You can see other reviews calling it 'boring' and I can understand in some way why.
Usually, anime is used to show us a fantastic fantasy-based world with perfect people with supernatural powers, however, bloom into you is NOT like that, because it's a very realistic manga which is supposed to come across as a cute story of two high schoolers who fall in love.
Bloom into you is very unique as an lgbtq story in the first place, because it's well done:
- absolutely no sexualization of lesbian relationships - something that is so extremely hard to find in yuri manga.
- representations of various communities, example asexuality
- showing limited amount of homophobia (good for lgbtq who are triggered by it and also tired of it, so they wouldn't want to see it in a cute lesbian manga/anime)
Those are the LGBTQ positive aspects, but the reasons why I believe that Bloom into you is the one of the most enjoyable manga overall is:
- the realism, whether it is Yuu, Touko or any other character, they are portrayed like normal high schoolers with normal crushes, actually crushing the stereotype of perfect love seen in movies
- the characters which are also designed in a realistic way with a splash of anime style (of course, because otherwise it wouldn't appeal)
- the artstyle which i find absolutely wonderful, calming and relaxing to look at
This is a very easy 10 for me, I highly recommend it.
