I Love You So Much, I Hate You (Japanese: 憎らしいほど愛してる, Hepburn: Nikurashii hodo Aishiteru) is a Japanese yuri manga series written and illustrated by Yuni. The series follows an affair between Saori Fujimura and her boss Ayako Asano. I Love You So Much, I Hate You was published online on Kadokawa Shoten's Comic Marche on the Pixiv Comic website and on Kadokawa Corporation's ComicWalker website from May 10, 2019 to July 19, 2019.[1] and was collected into a single tankōbon volume the same year. It was licensed for an English-language release by Yen Press.[2]
| I Love You So Much, I Hate You | |
| 憎らしいほど愛してる (Nikurashii hodo Aishiteru) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Romance, yuri |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yuni |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Comic Marche |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | May 10, 2019 – July 19, 2019 |
| Volumes | 1 |
Synopsis edit
Saori Fujimura is an upcoming star in the planning department who has a great working relationship with her boss, Ayako Asano. However, after assisting her with work that she has been struggling to finish, Ayako invites Saori out for drinks at a bar. After Saori drinks too much and confesses she's in love with Ayako the two send the night together despite Ayako already being married.
Publication edit
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 30, 2019[3] | 978-4-04-735714-3 | August 18, 2020[4] | 978-1-97-531424-8 |
Reception edit
The series has received positive reviews. Rose Bridges of Anime News Network gave I Love You So Much, I Hate You an overall A rating, noting that it was one of her new favorite yuri mangas. She summarized that "the big honest feelings, clever humor, and just-right amounts of drama and sexuality come together into the perfect romantic package."[5]
Erica Friedman of Yuricon commented that the series was a "very decent guilty pleasure read" noting that "in real life, Fujimura and Asano and their hidden-in-plain-sight affair, would probably be absolutely intolerable separately and together, but as a fiction, it all feels, well, kind of sweet…and, with an epilogue that ties the story up, satisfying."[6]
References edit
- ^ "憎らしいほど愛してる ～不倫×百合＆上司×部下～". Pixiv. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
- ^ Sherman, Jennifer (November 16, 2019). "Yen Press Adds Bestia, Carole & Tuesday, 11 More Manga/Novels". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
- ^ 憎らしいほど愛してる (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. ASIN B07V4J3BPT.
- ^ "I Love You So Much, I Hate You". Yen Press. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
- ^ Bridges, Rose (September 10, 2020). "Review: I Love You So Much, I Hate You". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
- ^ Friedman, Erica (September 4, 2020). "I Love You So Much, I Hate You". Okazu. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
External links edit
- Official manga website at ComicWalker (in Japanese)
- Official manga website at pixiv Comic (in Japanese)
- I Love You So Much, I Hate You (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia