#toumatai

[tellars]

#ao no flag #blue flag #i cried while reading this manga #fanart #art tag #tellars art tag #my art #toumatai #touma #taichi

[l0afpan]

the number of times the VIZ translation of anf made me read the word 'gawd' is a little inhumane tbh

#ao no flag #blue flag #mita touma #ichinose taichi #toumatai

[nantokanarusaa]

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.

#ao no flag #blue flag #blue flag manga #toumatai #is there a point tagging it as spoilers? might as well #ao no flag spoilers #blue flag spoilers #he ending and series in general does have it's flaws but it has become a near and dear one to me #anyways isn’t it amazing how different people have different perspectives and that how you have lived your life changes those #Taichi be gazing at Touma for multiple panels and people be like aww friendship :“) #the way the omamori was want jerked him out of his rage? heck the way he treasured it? their whole conversation on the beach #HE WAS GENUINELY CONSIDERING TOUMA'S FEELINGS FOR HIM!?! NO STRAIGHT GUY WILL EVER PONDER THAT MUCH #i'm alright #also all the hand holing symbolism which im sure other people have talked about better #which also raises the point: let kids express themselves freely without putting gender roles on them #god the hand hold rejection from Touma as a kid was a gut punch #last thing #KAITO HOW DARE YOU NOT SHOW US GROWN UP TOMA AND TAICHI TOGETHER #I WANT TO HAVE A CIVIL CONVERSATION WITH YOU #ok that was long thanks for reading if you have?? <3 #my feeling for this series are immense #oh have i mentioned its from JUMP!? of all the publications??? #granted jump plus gives the creators a lot more freedom but still?? a bi protag?? with a gay main charecter along with multiple queer #confirmed or coded characters? #dint think it could be real #kurosaki rambles #PS i want Ao flag to get a boom in popularity again so that we can get an anime adaptation #if done well and respectfully it will have so much potential #if done well and respectfully it can have so much potential

[squeeegs]

damn i love these guys

#ao no flag #touma mita #taichi ichinose #futaba kuze #masumi itachi #ao no flag fanart #toumatai #whats the tag for futaba/masumi #idk #my-art

[ttekottibok]

touma’s turn to wipe crumbs off his face

#ao no flag #blue flag #toumatai #touma mita #taichi ichinose #picture #my art

[sauzkronee]

they are married!!!!!!! [repost]

#old art #my art #ao no flag #blue flag #touma mita #taichi ichinose #toumatai #its me i did this #i love them

[daisyachain]

ichinose

#it ain't gettin any done-er that's for sure #ao no flag #ichinose taichi #taichi ichinose #mita touma #touma mita #toumatai #i guess? #kelsey liveblogs ao no flag #reread the end notes to vol 8 again and i like the way it said the series is ultimately about ichinose's life choices. makes you think! #cf black sails 'in the dark' monologue

[bowledburrito]

be the change you want to see in the world (blue flag fanartist)

based on Reality after daydreams by moonstruck_writing on ao3!!

#art #fanart #digital art #doodle #doodles #blue flag #ao no flag #toumatai #touma mita #taichi ichinose #RED STRING POWER ???? HOLY SHIT THAT IS LIKE THE HARDEST LINE OF ALL TIME #Thinking abt the factthat all these fics are like feasible #manga

[tetokaiba]

if i had a dollar for every time i drew them i’d have 1 billion dollars

#ao no flag #taichi ichinose #mita touma #toumatai #blue flag #digital art

[corndogeli]

Doodles and wips :3 idk how to post on tmbrl

#blue flag #toumatai

[leafcat26]

best friend power

#ao no flag #blue flag #toumatai #ichinose taichi #mita touma #taichi ichinose #touma mita #kaito #ao no flag fanart #blue flag fanart #toumatai fanart #kaito fanart #this manga gave me whiplash lmao #my art

[ladsofsorrow24]

when everything's turning who do you love?

#ao no flag #blue flag manga #ao no flag fanart #ichinose taichi #mita touma #toumatai #ladsofsorrow24 #having so many feelings about them #and finally getting to draw these two is just so.... #it's a very rewarding feeling i would say #especially after a shitty week of working a job that i hate lol #anyway i think it's such a missed opportunity for the creator's side #not being able to show these two being married and all that #like... please kaito-sensei i hope you made a little spin-off comic one day in the future #i just need to see my boys and their friends okay

[succysphere]

so um. heartstopper fans!!! read blue flag!!

#fan art #digital fanart #fanart #succys art #blue flag fanart #blue flag #ao no flag fanart #ao no flag #taichi ichinose #ichinose taichi #touma mita #toumatai #charlie spring #nick nelson #heartstopper #heartstopper fanart

[semi-imaginary-place]

Touma and Taichi holding hands in Ao no Flag is a recurring motif that appears in chapters 17, 42, 48, and 54. As elaborated on later in the series, in elementary school they used to hold hands all the time because the world was less scary together and it was comforting to have a friend along for their adventures. But somewhere along the way Touma feels the pressure of the double standard of gendered expectations that holding hands is a "girl thing". The childhood comfort of holding hands is paralleled in the hospital scene when Touma asks to hold Taichi's hand because he's scared. Watching the baseball game Touma confronts the reality that his baseball dream is over, his dream career will never happen because he got hit by a car pushing Taichi out of the way. The game is in the 9th inning and their school is losing, because Touma couldn't play. Touma is watching his dreams die and Taichi knows this, Taichi still blames himself for Touma's injury, and what can he do but offer his hand; and that's enough for Touma feeling that Taichi is there and safe.

In the flashback in chapter 48 we see Taichi reaching out for Touma's hand when they run away together following the death of Touma's parents and both brothers struggling to cope with the loss of their parents. In chapter 54 this act of reaching out and holding hand is how the manga reveals that Touma is Taichi's husband. Chapter 48 which is from Touma's perspective foreshadows that he is the POV character for the final chapter. Both chapters heavily parallel each other. In both chapters we literally see the world through Touma's eyes; we never see his face, reactions, nor do we hear what he says, all we see and hear are the people around him. In the key scene in both chapter, Taichi reaches out to Touma and takes his hand. While chapter 17 in the hospital represents a tumultuous time in their relationship with them trying to rekindle their friendship after years of Taichi distancing himself because he feels unworthy, chapters 48 and 54 show some if not the strongest points in their relationship. In the last chapter Taichi reaches across panels, breaking the bounds of the comic medium to connect with Touma.

#ao no flag #let me know if i missed any #the toumatai handholding saga

[kkoticlue]

i will single handed build a ao no flag fandom brick by brick if i have to

#ohhh ohhhhh toumatai ohhhhhhhhhhh #fortext

[ice-jsuirya]

primrose: “i can’t live without you”

#my art #art #illustration #blue flag #ao no flag #toumatai #touma mita #taichi ichinose #:)