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Ao no Flag (SERIES FINALE SPOILERS!!)
Seriously, don’t read this if you are planning to read Ao no Flag. That being said, go read the manga now!!
Finally finished reading Ao no Flag and I have so many feelings. Non-coherent, rambly, messy feelings. I was looking at reactions online and what mainly boggles me about the reactions to the final 2 chapters is people being “how is Taichi suddenly gay??” My friend living on this big planet he never was (he’s bi). He most likely just realized it later in life. Did the events of his 3rd HS year help him figure it out? Heck yes. Is he suddenly bi? No.
Not all queer people pop out into this world and instantly know they are queer. Heck, it took me 23 years to figure that out. It’s not like Taichi instantly realized he likes Touma and started dating him. He knew Touma mattered to him somehow, but it took him multiple years to realize how, as evident by him maybe starting his relationship with Touma after 5 years when Touma contacted them all. He gained life experience and grew.
People go through a lot of learning, unlearning and growing. Especially if you are outside of societal expectations and norms. Taichi grew up learning to and wanting to blend in with society. “Be normal, don’t stand out too much”. Add to that low self-confidence and you feel stuck. Feel like there is only black and white. only one right answer to life. It can be very difficult to look out of this dark box, trust me, I had a tough time and sometimes still do. But it feels like Taichi thought and thought and pondered even back in high school and came to the decisions that he did.
And isn’t that what the series is about? growing as a person, making mistakes, learning, allowing yourself to be visible and vulnerable, and eventually, making choices, even if they don’t make sense to anyone else, and continuing to do so?
These two pages really hit me hard and I was wondering why. And then it hit me. This is possibly the happiest I’ve seen Taichi be since his childhood. Like genuinely happy. He’s reached max happiness points and is sharing those with Touma. He’s made his choices, and he’s happy. You can and are allowed to choose what or who makes you happy.
That’s all that matters.
Two years later …
blue flag brain …. masumi comforts futaba after those 2 yrs … 😵💫😵💫
BRO
I AM REREADING AO NO FLAG AND
something tells me he isn't talking about futaba because he literally had just met her then
so
DID TAICHI ALWAYS KNOW HE LIKED TOUMA!? !?!??
WHICH MEANS
"I want you to be happy as well"
Taichi was encouraging Futaba in the beginning (because then he really started having feelings for her of course) so Touma could be happy, just like Touma was encouraging Futaba to be with Taichi so he could be happy
THEY WERE BOTH JUST TRYING TO GET OVER EACH OTHER AND ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER TO A PATH OF HAPPINESS??
SO THAT IS WHY IT JUST FUCKED HIM UP SO MUCH THAT TOMA COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE A CRUSH ON HIS SISTER IN LAW??
bro i am having a revelation
Some more fun with coloring pages of mangas I like, done over a year ago. I also have some panel redraws that I might upload by the end of the year if won't forgor :D
Art and characters by KAITO from the manga “Blue Flag” (Ao no Flag).
I'm still angry about that ending
Art and characters by Tonogaya Miyuki from the manga “The Ice Guy and the Cool Girl” (Koori Zokusei Danshi to Cool na Douryou Joshi).
Tagging @trulytired because they really wanted to see my other manga coloring lol
I think I may have a soft spot for holding hands hehehehe