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Shimanami Tasogare
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On the most basic level, both comics are about teenagers dealing with relationships, understanding their own sexuality and that of their peers and dealing with homophobia from society and the people around them. The main differences are that Ao no Flag focuses more on the development of relationships between the protagonists while Shimanami Tasogare is a lot more introspective. I would say that Shimanami Tasogare also has much broader LGBTQ representation and just a more diverse cast in general, while Ao no Flag is almost purely focused on high school students.
Despite some differences in content, both share a similar pacing and tone. Ao no Flag
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The heart and soul for both of these stories is the beautiful, expressive art, great character development and the representation of LGBT+ characters.
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Both focus on the struggles of queer people in Japan and the high school drama that can come along with being part of the community.
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Both being focused on realistic depictions of lgbt characters,romance as well as the day to day lifes of the characters too.
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Essentially, both slice-of-life is about interpersonal relationships and affective bonds as they explore their own sexualities and reflect on what it means to love someone and their implications. They don't represent a utopian scenario where love between people of the same sex is completely normalized, but rather they put into discussion the context in which we live today and how complex it still remains, so the development of the characters feels deserving overall.
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