Grand Blue
Grand Blue Dreaming
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Grand Blue

Alternative Titles

Japanese: ぐらんぶる
English: Grand Blue Dreaming
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Information

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

Statistics

Score: 9.031 (scored by 7069570,695 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #92
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #48
Members: 185,948
Favorites: 18,199

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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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Background

Grand Blue was nominated for the 41st Kodansha Manga Awards in the General category in 2017.

The series has been published digitally in English as Grand Blue Dreaming by Kodansha USA since September 12, 2017. It has also been simulpub through K Manga. The manga has also been published in French by Meian since February 24, 2021.

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Reviews

Jan 23, 2024
Preliminary (84/? eps)
There are a total of four things that I absolutely love in pieces that I read when well done. The first is realistic suffering, see characters pass throught bad things, and be successful(or the opposite of it) is amazing. The second is relationships, I love to see how characters interact with each other, and develop throught that. The third is worldbuilding, a good and nice world can transmit a sense of wonder that enhances the experience to new levels. An fourth is simply put, the funnies, how much a manga makes me laugh or smirk is heavily correlated with my enjoyement. But comedy is very ...
Mar 3, 2025
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (93/? eps)
Comedy is the most subjective genre so to pull fans in you have to do something unique or different like Kaguya-Sama or The Greatest Estate Developer however Grand Blue just doesn't do it.

In general Grand Blue is good but that's it, don't get me wrong it is definitely funny but after a bit it just feels repetitive and overused alot like how I feel with Shonen animes with their constant and boring fight scenes.

There's not much to this review it's pretty simple, Grand Blue is a good comedy but doesn't do anything too extra and will get boring, of course this is subjective but ...
Jan 21, 2024
Preliminary (6/? eps)
tldr; story is about how crimes are actually hilarious, with some diving thrown in.

I tried to read as much as I could, I really did, but this manga is just too strange for me and I have to take a break after every joke. I'm in disbelief that this is a Seinen and not a Shonen.

I don't tolerate second hand embarrassment well and that's this story's bread and butter. We have characters repeatedly forcing/tricking other characters into intoxication, and it's played off as a joke and they're not villainized at all. The MC wants to get a girl drunk so she can't say no to ...

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