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* Chapters 53-54: The DistantFinale is not kind with what happens to Taichi and Futaba's relationship. Right after he declares his desire to be with her in the present day, narration details how he broke up with her in the future, and how they'd grown apart so much that they didn't even stay friends. The final chapter reveals that Taichi didn't even go to her wedding. This is somewhat lessened by the fact that he was attending another friend's wedding, and that Toma ''did'' attend in his place. Although this chapter doubles as HeartWarming since we get to see all the characters happy as adults, its overall an emotional chapter.
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* Chapters 53-54: The DistantFinale is not kind with what happens to Taichi and Futaba's relationship. Right after he declares his desire to be with her in the present day, narration details how he broke up with her in the future, and how they'd grown apart so much that they didn't even stay friends. The final chapter reveals that Taichi didn't even go to her wedding. This is somewhat lessened by the fact that he was attending another friend's wedding, and that Toma ''did'' attend in his place. Although this chapter doubles as HeartWarming [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Heartwarming]] since we get to see all the characters happy as adults, its it's overall an emotional chapter.
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** For all intents and purposes, while Touma was always amiable to him, Taichi understandably always felt OvershadowedByAwesome whenever he was around Touma, leading to even deeper insecurities.
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* Dear god, everything after Chapter 12. In the following chapter, to no avail, Touma, Seiya, and Futaba do their best to cheer up Taichi, who is puzzled and annoyed at the fact nobody is angry at him as his self-loathing reaches new heights.
* Chapter 16 becomes the icing on the cake, when the WholeEpisodeFlashback shows Taichi and Touma slowly drifting apart as the latter gets popular. It also shows Taichi's FirstLove. He falls for a girl who then falls for Touma, hammering his already low self-esteem and putting his unwillingness to attempt to get together with Futaba in a whole new light: he isn't just doing it because he wants her to be happy, but also because he believes there's no way someone would choose him over Touma.
* In Chapter 17, Taichi breaking down crying as he asks for Touma's forgiveness and desperately asks himself for a way to make things right. This quickly prompts an already-heartbroken Touma to cry as they hold each others' hands.
* Chapter 16 becomes the icing on the cake, when the WholeEpisodeFlashback shows Taichi and Touma slowly drifting apart as the latter gets popular. It also shows Taichi's FirstLove. He falls for a girl who then falls for Touma, hammering his already low self-esteem and putting his unwillingness to attempt to get together with Futaba in a whole new light: he isn't just doing it because he wants her to be happy, but also because he believes there's no way someone would choose him over Touma.
* In Chapter 17, Taichi breaking down crying as he asks for Touma's forgiveness and desperately asks himself for a way to make things right. This quickly prompts an already-heartbroken Touma to cry as they hold each others' hands.
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* Dear god, everything after Chapter 12. In the following chapter, to no avail, Touma, Toma, Seiya, and Futaba do their best to cheer up Taichi, who is puzzled and annoyed at the fact nobody is angry at him as his self-loathing reaches new heights.
* Chapter 16 becomes the icing on the cake, when the WholeEpisodeFlashback shows Taichi andTouma Toma slowly drifting apart as the latter gets popular. It also shows Taichi's FirstLove. He falls for a girl who then falls for Touma, Toma, hammering his already low self-esteem and putting his unwillingness to attempt to get together with Futaba in a whole new light: he isn't just doing it because he wants her to be happy, but also because he believes there's no way someone would choose him over Touma.
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* In Chapter 17, Taichi breaking down crying as he asks forTouma's Toma's forgiveness and desperately asks himself for a way to make things right. This quickly prompts an already-heartbroken Touma Toma to cry as they hold each others' hands.
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*** The way some of the students discuss Touma Toma being gay comes off sounding like they're talking about some exotic animal.
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* Chapters 53-54: The DistantFinale is not kind with what happens to Taichi and Futaba's relationship. Right after he declares his desire to be with her in the present day, narration details how he broke up with her in the future, and how they'd grown apart so much that they didn't even stay friends. The final chapter reveals that Taichi didn't even go to her wedding. This is somewhat lessened by the fact that he was attending another friend's wedding, and that Touma Toma ''did'' attend in his place. Although this chapter doubles as HeartWarming since we get to see all the characters happy as adults, its overall an emotional chapter.
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* Chapters 53-54: The DistantFinale is not kind with what happens to Taichi and Futaba's relationship. Right after he declares his desire to be with her in the present day, narration details how he broke up with her in the future, and how they'd grown apart so much that they didn't even stay friends. The final chapter reveals that Taichi didn't even go to her wedding. This is somewhat lessened by the fact that he was attending another friend's wedding, and that Touma ''did'' attend in his place. Although this chapter doubles as HeartWarming since we get to see all the characters happy as adults, its overall an emotional chapter.
