.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 32.
*Blue Lock* Manga: Chapter 38.