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arafron's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
ghostlyreader's review against another edition
3.0
You made 8 volumes but decided not to explain ANYTHING towards the end!? Sigh.
matchamademoiselle's review against another edition
4.0
Blue Flag commence avec les ingrédients classiques d'un triangle amoureux lycéen, pour s'engager subtilement dans une voie imprévisible. C'est presque comme si KAITO attirait le lecteur avec ce genre, pour l'emmener sur un autre terrain.
Blue Flag n'est pas une simple romcom, c'est une histoire de découverte de soi. le développement des personnages et l'histoire de fond sont excellents. Ce manga illustre la confusion de l'adolescence, la difficulté à faire des choix, le vrai pouvoir de l'amitié et montre qu'il y a une différence entre l'amour et l'amitié, indépendamment du genre. Aussi, les personnages ne se complaisent pas dans les clichés et stéréotypes, ils sont développés et chacun à sa part d'attention.
Le rythme est bien équilibré et la longueur du manga ajustée sans trainer en longueur. Je le recommande à tous ceux qui aiment ce genre d'histoires.
Cependant, la fin m'a surprise Dévoiler le texte masqué, presque choquée. J'étais contente pour Taichi et Touma mais wtf ? C'est comme s'il manquait des chapitres. Dévoiler le texte masqué. En même temps, on peut penser que la fin de Blue Flag montre les surprises de la vie et la différence entre l'âge adulte et l'adolescence.
Blue Flag n'est pas une simple romcom, c'est une histoire de découverte de soi. le développement des personnages et l'histoire de fond sont excellents. Ce manga illustre la confusion de l'adolescence, la difficulté à faire des choix, le vrai pouvoir de l'amitié et montre qu'il y a une différence entre l'amour et l'amitié, indépendamment du genre. Aussi, les personnages ne se complaisent pas dans les clichés et stéréotypes, ils sont développés et chacun à sa part d'attention.
Le rythme est bien équilibré et la longueur du manga ajustée sans trainer en longueur. Je le recommande à tous ceux qui aiment ce genre d'histoires.
Cependant, la fin m'a surprise Dévoiler le texte masqué, presque choquée. J'étais contente pour Taichi et Touma mais wtf ? C'est comme s'il manquait des chapitres. Dévoiler le texte masqué. En même temps, on peut penser que la fin de Blue Flag montre les surprises de la vie et la différence entre l'âge adulte et l'adolescence.
readingfrankly's review against another edition
3.0
Welp.
Who let Kaito publish that last chapter, huh? That was a f*cking mess.
*Warning for implied spoilers*
Listen, I went into this series with the right expectations I think, and low ones at that. I wasn't expecting the perfect gay happy ending across the board. And I think the author made it clear from the beginning he wanted to write this story realistically. Not idealistically. Which is fine. That said, I think the readers would have been a lot happier either just leaving the story where it ended at chapter 53, and/or leaving it there and then the time skip not being that horrible first person POV thing that was super confusing and instead just doing a lil something and showing everyone happy.
you know what I'm offended by?Making the one character who was lesbian end up married to a man- FOR WHY?! I had accepted that she had no desire to confess her feelings to Futaba, and I think that's okay. Not everyone would have been happy with it, but again, I think it's a realistic and understandable choice. But you don't have to go and make the woman marry a freaking MAN when she literally was depressed and angry the whole series because she was struggling with her attraction to women and only women. I can't accept that. Not that it's impossible for someone who had previously thought they'd never be attracted to the opposite sex to have it happen after all (see Taichi) but it felt really crappy for her. Does that mean she never came out? Did she just bury that part of her because she didn't want her family or the world to be disappointed in her? Ugh.
I just kinda hate everything about what came after chapter 53. We see Futaba struggling with her choice of what university to go to, and we never find out what happens. We find out that they broke up and don't know why and the worst part is that they stopped being friends and stopped talking. I was confused as to whether Taichi also stopped talking to Toma too or not. Futaba and Taichi were awkward at best dating each other, and to me it was more realistic that if they broke up it would be because they realized they were happier as friends and their life paths were taking them in different directions and dating long distance wouldn't make them happy anyway. How hard is it to draw that in a few panels instead of this long, drawn out confusing AF thing at a wedding no one cares about because no one knows Futaba's husband and so we don't care. Show us them in the middle or end of college instead, just freaking happy. I don't need to see them old and with strangers. You're doing too much. As for Toma and Taichi, of course I wanted them to end up together, but it's just not fair to the reader to make that leap and not give us literally anything.
I cared about these characters, and we spent 8 volumes getting invested in them as individuals and their friendship. The ending of chapter 53 solidified that. So then to give us this time skip where everyone is barely friends anymore, 2 of them married strangers.... it's crap. Give me a happy and thriving Futaba growing some flowers. Give me Masumi with her girlfriend. Give me a shot of Toma and Taichi walking down the street holding hands. Then end the freaking volume.
So, yes. If I look at the story as a whole up until the end of chapter 53, it's a lot better, but I can't not be super upset the author ended it the way they did, and it sours my opinion a lot of this volume. But overall, I still loved this series. I love these characters. I related a lot to Futaba and she made such growth throughout the series. Her friendship with Taichi was adorable (sometimes platonic friendship is just better). Masumi deserved better. I wish we had gotten to see more of what Toma was thinking and feeling. The author kept him so mysterious and I was left with some questions. Taichi was great. Mami was, too.
