ぐらんぶる 2 [Grand Blue 2]

ぐらんぶる [Grand Blue] #2

by Kenji Inoue (writer), 井上堅二, Kimitake Yoshioka (illustrator)

カナヅチなのにダイビングサークルに入ってしまった伊織。飲み会では鬼神のごときルーキーだが、海では…。そして自然体でエロい女先輩が登場。バカ騒ぎの学園祭にも突入。さあ、新世界が待っている。何もかもが、とびきりの初体験だ！

Genres: Manga, Comedy, Seinen, Fiction, Slice Of Life, Graphic Novels, Comics

196 pages, Paperback

First published December 5, 2014

Reviews

[Jokoloyo · Rating 3 out of 5]

New characters introduced, and arguably more crazy slice-of-life humor than volume 1. But less diving related scenes than volume 1.

I am beginning to have concern with the drinking habit of two main characters. They really drink a lot of alcohol. I hope no reader seriously trying to copy the drinking habit. :P

[James DeSantis · Rating 4 out of 5]

While not AS funny as volume 1 I still really enjoyed this one.

Less on the outrageous humor this time around and more on actual diving. Which works well because the artist really gets to showcase their talent here. The underwater parts look FANTASTIC. There's some really cute moments and emotional bits here. Of course add some gross out humor, partial nudity (Mostly male) and you still get some great laughs. This time the boys are forced to dress like girls to enter a contest to win cash. But the girls also get to join in the fun. Also have some great diving first time moments that work really well.

Overall another really solid, funny volume, that is becoming one of my favorite series ever. I already bought up a few more volumes.

[Facundo Torres · Rating 5 out of 5]

"We 've had enough laughts. Just can just go home now" -Iori and Kohei
No hay mejor frase que resuma el tomo

[Alice4170 🌙 · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5 ⭐️
Omg the faces are enough to keep me laughing and reading lol. I’m glad the story progressed and we met a few new characters as well

[Facundo Mosquera · Rating 5 out of 5]

funniest shit i've ever read

[Elizabeth (Elzburg)]

Dropped 23 pages into chapter 7.

Well, we (and Iori) finally saw underwater. One of the most disappointing things about these books so far has been the lack of actual diving, and we finally got some in this volume. Well, from what I read of this volume at least. Obviously I couldn’t be bothered to finish it.

I literally just didn’t care about anything that was going on. There was some sort of festival that I didn’t care about, and Iori and Kouhei were distraught that they’d have to cross-dress in it which I also didn’t care about. I really wanted to finish this volume, but when I looked at what was ahead of me I really, truly, could not be bothered.

From what I read I’d rate it 2/5 stars, but because I didn’t finish the volume as a whole I don’t think it’s fair for me to rate it, so I won’t.

I still hold that I feel like this series is just not for me, and that you very well might enjoy it a lot more than I did.

[Marcella · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mais um mangá com sexualização feminina ao extremo, além disso, algumas informações sobre mergulho são bem incorretas, como não mencionar o perigo da doença descompressiva ao mergulhar e depois pegar um avião, o que é decepcionante para quem pegou o mangá por gostar de mergulhar.

[Anthony Toto · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hilarious and inspirational at the same time. Good read.

[Christian Angelo · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a diving manga…

[Joanne Griffiths · Rating 2 out of 5]

To mi robi wodę z mózgu. Ble.

[Matty Dub · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I finish this series, I’ll go over it again snapping pics of all the hilarious facial expressions. I’ll keep those in an album designed to cheer me up like volume 2 did yesterday as I was anxiously waiting for my Covid test results.

[Enairolf · Rating 4 out of 5]

J’avais tant aimé le premier tome que je n’ai pas mis longtemps à sortir le second de ma PAL. Et je peux vous dire que j’aime encore plus ce manga. Moi qui était si impatiente de le découvrir je ne suis pas déçue du tout! Je suis même hyper fan de ce manga. J’aime trop l’humour qui se dégage et les différents personnages. Vraiment c’est une excellente découverte. Mon seul regret c’est de ne pas l’avoir lu plus tôt. Il me tarde déjà de découvrir la suite!

