I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day is a currently airing television anime, with episodes reviewed up to episode 6. The series streams on Crunchyroll and premiered on July 7.
The anime adaptation of Nachi Aono's manga I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day premiered on July 7, with ReoNa performing the opening theme "Amore" and sajou no hana providing the ending theme "Éternel." Yasushi Tomoda directs at studio ROLL2, with Jukki Hanada supervising and writing the series scripts. The cast includes Rie Takahashi as Sheena, Rina Hidaka as Mimi, Kagari Asami Seto as Lizzy, and Yui Ishikawa as Ali Maud, with Yumi Uchiyama and Ai Kayano joining as Fran and Omi. The manga began serialization in Comic Yuri Hime in 2018 before moving online, and is published in English by Kodansha USA.
Early coverage frames the series as a dark yuri story set at an academy where orphans are trained as weapons and emotion is suppressed. The premiere introduces Sheena, who struggles with grief after her roommate's death, and Mimi, a cheerful but deadly student. Reviews of the first three episodes note the show focuses on the relationship between Sheena and Mimi in a vague magical war rather than on world-building, with hints that Mimi may be a reanimated human who regenerates lost limbs.
Subsequent episodes deepen the central mystery. Episode 4 introduces a forbidden resurrection spell that grants immortality, without directly answering whether Mimi is truly alive or human. Episode 5 reveals that Mimi's mother used the resurrection spell and explores Mimi's naive understanding of death, shifting focus to the human cost of war. Episode 6, reviewed by Anime News Network, argues the series' deliberate vagueness now works against it, with Sheena calling herself naive contradicting her established behavior. The series streams on Crunchyroll, and producer Ena Hamabe has said she wants sad stories like this one to leave viewers feeling ready to face tomorrow.
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Anime News Network's review of episode 8 of I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day finds the emotional fallout of Seiran's death underwhelming. The review criticizes the elongated flashback of Ari and Seiran's relationship, the lack of new information, and the pacing that stretches plot points to fill episodes. The letter necklace feels purposeless, and the strongest moment, the guilt-ridden student, is too brief.
Episode 7 of I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day closes the arc with a mock exam that quickly gives way to tragedy. The review calls it one of the strongest episodes of the season, centered on Lizzy's frustration at being top of her class yet unable to match Mimi's legendary status, and on the teachers' discomfort with sending students to war. The community score is 4.1.
At Anime Expo, Infinite, Inc. producer Ena Hamabe discussed her recent projects This Monster Wants to Eat Me and I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day. The latter, about a girl named Sheena in a school that trains children as weapons, screened its first episode at the convention and streams on Crunchyroll. Hamabe said she wants sad stories to leave viewers feeling ready to face tomorrow.
Anime News Network's review of episode 6 of I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day says the series can no longer lean on vagueness for slow narrative progression. The opening, where Sheena sees returning students after combat and watches Mimi reassemble herself, works well, but Sheena calling herself naive contradicts her established behavior. The episode sets up a practice match between Mimi and Lizzy, though the review finds the Lizzy and Ali scene about killing without emotion disconnected.
In the latest This Week in Anime column, Christopher and Sylvia explore toxic yuri, using I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day as a current example. They contrast its bloody, messy romance with the lighter side of the genre and note that toxicity is often in the eye of the beholder.
Episode 5 of I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day focuses on the philosophical weight of war, using Gratitude Day to show how loss lingers in the items left by dead students. The episode also reveals that Mimi's mother used the resurrection spell, and explores Mimi's naive understanding of death.
Episode 4 of I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day leans into the foreboding atmosphere left by the previous episode's reveal. The show does not directly answer whether Mimi is truly alive or human, but hints at a forbidden resurrection spell that grants immortality. The episode also develops the teachers' dynamic, showing the main professor's stoicism as a fragile façade.
Anime News Network reviewed the first three episodes of I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day, noting the show focuses on the relationship between students Sheena and Mimi in a vague magical war rather than on world-building. Episode three provides downtime that establishes their friendship, and the review highlights the implication that Mimi may be a reanimated human who regenerates lost limbs.
Anime Feminist reviews the premiere of I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day, set at an academy where orphans are trained as weapons and emotion is suppressed. The episode introduces Sheena, who struggles with grief after her roommate's death, and Mimi, a cheerful but deadly student. The review highlights the brutal worldbuilding and complex yuri dynamic.
The television anime adaptation of Nachi Aono's manga I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day will premiere on July 7, the staff announced on Tuesday alongside a second promotional video, key visual, and theme song details. ReoNa performs the opening theme "Amore," while sajou no hana provides the ending theme "Éternel." The anime debuts on AT-X at 9:30 p.m. JST, followed by broadcasts on Tokyo MX, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, and BS11. Yasushi Tomoda directs at studio ROLL2, with Takudai Kakuchi serving as creative advisor. Jukki Hanada supervises and writes the series scripts, Kyoko Yufu designs the characters, and Yukari Hashimoto composes the music. The cast includes Rie Takahashi as Sheena, Rina Hidaka as Mimi, Kagari Asami Seto as Lizzy, and Yui Ishikawa as Ali Maud. Newly announced additions Yumi Uchiyama and Ai Kayano join as Fran and Omi, respectively. The manga, which began serialization in Comic Yuri Hime in 2018 before moving online, is published in English by Kodansha USA. The ninth compiled volume ships on July 16.