They're always sparkling brightly.
I don't need a dictionary to understand the meaning...
But I've never felt them for myself."
Bloom Into You is a beautiful yuri (lesbian) romance and coming of age. Yuu knows what love is supposed to feel like, but has never felt anything that's made her heart flutter. Nanami is a seemingly perfect girl campaigning for class president that takes an interest in Yuu.
"I can only be like this with you"
What does it mean to hide?
What does special mean?
Bloom into You is an exploration of oneself and figuring out who we are. About characters who have to grow into their feelings when they're looking away. It's a light, tender, heartwarming book and a slow romance. A piece about being able to state what you really want and need and being the person you are beyond your fronts.
"You always put up with me" (skip this paragraph for light spoilers)
Nanami hates the person she is and wants Yuu because Yuu can't love her. She can be herself around her without fear.
Yuu avoids taking steps in what she wants. She's afraid of crossing a boundary that could push Nanami away, but because of that, she can't be true to her feelings.
Who should I choose to be?
How do you really understand a person and be your unguarded self for them? How do you figure out that the world is better with a genuine you? And how do you find your own form of love when love seems so elusive that it's blinding?
This is my favorite yuri. It's slow and sweet and personal. It's healing and and grasping. It's pages are lovely and simple and it's artwork is beautiful. It's an easy, breathtaking read.
While it is romance, it's almost just as much focused on the characters growing into themselves. The side characters also really shine. The manga by Nakatani Nio is on Rightstuf & the anime on HiDive. Also, a sidenote, but the music in the anime by Michiru Oshima is just lovely and goes really well with reading the manga.
- Caroline Sophia Hamel (she/her)
