Thank you to Kodansha and NetGalley for this arc!

It’s magical girl school yuri with a twist of horror. Lots of WLW representation here…with a sinister kick. None of the characters or storyline really grabbed me so I most likely won’t check out volume 2.

Beautiful artwork, and I like the main character. Absolutely hated that the trans woman (or drag queen? Not clear) is depicted as a pedophile who is an adult kissing children to heal them.

The world was intriguing! I'm not hooked for the next installment due to the slow pace, but I am curious.

I forgot how grim the introduction to this world is and how genuinely terrified Sheena is. From the cover art and Mimi’s personality, you really can’t guess just how dark things are but Sheena’s fear really drives it home. This is a strong introductory volume, setting the scene as well as introducing our two main characters as well as the two side characters they’ll be close with in the future (yes okay I’ve been keeping up with the serialized chapters so I know where this is going BUT it has been a while since I read the beginning).

I will say the healing magic does do a lot to kind of cut off some of the looming threat of death, but our resident pessimist Sheena doesn’t let that stop her

I was so excited to see a dark GL magical girl manga on netgalley!

It’s been years since I’ve read anything from the magical girl genre but I love it so much, especially the subversion of the cuteness with overlaid horror (see: Madoka Magica), so the blurb of this made me jump at the chance to read it because magical girls being used as child soldiers fully encompasses this!

The cover art was also intrinsic in my choice to read because it’s so pretty so I was really hoping that the internal art was also beautiful and IT WAS!

It was tagged as GL so I’m really hoping that it’s not just queer baiting an stuff actually becomes canon eventually but it’s only volume 1 so the romance not really happening yet is okay with me.

That said, I was NOT happy with the portrayal of drag queens/ trans feminine people as “perverts”/“paedophiles” because the transmisogyny is real and I hate it.

Aside from this, I enjoyed this volume and will definitely be continuing the series as it is released in the hope that this problematic element improves.

This war time sapphic story was cute but also a little confusing at times. The main characters go through a lot at the young age that they are.

Thanks to Netgalley & the Publisher for providing me with an E-Arc in exchange for an honest review


CW: Blood, Death, War, Heavy Injury, Implied Adult + Child Kissing


2.5 / 5 Stars

Im not sure if I'll be checking out other issues of this Manga. On the one hand, I find the world interesting and the buildup did hook me in. As did the side characters and MC. But...there's a few things that bothered me.

There is no romance between the main couple in this one yet. They just got to meet and hang out for about 4 days or so. And yet they already kissed because we establish that mana can be shared between kissing parties. And that... is kinda a big uff. Especially when other authors and Manga have shown that you dont have to. And twice especially when we loki make a big deal out of the kiss both in spoken text as well as in multible panels of art. We also learn that the adult - way over 18+ - nurse usually kisses her underage students and Im sorry that's just....no. Yes, we deal with a world that has no problem sending 10-17 year old kids into battle to die and yet THIS is were I draw the line. Especially when you had the choice to not make mana transfer happen through kissing and decided to do it nontheless. Why else would the main leads kiss each other twice in this issue after all?

There are few interesting things that one can explore here and the manga seemed like it was interested in doing so but still. Might check out a second volume or might not.

Let me talk about the MC real quick cause I actually like her a lot. The rest of her school seems almost numb to the death, blood and murder and I love how she is not. Loss still affects her, she still mourns, still doesnt want to take a life and I like that. It's clear the rest of the cast sees all that as a weakness but for 1. The other students are full of shit who were never on the battlefield either but who got taught to ne numb killers although they are just kids.
And 2. I wont listen to an adult who has no issue watching children get ducking killed.
I hope her character arc is not learning to be ruthless. #Ruthlessness Is Mercy Upon Ourselves.
Because that would be sad.


Final Thoughts:
Like I said. Has potential. If only it didnt feautre that icky stuff.

"I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day 1" it's about a school where orphaned children are trained in magic to fight in an ongoing war. The artwork is really cool and detailed, and the story is fast paced and very easy to follow and is set in a challenging, high-stakes environment.
I found the concept intriguing and I get that the concept is more shocking with them being so young but I couldn’t help but feel that the story would have benefited from making the characters a bit older, especially for the romance.
Thank you Netgalley for the arc.

I went into this a bit hesitantly, but was thoroughly impressed. A boot camp of orphans, a war, and teenagers make for one complicated life. While this does have some darker elements the plot isn't going for gore and counteracts the weight of themes with some cheerful personalities. My one negative is the romance plot is coming on a bit thick, too soon for me, but not unexpected given the title!

i couldn't not request this manga from that tagline and the comps (i would argue that madoka would more than fit this category well, and um, evangelion, iykyk). and if you're still looking for confirmation: this is the doomed yuri (my beloved) that you've been waiting for.

for a first volume, it does a well enough job of introducing us to the characters and endearing us to them - their cute depictions and relatable personalities even made me forget about the absolutely depressing environment around themsometimes (let's hope nothing bad happens, ha ha). besides that, there's not much "magical girl" stuff happening, in fact, there's almost no worldbuilding at all (we do know that you can transmit mana via kissing and that's really imporant for the plot i swear!! - the plot: my girls kissing) -- but i do have high hopes that the followups would remedy that.

sheena and mimi balance each other out so well. they're the depressed x sunshine pairing of my dream. i'm also a sucker for an overpowered being (?) who is obsessed with one fragile human and would do anything to protect/get back to them.

that cute art style and these lovable magical girls are going to be the death of me, i just know it. not looking forward to the pain, but i guess i'll have no choice except to follow these girls until the end of the line. please join me in this journey if that synopsis interests you, we may regret it but at least we'll regret it together.

I liked this one. Orphanage boot camp for magical students. Good way to start the series and build the story. Unique magic system and interesting storyline with these magical women warriors. Looking forward to more!

Thanks to Net Galley and Kodansha comics for this ARC!

3.5 stars
Thank you, Kodansha comics and NetGalley, for access to this title. And the chance to give my honest review!

Magical orphanage that trains children to be magical soldiers.

Not only does this story show the horror and cost of war on these children, but any normalisation/ cuteness of any kind is still tarnished by dread because of the whole situation. They are cattle raised for slaughter.

While I understand why the cast is so young (to show the terror of war on children), I feel like having them older would have been good, too.
(Listen, I'm just scared from other manga, so I'm scared they are gonna do something unnecessary.)