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Recent obsession: Bloom Into You
🕑 Added 2023-03-23 13:55:43 +0000 UTCHey guys,
I wanted to share a small sneak peek into a video I have been working on script-wise, one about a recent obsession of mine - I never thought I'd say it, but it's actually an anime recommended to me by Bidu called Bloom Into You based on a same title manga. Anime covers only like half of the manga, the rest I read online, then ordered all the mangas, haha. Story got me hooked - it's no more no less a love story, but it's also not a love story. You're gonna have to watch it or read it to fully understand it -- or watch my video as I do analyse the story and describe it. I don't think I have ever seen an approach they decided to take when it comes to the narrative subject of love and a certain angle they took. Currently I am simply unable to move on from it. Anyway, here's the very beginning of my script if you'd like to take a look at what I am working on currently :) it's still a draft, some changes will be made for sure. Just to make it a bit clearer, cursive will be in one way or another distinguished in the video. Probably with a black screen.
Other than that I do hope you're having a good week :)
Ola
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"Bloom into You (Yagate Kimi ni Naru) only seemingly tells a story like so many others: coming off age, discovering one’s preferences, one’s identity, tale of two girls slowly falling in love.
But is it a love story? Can we even speak of love when one of them states she won’t ever fall in love – and the other does not expect to be loved, yet they get together?
Calling it a love story might seem deceitful. This manga, originally written by Nio Nakatani later on adapted into an anime that covers half of the manga’s story, decided to approach the subject of love from an entirely new angle – turns out it is actually possible to create a refreshing perspective, one I haven’t so far seen in any other love story, regardless of the genre or medium. In many ways I found it groundbreaking. And if you aren’t a manga or an anime fan – my experience with these is pretty small – don’t get discouraged by the package of the story because trust me, no matter how it’s told, whether it’s a manga, an anime or even if it were to be adapted into a western style animation, it’s worth to let yourself go, dig in and follow this tale of two girls that’s one of the most charming, immersive, intimate ones I have encountered.
Yuu Koito is Bloom Into You main protagonist. Majority of the time we follow the story from her point of view. She is a first year high school student who doesn't know what it's like to fall in love. She joins the student council, where she meets Touko Nanami. Yuu has a very much unrealistic and romanticized view of love, drawn mostly from shoujo manga. She expects that the feeling of love would overwhelm her, and when she does not experience this when she’d expect it, she comes to the conclusion that she is incapable of falling in love with anyone. She even considers herself to be aromantic.
And as things progress further along with Touko, Yuu continues to deny to herself that her own developing feelings are in fact those of love.
Touko Nanami is the story’s deuteragonist. From time to time we get an introspective into her own thoughts. She’s a second-year popular and praised high school student, a member of the student council which she later becomes president of, best friend of Sayaka Saeki, Touko's classmate and fellow student council member. She hides her insecurities from everyone except Yuu – the girl she falls for very early on in the story almost immediately upon meeting. Her life’s goal is to become exactly like her sister who passed away some years ago - because she does not know who she is.
Very early on Bloom Into You sets the ground for the story – Touko, upon finding out Yuu considers herself incapable of loving, confesses to Yuu that she could see herself falling in love with her – and she does pursue that feeling actively seeking out Yuu’s presence."
Comments
I agree, the treatment of the topic has been quite special! I am not as familiar with how anime overall approaches that, but I think for a story it was wonderfully handled. Not something I have often seen. I do know there's the light novels, but I have been waiting with reading them, to be honest I had this moment in the story around Sayaka's confession when I was almost certain Touko would feel lost and let's say for example kiss her, I felt so scared now I have this bad aftertaste, I know it all sounds crazy xD I am not sure I am ready to read about Sayaka but my friend did tell me it's great and it gives a new angle when it comes to her - so I will read it for sure :)
Krul
So glad to see that you are working on a essay about this wonderful story. Its treatment of love and how it is perceived differently by different people is very refreshing. I really liked Sayaka's vision of love as "not a shackle" and have kept that idea in my mind ever since. By the way, have you read the "Regarding Saeki Sayaka" light novels? They are written by the author of "Adachi to Shimamura" (which you may also find interesting), with the blessing of Nio Nakatani, so they feel slightly different but may also be good additions to your collection.
Thank you so much Ingo, your enormous support I something I can't appreciate enough! 💜
MasterOfPuppets
Although I don't know this show I am more than looking forward for your video. Basically every of your essays is a gift. No matter the topic. 🧡☝️
