I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day Vol. 1 | Yuri Manga Review

Hi everyone! Welcome back to Manga Monday~ I even updated my banner ^^ isn’t it soo cute? I added my two favorite couples from Home Office Romance & The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter. Someone needs to take Canva away from me lol.

Anyways, I finally got my paws on an arc for a yuri manga, & it’s the first yuri manga I’ll be reviewing on my blog. I quite enjoyed this one even though I definitely didn’t like some aspects about this.

Title: I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day

Author/Artist: Nachi Aono

Genre: yuri, romance, sci-fi

Ages: 16+

Publisher: KODANSHA

Volume: 1/? (ongoing)

Release: Feb. 18th, 2025

Order: Amazon | Bookshop.org

An orphanage for girls is actually a boot camp, turning out magical child soldiers for a gruesome war. Yet love finds a way to blossom amid bloodshed, in this dramatic, much-anticipated yuri manga that is spiritrual kin to the likes of Revolutionary Girl Utena, Otherside Picnic,and Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury.

Vulnerable and Exploited

Death lurks behind a mysterious orphanage where children train to become magical weapons of war. Among them is Sheena, who longs to stop the fighting and end the conflict. On one gruesome night, Sheena meets a strange girl covered in blood, with a smile on her face. The mysterious girl turns out to be a secret weapon—an immortal child soldier named Mimi. When the two become roommates, there is growing tension and attraction. How will the peace-loving Sheena live with someone who welcomes death?

Love blossoms amid bloodshed in a new enthralling yuri dystopian manga.

The art is stunning, and its cute and sweet, but it’s clear from the beginning it’s going to include darker themes. It’s a romance between Sheena, who isn’t a great fighter and has a soft heart, and Mimi, who is more outgoing and is used as a deadly weapon.

The characters are way too young for my liking, but I was intrigued by the story and was hoping for a possible time skip.

I actually really liked the overall story and thought is was extremely well done. However, I’m not sure I’d go so far as to call it fanservice. But of course, in this world, wounds are healed with kissing magic. It stays relatively innocent—that’s maybe not the right word—but it’s not super graphic with the kissing/healing magic (thank god). The nurse was the worst part, and it still made me uncomfortable given how suuuppper young they are in this.

This is Volume 1, so there aren’t many answers yet about why they’re fighting or what they’re fighting for. Instead, the focus is primarily on the dynamic between the two main characters in this somewhat twisted schoolgirl romance.

I’ll definitely continue reading this if there’s a timeskip where they’re older. If not, I might not keep going, which is a real shame because I truly love the plot and storytelling.

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