Silverman, Rebecca (January 1, 2017). "Bloom into You GN 1". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on April 15, 2023 . Retrieved April 15, 2023. To date, eight tankōbon volumes have been released under the Dengeki Comics label. It is licensed for release in English by Seven Seas Entertainment. ever feels out of place or rushed, and each one feels relevant to the overall story. The last few chapters provide a satisfying conclusion. Now, it’s time to get into some of the more subjective ways the manga is better than the anime. And first up is the art. The panel screenshots I’ve included in this review don’t do the manga justice. There are some amazing panels with amazing art. And the rest looks good too.

In the final volume, Nakatani wanted to write a complete ending to the story which would leave readers feeling that they had seen all that was needed to be seen, make the nature of Yuu and Touko's feelings unambiguously clear, and assure that their relationship would last. [10] [34] She wanted to avoid giving the impression that Yuu and Touko were destined to be together, instead emphasizing that they had freely chosen a relationship after they both changed and were able to love each other. [23] [10] The 44th chapter, in which Yuu and Touko have sex, was considered necessary, as Nakatani felt that it was best to not omit that aspect of their feelings for each other. [10] In the final epilogue chapter set three years after the previous chapter following a timeskip, their relationship is no longer a secret from most of their friends, which Nakatani thought was better as she wanted them to be happy at the story's conclusion. [10] Touko also continues pursuing her acting career, which Nakatani decided as she "didn't want to condemn" the time in Touko's life when she was emulating her sister. [10] Nakatani cited the works of Satoshi Mizukami, and in particular his manga Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer, as an influence on the final chapter. [10] Anime adaptation [ edit ] Planning [ edit ] a b Jones, Alex (March 19, 2020). Cox, Gemma (ed.). "[Anime Review] Bloom Into You Complete Collection - What is Love?". Neo. No.198. p.068. Bloom is a manga adapted for anime. The story is based on students, a senpai (superior) and a kouhai (student inferior to senpai). Chapters go a little bit fast, a little bit slow. Despite being a complicated genre to deal with (Senpai-Kouhai Relationship), several people stop reading, for the simple reason of being an SKR. I really liked the story, it took me out of boredom and held my attention as a whole. Well, not like this worked for me even as a shoujo-ai an away. Most of the volumes is padded with annoying "I love you but I don't love you and you love me but you also can't love me" bullshitting. I knew how this was going to end, you knew it, we all knew it and yet you still have to drag through 7 volumes to get to the expected ending. To be fair, the last volume is actually nice. If the filler between the introduction and the finale was removed with more content added after the finale this would have been much better. But there just isn't anything really interesting happening there. Nothing really caught my attention as the story progressed. Nothing when I said to myself "now this is where it gets good". Up until the end I still struggle to understand the overwhelmingly positive reception of this manga, as it doesn't do much outside from what the average shoujo-ai manga does. Actually, the scenario of the theatre play within the story sounded significantly more interesting than the story itself. Just do that as a story instead, please?Bloom into You (Yagate Kimi ni Naru / やがて君になる) is a yuri manga about two high school girls who fall in love. This is also my second time reviewing the series. 15 months ago, in March of 2021, I reviewed the Bloom into You anime. Nio, Nakatani (3 January 2017). Bloom into You Vol. 1. National Geographic Books. ISBN 978-1626923539. The manga is written and illustrated by Nio Nakatani. It began serialization in ASCII Media Works' monthly magazine Dengeki Daioh on April 27, 2015 [6] and ended on September 27, 2019. [7] The eighth and final tankōbon volume of the manga was released in November 2019. [37] Describing the series as having “…Adorable artwork and [a] charming love story,” Seven Seas Entertainment announced its licensing of the manga for English release in North America on February 14, 2016. [38] The manga is currently published in Japanese, English, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Thai, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Vietnamese.

