Mutant Mayhem 💥💥

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 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.

Just like the butterfly, I too will awaken in my own time 🦋

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bloberta painting ive been working on (work in progress)

a cute girl says ur really griddy wyd

Happy 4/20! And Is my birthday too I guess

posted late because I was too busy being birthday royalty yesterday

it’s us against the world.

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i read blue flag/ ao no flag in 2021? i think and i just reread it and am fixating HARD on it… soryr 4 being INSUFFERABLE ABT THEM😢 doodles of the sillies .. minus futaba bc i’m still trying to figure out how 2 draw her

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