Blue Giant

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.
Note: Was nominated for the 8th and 9th Manga Taisho Award.

Won the 62nd Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.

Won the 20th Japan Media Arts Festival’s Grand Prize for Manga.
A special prequel chapter was published in Volume 2 of CoroCoro Aniki

on March 14th, 2015. It was not collected in the main volumes.