Grand Blue Manga Goes On Hiatus Due To Author’s Severe Back Pain

Grand Blue Dreaming, the comedic diving manga, will be going on a hiatus for some time. The manga has an assortment of weird characters who you will fall in love with gradually.

Iori Kitahara moved to a seashore area for college while dreaming of a college life filled with beautiful women. What he got instead was a bunch of butt-naked, drunk senpai who ropes him into their diving club.

The February issue of Kodansha’s Good Afternoon magazine announced that the Grand Blue Dreaming manga will be going on a hiatus for some time.

Kenji Inoue, the manga’s creator, has been suffering from severe back pain due to overworking which is the cause behind the break.

The manga will remain on hiatus till Inoue recovers and deems himself suitable for working.

A tweet was posted on the Twitter account of Grand Blue showing Iori, Kohei, Tokita, and Kotobuki bowing while being naked. This is how they are asking for forgiveness for the leave in their drunken style.

good! Afternoon No. 2 will be released tomorrow! But this month’s “#Grand Blue”. .. ..

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Managakas suffer from a lot of ailments due to the rigid work schedule. Even mangas like One Piece or Black Clover have to go on a break sometimes due to the authors’ healths or mental well-being.

People might think that being a mangaka might be an easy job, but the amount of hard work they put into their work eventually takes a toll on their health.

Since they work behind the scenes, their health condition goes unnoticed most of the time.

One Piece’s author, Eiichiro Oda, has also been on frequent breaks recently. It is because of the years of not taking enough rest and pushing himself beyond his limit.

Black Clover’s author, Yuki Tabata, also took breaks because he frequently kept passing out. We hope that Inoue sensei gets better soon and returns with the manga that puts a smile on the faces of many.

About Grand Blue Dreaming

Grand Blue Dreaming is a manga written by Kenji Inoue and illustrated by Kimitake Yoshioka. It is serialized in the Good! Afternoon magazine of Kodansha since April 2014.

Iori Kitahara has just joined college and moved to a seaside place where he dreams of a college life filled with beautiful women.

Little did he expect that his uncle’s diving shop will be full of naked and drunk men who will pull him into the diving club.

As he tries to keep up with the group of buff men who like to drink to no end and then stripping, slowly he became just like them.

Source: Twitter account of Grand Blue

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