I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day Vol. 01
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.
Biographical Notes:
Nachi Aono is a Japanese manga artist best known for the series I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day which will be Aono’s first work to be published in English.
Title Notes:
Yuri is more than just school life drama. This series brings suspense and action in an allegorical fantasy dytopia to the category in an artful, heart-wrenching drama sure to grab fans of classics like Revolutionary Girl Utena and new series like Otherside Picnic alike.
The magic school subgenre loses its innocence in a bleak and bloody take on the genre likely to appeal to older teen fans of Witch Hat Atelier and dark fantasy manga like Made in Abyss.
Received the most enthusiastic crowd reaction at Seattle’s Sakura-Con 2024 during Kodansha Spring 2025 New Print Licenses announcement and won the fan award for “Unique Art/Story” in the MyAnimeList 2024 selection.
Perfect for fans of the recent hit Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury which confronts the moral dilemma of exploiting human lives in the name of warfare.