Kensuke can eat dirt.
Who let Kaito publish that last chapter, huh? That was a f*cking mess.
*Warning for implied spoilers*
Listen, I went into this series with the right expectations I think, and low ones at that. I wasn't expecting the perfect gay happy ending across the board. And I think the author made it clear from the beginning he wanted to write this story realistically. Not idealistically. Which is fine. That said, I think the readers would have been a lot happier either just leaving the story where it ended at chapter 53, and/or leaving it there and then the time skip not being that horrible first person POV thing that was super confusing and instead just doing a lil something and showing everyone happy.
you know what I'm offended by?
I just kinda hate everything about what came after chapter 53. We see Futaba struggling with her choice of what university to go to, and we never find out what happens. We find out that they broke up and don't know why and the worst part is that they stopped being friends and stopped talking. I was confused as to whether Taichi also stopped talking to Toma too or not. Futaba and Taichi were awkward at best dating each other, and to me it was more realistic that if they broke up it would be because they realized they were happier as friends and their life paths were taking them in different directions and dating long distance wouldn't make them happy anyway. How hard is it to draw that in a few panels instead of this long, drawn out confusing AF thing at a wedding no one cares about because no one knows Futaba's husband and so we don't care. Show us them in the middle or end of college instead, just freaking happy. I don't need to see them old and with strangers. You're doing too much. As for Toma and Taichi, of course I wanted them to end up together, but it's just not fair to the reader to make that leap and not give us literally anything.
I cared about these characters, and we spent 8 volumes getting invested in them as individuals and their friendship. The ending of chapter 53 solidified that. So then to give us this time skip where everyone is barely friends anymore, 2 of them married strangers.... it's crap. Give me a happy and thriving Futaba growing some flowers. Give me Masumi with her girlfriend. Give me a shot of Toma and Taichi walking down the street holding hands. Then end the freaking volume.
So, yes. If I look at the story as a whole up until the end of chapter 53, it's a lot better, but I can't not be super upset the author ended it the way they did, and it sours my opinion a lot of this volume. But overall, I still loved this series. I love these characters. I related a lot to Futaba and she made such growth throughout the series. Her friendship with Taichi was adorable (sometimes platonic friendship is just better). Masumi deserved better. I wish we had gotten to see more of what Toma was thinking and feeling. The author kept him so mysterious and I was left with some questions. Taichi was great. Mami was, too.
Kensuke can eat dirt.
cait_readsxox's review against another edition
4.0
Just gonna ignore the ending where they go into the future because that sucks..like why? Everything else in the book was amazing until that point, like why you have to do the characters like that? I’m not mad just..disappointed. Still undecided on the rating because I’m still processing this book.
martapsalvado's review against another edition
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
uh... what kind of ending was that 🤨 feels like the author wanted to end the story a certain way but just gave up building up to that point.
Fast forward a couple years, this is how it ends, bye! BUT HOW DID WE GET THERE??
Fast forward a couple years, this is how it ends, bye! BUT HOW DID WE GET THERE??
hayleybetts20's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
coopeme's review against another edition
5.0
It was building so well for an ending that I have no idea how to feel about????????????????????????? So fulfilling but I feel robbed
madam_librarian's review against another edition
3.0
Welp… That did not stick the ending for me. I was already a bit iffy on all the very long, drawn out conversations back and forth about differing perspectives. They were overly wordy and did not contain as much depth of nuance and emotional punch as I believe they were intended to, in my opinion. But I would’ve been fine with them had the author really nailed the ending… but they didn’t. All they really had to do was show just one single panel of Toma and Taichi together. In queer literature of all kinds, showing queerness - especially queer relationships - directly on the page is so important for other queer people to be able to see themselves represented, in normalizing depiction of queerness. Maybe someday this won’t be necessary, but in the world in which we live now, it is. So to not have that, to just leave it implied, was so disappointing. And seriously, like I said, all it would’ve taken was a single panel.
mssmartian's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
I really appreciate how sincere and sweetly the characters are portrayed. These are tough topics for kids, so I liked howTaichi couldn’t parse out all of his feelings for Toma, but he knew he was too important in his life to let go.
While I really love the time skip and seeing everyone living their lives, it felt bittersweet in regards to development. It’s why my rating for the final novel is not a perfect 5.
The time skip was fun in that the readers are assuming it’s all through Taichi’s POV, but you quickly pick up that it’s Toma. The whole 8 novels take such care in addressing the characters thoughts, feelings, and working through them, so while I was so happy to see Taichi and Toma are together, I guess… I was sad we couldn’t see Taichi and Toma developing as young adults.
But I completely understand that story would probably need a whole lil series on its own. So including it felt a bit rushed.
I’m happy- but left wanting.
……… and we didn’t even get to see adult Toma 🥹
While I really love the time skip and seeing everyone living their lives, it felt bittersweet in regards to development. It’s why my rating for the final novel is not a perfect 5.
But I completely understand that story would probably need a whole lil series on its own. So including it felt a bit rushed.
I’m happy- but left wanting.
……… and we didn’t even get to see adult Toma 🥹