Blue Flag is a romantic comedy set in high school. Although full of silly tropes and love triangles, Blue Flag is also full of heart, friendship and complex feelings around self-acceptance.
(I have more to say, but nothing that won’t give things away!)

It was a very sweet story and I'll definitely read the second one when it comes out. There is love, friendship and teenage angst to boot. It's a fun read and I would recommend it to comic and romance lovers.

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So deliciously troptastic, with a side of HS drama and unrequited love. Although we do get a love triangle and a familiar plot, the illustrations are fantastic and the story, overall, was highly enjoyable.

Solid read all around, I feel good enough putting my name to it. It is a love triangle (square?) story, and we do tend to get a lot of those every year. This one is very solid where the artwork is concerned, and there is enough we don't know about the plot to make us want to see what direction the story's heading in come the followup volume. However like I stated, we see the cliche of high school love triangle a lot. Will this title be able to stand out above the rest? Time will tell.

This manga was a quick read and had a very easy to follow storyline. I really enjoyed reading it and I can't wait to continue reading.

A sweet, sincere manga about friends toward the end of high school. Taichi reconnects with his childhood best friend Touma when they are put in homeroom class together along with the klutzy Futaba. Futaba has a crush on Touma, and asks Taichi for help. Taichi develops feeling for her, while Touma seems to like someone else....

This manga was extremely enjoyable. While it may follow many of the romance manga tropes, the series is a stand out. Within the art there is a large focus on the untold. The way the art is juxtaposed allows one to pick up on the "twist" before it is revealed in text. Sometimes the art switches from detailed/semi-realistic to incredibly cartoony in a way that seems to reflect the character perspective at the time. The art is an essential part in how this story is told and one should focus on it heavily to understand the whole story.

Overall, I am very excited for this series to be published in English. I believe the Japanese edition has 7 or 8 volumes. The story has been completed there and most fans seem to be very satisfied with the ending, so it is worth investing in.

enjoyable, but there is some sort of love square going on here that i'm not sure how i feel about, i just somewhat doubt i'll get to the point wherein i feel like i know all the characters equally. i didn't click with how futaba was drawn - i know the child like drawings are sometimes synonymous with the genre, but it was out of left field with how the rest of the characters.

i'd like to explore more in the characters as they seem really sweet & sincere, but this volume didn't allow for me to actually develop any feelings towards them properly. i am rooting for the two blokes to get together in the end tho

Thank you to Viz Media and Netgalley for providing a free copy of Blue Flag Vol. 1 in exchange for an honest review.

I loved this manga. The characters are charming and hilarious and the story is fast paced and interesting. The love quadrangle is actually a huge win in my opinion. I wasn't aware of it before reading so it was a nice surprise.

Taichi and Futaba are both adorable in their own ways but they have a lot of similarities. I found them both incredibly funny, they had me laughing out loud throughout the entire book. Toma is tall, attractive, great at sports, popular..., but he's sweet and considerate. I love that they kept him that way and didn't pull his personality into arrogance at any point. I felt that all of them are pretty good people even though they all have their secrets.

The ending had me squealing. I had a feeling but it still took me by surprise and I honestly loved it so much. This is another win for Viz! I'll be adding this to my personal library and I'll be impatiently awaiting Vol.2.

This was a pretty typical manga for the most part. It’s a romance manga and follows a lot of tropes that I’ve seen often reading shoujo and romances. I’m not sure what this is classified as, so I’m just saying romance.

It’s classified as a love quadrangle so you know it’s going to be a mess of a relationship between the 4 characters.

I feel this was a decent start to the manga. I can see myself continuing on, though the beginning was a bit slow for me.

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I’d say 3 cups of coffee ☕️ and 1 tea 🍵, please! (3.5 stars)

A refreshing change of pace. Blue flag takes the cliched loved story tropes and smashes it out the park using creative and innovative characters and a different style of opening. The male and female protagonist are very self aware and go through some major character developments just in the first volume alone. The main side characters are very well developed with some of the other side characters falling to wayside after some brief introductions and mentions. While the art has hints of dark undertones it fits the theme and plot of the story. The art style reminds me a bit of My Hero Academia but it is not to flowery or dark. I'm anxious to read the next volume to see how the story develops.

Blue Flag fits its category well, but it stands out because of the twist in the quadrangle. It's a nice change, playing for all sides. But between all the characters, you can't help but feel for them, knowing that they want someone they can't have, yet will cheer them on til the end. As for what looks to be the main couple, they're extremely cute with a strong chemistry despite this being only the first volume.

ARC given in exchange for an honest review

Okay I must admit this is the first manga that I have ever read...

And consider me obsessed.