The spinoff novels, which focused on Sayaka's character as a central protagonist, were written by Hitoma Iruma, whom Nakatani had previously collaborated with on his earlier novel Shoujo Mousouchuu. [32] Although she was initially apprehensive about someone else writing her characters, when it was decided that Iruma would be the writer, she agreed. [20] [34] Nakatani provided Iruma with details about her planned ending for the series. Among these details, Nakatani wrote dialogue for a conversation where Yuu and Touko learn that Sayaka has a girlfriend, which would ultimately be included in the final chapter of the manga. [10] Iruma chose to begin the novel with Sayaka in elementary school, as he did not feel confident that her middle school experience would be enough to support a full novel, and thus imagined a history for her based on the few details given about her past in the manga. [34] He said that as Nakatani was the original creator, he felt that his role in the novels' creation was "the one who contributed the text." [20] In discussing her approach to the yuri genre, Nakatani expressed that while she liked romance stories, she was disappointed with narratives that paint a relationship as necessary to complete oneself emotionally, as it made her feel as if "something was wrong with me." [30] Nakatani felt that same-sex romances often avoided this dichotomy, and that as she struggled to write a convincing heterosexual romance, she was more drawn towards creating manga about same-sex couples. While Nakatani had also drawn boys' love manga previously, she ultimately said that yuri was more interesting to her, as she wanted to draw cute girls. [30] In one interview, she said that yuri was difficult to define, but that "once the reader thinks it is yuri, then at that moment it becomes yuri." [25] In a conversation with Riddle Story of Devil creators Yun Kōga and Sunao Minakata, she concurred with Kōga's statement that yuri is about "girls getting involved with other girls," adding the qualification that it is "feelings between girls." [31] She also cited the anime adaptation of Sound! Euphonium as an influence, saying it showed "everything I want to do in yuri." [25] Early development [ edit ] Nio Nakatani's early character designs for Touko and Yuu Besides it being in the yuri genre, Nakatani had not decided on any story details before accepting Kusunoki's offer. She developed many ideas for different plots and characters, almost all of which were ultimately scrapped, except for Touko's character design. [23] The editor-in-chief suggested a "secret love," which Nakatani noticed was common to the yuri genre in stories where the characters had to keep their same-sex relationship secret due to both being girls. [23] Nakatani did not want to focus the narrative's attention on the social challenges of girl-girl relationships, as she felt it would be too simple and was more interested in exploring the characters' personal flaws. [26] Thus, she thought of a twist on the idea, wherein rather than keeping their love secret from others, the drama would come from two girls keeping their love secret from each other. This became the impetus for what would become Yuu and Touko's romance story. [23] Look, sex is a normal part of romantic relationships. Does every romantic relationship need it? No. But for the majority, it will eventually come with the territory. Depicting that is a good thing. There’s nothing wrong with it. Yuu describes herself as “naughty” when she fantasizes about Touko, but that’s not bad. Friedman, Erica (May 8, 2019). "Yuri Manga: Yagate Kimi ni Naru, Volume 7 (やがて君になる)". Okazu. Archived from the original on April 16, 2023 . Retrieved April 10, 2023.As president, Touko plans to revive the student council play, which has not been performed in seven years. Yuu is against the idea, and chooses not to suggest her novelist friend Koyomi Kanou when the other members ask who could write it. Sayaka tells Yuu to solicit Koyomi's involvement, and to look into the student council president of seven years ago. Yuu subsequently learns that Touko's older sister Mio was the student council president at that time, and had been producing a play, but was killed in a traffic accident before its premiere. Yuu realizes that Touko is emulating her sister and wants to produce the play in her place. She tries to convince Touko that this is unnecessary, but Touko coldly refuses. Bloom Into You Yuri Manga Gets Stage Play in May". Anime News Network. January 25, 2019. Archived from the original on April 20, 2019 . Retrieved April 28, 2019. Bloom Into You Vol. 5". Seven Seas Entertainment. