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Grand Blue

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English: Grand Blue Dreaming
Japanese: ぐらんぶる

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Type: Manga
Volumes: Unknown
Chapters: Unknown
Status: Publishing
Published: Apr 7, 2014 to ?
Genres: Comedy, Slice of Life, Seinen
Authors: Inoue, Kenji (Story), Yoshioka, Kimitake (Art)
Serialization: good! Afternoon

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Score: 8.971 (scored by 9643 users)
1 indicates a weighted score. Please note that 'Not yet published' titles are excluded.
Ranked: #112
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #179
Members: 30,623
Favorites: 2,918
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Mangagood! AfternoonInoue, Kenji (Story), Yoshioka, Kimitake (Art)
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Among the seaside town of Izu's ocean waves and rays of shining sun, Iori Kitahara is just beginning his freshman year at Izu University. As he moves into his uncle's scuba diving shop, Grand Blue, he eagerly anticipates his dream college life, filled with beautiful girls and good friends.

But things don't exactly go according to plan. Upon entering the shop, he encounters a group of rowdy, naked upperclassmen, who immediately coerce him into participating in their alcoholic activities. Though unwilling at first, Iori quickly gives in and becomes the heart and soul of the party. Unfortunately, this earns him the scorn of his cousin, Chisa Kotegawa, who walks in at precisely the wrong time. Undeterred, Iori still vows to realize his ideal college life, but will things go according to plan this time, or will his situation take yet another dive?

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Grand Blue has been published digitally in English as Grand Blue Dreaming by Kodansha Comics USA since September 12, 2017.

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Kitahara, Iori
Kitahara, Iori
Main
Kotegawa, Chisa
Kotegawa, Chisa
Main
Imamura, Kouhei
Imamura, Kouhei
Main
Hamaoka, Azusa
Hamaoka, Azusa
Supporting
Yoshiwara, Aina
Yoshiwara, Aina
Supporting
Busujima, Sakurako
Busujima, Sakurako
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Kotobuki, Ryuujirou
Kotobuki, Ryuujirou
Supporting
Kotegawa, Nanaka
Kotegawa, Nanaka
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Tokita, Shinji
Tokita, Shinji
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Kitahara, Shiori
Kitahara, Shiori
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Aug 26, 2016
34 of ? chapters read
Hippe0 (All reviews)
124 people found this review helpful
It's not often that a Manga makes me literally laughing out loud.
Most comedy Manga were either totally unfunny and boring or just managed to make me blow the air slightly more forceful through my nostrils.
Grand Blue isn't one of those Manga.

The story isn't very special. The art is good but nothing outstanding. Except when one of the characters goes bonkers. Most of the time you'll probably laugh because of the ridiculous over the top depiction of certain emotions.
If you just want to lean back, have a good laugh and not worry about your (shitty) life, then this is the Manga for you.
If read more
Jan 16, 2017
36 of ? chapters read
sheroze (All reviews)
74 people found this review helpful
Grand Blue is a diving manga.

It is about college freshmen confused with what club they want to join and how to spend their college lives. They get invited by their incredibly nice senpai and join the diving club. This review will focus on how this manga portrays diving and how people discover love for an activity they were completely new to.

The story of Grand Blue is quite simple yet very satisfying to read. It follows the generic new students don't know what they want to do with their lives and end up joining a club out of curiosity but Grand Blue executes this very read more
Jan 30, 2017
25 of ? chapters read
Raw_Meat (All reviews)
52 people found this review helpful
Grand Blue is a masterclass work of slapstick and gag humor.

Although the series is about "diving", the setting and premise serve primarily as guidelines for the plot to direct its comedy. In other words, characters can derail into basically any subplot and then realign itself at the end of each arc to ensure the series doesn't go too far off on a tangent and overwhelm the reader with too much absurdity.

The setting itself provides a reasonable justification for the kind of humor you see. Drinking naturally comes with college parties and nudity "naturally" comes with drinking. Diving also offers a unique focal point to read more
Sep 3, 2016
7 of ? chapters read
ForgotMyRice (All reviews)
46 people found this review helpful
There are very few anime/manga which actually make me laugh and this is definitely one of them! The humor is absolutely amazing and the artwork compliments it perfectly. I really hope this manga gets more attention and becomes popular because I've enjoyed this much more than the more popular comedy manga at the moment like prison school. This is a fresh breather from all the high school comedies since this takes place in college so it has a bit more freedom with comedy involving alcohol, which happens to be where most of the comedy is based on. The misunderstandings are what make this manga one read more

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