This was a really interesting beginning to the series. Really curious what else will happen, and I like the art style.

I find myself agreeing with a lot of the other reviews. I don't think this is a story I will continue. I was really hooked by the premise in the first chapter, magical kids set up to fight a war by a bunch of adults gives me fun Harry Potter flashbacks. But then the story itself is quite flat - chapter, after chapter, of superfluous injuries that just happen, with no real story motivation, simply for the characters have an excuse to kiss and heal each other. I understand this is a Yuri manga, but I was hoping that with this premise we would get a bit more plot!

This is definitely going to be a yuri I want to continue even though I fear I will be devastated by the end of it!

An orphanage for girls is actually a boot camp meant to prepare those young witches for a brutal war. Despite the bloodshed, love brews among these young girls.

I don't think I'm going to stick around and read the rest of this series. I can't get over how potentially weird how "healing" works in this world, especially with how young the characters are. I am more interested in the war and the magic system and that was barely shown and explained. It's a shame because I really liked the art style.

I was super excited to check this manga out when I saw it (magical girls fighting a war? That's always an interesting genre in its juxtaposition), but after having read this first volume I now wish I had read the reviews first. This manga includes (as is unfortunately much too common, but I've managed to avoid it through reading reviews in most cases so far) depictions of nude ten year old girls, heavily sexualised content surrounding the magic system (where magic can be shared through kisses to heal people) and worst of all, the fac that the school nurse (who maybe is trans and misgendered a lot, or a crossdresser, either way a "pervert teacher") also kisses her students to heal them. I don't think I have to explain why such a depiction, especially in manga, which is already so often bad in its sexualisation of underage character and negative stereoptical portrayals of trans characters, is bad and harmful. Not only does it sexualise children, it also portrays a gendernonconforming, possibly transgender adult as a perpetrator of said child abuse. Besides that there are quite a lot of nonconsensual kisses between the children themselves, which are never examined and instead portrayed as normal.
While I do think an exploration of institutionalized child abuse as would probably be much too common in a school set in such a militaristic war-like setting could be interesting, this is not what seems to be happening in this manga at all and I will not be reading other Volumes.
The art style is nice, but not enough to save any of the bad magic system, that's dependent on the massive sexualisation and exploitation of children.
TW: csa, an adult kissing a child, magic as excuse to forget consent exists, gore, children sent to war, child death, grief, injury

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this advanced copy!

I was completely intrigued by the cover and by the synopsis and then I fell instantly in love. While the circumstances surrounding the evil attacks and the school system are still a bit vague, I am eager to read more in this series.

Sheena is shy and reserved and seems hesitant to use her magic powers to fend off the evil that is attacking her world. Her roommate has just died and Sheena is assigned a new roommate, Mimi. Mimi is cute and sweet and bubbly and insanely powerful. How they are going to help each other grow will be an intense ride, I am sure. The art was lovely and delicate but also brutal. I am also a bit concerned with the age gap for Mimi. It appears she is 10 years old, but has already seen violence and nudity. It feels like if this is handled incorrectly, it could become a massive cringe/ick with the romantic tension between her and Sheena.

The art and story are cute and I'm intrigued by the world and the magic. I'm slightly concerned by the fact that she has the body (at least) of a ten year old and we've already seen her kissing and not wearing clothing. We need context or she needs to grow up. I feel like I need more information.

One thing about me- i will always, always gravitate towards pretty art style. But it wasn’t just the art, the title of the book also drew me in and I was in for one of the biggest surprises ever.

Girls having magical power and falling in love? Sign me up asap!! This magical world reeled me in from page one and it only continued to stroke my curiosity with each new chapter. I will now be reading ever installing in this manga has to offer.

Something about this just felt a little... off especially with the nurse character and I feel like I didn't get any real plot, back story or character development. No thanks.

Thank you, NetGalley, for the opportunity to read I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day 1 by Nachi Aono.
This dark yuri manga took me by surprise with how twisted and intense its world is. Sheena is a cautious and anxious warrior. While, Mimi is cheerful and carefree, fearlessly diving into battle. When Sheena is injured one day, Mimi takes it upon herself to heal her, sparking the beginning of their deepening bond. I'm excited to see how their relationship evolves as they face the challenges of both love and war.

The art style is gorgeous but the plot execution was meh. I would think the first volume to at least touch on the magic system, but it doesn't. There's many tropes I don't buy into or just hate.

Why are 10-17 year olds fighting in this generalized, overarching magical war? I understand they're in an orphanage and training... so why are some actively being sent to the battle field?