Dans ce second tome, on retrouve Iori qui commence tout juste à s’habituer à son quotidien quelque peu mouvementé et surtout très alcoolisé! Mais voilà le moment tant attendu du festival printanier de leur université! C’est l’occasion pour le club de se réunir au complet et de récolté de l’argent grâce à un concours de beauté. La récompense permettra de renflouer les caisses du club et ce n’est pas négligeable ! Iori et Kôhei sont bien décidés à tout faire pour ne pas participer au concours de beauté et font tout pour convaincre Chisa de se présenter! Mais est ce qu’ils ont vraiment des chances de pouvoir échapper à ça?

Ce tome était vraiment excellent. J’ai beaucoup aimé le début avec le petit cours de plongée pour Iori. On le voit découvrir ce nouveau monde qui s’offre à lui et même si ce moment n’a pas duré très longtemps c’était vraiment génial de le découvrir comme ça! J’ai hâte et j’espère que par la suite on découvrira plus de moments de plongée comme celui parce que c’était vraiment très agréable. J’ai adoré le concours de beauté. Encore une fois, ça nous offre des moments vraiment très drôles et épiques. Clairement l’humour de ce manga, je suis complètement fan. C’est vraiment ce genre d’humour qui me plaît le plus, parfois peut être lourd mais moi c’est ce que j’aime le plus.

J’aime énormément le duo Iori/Kôhei. Ces deux là sont tellement drôles. Parfois ils se battent et parfois sont comme les deux doigts de la main. Ils se retrouvent toujours dans des situations parfois délicates. J’aime beaucoup le personnage de Chisa. Elle est adorable et n’est pas du tout dans le même délire que les garçons! Ici, on rencontre un nouveau personnage celui de Azusa. Et je dois dire que j’aime beaucoup son personnage! Elle est pleine de vie, très drôle et elle plutôt dans le même délire que les autres. J’ai tout de même hâte de la découvrir un peu plus!

Ce second tome est clairement dans la lignée du premier. C’est toujours aussi rempli d’humour et d’alcool aussi! Le thème de la plongée est toujours au second plan mais on a de temps en temps des petits moments vraiment agréables. J’aime les différents personnages que l’on rencontre durant notre lecture. Ils sont tous différents et pourtant se complètent à la perfection. J’ai hâte de découvrir la suite parce que je suis déjà complètement sous le charme de ce manga.

[Ashe Catlin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Gave this a second chance and ended up forcing myself to finish it, it's not bad per se just not for me. A lot of Mangatubers have been raving about how funny this series is and how it's one of the best comedies out there. Honestly I don't get it, I didn't laugh once. There is this kind of outlandish humor in a lot of manga but this doesn't quite have that. Instead most of the jokes are about just suddenly stripping off their clothes and getting drunk, repeatedly.

Give the right situation stripping off randomly can be funny, like Gray from Fairy Tail but this just does it every few pages with the same people. There is no reactions or in public it's all behind closed doors. Same can be said with the drunks, they just don't do anything.

There was a nice bit where the guys helped out a girl but that was the only thing I liked, the characters all seem pretty stagnant and so far the story is pretty directionless.

[Udit · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hilarious. I’m glad the creators decided to turn a couple of jokes from Vol 1 into running gags (such as the Oolong Tea x Alcohol “mixups”).

I was also impressed by how some of the more outlandish jokes and absurd situations from the first volume actually somewhat impacted the story. I initially assumed those moments would be isolated, episodic bits with no real consequences. The continuity makes everything a bit funnier whilst also strengthening the relationships between characters/events.

Overall, this volume has given me high hopes for the rest of the series.

