Blue Giant

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.

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