Blue Flag Finale Reaction Post; or I AM SOBBING OMG WHAT PERFECTION

Okay so i’m writing this top bit after writing all the rest, I get really spoilery after the cut (i spoil the whole end) and rn you CAN’T read Blue Flag all for free which really sucks, and vol 1 hasn’t come out from VIZ yet, oh MAN when it does, I hope you’ll read it whether you spoil yourself or not.

Trust me. It’s so worth it.

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Omg. OMG. OH MY FUCKING GOD OH MY FUCKING GOD, THE END OF BLUE FLAG!!!

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OKAY. BREATHING. Oh my god. I just danced around in my kitchen for several minutes, I AM CRYING, I am FLOATING, I CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT I JUST READ, GUYS.

BLUE FLAG BY KAITO IS A FUCKING MASTERPIECE OF A MANGA.

Okay, so it’s a Jump+ series and I really don’t do shounen or seinen much these days?? But this came HIGHLY recommended and for whatever reason last year, I decided hey, why not? It was going up on the new Manga Plus app so I thought I’d give it a shot.

Okay, there are gonn abe minor spoilers for the early stuff here and then i’ll put a major spoiler warning before I get to the end.

OKAY. SO.

By the end of the first volume you realize that main character Taichi’s best friend, Touma, is in love with him.

You also realize that main character Futaba’s best friend, Masumi, is in love with her.

YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT, THIS IS GAY PINING O’CLOCK.

So much of the story is a gut punch to the feels as these high school seniors try to figure shit out. Cause like, Futaba is SUPER crushing Touma (for a while at least) and Taichi, who agrees to help her win his affection, winds up SUPER crushing on Futaba, and TOUMA, desperately pining after Taichi and KNOWING he can’t have him, is all like, aw Taichi and Futaba would be a cute couple. (They are, in fact, a very cute couple once they get together.) And then there’s Masumi who is fed up with everyone and doesn’t like her boyfriend, because SHE’S desperately pining for Futaba, but she sure as hell will protect Futaba from anything.

Only you can’t, Masumi, and all four have to grapple with things like feeilngs and expectations and self-esteem and identity. It’s a REALLY GOOD POWERFUL AND EMOTIONAL MANGA. It would be excellent for that ALONE even if it didn’t have that ending. (Fucking DAMN IT, I love all the secret pining stuff SO MUCH.)

But that ending. Oh my GOD THAT ENDING. It made this the most perfect fucking thing in the world for me.

OKAY TOTAL SPOILERS FOR THE ENDING COMING UP, DON’T READ IF YOU WANT TO BE SURPRISED BECAUSE HONESTLY IT’S WORTH THE SURPRISE, BUT I NEED TO GET THIS OFF MY CHEST!!!

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( SPOILERS AHEAD )