YAGATE KIMI NI NARU
STATUS
COMPLETE
VOLUMES
8
RELEASE
September 27, 2019
CHAPTERS
53
DESCRIPTION
Yuu has always loved shoujo manga and awaits the day she gets a love confession that sends her heart aflutter with bubbles and hearts, and yet when a junior high classmate confesses his feelings to her…she feels nothing. Disappointed and confused, Yuu enters high school still unsure how to respond. That’s when Yuu sees the beautiful student council president Nanami turn down a suitor with such maturity that she’s inspired to ask her for help. But when the next person to confess to Yuu is Nanami herself, has her shoujo romance finally begun?
(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
Note: Includes 8 extra chapters.
CAST
Yuu Koito
Touko Nanami
Sayaka Saeki
Seiji Maki
Koyomi Kanou
Miyako Kodama
Akari Hyuuga
Riko Hakozaki
Suguru Doujima
Rei Koito
Manaka Yoshida
Midori Igarashi
Natsuki Sonomura
Serizawa
Touko no Haha
Hiro
Tomoyuki Ichigaya
Touko no Chichi
Chie Yuzuki
Mio Nanami
Basuke-bu no Senpai
Yuu no Haha
Yuu no Sobo
Kuze
Yuu no Chichi
CHAPTERS
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REVIEWS
DarkKnightofAnime
81/100Bloom Into You Shows That Falling in Love Isn't EasyContinue on AniListSo ya with the Bloom into You Anime over and done with I thought I should kinda go back and discuss what I think about the manga cause there is honestly a lot to love about the series beyond the fact that it's a love story (Yuri or otherwise) and one of thoise biggest strengths is that it actually tackles the very simple but also complex subject of what it means to fall in love so lets get into
Story So story wise I'll start by saying that the story as a whole is very minimal but the author uses any and every moment she can to make sure that the characters and their relationships are at the core fuelling the story. And at the centre of it all this are the main protagonists Yuu and Nanami who's dynamic with each other is very interesting because the story jumps you right into their "relationship" without giving you much warning but from there it actually takes it's times developing the their connection which leads to many great moments of seeing just how insecure the other is about being in love or just trying to understand what the word love even means
And that also leads to one of the other biggest strengths of the series which is that seeing these two characters grow and develop really starts to make you question if their relationship is even going to survive by the end of the series or if something is going to tear them apart (especially after Chapter 37) and there are many scenes that do keep us guessing if everything will have a happy ending for these two like the controversial scene by the lake where Nanami rejects Yuu's confession leading the latter to run away crying and I'm about to be fair to that scene: While I did understand the outrage for it after all they did for each other that's exactly why it makes so much sense: Nanami is simply afraid of getting hurt again, afraid of losing the one person she's formed a genuine connection with since her sister and just letting her walls down at all which is debatable in how contradictory that is to what we've seen thus far but in some cases that's just how romance works. And I know all this cause I'm kinda in that position myself albeit a little more open but still cautious
__Characters__ Of course as I said before a lot of what moves the story forward is the characters and what makes this story so unique in that aspect is that the supporting characters play just as much of a role in helping develop who Yuu and Nanami grow into just as much as they do themselves as majority of the secondary cast very subtly but still openly support helping the two try and understand their feelings for one another while other times the line gets blurred even more than before but in either case their involvement helps give perspective for how things might end in the long run
And on that note I wanna talk about a very specific supporting character and that being Seiji Maki, the character who I wasn't really a fan pf when he made his first appearance and thought I would like him even less when we saw him accidentally eavesdrop on Yuu and Nanami kissing but that didn't happen and from there he actually became one of my favourite side characters due to the fact that a lot of what makes him intriguing is how he exhibits a lot of the qualities of a wallflower and observer, someone who isn't interested in love but still fascinated by the concept which also gives off the vibe that Seiji is very much the author's look into an asexual character but even if he's presented well or not I just don't care because in a way he feels like us the readers
Now having said all that one thing I'm not the biggest fan of is the romantic triangle between Yuu, Nanami and Sayako and it's not necessarily bad but it just feels REALLY one sided on Sayako's part which inadvertently makes her appear a little pathetic and desperate but maybe that's the point of her character, to show us how love can make us do and say crazy things to the point where it makes us appear as the bad guy and to answer the question if what happened in chapter 37 has done anything to change my opinion on the character I'd say it's a half and half situation: I do in a weird way sympathize with Sayaka's side of things more than I did in the beginning but I do feel there is this weird imbalance where I'm less inclined to want them to get together now
