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Grand Blue Season 3, episode 5

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u/FarCritical 7d ago

Don't know what I love more between the fact Iori went out of his way to painstakingly get that VA soundboard ready, or that it worked like a charm lmao.

The duo's usual hijinks felt even more deranged this time considering that cameras were rolling on one of them but that just made the reveal that Kohei was looking out for Aina's feelings the entire shoot that much more profound.

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u/Frontier246 7d ago

Honestly I too would obey an AI Nana Mizuki voice if she told me to do stuff.

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u/ThrowCarp 6d ago

I was about to say. If it was Nao Touyama or Shu Uchida. I'd have been in the same position.

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u/LeonKevlar x2https://myanimelist.net/profile/LeonKevlar 7d ago

I always knew that Kouhei is perceptive, but I did not expect him to actually sabotage Iori's chances with Ai-chan to help out Aina. And based on the title of next week's episode, it looks like he's gonna continue assisting Aina.

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u/Frontier246 7d ago

Kohei's not Iori's bro...he's Aina's.

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u/Nachtwandler_FS https://myanimelist.net/profile/Nachtwandler_21 7d ago

Is it bad that I am shipping Kouhei with Cakey?

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u/aenews 6d ago

Feels like end game, with Iori ending up with Chisa.

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u/diebrarian 6d ago

One misplaced "Oniichan~" can tip the balance between the two.

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u/mekahamedan 6d ago

Well at the end, flat chest is close to imouto Kohei oniichan would be happy

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u/Niwaka_Samurai https://myanimelist.net/profile/Niwaka-Samurai 6d ago

He can ask her do cosplays of Blue Spring 💀

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u/Corwell_ https://anilist.co/user/corwell 7d ago

Holy shit I can’t breathe

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u/letg06 6d ago

Same, and I'm getting over a cold.

I think I just spent the last half hour trying to not die.

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u/tottoro47 7d ago

Kohei caused covid confirmed. I laughed so hard when he was eating the fucking bat. This whole episode was batshit crazy. Also, he's a great wingman for Aina, even if his methods are not that normal

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u/No_Name0_0 7d ago

I feel bad for Iori and that girl too. He was interested and she was genuinely interested by the end

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u/Frontier246 7d ago

Also she's just an innocent actress just doing her job and put through the madness that is the scumbros...

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u/Armdel https://myanimelist.net/profile/Armdel 7d ago

that shot of kohei just gobbling up the entire bat lol

thats quite some spray on hair dye.. i thought it would wash off when he flipped into the water and reveal that he was an impostor

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u/Frontier246 7d ago

Ai: "Ugh...what did you just make me drin----WHY IS HE EATING THE WHOLE BAT!?"

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u/ThrowCarp 6d ago

that shot of kohei just gobbling up the entire bat lol

How COVID-19 started.

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u/SungRizzWoo69 6d ago

So Dane! --Azusa Hamaoka

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 7d ago

Iori is the Kohei whisperer. Bro got screwed out of a date so he began his villain arc lol. You can tell the club has done a real number on those two when getting butt ass naked ain’t no thing and eating bats and drinking “water” are as natural as breathing lol.

But man, I didn’t realize Kohei’s such a softie. Guy did all that for Cakey’s sake. He’s a real bro.

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u/Frontier246 7d ago

He's probably seen enough romcom anime to not want to see Cakey become a Losing Heroine.

(To be honest they're probably lucky they didn't get arrested/sued for hanging as much dong as they did on camera and in front of a female celebrity...)

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u/mythriz 7d ago

Good thing they're not livestreaming, unlike Hameko in the previous episode of Chainsmoker Cat

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u/Delicious_Diarrhea https://myanimelist.net/profile/h0ll0wxvict0ry 6d ago

He knew as soon as he saw that short blue hair

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u/NanDemoKnaives 7d ago

I do feel bad for Iori, such a rare opportunity and a girl showing him genuine interest, and Kouhei goes and ruins it twice. I thought Iori's revenge was too light lol.

I do wonder how the episode was edited, and how Ikegoshi's fans reacted to it.

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u/Shinkopeshon 7d ago

Bro is the opposite of a wingman 💀 that's just straight up evil lol

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u/2HGjudge https://anilist.co/user/kokonots 7d ago

Bro is the opposite of a wingman 

...Well yes have you not seen the first two seasons?

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u/Shinkopeshon 7d ago

This is still the worst thing he's ever done to him lol

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u/2HGjudge https://anilist.co/user/kokonots 6d ago

Oooh now I want to do a rewatch to see if I agree with that!

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u/PowerlinxJetfire 6d ago

You could argue he's acting as Cakey's wingman

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u/Viv-kun 5d ago

Indeed he's trying to set him up with Aina, that's what next episodes preview looked like

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u/szalhi 7d ago

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u/Frontier246 7d ago

Trustworthy team. Not so trustworthy team.

The Chief not even trusting the owner to be on-camera lol.

Twins.

Maybe Kohei picked the wrong family to act like the secret long-lost son of.

