Ao no Flag, Ao no Hako Recommendations
I'm surprised no one has recommended this yet. Though I promise there's more in common than just the name, I swear! When I started reading Blue Box I was immediately reminded of Blue Flag.
Firstly, they're both really cute and wholesome romances. Blue Flag starts out being very obviously a love triangle, but Blue Box is less interested in that, and more about the developing relationship in both of its main leads. Though it's still possible it might go in that direction in the future.
The art style also is somewhat alike. They both manage to make some very detailed and beautiful panels of the characters, while
still balancing that with silly and cartoony faces without making it feel jarring.
But what I like most about both these mangas is the characters. They feel real in both these stories and in both of them, the conversations are basically the highlight of the story because they feel like conversations you would have with people you know in real life. The characters show they care about their friends and their crushes, sometimes in very obvious ways, and sometimes subtlety.
And when they're bothered about something, they talk about it, no useless drama prolonging for too long, so both stories manage to be wholesome and at the same time have a very fast pace in relation to other romance mangas, where the characters will stay in that "will-they-won't-they" state forever. Also, these mangas still build up to the story's turning points, so they feel earned.
So yeah, I think if you like one, you should definitely check out the other.
Also, I'll say it again. The silly faces are super funny in both of these.
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