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

Nice little slow burner yuri story, with lots of potential. cute characters, fantastic artwork. Let's see what happens in the next volume.

cute, charming, full of wonderful lesbiabs and very wholesome, the whole series is great, there's an anime adaptation that's actually worth watching and yeah, it's a pleasant little romancey-slice-of-lifey-yuri, 10/10 or well i guess i only have 5 but you get what i meani could do a big ol long review but you should just read it instead, it's worth your time more than i am

Love this manga it’s so cute!! If you don’t know already it’s just as good as the anime!! Honestly best purchase

Great manga

With the current glut of yuri-themed manga, it's getting harder for titles to differentiate themselves from the pack, but Nakatani Nio tries two interesting twists here. First, her heroine Yuu appears to have no capacity for romantic love, even though she is steeped in shoujo manga; second, instead of her crushing on the popular and regal Nanami, it's the other way around. Otherwise, it's the usual gentle misunderstandings, unrequited feelings and the first glimmers of a potential love triangle. Plus, you know, all the school stuff. The art is elegant if undistinguished, and there's just enough going on to draw you in, which obviously is the idea. But unless you're prepared for the long haul, I wouldn't recommend buying.

This book is really cute. came quite quickly and the book didn't come damaged.And was quite cheap.the book also came with a free book mark :D Thankyou so much.

I read this manga in two days because I liked the story and could not put it down. I cannot wait to read the second volume.

I watched the anime, I was engrossed, loved it. It was, unfortunately, only half the story. I checked on line, the anime only covered to part way through vol 5. I had to know how it ended , so ordered 5-8. I then read the manga is worth buying as it adds to the story. So, ordered the others. Vol 1 was difficult to find at an acceptable price, I had already bought the others. I thought I was going to have to start with vol 2, at least I would know how it got to there. I persevered, and found it at a reasonable price. It arrived yesterday, it was worth the wait, it’s great. I’m going to resist the temptation to read it all as quickly as possible and savour it slowly. Obviously, I recommend this book highly.By the way, I am a male grandfather, who has been reading comics and European graphs for decades. Only recently discovered manga. Before this I had read,Battle Royale, Death note and G.TO.,borrowed from my son.

Ótimo mangá, já estou com o 1,2 e 3 aqui. No começo é um pouco difícil de acreditar que ela criará sentimentos por Touko, mas alguns volumes depois isto já fica visível.

The start to my fave manga series, it sets a new benchmark for how to write yuri in particular and simply good stories in general.

So in the first few pages we get introduced to our main character Koito, Yuu and the struggle she has. Some pages later we also get introduced to the ‘love interest’ called Nanami, Touko. Yes, quotation marks. They get along well and proceed to meet each other, which was the first time perfectly fine. However it went downhill after that.Everyone thinks Nanami is special; she is most known for being in the student council, she has good looks and is on top of her class. Although she has few big flaws. So is she pretty selfish, manipulative and doesn’t know what boundaries are. Those things can be interesting, but here it just makes the story really uncomfortable to read.The story is boring. The first chapters are interesting, but after the second chapter it was more of the same. Mostly Nanami manipulating and crossing boundaries. The other characters also agreed way too easily with Nanami’s actions. Such a shame because the explanations they got were so little and weak.The storytelling itself was good. On the first page Yuu starts off with ‘The words in shoujo manga and in love songs they’re always sparkling brightly. I don’t need a dictionary to understand the meaning, but I’ve never felt them for myself.’ which is a great introduction to a part of Yuu’s character and gives the story a sort of magical feeling.You know, the first forty pages really lived up to it’s reputation. It was really sad that it went downhill pretty fast afterwards. I thought it had huge potential back then. Guess also this one can join my ‘was really excited to read this, but turns out it’s ✨trash✨.’ list.