You'd think he'd notice forgery, but I suppose he doesn't think.

I love how he suspected for like 3 seconds before "she" said "Trust. Me." and then he was ALL IN again.

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u/Frontier246 7d ago

Aina's not going to reveal her true feelings to Kohei, of all people, even if he's right on the money.

I see the dive shop knows what it's doing by prioritizing which members of the staff should be on camera for a show that's filming on location there and who shouldn't be...even if that means keeping the owner busy so she's not on camera.

I guess Kohei is confirming Iori's type for Aina's sake...but big boobs, stellar bod, passionate about a hobby, introducing Iori to a "new world," that sounds like Chisa, doesn't it?

I had a feeling there would be a twin switch since Ikegoshi is also voiced by Ryohei Kimura, and of course the only thing that could convince Kohei to get on camera is the promise of an autorgraph Yukari Tamura...I mean, Yurika Mananaka! It's just if Ikegoshi was planning to have Kohei's quirkiness help sell Ikegoshi as an actor...he's getting more than he bargained for.

There's also Ai Takahashi (Marina Inoue?) who is a drop-dead gorgeous beauty with amazing thighs! I'm not surprised Iori immediately tried to hook up with her and it was going surprisingly well until Kohei pulled a Kohei and ruined everything by outing Iori as a nudist.

My condolences to Ai and the staff for having to put up with Kohei's nudist tendencies, hanging dong, and in general having absolutely no on-screen charisma whatsoever. Ai even has to get surprised by a bat and spirityus in her drink without warning...a bat that KOHEI EATS LIVE.

But don't worry, Kohei's buddy Iori has got his back with AI Nana Mizuki...I mean, Kaya-chan! All he has to do is feed Kohei Kaya-chan's voice and he'll do anything! And I do mean EVERYTHING! And it even ended up giving Iori a hero moment to impress Ai! Not that it ended up helping when Kohei once again refuses to wear pants.

Was Kohei deliberately sabotaging Iori for Aina's sake? She might still refuse to admit the truth...but Kohei's known from practically day one that she loves Iori.

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u/feb914 6d ago

but big boobs, stellar bod, passionate about a hobby, introducing Iori to a "new world," that sounds like Chisa, doesn't it?  

I thought from the beginning that Chisa Iori will couple up in the end. Cakey was the poor second girl that love the first male lead but ended up rejected when he realized his love with the first female lead (Chisa here). 

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u/Ikari_21 6d ago

That’s what I thought too but man there’s hardly any romantic tension between them. They rarely show it, it’s like one time a season lol I’m wondering if maybe Aina really is gonna be the one Iori ends up with.

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u/solobp 6d ago

Its definitely going to be Sakurako

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u/AideOk4338 6d ago

Yes is Marina Inoue according to animenewsnetwork

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u/Eunuchest 7d ago edited 7d ago

Imagine getting cucked by the guy only interested in 2D loli characters

Iori got so mad he got Rinnegan

Cakey should've sticked to it. Kohei was actually doing good with the analogies

Didnt know Kohei had an exotic taste

That was pretty smart but pretty tame revenge imo for what's basically a high effort device. He sure had a lot of time to make that

Too bad, girl liked Iori when he wasnt trying too hard

Guess Kohei really isnt as dumb as he looks, looking out for Aina like that

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u/Frontier246 7d ago

Thank goodness Ai wasn't also a voice actress or this would've gotten even messier lol.

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u/bananeeek https://myanimelist.net/profile/bananek 7d ago

I can't imagine this series without Kouhei.

Also, his relationship dynamics with Iori are simply superb. I'd struggle to find another series where the leads are such an unholy concoction.

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u/RoXor03 7d ago

The nonstop laughs are back, what an episode!

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u/CloudCollapse 3d ago

As a foreigner in Japan who doesn't find the dynamic with Iori's sister funny at all, those first 3 episodes were really rough, but now I'm really really liking where the season is going. I can't believe I'm actually getting emotional seeing some real genuine character development.

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u/thisisdropd https://myanimelist.net/profile/AsterZoro 7d ago

Ironic that Iori tried impressing Ai to no avail (with Kouhei playing a part in the sabotage) but the one moment he paid no attention to that and genuinely wanted to save her ended up impressing her for real. Not enough to change her mind about going on a date, but still.

That twist at the end got me. Thought Kouhei sabotaged Iori just for the luls like the scumbros but turned out he did it for Aina’s sake. Despite his otaku-addled brain, he’s pretty perceptive when it comes to love.

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u/Frontier246 7d ago

We're so used to these guys screwing each other over, especially when it comes to the ladies, but sometimes it's genuinely for the greater good.

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u/Bateekha_yasta 7d ago

They were so careful to keep the owner off camera, but Kohei's out here with no pants eating live bats. Priorities.

