 * Your list is public by default. Alternative TitlesJapanese: BLUE GIANTMore titlesInformation Volumes: 10 Chapters: 80 Status: Finished Published: May 10, 2013 to Aug 25, 2016 Demographic: Seinen Seinen StatisticsScore: 8.471 (scored by 51375,137 users) Ranked: #16722 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.Popularity: #840 Members: 22,628 Favorites: 491Available AtResources |
Details Characters Stats Reviews Recommendations Interest Stacks News Forum Clubs Pictures Ranked #167Popularity #840Members 22,628SynopsisThe 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.Related Entries   MALxJapan -More than just anime- Characters 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. Reviewer’s Rating: 10 What did you think of this review? Nice 0 Love it 0 Funny 0 Confusing 0 Informative 0 Well-written 0 Creative 0Show all  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... ever seen.Definetily one of the best series i have ever read,im gonna check out the sequel,the movie and more of the authors works If there is just one thing that i could point out about the series its gonna be the art which wasnt actually bad and delivered when it had to but it felt lacking in some points,still i believe the excitement and feelings of the characters were transferred to the reader through the art which mattered for me the most Reviewer’s Rating: 10 What did you think of this review? Nice0 Love it0 Funny0 Confusing0 Informative0 Well-written0 Creative0Show all  Oct 23, 2021 Mixed FeelingsFunny 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.... In the manga world, we almost ever see a high school kid performing a saxophone solo, so this is a refreshing change from the pile of mangas I usually read. If you don't mind not hearing the music, read this manga; nevertheless, if seeing the characters play instruments with no sound bothers you, I suggest you search for anything else to read. Reviewer’s Rating: 6 What did you think of this review? Nice0 Love it0 Funny0 Confusing0 Informative0 Well-written0 Creative0Show all Interest Stacks Recommendations Recent News Recent Forum Discussion |