Blue Flag follows a boy named Taichi Ichinose who gets asked by a girl to help her catch the attention of Taichi's friend Toma. While helping her out, Taichi develops feelings towards her and thus creates a love triangle between the three of them.

I immediately fell in love with the art and all of the characters. They were all written so well and you could definitely differentiate from them all. Taichi was an awkward and shy teenage boy who could see himself reflected in Kuze Futaba (the girl he was helping to get Toma's attention). I must admit, I hated him at first for trying to change Kuze into being something she was not just to get a guy's attention, but he definitely grew on me. Same could be said for Kuze. I didn't like her at first but I liked her towards the end. She was a very cute character and her character art was just gorgeous. She seemed to be quite emotional which was probably why I disliked her to begin with. On the contrary, I immediately loved Toma from the start. He was kind, charismatic and I could definitely see the friendship between him and Ichinose.

I'm extremely looking forward to the next few books that are set to come out later this year. I'm beginning to really love this series and manga in general. I can't wait to see what happens next in the Blue Flag series!

ACTUAL RATING: 4.8 STARS

Blue Flag:Volume 1 by KAITO

4 stars

I am a sucker for these kinds of stories. Blue Flag follows Taichi who is a pretty normal guy who really has nothing going for him. There is a girl in his class named Futaba who is a bumbling mess. When he helps her one day in the library, he discovers that she is trying to gain her crush's attention. Her crush is a the cutest boy in school, Toma, who also happens to be a childhood friend of Taichi. Taichi ends up helping Futaba and a later character is introduced and a love quadrangle ensues. I am here for this manga. This is the trash I survived off of and live for. It reminded of Hot Gimmick, but not as dramatic. This one is just really cute and it has the usual tropes that make me roll my eyes, but also keep me reading. I am totally here for Blue Flag and I will be continuing this manga series. Volume 1 was a good time and I'm curious to see where the drama goes. I like all the characters and they make the story entertaining. The art work is the type of lines that I prefer and it fits the tone of the story. I definitely recommend this one!


Whimsical Writing Scale: 4

Character Scale: 3.5

Plotastic Scale: 4.5

Art Scale: 4

Cover Thoughts: I am obsessed with this cover. It's stunning.

Thank you, Netgalley and Viz Media, for providing me with a copy of this manga in exchange for an honest review.

One of the most enjoying manga I've read recently! This is a slice of life manga featuring an awkward outcast boy who is friends with the most popular boy. The art style is very enjoyable and the story is easy to get into. I can't wait to read volume two!

Received Copy via NetGalley.
I Give this one a 2/5 Star Rating.

This one wasn’t my type of Manga, I originally thought it was, but it’s not.

What a promising start to a series! I found myself thinking about this first volume and how fond I’m becoming with the characters already. The art style was really expressive and funny. I like how it has found away to take classic tropes and make something new out of it. I’m so looking forward to continuing on with this series because that ending? I need to know, Best Friend or Lover?

A cute manga about first love and new friendships. I really enjoyed the artstyle, and I think the story is off to a promising start.

The cliff hangar at the end of the first volume wasn't as shocking as I thought it'd be, since small hints had been dropped through out, but I appreciate where the manga's going.
I'm intrigued to see where the characters will go from here and how Ichinose will continue to grow as a person.

Rating: 4/5 ⭐


Thank you to Netgalley and VIZ Media for providing the eARC in exchange for an honest review!

Thank you to VIZ Media, NetGalley, and KAITO for the opportunity to read "Blue Flag Volume One" in exchange for an honest review.

My favorite part about this manga, by far, is the variety of hilarious facial expressions.

From the book blurb: "When Taichi’s classmate Futaba asks him to help her confess to his best friend, Toma, it sparks the catalyst that begins the sweet and heart-wrenching journey of their third and final year of high school."

While that sentence sums up the gist of the manga decently well, it's a bit more complicated than that. Taichi finds out Futaba likes his best friend from grade school, Toma, and offers to help her connect with him. It's not that simple, though, because Futaba is the exact opposite of Toma's interests in both physical and personality traits.

And of course, about halfway through volume one, the reader is introduced to the character that is Futaba's opposite. While Taichi tries to hook up Toma and Futaba, he starts to realize he might just be growing feelings for her. But what's more, does the girl Toma likes have a crush on Taichi? What a mess!

An enjoyable first volume with the usual high school drama, though the twist is a love quadrangle as opposed to a love triangle. How is this going to turn out?!

I really enjoyed this one. I thought it was funny at time and I can't wait to read more. Will definitely get a finished copy when it's out.

It's a lot of fun but a bit haphazard & confusing in places. That said, I know my middle school students will like it (shojo manga), & I'll be reading the next book in the series to see what happens!