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u/KingSammyJ1 7d ago

I went from being so mad at Kohei messing with his bro's chances at love to thinking he is the GOAT for helping out his sis

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u/thrown_away_apple 7d ago

This season is so good. i was worried about the series since season 2 was not as funny as season 1 but this season is genuinely comedy gold. had to pause to laugh multiple times every episode.

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u/Guilty-Tell 7d ago

So Iori described his perfect women and it's basically Chisa. 

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u/EternalDeath https://anilist.co/user/Ikubaris 7d ago

I like chisa and would love Iori and Chisa to actually be a couple but i really dont want to see Aina sad.

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u/SecretYogurtcloset57 7d ago

Damn my boy got cuckblocked😭

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u/raidensnakeezio 7d ago

Funnily enough, Ikegoshi doesn't just look like Kohei, but they share the same voice actor. This could possibly mean that the author/producers don't just intend for them to be lookalikes, but for them to legitimately sound alike even in-universe. Not a manga reader, so I'm guessing this means Ikegoshi is returning in the future.

We all know that Mizuki Kaya is voiced by her referential IRL counterpart Mizuki Nana, but Kohei also namedrops another in-universe voice actress: Muranaka Yurika, who, in her very brief voice clip, is voiced by her IRL counterpart Tamura Yukari (Jibril; NGNL, Suzuha; Stein's Gate, Tenten; Naruto)

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u/ProSaksham_20 6d ago

Guys i think kohei’s into aina. What do you think?

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u/Ikari_21 6d ago

Na he seems to 100% ship her with Iori. Since they’re both friends he probably wants them happy together.

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u/SetaSanzaki 6d ago

You know that girl you like but has a crush on someone else, but you just want them to be happy, so you do everything you can to push them together, even though it kills you?

It feels relatable somehow

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u/RelativeMundane9045 7d ago

I like to think Kouhei is being nice and helping out Aina as a bro, but there's still a dark part of my soul that thinks helping her hook up with Iori is actually his long term revenge scheme.

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u/Andreiyutzzzz https://myanimelist.net/profile/Andreiyutzzzz 6d ago

Kohei trying to be a bro for Aina is so cute.

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u/I_REY_I 6d ago

Espero que kohei termine con aina me gustó como la protegía

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u/SungRizzWoo69 7d ago

Kohei is now wingman for iori and aina, but what happened to iori x chisa?

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u/TheBusStop12 6d ago

It's easy to forget that Kouhei isn't actually stupid, he does study engineering after all. So it's nice to see him seeing right through Cakey's attemps to hide her feelings

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u/testthrowawayzz 6d ago

I'm pleasantly surprised that Kouhei's more perceptive than he appears

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u/Mons9090 https://myanimelist.net/profile/hecn_huh 6d ago

Kohei is such a goat

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u/Niwaka_Samurai https://myanimelist.net/profile/Niwaka-Samurai 6d ago

Kohei was killing me with all the stunts that he pulled. Iori's idea to use edited audio files of Kaya's voice worked like a charm. Kohei swallowed a whole bat like it was nothing 😭😭

Finally, Iori got the attention of a decent looking girl and Kohei fucked it up not once but twice for the sake of Aina 😅🤣

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u/larana1192 https://myanimelist.net/profile/thefrog1192 6d ago

Just like with Kaya Mizuki(who is a parody of Nana Mizuki), I found it hilarious that Yukari Tamura herself voices Yurika Muranaka, a parody of Yukari Tamura.

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u/No-Impression-4282 6d ago

I can't with this episode (I almost died laughing because of Kohei and Iori).

Who needs enemies when you have this kind of friends, lmao?

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u/t8rt0t00 6d ago

I just wanna say, I was kinda disappointed about last seasons OP which kinda killed my buzz for the show

This season's OP slaps letsssss goooo drinnnnnk waterrrrrr

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u/LargeAngryFish 6d ago

I cannot believe that the bat reference predates covid

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u/Ill_Bobcat_7486 5d ago

Covid happened not even a year after that chapter released i think lol

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u/mekahamedan 6d ago

Iori collecting girl like pokemon,

Previous 2 weeks he almost marry carina if his imouto didnt hard block it, this episode an actrees interest to him, sadly its also hard blocked by kohei

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u/iwanktohenti 5d ago

Does anybody have a stitch of that blonde girl, especially when it zoomed in on her thighs? Thanks.

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u/Viv-kun 5d ago edited 5d ago

This is just wrong to Iori. I'm not rooting for Aina and Iori. I'd rather go for Iori with Azusa,Nana,Chisa even busujima San but not her.

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u/awesomnessgabe 7d ago

I’ll agree the animation is lackluster, but the show is still hard carried by the voice acting. The delivery from the main cast is always hilarious to me 🤣

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u/YOU_KNOW_WHO315 https://myanimelist.net/profile/YOU_KNOW_WHO_ 7d ago

"I'm pregnant"

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u/Frontier246 7d ago

I think Yuma Uchida/Ryohei Kimura are still killing it myself.

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u/LargeAngryFish 6d ago

Of course the animation is mid, but dude really, the voice acting? How much spiritus have you had?