Name: 綻放成你》是我們需要的Queer Yuri動漫，這就是原因。 (Bloom into You is the Queer Yuri Anime we Needed, and Here's Why)
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In chapter 1 of the Bloom into You manga, as protagonist Yuu turns down the boy who

asked her out at the end of middle school, careful paneling keeps older student Touko

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out of frame, aside from a somewhat solemn shot of her glancing at Yuu.

Instead of showcasing the upperclassman, attention is paid to Yuu's body language as she tenses

up while rejecting him before calming down after he accepts it, shown on the next page

so as to provide a sense of catharsis upon flipping.

This leads into an uneasy page composition wherein we as viewers are only able to see

Touko's grasping arm, while Yuu expresses concern at the face which is hidden from us.

Suddenly, this face is made visible as she asks the pivotal question, implying her own

Yuu, attempting to avoid her comprehension of Touko's question, grows increasingly

uncomfortable, and once again her facial expression is hidden.

This continues until she brings Yuu to her face, forcibly confessing and denying her

the chance to avoid engaging with the situation.

This expert sequence is something that could only be done in a manga, one made by an expert

It was one of many that I thought the anime would fail to live up to.

However, the voice acting of the anime's version fully communicates Yuu's tension,

relief, and then plunging back into anxiety.

The excellent cut of Yuu pulling her arm back only for Touko to yank it forwards works together

with the ripple that the motion creates, the aforementioned voice acting, and the stellar

music to not only communicate the manga's core in this scene, but to elevate it.

In effect, it transfers the original's beautiful charm while adding its own understanding of

This scene's conclusion, of Yuu seeing their clasped hands in Touko's eye, is not present

in the manga, and demonstrates this expertly.

It's rare to see an anime so clearly understand its source.

It's far rarer for that to lead to one of the most important queer works in the entire

But this start may have been a bit abrupt.

Allow me take a step back before we begin in earnest, as the backstory here really is

As I argued in my video on Fall of 2018 a week or so ago, yuri anime is in a great place.

Anime fandom has always been an important space for queer fans, one where gender-deviant

expression is normalized far beyond where it is in broader society.

The presence of queer works, yuri being a big part of that, has been a boon to young

I'm confident in saying that I would not have discovered my identity were anime not

around, and that's something that can be said by tens if not hundreds of thousands

Yet in all this time, we have not been blessed with what we need.

For all the wonderful queer works that exist as manga, few manage to make their way into

This isn't to deny the existence of important, excellent works; Oniisama e, Aoi Hana, Yuri

Kuma Arashi, Doukyuusei, Wandering Son, Flip Flappers, all of these are worthwhile watches.

And of course, we can't ignore the key role played by decades of trash.

Godawful, intensely problematic works had and have their own roles to play in allowing

people to peek at potential identities in a safer and easier to justify way.

However, for those who've made it beyond that hill of self-discovery, these works are

often disappointing, and it can scarcely be denied that young, burgeoning queers deserve

It's fairly well known at this point that I am anime youtube's chief expert on the

As the one sitting on that not-so-respected throne, I consider it my sworn duty to educate

the world as to what we get every season.

Without a doubt, there's always gay content.

However, quite infrequently do we get romantic works as such.

This year has had plenty of excellent yuri anime, from Comic Girls to Revue Starlight,

but for as inarguable as the queerness is in these works, it is not the focus of any

Aside from the admittedly excellent Kase-san OVA and Liz and the Blue Bird, the only straightforward

queer female romantic comedy or drama prior to Fall was Citrus.

I'm sure Citrus has had a positive impact on the lives of many, as I said, trash can

be important, but it is trash, though I won't relitigate my complaints given that there's

It's very fortunate, then, that we got an adaptation of what is, without a doubt, one

of the most beloved yuri manga ever penned.

Written and drawn by the fantastic Nakatani Nio, the manga which is referred to in Japan

as Yagate Kimi ni Naru or Eventually, I Will Become You has risen up the charts, placing

on the Weekly Manga “Oricon” lists, something no series in the genre had accomplished beforehand.

This sterling feat is no shock given the series' background.

Nakatani Nio did not, of course, get her start on Bloom into You, though it is her first

Like many in the industry, she started out her “career” as a Touhou doujinshi artist,

though even with her early, 2010-era works, skill is self-evident.

While many of these were considered yuri by her fans, and likely would be classified as

such by most of the viewers of this video, she herself didn't think of them that way.

As she says in an interview, “I was hesitant to call my work yuri because I never intended

In spite of this, it's clear that the groundwork for Bloom into You was laid at this point.

The way she portrays relationships has hardly shifted; she's deeply invested in the messy,

Much of the reason trashy works continue to be beloved among some sides of queer fandom

is the fact that they often, in being problematic, deal with complicated situations, though perhaps

Real human feelings are hardly straightforward, something only made more true when you exist

within a society that views you as “different” at best and sinful at worst.

Queer is, after all, a term that means weird, and to most of us, our feelings on gender,

Nakatani's intense focus on these was, as a result, bound to be relatable to a great

Of course, complex emotions have one other benefit; they simply make for a good story.

It's far from guaranteed of course, and a well-learned writer is necessary to bring

the potential in a complex story like Bloom to the forefront, but were the actual story

not enough for you, the way Nakatani makes use of Koyomi, the resident writer character,

should more than establish that this woman understands the craft, a topic we'll return

After submitting another messy love-story of sorts to Dengeki Daioh for a contest, one

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