__Artwork__ So ya last thing to talk about is the artwork and like most romance manga the artwork is very simple when it comes to character designs however I feel where it truly shines s whenever its try to capture a moment or a visual representation of what a character is feeling, that's at the points where the artwork really becomes quite a visual marvel and a lot of that is due to the author's very unique and clever use of shading to make a scene pop even more than if it was to be portrayed with strictly bright light representation
Apart from that however one thing I do like is that for as simply designed as the characters are the way they're all drawn does give them a very three dimensional feel almost like they leap off the page right alongside the backgrounds which adds to the feeling of that this feels like a lived in world and helps in surprisingly drawing even more emotions out of the characters than if the author were to go with more two dimensional character designs
__ Conclusion__ So ya overall Bloom Into You is a manga i'd recommend not just to fans of Yuri but to fans of romance in general because it really explores what falling in love means but neither is it done in a way that's pretentious, the story and romance is told in a believable way that near anyone can get behind, now as far as my thoughts on the anime...I'll get to it eventually
8.1/10
Ryunuosuke
85/100How does it feel to fall in love? A beautiful story!Continue on AniList__Introduction__ Sad to see this end but all good things do eventually. I absolutely adored this series. First introduced to this series when the anime aired and honestly was quite skeptical of it at first given how the other yuri series' that I had gotten into seemed to rely heavily on fan service or sexual assaults like Citrus does. But seeing the high ratings and reviews it started to get, I was intrigued and gave it a shot.
And I loved it.
__Story__ It was definitely different to what I expected it to be. Yuu who always dreamed about how it felt to fall in love. And Touko, who while in love with Yuu, didn't want that feeling to be reciprocated. She couldn't accept that love as to her, would mean loving what she hates, ie. herself. The development we see throughout the series was really well done. While the romance part of it was great, the story doesn't seem to rely on that alone. The arc with the revival of school play was really well done and developed nicely. The series was very well paced.
__Characters__ Yuu and Touko as characters were very likable. Seeing the character development in the series was really great. Yuu who hadn't know what love really feels like and always felt left out, but eventually seeing her develop feelings for Touko. Touko, who tried to display herself as the perfect student, who was trying her best to become her sister, or rather how she saw her sister to be. And only with Yuu does she seem to show who she really is. And not just the main characters but even the supporting ones, who weren't simply there to fill panels. Maki, who loved playing the supporting role for the 2 rather than being the actor of the metaphorical play. Rei, Yuu's supportive sister. Sayaka, who was in love with Touko. The rest of Yuu's friends and the members of the student council were all memorable.
__Art__ The art was really well done as well. It looked very clean and simple and conveys meanings and character expressions in situations with it's art quite well. Consistently improved throughout. It fit very well for a romance series and the colored pages were very visually pleasing to look at.
__Conclusion__ Would definitely recommend you to check the series out to anyone interested in a good yuri series or romance in general with a very good conclusion to the series. And I do really hope the anime adapts the rest of the series in the future.
8.5/10
heysaca
80/100Two masterfully written protagonists, and the rest is just support.Continue on AniListBefore I get any further: I love this manga series. I think some parts of it worked and some didn't; I'll give some cursory explanations of this below, but these are not my final thoughts on the matter by any means.
- Intimacy. This series succeeds at precisely the place where it needs to: fleshing out and characterizing a romantic relationship between two women. This is my entry into yuri, so I'm told that a lot of other series misstep right at the start with this one. And Yuu and Touko's characterization truly is lovely: we see how Yuu is able to push through Touko's usual mask of confidence and self-assurance to understand how Touko is feeling. She can only do so because of Touko's openness towards her to begin with, which arose from knowing Yuu's central character trait: her inability to love. Yuu and Touko's main character traits disarm each other, and in fact, act as a catalyst for their relationship. Yuu feels compelled to help Touko because she's one of the few people who know's Touko's flaws; Touko is compelled to give affection to Yuu because she doesn't need to deal with the consequences of reciprocation. It's done magnificently well, and I believe in the depth and humanity of these characters, and the perfect fit between them. It's fantastic.
