Super Official Anime Discussion Thread

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pokoko said: 

Another is Grand Blue.  Honestly, I've criticized this manga a lot.  Especially all the male nudity.  Yeah, that's what I said.  It's basically the Japanese version of American Pie except it's actually funny and has some stuff about diving.  The main character ends up staying with his two (hot) cousins while he attends college.  Because their father runs a diving business, the diving club often meets there.  The diving club forces the main character to join and to party ALL THE TIME.  It's a shame that it's always the male characters who strip naked when the alcohol starts to flow.  It's a joke it leans on way too much.

However, the reason I keep reading is that it's really funny and the female cast is really good.  I like all of them, they give the series focus and make it interesting.  

I remember you mentioning this one in the Manga thread a while back. It seemed pretty fun so I added it to my list. Don't really like bro humor, but on the other hand, a healthy cast of male and female characters is also nice, so we'll see.

I also read a funny tweet by the author:

"By the way, this is about grand blue, but the genre it is in is "isekai fantasy".

Isekai -> A world in which the age of drinking is different than the real world.

Fantasy -> the existence of demi-humans who can chug high-grade alcohol in one go.

Grand Blue is an Isekai Fantasy. Got it?"

 

Sounds like he found the perfect excuse to let underage characters drink. Finally a good isekai anime.