8 - Blue Flag by KAITO

We’re back to recommending our favourites to one another - this time we’re discussing one of Samu’s all-timers: Blue Flag by KAITO, a coming of age high school story that delves into a slew of deep and meaningful themes.

Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction

3:43 Why Samu recommended that Enzo (and you) should read it

5:53 Enzo’s general impressions of the series

8:40 Blue Flag and how it differentiates itself from its contemporary shonen romance series

9:17 (Volume 1) spoiler discussion begins

9:24 The love triangle (square) featuring queer characters

11:52 How Japanese conservatism suppresses the non-traditional topics featured in Blue Flag

14:12 Did the ending come first and the rest of the series sprung from it?

15:53 Full spoiler discussion begins

15:57 Our feelings on how the characters handled within the love triangle

20:46 Blue Flag being specifically about that final year of high school and the decisions we make

21:16 Mami Yagihara: the standout side character of the series

29:56 Touma’s coming out moment and the aftermath

31:33 The bedroom conversation scene - effective or overly theatrical?

34:25 The ending - the love triangle, the timeskip epilogue, divisive opinions on the resolution

43:29 Masumi’s ending - is it a betrayal of her character?

46:42 Samu’s Recommendation: Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare by Yuuki Kamatani

47:59 Enzo’s Recommendation: Yugami Doesn’t Have Any Friends by Jun Sakura

50:33 Overview and final scores

Welcome to My Taste is Better Than Yours, the manga podcast with Samu and Guardian Enzo! Who are we? Two anime bloggers (Samu former, Enzo current - at https://lostinanime.com) who love manga.

We'll discuss some of our favourite manga series and let you decide which one of us has the better taste. Throughout this podcast we’ll be covering series we've both already read or follow, as well as series one of us recommends to the other to compare our opinions. From time-to-time we’ll also cover some general manga-related topics and discussions.

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