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A review by deafchipmunk
Blue Flag, Vol. 8 by Kaito
emotional
lighthearted
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? Yes
2.0
Yk that sound that’s trending on Tiktok rn and it’s that girl saying Oh! like 4 times (I think her name is Sabrina Brier)? Yeah that was literally me when I read the last 2 chapters
FUCKKKKKK I’M SO DISAPPOINTED!! I loved pretty much everything this series had to offer, and we just got hit with the worst time-skip imaginable. Masumi-chan and Futaba?? We just got left hanging? AND TAICHI AND TOMA? Yes I’m glad their together but it was executed IN THE WORST WAY POSSIBLE. It felt like a stab in the back.
If you couldn’t already tell, I’m really sad that we became so emotionally invested with these characters in the past 8 volumes, just for there to be a time skip with Taichi narrating, saying all these things that supposedly happened 5 years after they graduated. Show, don’t tell?? That’s just a nonexistent concept in these last chapters I guess?? I didn’t feel any joy seeing Taichi or Toma together, when I absolutely adored them beforehand. UGH IT’S SO FRUSTRATING!! And what about Mami and her group? They got the luxurious ending of one small panel for each of them after the time skip… again, so much emotion build up gone to waste!
My praise for Blue Flag was over the roof for the whole time while reading this. I think there are some extremely important messages shared within this series, like figuring out what your values are and what other’s values are without invalidating those you don’t agree with. And I still stand by that. But my love for this series has now been mixed with confusion and disappointment. The journey was great, but destination not so much. I firmly believe there should’ve been another volume, possibly two to round it out. That way, the ending would feel a lot less rushed and cohesive. I don’t think I need to elaborate on that, pretty surface level shit
And just to keep myself from falling into a pit of dread, I’m going to extract the characters from before they graduated from after they graduated. It feels nearly unreal they are literally the same people.
Ending line: kill me 🥲🥲🥲
FUCKKKKKK I’M SO DISAPPOINTED!! I loved pretty much everything this series had to offer, and we just got hit with the worst time-skip imaginable. Masumi-chan and Futaba?? We just got left hanging? AND TAICHI AND TOMA? Yes I’m glad their together but it was executed IN THE WORST WAY POSSIBLE. It felt like a stab in the back.
If you couldn’t already tell, I’m really sad that we became so emotionally invested with these characters in the past 8 volumes, just for there to be a time skip with Taichi narrating, saying all these things that supposedly happened 5 years after they graduated. Show, don’t tell?? That’s just a nonexistent concept in these last chapters I guess?? I didn’t feel any joy seeing Taichi or Toma together, when I absolutely adored them beforehand. UGH IT’S SO FRUSTRATING!! And what about Mami and her group? They got the luxurious ending of one small panel for each of them after the time skip… again, so much emotion build up gone to waste!
My praise for Blue Flag was over the roof for the whole time while reading this. I think there are some extremely important messages shared within this series, like figuring out what your values are and what other’s values are without invalidating those you don’t agree with. And I still stand by that. But my love for this series has now been mixed with confusion and disappointment. The journey was great, but destination not so much. I firmly believe there should’ve been another volume, possibly two to round it out. That way, the ending would feel a lot less rushed and cohesive. I don’t think I need to elaborate on that, pretty surface level shit
And just to keep myself from falling into a pit of dread, I’m going to extract the characters from before they graduated from after they graduated. It feels nearly unreal they are literally the same people.
Ending line: kill me 🥲🥲🥲