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* Dear god, everything after Chapter 12. In the following chapter, to no avail, Touma, Seiya Seiya, and Futaba do their best to cheer up Taichi, who is puzzled and annoyed at the fact nobody is angry at him as his self-loathing reaches new heights.
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* Chapters 53-54: The DistantFinale is not kind with what happens to Taichi and Futaba's relationship. Right after he declares her his desire to be with her in the present day, narration details how he broke up with her in the future, and how they'd grown apart so much that they didn't even stay friends. The final chapter reveals that Taichi didn't even go to her wedding. This is somewhat lessened by the fact that he was attending another friend's wedding, and that Touma ''did'' attend in his place.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"That's all, and yet..."'']]
Ao No Flag pulls ''no'' punches when it comes to portraying the raw and true hardships of young teens facing an imminent adulthood and heartbreak.
'''WARNING:''' Spoilers are unmarked.
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!General
* While they all have their unique issues, each of the four main characters undergo lots of understandable AgeAppropriateAngst.
* Two of the main characters are closeted homosexuals (one is a lesbian woman and the other is a gay man) who suffer from a lot of {{Gayngst}} as they live in a very economically advanced, yet highly culturally conservative society with strict gender roles.
* Taichi is actually implied to have profitable affinity for toys, having made well-received custom-made toys at a young age, meaning his initial dream of running a toy shop wasn't all that far-fetched. However, he soon grew to believe that his invention was making him look infantile due [[{{Mangst}} to social standards that men are expected to live up to]]. That loss of childhood imagination because of it being dismissed as 'childish' leads him to conform to the norm and discard his talent, thus losing his unique niche and becoming mediocre.
** For all intents and purposes, while Touma was always amiable to him, Taichi understandably always felt OvershadowedByAwesome whenever he was around Touma, leading to even deeper insecurities.
! Specific chapters
* Dear god, everything after chapter 12. In the following chapter, to no avail, Touma, Seiya and Futaba do their best to cheer up Taichi, who is puzzled and annoyed at the fact nobody is angry at him as his self-loathing reaches new heights.
* Chapter 16 becomes the icing on the cake, when the WholeEpisodeFlashback shows Taichi and Touma slowly drifting apart as the latter gets popular. It also shows Taichi's FirstLove. He falls for a girl who then falls for Touma, hammering his already low self-esteem and putting his unwillingness to attempt to get together with Futaba in a whole new light: he isn't just doing it because he wants her to be happy, but also because he believes there's no way someone would choose him over Touma.
* In chapter 17, Taichi breaking down crying as he asks for Touma's forgiveness and desperately asks himself for a way to make things right. This quickly prompts an already-heartbroken Touma to cry as they hold each others' hands.
* Chapter 18: Masumi listens to Futaba's doubts and troubles with her feelings. The focus on Masumi's face shows that she is clearly uncomfortable and/or heartbroken about hearing about her very straight crush talking about the two men she wants to be with, while she herself never will get that chance.
* Chapter 33: Mami’s backstory is full of this. It’s so bad that she’s been blamed for being groped.
* Chapter 34: Kensuke and Mami aren't likely to ''ever'' become JustFriends.
** The pained smile Touma directs at Taichi.
* Chapter 36: Akiko is deeply worried about Touma's (lack of) plans for the future and tries to get Seiya to talk him into rethinking.
* Chapter 39 has a very painfully realistic HardTruthAesop which can be summed up as that if one wants to choose the best path for themselves, other people aren't guaranteed to be supportive of the decision.
* Chapter 40: Kensuke overhears Touma admitting that he's in love with Taichi to Mami, which erupts in a tussle between them.
* Chapter 41: The aftermath of Touma getting ForcedOutOfTheCloset: Kensuke, Touma and Shingo all get suspended for a week and on top of all that, malicious rumors start spreading around school.
** The gossips are textbook examples of homophobic prejudices:
*** The way some of the students discuss Touma being gay comes off sounding like they're talking about some exotic animal.
*** Since the start of the series, [[BigManOnCampus Touma was regularly admired by his peers for his athleticism]]. Now? Several male students believe that his physical advantage will make it easy for Touma to assault them.
*** Some of the students actually blame Mami for the whole incident.
** Finally, Touma admits his feelings to Taichi via an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove, leaving the latter in shock.
* Chapter 45: Mami realizes that Masumi is in love with Kuze. The two girls end up getting into a fight about how Masumi refuses to let people ''try'' to understand and reach her, prompting the two to end up crying while trying to hit each other in sympathy and about their own problems.