[Jenny Clark · Rating 2 out of 5]

Iori crashing the pagent was hilarious. I do like how there are moments like that, where he helps someone and shows he's more than just a goof, or uses that goofiness to help. The scene with him learning to dive was pretty cool as well.
Overall, this is a fun comedy at times and others its just a tad over the top.

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[Marcus · Rating 4 out of 5]

Shenanigans ensue as Iori and Kohei are “encouraged” by their senpai to enter a Men’s beauty contest to raise money for the diving club. They ain’t having it though so they rest their hopes on Chisa.

Another great volume, while I didn’t laugh as much in this one as I did volume 1 it still hit pretty good. I like the new character introduced, Azusa and like in volume 1 there are some wholesome moments to balance out the debauchery.

[Craig Schorling · Rating 3 out of 5]

This volume was not as funny as the first. It did have some good moments and connected to characters a bit more. We get to learn more about diving in this volume and the narrative feels more focused. With all these positives, it was just a bit jarring when coming after the absolutely hilarious first volume. I may be higher on it after volume 3 if this narrative approach continues.

[AsianMerr · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh yeah this improved over the first, very funny. I think the anime might be better cause it’s a bunch of visual jokes that would be in motion but the manga is good. We got some new characters, Azusa is the best character. Cake-chan’s story was nice at the end and sweet. The moments where they’re trying to be nice and thoughtful are actually really good.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

The gags are cheap, but I laughed out loud.

[امیرمحمد حیدری · Rating 5 out of 5]

اضافه‌شدن شخصیت‌های بی‌نظیر.

[Casper Paaske · Rating 4 out of 5]

That was also fun, and very horny.
The story is missing deeper characterisations and some sort of direction or higher purpose to its existence, but I am rather enjoying the journey so far.

[Stephen Theaker · Rating 3 out of 5]

And I thought William Burroughs was weird.

[sar!!! · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one was funnier than the first and I love the new girls that were introduced!!!

[Hafeji A.D · Rating 5 out of 5]

Couldn't stop laughing to the absurdity of this manga. Top tier comedy!

[MangaAndPudding · Rating 4 out of 5]

Historia pędzi dalej, po tym jak Iori i Kohei dołączyli do klubu ich studenckie życie nabiera tępa, pierwszy raz dają nura pod wodę i zaczynają przygodę z Juwenaliami, wszystko oczywiście przeplatane porządną popijawą.
A wiedzieliście że nurkowanie kosztuje?
A jaki jest lepszy sposób na zarobek niż wygranie konkursu miss klóbów i kułek zainteresowań na owych juwenaliach właśnie. Z racji że klub Peek a Boo to pożądna parówkowa impreza, w związku z tym podejmują różne próby – czasem dość desperackie – żeby się od tego wymigać, i na scenie wystawić Chise.
Juwenalia się końcowo udają, a nasi bohaterowie mogą się oddać klubowym aktywnością, co prawda życie Iori'ego już nie będzie takie same po ogłoszeniu które poczyniła Chisa na scenie, ale kto by się tam tym przejmował.
A i moje serce należy do tapeciary, I love Her.

Nie ma słów które opisują jak uwielbiam tą mangę, Grand Blue jest niepodważalnie w moim mangowym top komediowym. Bardzo polecam, absurdalny humor i świetny klimat, nie raz wywołają uśmiech.

[Rodolfo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thanks

[Ign33l · Rating 4 out of 5]

Grand blue dreaming, in this manga everyone is naked but turns out that besides ridiculous conversations and having no responsibilities besides just drinking partying and being hot and living a college life with beautiful girls, they have to learn and keep up with life. Love si trying to be found between them. And Chisa is the best, she shows up in a pageant and she wins because she was lovely. She has a personality that everygirl likes, smart and has man on the hand. She likes kotenawa-san because she likes teaching so it’s a breath to see that no everything is rejection, that maybe you push yourself too much and that actually people loves u.