- Character development. The main piece of character development in this series is that of helping each other move past their defining character flaw: Yuu learns how to fall in love, and Touko learns how to move beyond the shadow of her sister and and present herself authentically. I empathize with Yuu's character arc far more than I do Touko's, but that may only be because I have been in Yuu's position, but not Touko's. I think the design decisions made with these arcs are also suuuper well-done. Yuu learning to love Touko is beautifully subtle and gradual, and is a wonderful mixture of explicit verbal confusion (is she being nice or falling in love? what does that feel like anyways) and nonverbal indicators (Yuu's looks at Touko are always full of meaning, and her conversations with side characters about it also reveal a lot about her state of mind). It's also narratively convenient, because you can show the payoff of them kissing or whatever before their romantic and emotional arc is finished: how clever is that?! Other ways of getting physical before getting together (getting characters drunk, or putting them in a dream sequence) are so dumb and hackneyed, it's nice there's none of that here. Yuu forcing Touko to confront her fear of being herself also works great, I think: I love media inside media, and having Touko perform a play to confront that she puts up an act in front of others? Good writing, to say the least. It additionally works because Yuu learns to love Touko by helping her, and Touko learns to be herself by Yuu helping her; the same actions develop both of their characters! It's so satisfying, honestly.
- Side characters. Things become weaker as we move further from the main duo. Kodama and Hakozaki act as an example of a stable, mature relationship when everything else is up in the air. Maki is a nice supporting character to help tell Yuu what's happening to her by sitting in contrast to her, being incapable of falling in love and not lying to himself about that. Saeki is similar, caring about Touko but being too worried about ruining their friendship to push further. I kinda feel bad for Saeki, though? Like, she's a character that's not essential to Yuu and Touko's character development: she's just here to suffer. And she does suffer a lot, without a clear character arc. There is a character arc there: Saeki falls in love with Touko, but either is too scared or cares about Touko too much to take it further and confess; she later confesses after Touko's character development, thinking she has a shot, and after getting rejected, decides she is happy to support Touko regardless of anything. Is it just me, or do these feelings seem inauthentic? Saeki has been pining after Touko for years, and then Touko gets stolen from underneath her after she meets a girl once. I would be a tortured soul after realizing that all those dreams of romantic relationship with Touko were dashed, especially knowing that it was my fault that I didn't take a chance earlier. My point is: Saeki's actions show someone who legitimately cares about Touko as a person and wants what's best for Touko despite her own feelings; however, we're told that Saeki doesn't concern herself with anything past Touko's public image. These don't line up for me, and though we see a couple of indications that she changes from the latter to the former, there's no emotional coming-to-terms. (There might be one scene? I'll have to look again.) In any case, for all intents and purposes, Saeki has more to overcome than either of the two main characters, but we see relatively little of her struggles; we only see her suffering. Unfortunately, she's also front and center in the weakest section of the manga:
- The plot. I wrote "plot" as the main section header here, but really I'm just going to complain about a contrivance in the second-to-last arc (Ch. 34-39). I think the plot is good, and services the character development quite well: basically, the plot is sparse, and what is there is used to service the development of relationships, which is how I want plot to be used in a series focused around relationships. The only place it doesn't quite work is in the aforementioned 34-39 arc: Yuu confesses her love, and then Touko says sorry (??), which Yuu interprets as a rejection. This miscommunication pushes them apart long enough for some awkward interactions, for Yuu to feel pain from rejection, and for Touko and Saeki to go on a trip where Touko rejects Saeki's confession. I think the events that happen in this character arc are important. Yuu questioning her love for a moment is good, since it's really satisfying when her love is eventually affirmed again after this period of doubt. Saeki is supposed to grow from her rejection, so it should be there. Sidebar: I don't get this reasoning here. I can understand Saeki getting something from being rejected if Touko rejected Saeki for a good reason, like because Saeki didn't understand her or support her emotionally like Yuu did. That way, Saeki can move on knowing what she did wrong and what she can do better. Instead, Touko rejects Saeki because Touko happened to fall in love with Yuu on sight. Touko's love for Yuu is unconditional by design: she likes Yuu because Yuu (1) is hot, I guess and (2) doesn't reciprocate. So, it's not Saeki's fault that she couldn't date Touko, and getting rejected just means that Saeki gets to move on, learning nothing. I think the sequence of events here is perfectly realistic and reasonable, but it sucks a bit that the way it was written robs Saeki of her agency, and makes her actions feel less meaningful. As soon as you see Touko kiss Yuu, you know Saeki has no chance: why try to make up a love triangle that isn't there?
To summarize: this series's protagonists are written so strongly, they have a life of their own. They're iconic. The rest of the story is a tightly-written framework housing giving a look into the magical progression of their relationship. This manga is no more than that, but it doesn't need to be.
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