I hate that the school nurse is a "cross-dressing pervert" excited to take the first kiss of an underage girl in the name of healing? Free us from this trope of cross-dressers/trans people being some pervert.
Why is a kiss specifically on the lips the only method of healing? I would think an adult in magical medical profession would have more options than the children under their care. (At least Recovery Girl in MHA only had to peck her patients anywhere and didn't get a perverted excitement at the thought of healing them.)

I don't think I even have to go into detail about my disappointment in the depiction of nude minors and them kissing in lewd manners.

I will not be continuing this series, there's just too much that didn't sit well with me and the plot wasn't done well enough to keep me interested.

I did quite enjoy this first installment of the series and can’t wait for more. There was a lot learned about the world and characters in such a short piece. I do wish that it were longer because I want more information on this world and characters. Mimi has to be my favorite, she is a very bubbly, outgoing character but I feel there is more to her than just this and I crave to know what it is.

Probably closer to a 1.5 stars.

I really, really wanted to love this. I think the art style is absolutely stunning, and those coloured pages at the beginning truly blew me away. The premise sounds fantastic, and I'm always interested in reading more sapphic content, but I really, really wish there was a mention about their ages in the description. Mimi and Sheena being 10 years old really didn't sit right with me, especially because of the overt sexual overtones, between them, but also between the teachers.

This idea that kids can be "healed" by a kiss from the nurse -- and I mean a real kiss, not just a peck or something similar to Recovery Girl from My Hero Academia, if you're familiar with that -- as well as the way the kisses between Mimi and Sheena are portrayed (with panting and spit), plus the panels of Mimi naked, with only her hair keeping her somewhat modest...I don't know. Maybe I'm being too puritanical about it, but something about it really just rubbed me the wrong way.

Thank you to NetGalley and Kodansha Comics for providing the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Surprisingly dark world-building, especially for a Yuri series. Wish there was more in this volume that leaned towards the darker action and wider world narrative. As it stands, felt kind of passive stuck in Sheena's perspective. The nurse and Mimi seem fascinating but we mostly get telling not showing of how bonkers this world is, I imagine to keep it grounded in the Yuri factor. It's a shame, could've been something actually dynamic like the "Lullaby of the Dawn" series.

I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day focuses on the story of young orphan magical girls who will be trained and sent to war.

The comparison to Witch from Mercury really hyped this up for me, but sadly I didn't enjoy much in this manga. While I think the art style is great and there are some interesting ideas here, the story overall just doesn't come to fruition. It feels more like a collection of scenes than a coherent narrative. The worldbuilding is also very bare bones at this point, though this could be elaborated upon in future volumes.

However my biggest gripe with this manga is the questionable content. While this can be standard fare for manga, there were some things in I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day that really didn't jive with me. From the multitude of semi-explicit nude panels of a 10 year old to the suggestion of a grown-up needing to kiss children to heal them, these things just didn't sit right with me.

I loved the concept and the art style, but this made me really uncomfortable. Orphaned warrior mages fighting in a magical war? Yes, please. The romantic tension and 'healing magic' between children? Not so much. :(

What sold me in the beginning was the beautiful art style. I think it's very pretty and made me reminisce ablut the mangas i read as a child. the story is also interesting.
however, i am not interested in reading about children of 10 years old falling in love and seeing them, so i won't continue this series.

This is a really cool story and I can't wait to read more as it continues. I'm really excited to learn more about mimi.

Sapphic orphan mages being trained for war? The promise caught my attention immediately but the set up in this first volume was a bit weak. We have a mix of a girl school feel, exchanging mana via kissing (convenient), but what was really interesting was Sheena our MC trying to unpack her trauma of losing her roommate to the battlefield while the world around her goes on as if her roommate’s lift had not truly mattered. Then all of a sudden we are introduced to Mimi, who promises much darker storylines to come, even with the budding attraction between her and Sheena. However I was honestly much more interested in the already established romantic relationship between Ari and Seiran. I wanted to see more of that but based on the amount we saw in volume one, I think we can reasonably hope to see more of them in upcoming volumes.

I’m intrigued, but not enough to continue right away. I might return to this series once more volumes are out.

Of note, there is one potentially trans character and there is some transphobic language used against her, but she is a solid character on her own though unfortunately is given the title “pervert teacher” so this could have been removed. Pervert teacher is tired and done, we don’t need it anymore.

*I received an eARC from Kodansha Comics & NetGalley. All opinions are my own*

A huge thank you to NetGalley, the publisher, and Nachi Aono for providing me with an ARC of I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day 1 in exchange for my honest review.

Whilst I appreciated the art style, I found it challenging to engage with the story due to its central focus on a romantic narrative involving children. This subject matter felt inappropriate to me and detracted significantly from my overall enjoyment of the work. Although I can acknowledge the skill and effort put into the artwork, the themes explored in the story were not to my taste and ultimately made this book a difficult read for me.