Genre: LGBTQIA+, slice of life, romance, yuri, girl’s love, mangaContent warning: n/aIt is hard to write a review for only the first volume, because Bloom Into You has became one of the best written manga I have read during the past few years. It has quickly became the new standard to which I now hold all yuri/yaoi/bl/gl manga. It turned out to be all I needed from the genre which I never even dared to hope for.It stars a female couple and supporting characters, among them we have characters on the aroace spectrum, lesbians, heteros and some who never really label or define their attractions. The story also deals with past trauma and overcoming them and exploring romance and sexuality and what it means for the characters. While the first volume moves quick (which I have to chalk up to the genre’s fault, more on this later) the following volumes take a step back and start exploring and explaining everything. It is rare to find such manga where all conversations and scenes add to the depth of the story and the characters or it foreshadows something. There is also a lot of symbolism in the paneling and how the illustrations express the characters feelings.Yuu just started a new school a few months ago and she is slowly getting used to it. She always dreamed of having a sparkling and heart-pounding romance that shoujo mangas talk about. But when a friend asked her out after their middle school graduation she didn’t feel anything special. Confused and feeling like her friends would not understand she has been delaying her answer. It’s not like she doesn’t like the person, so then, why doesn’t she feel that special feeling that would lift her up from the ground?One day she gets roped into helping out the student council after classes and she accidentally overhears a confession between an older girl and a boy on the school grounds. When the beautiful upperclassman rejects the boy and tells him she doesn’t plan on dating anyone, Yuu finally feels like she has found someone who could understand her. As Yuu gets acquainted with Touko and the two works together at the council they also learn a bit about each other.Yuu wants to have that special connection with someone yet she feels she is unable to fall in love. She feels like she has found a kindred spirit in Touko who also confesses to never have been in love. So she is a bit suprised when suddenly it is Touko herself who confesses to Yuu. While she doesn’t understand why she would like her, Yuu certainly doesn’t mind having Touko around.While the first volume and the first few chapters move very quickly and seemingly fall into instalove on Touko’s side, it is far from it. I chalk this up to the medium, since manga are often published monthly, chapter by chapter, they have to set up their story fairly quickly to grab their audience.However, I can promise you that after volume one the story takes a step back and unravels everything that was set up in this volume. This is probably the only instance I ever had an issue with the pacing or the writing, everything in the next volumes is so carefully crafted and amazingly written.There is a reason why Touko has been refusing every love confession before and why it is only Yuu that interests her. There is a reason why she is so quick to throw around the word love without really knowing Yuu.While the story moves around the school year and we witness several school events in it’s heart it is very much character focused. We learn the inner workings of Yuu and Touko and even the supporting characters. There are a lot of scenes where the paneling is symbolic and portrays the character’s feelings – like in the very first chapter where Yuu feels distant from her friends and suddenly it seems like she sits a huge distance away from them.Every scene and conversation between the characters is meaningful, it either moves the plot forward or tells us something about the character. There are no scenes that are just there for the sake of filler.While I have read some titles that came closer to depicting real lgbtqia+ people and not just chalk their story up to the yuri/shoujo-ai genres, Bloom Into You is the first one I have read that focuses on main characters who fall on the asexual-aromantic spectrum. It lets Yuu and Touko freely explore their feelings and lets them define it for themselves: what they want from a relationship and what love means to them, if anything. And I love that it is not just the main characters who ponder about these things, we also have a self proclaimed aromantic supporting character and several confirmed lesbians.I love that even if there is drama prevalent in the story, things get resolved in a satisfactory way and the characters actually talk things out between them. There are some heavy topics and characters going through past traumas but it all gets discussed in a healthy way and shows how they can move forward from it. In the first volume there are some scenes where the question of consent comes up but I really appreciate that these times it actually gets addressed and not just glossed over as I have seen in other manga.If you want to read a great book with aro/ace characters and carefully crafted storytelling I recommend you start reading all eight volumes and then there is also a spin-off lightnovel with one of the supporting characters. (Has three volumes as of now, illustrations done by the same mangaka).Oh and before I forget, there is also a gorgeous anime adaptation! It is well worth watching but the ending is a bit more open ended in the anime – at the time it was airing the manga was still running so they had to avoid spoiling the manga’s story. And they even adapted the story into a stage play which seems to come full circle with the in-story school play.

Love it <3