Grand Blue

Alternative Titles

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

Statistics

Score: 9.02¹ (scored by 35,563 users)

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Ranked: #8²

² based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #65

Members: 98,743

Favorites: 9,826

9.02

Ranked #8Popularity #65Members 98,743

Mangagood! AfternoonInoue, Kenji (Story), Yoshioka, Kimitake (Art)

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Synopsis

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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Characters

Kotegawa, Chisa

Main

Kitahara, Iori

Main

Imamura, Kouhei

Main

Yoshiwara, Aina

Main

Hamaoka, Azusa

Supporting

Kotegawa, Nanaka

Supporting

Tokita, Shinji

Supporting

Kotobuki, Ryuujirou

Supporting

Busujima, Sakurako

Supporting

Kitahara, Shiori

Supporting

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Aug 26, 2016

34 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 9

Hippe0 (All reviews)

348 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.
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Jan 16, 2017

36 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 9

sheroze (All reviews)

135 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 well. They outline diving in a very simplistic yet intriguing way. You do not need any knowledge on diving beforehand as they explain most of the basics as well as different stages of diving as you start to get more comfortable with the water. They outline how easy it may look on the surface but how difficult an essentially dangerous this activity can get, which leads to some really gut wrenching scenes in the manga. We don't have much stories that go in depth on diving so this feels refreshing to read, definitely on the unique side in that aspect.

The art is best described as simplistic yet beautiful. The diving scenes are drawn with so much detail, it really tries to put the reader in the position the characters are in. The character's faces are beautifully and realistically drawn in almost every panel. You can tell the mangaka put time and research into figuring out the minute details of a human body. Since it's a diving manga, the character's take their clothes off almost all the time and the author did an amazing job showing male and female aesthetics.

The cast of Grand Blue seems a bit generic at first glance, but really grow on you as the series goes on. We have our MC, Kitahara Iori, a college freshmen who is confused on how to spend his college life and ends up discovering a passion for something he previously had no interest in. Grand Blue isn't just all diving though, the characters interact with one another outside of diving in multiple ways developing their relationships with one another, especially the members of the diving club. We have Imamura Kouhei, an outgoing handsome man who doesn't care what other people think of him. He likes to truly express what he has a passion for even if other people may label him in a negative way. He is the first friend Iori makes and the story mainly focuses on their friendship, the struggles that come from it, and their new found love for diving.

If you want a unique manga that outlines the beauty of diving, give Grand Blue a shot.

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Jan 30, 2017

25 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

Raw_Meat (All reviews)

110 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

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Sep 3, 2016

7 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 9

ForgotMyRice (All reviews)

68 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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