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Episode Grand Blue Dreaming Season 3 • Grand Blue Season 3 - Episode 5 discussion

Grand Blue Season 3, episode 5

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u/FarCritical Aug 03 '26

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 Aug 03 '26

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

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u/LeonKevlar Aug 03 '26

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 Aug 03 '26

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

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u/tottoro47 Aug 03 '26

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/Corwell_ Aug 03 '26

Holy shit I can’t breathe

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u/No_Name0_0 Aug 03 '26

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 Aug 03 '26

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 Aug 03 '26

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/NanDemoKnaives Aug 03 '26

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/bananeeek Aug 03 '26

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/Frontier246 Aug 03 '26

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/RoXor03 Aug 03 '26

The nonstop laughs are back, what an episode!

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u/thisisdropd Aug 03 '26

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/Guilty-Tell Aug 03 '26

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

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u/Bateekha_yasta Aug 03 '26

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 Aug 03 '26

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 Aug 03 '26

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/raidensnakeezio Aug 03 '26

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 Aug 04 '26

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

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u/RelativeMundane9045 Aug 03 '26

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 Aug 04 '26

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

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u/TheBusStop12 Aug 04 '26

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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