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018 . Retrieved 2 July 2018. Yuu was intended to visually and temperamentally contrast with Touko, as a deliberately cute girl with a deeper "cool" aspect. [25] Her personality was written to be someone who would not feel happy about Touko's love but also not reject her, which led to her being created as a girl who desired romantic feelings but did not understand them. [23] [30] As they were planning the characters, Kusunoki and Nakatani asked others around them for stories about their experiences with romance. [25] [29] One woman said that she did not understand romantic feelings, and Nakatani based the manga's depiction of Yuu's emotions on her story. [23] [25] [29] As Touko's role as the student council president was decided, Nakatani conceived Sayaka, Touko's friend in the student council, who would have an unrequited crush on Touko. [23] [25] Nakatani wanted Sayaka to come off as "extremely cool," [23] and she was designed to contrast Touko's "lovable" image when standing beside her as her student council vice president and academic rival. [25]

We need your help. We are re-building the ranking system, so please write a review for the manga you know.The characters don't offer anything interesting either. One half of the duo of protagonists is the "I must be like my sister" trope which is definitely nothing new while the personality of the other half is not really more than "being in love with that girl". Friedman, Erica (December 13, 2018). "Monthly Dengeki Daioh, January 2019 (月刊コミック 電撃大王 2019年1月号)". Okazu. Archived from the original on April 17, 2023 . Retrieved April 10, 2023.

a b "Series: Bloom Into You". Seven Seas Entertainment. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018 . Retrieved 22 February 2018. Seven Seas Licenses Bloom Into You Novels, Primitive Boyfriend Manga, More". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 23, 2019 . Retrieved January 21, 2020. a b Friedman, Erica (June 14, 2016). "Yuri Manga: Yagate Kimi ni Naru, Volume 2 (やがて君になる)". Okazu. Archived from the original on April 15, 2023 . Retrieved April 23, 2023. When Tatsuya Kusunoki, an editor of the manga magazine Dengeki Daioh (in which Nakatani had professionally debuted with their publication of her previously self-published short story Farewell to My Alter) [27] [28] approached Nakatani at a doujinshi convention, asking if she wanted to draw a yuri series for the magazine, Nakatani accepted the offer. [24] [23] Kusunoki stated that he had always enjoyed yuri manga and had wanted to produce one. [25] He said that as Dengeki Daioh had not previously featured a similar girls' love story, such a proposal was not sure to be accepted. [25] [29] The editor-in-chief ultimately approved of the idea, which Kusunoki attributed to the publication's "open-minded" culture, as well as the magazine's financial resources. [25] [29]Art : Like many other manga out there the winning card is on the art. Yagate Kimi ni Naru is no different. Its an eye candy for those who enjoy good art. The artist (Nakatani) does the job well and doesn't cut corners. The art style is very manga-like meaning its very common but that doesn't mean it isn't good. Its neat and comfortable for the eyes. I personally really enjoy the art style but feel like there is a slight hint of 'chibi-ness' in the art which really adds to the character. I rate 9/10 in Japanese). Dengeki Comics. Archived from the original on 25 February 2018 . Retrieved 22 February 2018. Following the release of the novels, Nakatani said that Iruma's writing had influenced how she wrote Sayaka, particularly her confession to Touko in the 37th chapter. [10] [34] She said that she had not discarded her understanding of the character due to Iruma's influence, but rather that his characterization aligned with her own view. [34] Although it was planned early that Sayaka would eventually confess and be rejected, her character grew to be more detailed as the series went on, and she was ultimately much more involved in the narrative than Nakatani had initially planned. [23] In writing the conclusion of her subplot, Nakatani wanted to avoid implying that her rejection meant she had "failed", saying that Touko could have never accepted her confession even if she had confessed earlier in the story. [23] [34] She rewrote the dialogue of Sayaka's confession scene several times. [34] Farewell to My Alter GN". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 2022-08-07 . Retrieved 2022-08-07.