Yagate Kimi ni Naru

Yuu Koito has always been entranced with romantic shoujo manga and the lyrics of love songs. She patiently waits for the wings of love to sprout and send her heart aflutter on the day that she finally receives a confession. Yet, when her classmate from junior high declares his love for her during their graduation, she feels unexpectedly hollow. The realization hits her: she understands romance as a concept, but she is incapable of experiencing the feeling first-hand.

Now, having enrolled in high school, Yuu, disconcerted and dispirited, is still ruminating over how to respond to her suitor. There, she happens upon the seemingly flawless student council president, Touko Nanami, maturely rejecting a confession of her own. Stirred by Touko's elegant manner, Yuu approaches her for advice, only to be bewildered when the president confesses to her! Yuu quickly finds herself in the palm of Touko's hand, and unknowingly sets herself on a path to find the emotion which has long eluded her.

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Koito, Yuu Main

Takada, Yuuki Japanese

Nanami, Touko Main

Kotobuki, Minako Japanese

Saeki, Sayaka Supporting

Kayano, Ai Japanese

Maki, Seiji Supporting

Ichikawa, Taichi Japanese

Kanou, Koyomi Supporting

Kohara, Konomi Japanese

Kodama, Miyako Supporting

Mori, Nanako Japanese

Koito, Rei Supporting

Komatsu, Mikako Japanese

Hakozaki, Riko Supporting

Nakahara, Mai Japanese

Doujima, Suguru Supporting

Nogami, Shou Japanese

Hyuuga, Akari Supporting

Terasaki, Yuka Japanese

Yamashita, Shinpei Producer

Ogata, Mitsuhiro Producer

Isogai, Noritomo Producer

Kimura, Kaori Producer

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Mar 31, 2024

Kargisa

Recommended

No Spoilers.

Bloom into You is not like many other shows out there.
If slow pacing or no climax at the end of every episode is nothing for you don not bother watching the show.

First of all I want to say that you CAN NOT watch this show passively!

Bloom into You, at its core, is a coming of age story. It is about two girls trying to find out who they are.
The show mainly consist of two or more characters talking to each other with some "spicy" scenes sprinkled in there.
So if you are just here to see two girls kissing, again this is nothing ... for you.

The romance between the two mcs is honestly pretty twisted and probably the party that most people do not understand.
On the other hand this is exactly where you should go out of your comfort zone of letting the show tell you what to think and trying putting your self into the shoes of a girl that does not know what love is and that tries to understand. It sound cliché but the fact that the show treats this with so much respect and care makes it so special. It is not a comedy it is a romantic drama with realistic conflicts between characters that make sense and do not feel fake. The same way those conflicts are created they get solved in a way that do not end in a over dramatized way. As a I said Bloom into You is very calm and does not try to hold your attention by creating drama and unnecessary conflict. The interesting part is to listen to all the characters talking and just witnessing how they handle being themself.

Personally I just love characters that grab my interest and are more complex in the way they act.
Bloom into You does exactly that. You want to know how each character develops and what they might say/do next.
In the case of this show it is especially interesting to me what they think.

Last but not least I want to say this is just my opinion and i do not want to claim that what I say is objectively correct. I personally hate it when review try to claim they are right and what they say is the absolute truth.

PS: If you liked the show I would recommend the manga. The second half (everything after the anime) is really a page turner.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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May 22, 2024

veganramen

Mixed Feelings

I think the plot is good and there is depth in the characters, I couldn't say if the story or the way in which the events came to be is very realistic, but it's not at all far-fetched, besides, I really liked the perspectives, the ‘camera’ games, the colours, the art style in general, I think everything gave it a lot more dynamism and you can see that there is a real elaboration in it. However, at certain moments I was bored by a certain monotony that felt like it was going nowhere and when I finally felt it was getting too interesting the season ... ended.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Dec 3, 2023

woopwopp

Not Recommended

It's unfortunate because this is a manga adaptation that had a lot of potential, but I think there was quite a few things holding it back. Especially because of the unsatisfying ending. Thats not a spoiler though, because this was intended to be 26 episodes and ended because of poor reception.

I liked the manga mainly because it was actually substantial on its statements about queerness and self identity, but the anime ended up being inconclusive and unfinished. And even then, some of the characters here are either half-baked or extremely irritating/ trope-y. Especially Sayaka, as much as the fandom for this likes her, on ... a rewatch I found her mindset towards her friend unrealistic and frustrating. And Yuu for some reason never even fully admits to liking Touko in the show, which suggests some view on queerness that its caused by grooming. That doesnt help with Sayaka's backstory either.

This show is a very unfortunate failure in my eyes (if you are looking for explicitly romantic GL anime).
However if you are able to look into the implications set by the story instead of a concrete reciprocation of feelings with the characters, go ahead.

This is seen as a historic moment for Girls Love anime because of how lacking the genre is in terms of stories with endings that aren't breakups or disaster-involved. If you want to see a slow-burn Girls Love without the "yuri-isms" and male gaze, check out Fragtime.

My criticisms aside, this was the first anime I ever watched (I'm a bisexual and I always have tried to find shows that are positive LGBT rep, anime or not), so it does mean a lot to me. And it has some amazing artwork and moments despite its flaws. If you love the classics of GL despite their flaws, this has a lot in common with them in terms of it being a diamond in the rough, in terms of representation.
6/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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