* Chapter 53-54: The DistantFinale is not kind with what happens to Taichi and Futaba's relationship. Right after he declares her desire to be with her in the present day, narration details how he broke up with her in the future, and how they'd grown apart so much that they didn't even stay friends. The final chapter reveals that Taichi didn't even go to her wedding. This is somewhat lessened by the fact that he was attending another friend's wedding, and that Touma ''did'' attend in his place.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"That's all, and yet..."'']]
Ao No Flag pulls ''no'' punches when it comes to portraying the raw and true hardships of young teens facing an imminent adulthood and heartbreak.
'''WARNING:''' Spoilers are unmarked.
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!General
* While they all have their unique issues, each of the four main characters undergo lots of understandable AgeAppropriateAngst.
* Two of the main characters are closeted homosexuals (one is a lesbian woman and the other is a gay man) who suffer from a lot of {{Gayngst}} as they live in a very economically advanced, yet highly culturally conservative society with strict gender roles.
* Taichi is actually implied to have profitable affinity for toys, having made well-received custom-made toys at a young age, meaning his initial dream of running a toy shop wasn't all that far-fetched. However, he soon grew to believe that his invention was making him look infantile due [[{{Mangst}} to social standards that men are expected to live up to]]. That loss of childhood imagination because of it being dismissed as 'childish' leads him to conform to the norm and discard his talent, thus losing his unique niche and becoming mediocre.
** For all intents and purposes, while Touma was always amiable to him, Taichi understandably always felt OvershadowedByAwesome whenever he was around Touma, leading to even deeper insecurities.
! Specific chapters
* Dear god, everything after chapter 12. In the following chapter, to no avail, Touma, Seiya and Futaba do their best to cheer up Taichi, who is puzzled and annoyed at the fact nobody is angry at him as his self-loathing reaches new heights.
* Chapter 16 becomes the icing on the cake, when the WholeEpisodeFlashback shows Taichi and Touma slowly drifting apart as the latter gets popular. It also shows Taichi's FirstLove. He falls for a girl who then falls for Touma, hammering his already low self-esteem and putting his unwillingness to attempt to get together with Futaba in a whole new light: he isn't just doing it because he wants her to be happy, but also because he believes there's no way someone would choose him over Touma.
* In chapter 17, Taichi breaking down crying as he asks for Touma's forgiveness and desperately asks himself for a way to make things right. This quickly prompts an already-heartbroken Touma to cry as they hold each others' hands.
* Chapter 18: Masumi listens to Futaba's doubts and troubles with her feelings. The focus on Masumi's face shows that she is clearly uncomfortable and/or heartbroken about hearing about her very straight crush talking about the two men she wants to be with, while she herself never will get that chance.
* Chapter 33: Mami’s backstory is full of this. It’s so bad that she’s been blamed for being groped.
* Chapter 34: Kensuke and Mami aren't likely to ''ever'' become JustFriends.
** The pained smile Touma directs at Taichi.
* Chapter 36: Akiko is deeply worried about Touma's (lack of) plans for the future and tries to get Seiya to talk him into rethinking.
* Chapter 39 has a very painfully realistic HardTruthAesop which can be summed up as that if one wants to choose the best path for themselves, other people aren't guaranteed to be supportive of the decision.
* Chapter 40: Kensuke overhears Touma admitting that he's in love with Taichi to Mami, which erupts in a tussle between them.
* Chapter 41: The aftermath of Touma getting ForcedOutOfTheCloset: Kensuke, Touma and Shingo all get suspended for a week and on top of all that, malicious rumors start spreading around school.
** The gossips are textbook examples of homophobic prejudices:
*** The way some of the students discuss Touma being gay comes off sounding like they're talking about some exotic animal.
*** Since the start of the series, [[BigManOnCampus Touma was regularly admired by his peers for his athleticism]]. Now? Several male students believe that his physical advantage will make it easy for Touma to assault them.
*** Some of the students actually blame Mami for the whole incident.
** Finally, Touma admits his feelings to Taichi via an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove, leaving the latter in shock.
* Chapter 45: Mami realizes that Masumi is in love with Kuze. The two girls end up getting into a fight about how Masumi refuses to let people ''try'' to understand and reach her, prompting the two to end up crying while trying to hit each other in sympathy and about their own problems.
* Chapter 53-54: The DistantFinale is not kind with what happens to Taichi and Futaba's relationship. Right after he declares her desire to be with her in the present day, narration details how he broke up with her in the future, and how they'd grown apart so much that they didn't even stay friends. The final chapter reveals that Taichi didn't even go to her wedding. This is somewhat lessened by the fact that he was attending another friend's wedding, and that Touma ''did'' attend in his place.
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