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Blue Giant

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Japanese: BLUE GIANT
English: Blue Giant
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 10
Chapters: 80
Status: Finished
Published: May 10, 2013 to Aug 25, 2016
Genre: Award Winning Award Winning
Theme: Music Music
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Big Comic
Authors: Ishizuka, Shinichi (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 8.471 (scored by 48674,867 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #1722
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #862
Members: 21,636
Favorites: 462

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Synopsis

The latest great works by Ishizuka Shinichi! A high school 3rd year student, Miyamoto Dai, whose heart was touched by Jazz, continued to play the Saxophone alone in Kawahara, rain or shine, day or night, for many years. "I want to become the world's best Saxophone player...!!" Effort, talent, faith, environment, luck...which are necessary? A tale of reaching towards his goal recklessly and sincerely begins in Hirosegawa, Sendai.

(Source: MU)

Background

Blue Giant was nominated for the eighth and ninth Manga Taisho Award and placed fifth and third in the final ranking, respectively. The series ranked 15th in the 2016 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! for the Male Readers division. The manga won the 62nd Shougakukan Manga Award in the General category in 2017. In the same year, it won the Manga Division Grand Prize at the 20th Japan Media Arts Festival.

The series was published in English by Seven Seas Entertainment as 2-in-1 omnibus volumes from November 10, 2020, to March 22, 2022.

Characters

Miyamoto, Dai
Main
Sawabe, Yukinori
Main
Tamada, Shunji
Main
Akiko
Supporting
Yui
Supporting
Isogai, Masaru
Supporting
Mitsuaki
Supporting
Amanuma, Kousei
Supporting
Uchiyama
Supporting
Mochizuki
Supporting

Reviews

May 13, 2024
"Blue Giant" is a love story about a small dreamer who fell in love. This love gave Dai a way to express himself, which he did in a unique and brilliant way. But not only that, love also gave him a purpose, one he pursued steadily, without looking back, like a beautiful blue shooting star. Along this path, various obstacles arose, which in the end only served to increase his brightness. He met himself and others. He cried, but also laughed. He fell, yet always got back up. He loved. He dreamed. He continues his journey. He grows. A giant. A blue giant. Jazz.
Dec 7, 2023
Althought the story itself isnt really anything special the way its executed is absolutely beautiful,its so engaging it sucks u right in.Every character introduced from the main cast is very charming in their own way and each one has an amazing journey(of development) and dont get me started about the mc,his seer determination to be the best, his courage,his unyielding spirit and his drive to work day by day, minute by minute all fueled by his genuine desire to improve as a musician and achieve his goal , plus his development as a character throughout the series is from the best i have ...
Oct 23, 2021
Mixed Feelings
FunnyFunny
Now you see, this is why this type of manga series would need an anime adaption is because I am not able to god damn hear what the main character Dai is playing like it felt in my head that he was only playing “epic sax guy” the whole time I’m seeing his performances. I mean the art and character development was decent. Dai does seem like an ambitious young man who has a goal to becoming a proper jazz musician and plays basketball in his free time. I really this type of character development in a coming of age story like this one. ...

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