Shonan no Kaze feat. Atarashii Gakko no Leaders -- Seishun Towa（青春永遠）

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My anime buddy and I had been noticing that there were going to be a few more anime sequels than usual for Summer 2025, and one that has been grandly anticipated for years is finally here. After seven years of waiting and probably repeated viewings of the first season in 2018 by ravenous fans, "Grand Blue"（ぐらんぶる）with its second season is back!

I've seen the first episode, and it seems as if the animators in their desire to remind us of what we'd seen and enjoyed in Season 1 have given us plenty of quick flashbacks and a heightened sense of the main characters' neuroses. In other words, we're getting loads of laughs.

Of course, the show has to have its summery oceanic opening credits sequence. And once again, the band Shonan no Kaze（湘南乃風）is here to provide the dynamic party-hearty opening theme "Seishun Towa" (Youth Eternal) with help from song-and-dance group Atarashii Gakko no Leaders（新しい学校のリーダーズ）. This time, there seems to be a back-and-forth between the burly Shonan no Kaze and the chipper Atarashii Gakko no Leaders which I can't help but feel represents the relationship between the men and women of the Peek a Boo diving club. 

Both groups had their hand in the creation of "Seishun Towa". This early in the season, we're still waiting for the full version of the song, but it'll arrive in the weeks to come. But now with Season 2 in the pipeline and this song along with the ending theme that I'll cover shortly, I gather that I can finally put up a Grand Blue category in Labels.