Ao no Flag - Vol. 6 Ch. 38

[MangaDex]

 

[kronix]

not worth the read in my humble opinion, author fucked up

 

[Ceiye]

Ey life tip, unless they say it themselves, no one likes being told how "easy" their life is going to be or how much happier they will be than yourself, no matter how true it seems to be. Things happen, and they may not be visible to outsiders. So Tai, I have no sympathy for you this chapter

Seriously man, what are you even trying to achieve by saying that? There is no positive outcome. That can't even bring the relief of airing grievances.

 

[havelmom]

1st world problems
I'm happy if I don't get shot

 

[matcap]

*Teen angst intensifies*
Meh

Well, it is a shounen after all. I guess the quality of the story made me temporarily forget that.

 

[AfroSparrow]

no way this nibba aint gay

 

[thegentelman]

tai my happiness is that small asshole of yours

 

[Dunslax]

Geez, just come out already

 

[MacMeaties]

Remove the filters! Drop the act! Just fucking say it!

 

[tcex28]

i predict this cliffhanger will go nowhere. source: the past 37 chapters

 

[070nahu]

some gay shit

 

[OniBarubary]

Yessssssssssssssss, come on confession, let's fucking gooooooooo.

 

[jak]

Reject him Tai. Sorry Touma, you are great, but Tai isn't into dudes. Just stay his best friend and support him and Futaba.

 

[matcap]

@jak
That's assuming the author doesn't decide to make Futaba hook up with the Masumi out of nowhere.

Personally, I'm gonna be annoyed if Tai and Futaba don't end up together.

 

[jak]

@matcap

Likewise.

 

[IrisHaze]

I just want Touma and Masumi to be happy.

 

[lly]

https://mangadex.org/chapter/501312/11

Touma’s face on the second panel. Fuck, I know this feelings, it hurts a fucking lot.

 

[OniBarubary]

Also remember guys you're looking at this from an outside perspective. As in most relationships it's very easy to see what's going on when you have the full breadth of knowledge and awareness of everything but when you're stuck in the actual relationship with someone it becomes significantly harder to see it from an unbiased or outside perspective. You don't have enough distance to see what's happening. That's why there are so many relationships in real life that we can see, or have been in ourselves, where the answer is obvious or pretty clear what to do when you look at it later or as someone not involved but when you are dealing with it often make wrong, dumb or self-hurting decisions. It's really easy for instance to say that someone should leave an abusive relationship with their significant other, because obviously that's what one should do, but it's really hard for people to do it still when they're in it. It doesn't make them stupid for not doing so because it's incredibly complicated to them when it's their relationship and has all of their thoughts and history attached to it.

Was Touma overreacting? Sure was, Tai has no idea what he's going through because he never talks about it. But that's kinda normal isn't it? How many of you are completely open and emotionally vulnerable with your male friends? And if they do something that tromps on your feelings or makes light of your situation or calls you out about something, do you respond coolly and logically with "Well they aren't aware because I didn't talk to them about it so I shouldn't be angry"? You're still gonna get angry.

But yeah we can look at all this and go "Wow, way to blow up on him when he doesn't know any of that" but all this really does is make him more realistic to me honestly.

 

[femslashfatale]

Touma's future is much more restricted than Taichi seems to realize. I think the only person who really gets it is Masumi, which is what's causing her to try and get Touma's sister-in-law to understand. It is so incredibly suffocating to be closeted. And of course it's not as easy as telling the world, especially when he's a dependent high school student. That's why Touma wants to go off on his own and leave town, to forge his own life. Even if Touma could theoretically go down the path that his family or friends think will make him successful, it's at odds with what he really wants and wouldn't make him happy. I don't know how to get across the feeling that if you can't be happy, you'd rather at least die/fail trying.
"I want to live with freedom. I want to be able to say I love what I love. Be happy when I'm happy and sad when I'm sad. Not be told what to do. To not hurt anyone. Or be hurt by anyone."

 

[lumpur]

@givemersspls Well, of course what Touma said is dumb in hindsight. That's what a teenager who doesn't have his life figured out would say, it's not supposed to be the absolute truth. I didn't cringe, because it is an appropriate reaction for that character.