Bloom into You Vol. 1 (Bloom into You (Manga))

Product Information

Friedman, Erica (November 5, 2017). "Yuri Manga: Bloom into You, Volume 2 (English)". Okazu. Archived from the original on April 16, 2023 . Retrieved April 10, 2023.

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.

Interest Stacks

Nio, Nakatani (3 January 2017). Bloom into You Vol. 1. National Geographic Books. ISBN 978-1626923539. Koyomi finishes the first draft of the play. The narrative follows an amnesiac girl who must choose which person's view of her is her true self, with the original ending involving the girl choosing her lover's view. When the student council holds a study camp to practice for the play, actor Tomoyuki Ichigaya, a former classmate of Mio's, is brought in to help. From him, Touko learns that Mio was a very different person than who she is now, leaving her conflicted. Concerned, Yuu has Koyomi change the ending to have the protagonist choose to be herself instead of conforming to a specific person's view, believing that this will help Touko come to terms with herself. When the play is performed at the cultural festival, its narrative and Touko's performance are acclaimed by the audience, and the manager of a local theater troupe approaches Touko, asking her to join them and become an actress. She initially declines, but eventually reconsiders and accepts. Touko reveals that she wants to revive a tradition where the student council would hold a stage play during the culture festival. Later, fellow student council member Seiji Maki spots Touko and Yuu kissing. After confronting Yuu about it, Maki, who prefers observing the romance of others, agrees not to tell Touko or anyone else about what he saw, hinting to Yuu that she may actually love Touko more than she realizes.

That’s not all the manga completes, though. Even after the play arc, there’s plenty of content left. Yuu’s and Touko’s story doesn’t end with the play. With the manga, we get their complete story. They graduate from high school, go to college, and end up living together.

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Prior to creating the series, Nio Nakatani was known primarily through her work on doujinshi, especially those based on the Touhou Project series. [23] Because her works were primarily about relationships between girls (a fact which Nakatani attributed to the Touhou series' almost entirely female cast), she gained a reputation as an author of yuri manga. [24] [25] [23] This surprised Nakatani, as she had not intentionally set out to write yuri nor considered her works as such, saying that she primarily sought to depict complex human relationships that interested her. [24] [25] [23] However, as she nonetheless was interested in the yuri genre, she became interested in drawing an unambiguous love story between girls. [23] [26]

Yuu Koito has always sought refuge in romantic manga and love songs, hoping for a love story that would make her heart race. But the cruel reality of unreciprocated love hits her hard when a classmate confesses his love to her, and Yuu doesn't feel the same way. At a loss for words, Yuu comes to the conclusion that she is incapable of falling in love. But, even when I wrote my review of the anime, I conceded that the manga was likely better. So, what better time to give Bloom into You a second chance by reading the manga than during Pride Month?Before the opening theme was commissioned, Kato had already clearly envisioned the opening and ending animation's visuals. [19] [35] With the approval of producer Shinpei Yamashita, Kato began drawing the opening animation's storyboards before the song was received. [19] Kato intended the opening, which he described as reflecting the "dual nature" of the characters, to feel similar to a music video, particularly in how he confined its setting to a single location. [19] [35] He chose the visuals of flowers blooming within the school as he felt this would make for impactful imagery, and provide for the opportunity to insert a significant amount of symbolism, particularly in the use of flower language. [19] [35] The ending animation, which Kato described as simpler and more straightforward, was based on an illustration from a cell phone case that was sold as merchandise for the manga. [35] [19] The upbeat tone of the ending theme "hectopascal" was chosen to "reset [the viewers'] feelings", thus leaving them happy and eager to see the next episode rather than anxious about the plot's development, and the more heavy and emotional tone of the opening was chosen to contrast this choice. [35] [19] Overall : All in all this manga has been an amazing experience. One very big downside is the slow updates. Yes, this manga is still on-going. Updates are very slow but there is still progress in the story. I really wished i had found it after it has been completed just so i can binge read this. I rate 9/10