Super cute ya Manga about the pandemic. Friends to lovers is one of my favorite tropes and this manga has that!

First I want to thank netgalley for providing me with this manga. It tells us the story of Mizuha, who is going to turn 17, the only ones present are her friends. Mizuha has a crush on a senpai, however he does not reciprocate, everything gets complicated when one of her friends confesses to her. It is a first introductory volume, it introduces us to the protagonist and her friends, a group of just boys and her. From what I could deduce from this first volume, there will be a harem, it shows that the other friends also have feelings for her. Although it was a quick read, it didn't kill me, I felt it was very cliche or maybe I'm no longer in this type of reading mood. but someone else may be interested in this type of romance. I give it 3 out of 5 stars

Manga isn't something I typically read, unless I've enjoyed the anime first. However, I really enjoyed this cover and the concept of a childhood friends to lovers during the pandemic. I haven't read anything that has the pandemic present in the book so I was intrigued, enough time has gone by that I thought it would be interesting to be taken back to it. I thought it was quite brilliant how Haruka decided to tell the story as recollection of these events 10 years later! I thought Mizuha was cute and Kizuki is to die for, it's only volume 1 though so there's still much to be explored and I want to see more of the other guys in their friend group! I'll definitely be reading the rest of the series!

This was a beautifully drawn story (some panels were masterpieces they were so pretty), I wasn’t completely blown away by the plot but I would be willing to continue the series another volume to see what happens and make a decision later on.

A cute little story in which he falls first. And we got a cliffhanger at the end so I'm definitely excited for part 2. Also that the story starts at the future and goes back to ten years earlier makes the whole thing interesting.

3.5 stars.
This was a cute start to the series! I’m intrigued since it starts 10 years in the future but then goes back to 2020. This whole volume takes place in high school. The main character Mizuho is friends with four boys, and one of them Kizuki, confesses his feelings for her. Parts of this were cute but some was also uncomfortable with how he was trying to force himself onto her. It ended off on a cliffhanger and I would definitely pick up the next volume!

I read this first volume in one sitting and it went by too fast! By the end I found myself itching to turn pages and see where everything goes next! The story is about a friend group of mostly boys and 1 girl all in school together during COVID. It's got a bit of mystery, a decent amount of "will they or won't they", and slice of life school student scenes. I will definitely be picking up the next volume soon! I would recommend this to people who want to read about a girl exploring who she wants to become as she grows up or to someone that likes romance within friend groups.

As someone who was first introduced to manga in the early 2000's, this title immediately brought me back to my youthful swooning over those desperately gorgeous bishounen boys in all the top shojo manga.
The story opens in 2030, on adult Mizuho's birthday when life hasn't turned out quite the way she had imagined back in her youth. As a group of students pass her, she's mentally transported back to that same day in 2020 during her second year of high school. Surrounded by her four best childhood friends (of course, all very, very pretty boys), life seems pretty normal...that is, until the pandemic starts putting everyone's dreams on hold, causing her to confess her feelings for a boy, only for one of her childhood friends to confess his undying love for her (insert the mandatory kissing panel).
This manga is a perfect example of the type of storytelling and art that had me falling in love with this genre 20 years ago. Highly recommend for fans of love triangles and high school romance.

This book reminds me of that office quote “I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.” It's nostalgic to see how COVID affected these kids, their relationships, and the sport that they love so much.

Mizuha is in love with an older classmate, but she soon realizes that there's someone much closer to her that likes her too. I wish the main leads had more time to get closer to eachother and realize their feelings. The plot progression feels rushed, but it was a beautifully illustrated volume with a wholesome yet somber vibe.

I want to thank NetGalley, Publishers Kodansha Comics, and the author Haruka Mitsui for providing this ARC. Which, I will be giving my honest and sincere review.

This is a very wholesome Manga love story, at Mizuha's 17th birthday she starts realizing that her normal and mundane world started changing along with the friends she knows. Mizuha grew up with the 4 other boys, Airu Izumi, Shin Kashiwagi, Shuugo Hoshikawa, and Kizuki Hazawa. When the childhood best friend's feelings change and all the turmoil that comes with the understanding the evolving from innocence.
The illustrations are perfect I love it so much.
I loved the message the author leaves us with.

Thank you Kodansha Comics for a copy of Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You Vol 1.

"Love in the time of COVID-19? This new series pits the the crushes, nostalgia, and friendship of shojo manga against a crushing pandemic. Can it be that a determined high school girl is more resilient than anyone expected? Guaranteed to delight fans of popular romance comics like Komi Can’t Communicate and Skip and Loafer."

The art is gorgeous and I generally like childhood friends to lover... but unfortunately, I found it a bit rushed and forced to the point that it was cringey. I like how COVID is added to the story and how it affected the characters. I do hope that the next volumes are a bit slowed down and can provide more story on the friend groups' individual personalities.

It has a cute storyline; the art is beautifully drawn. The premise has been set well, kinda waiting for the upcoming volumes to know more about the story, a cute childhood friends to lovers, love triangle shojo romance, where the fmc is trying to be a mangaka.

this was great! i loved the characters and the art is so cute!! definitely going to be continuing this series as soon as possible!!

This manga is the story of a girl, Mizuha and her 4 childhood friends all boys, and what they doing in high school when the pandemic starts.
After being rejected by her crush on her birthday, one of the boys, Kizuki confesses that he has feelings for her. And though he is clearly hot, and girls come to check him out when he is practicing for swim team, Mizuha still needs some time to sort out her feelings for him. To her these four guys are just her childhood besties. I did notice a couple of the other guys noticing her in this first volume so I imagine as the series goes on she will get more confessions. Sometimes I like the love triangle or the "girl picks from a group of guys" tropes but I don't know if this one can keep me entertained for six more volumes. I might still pick up the next one just to see if she does eventually pick Kizuki. He felt a little too persistent for volume one and I'm thinking one of the other guys might be a better match. So I am interested to know where this goes.
So if you like gorgeous art and a shojo plot with lots of boys to choose from, you might want to try this series.
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Thank you Netgalley for this ARC.

This first volume was absolutely adorable and I’m a big fan of childhood friends to lovers. I’m interested to see how they develop now that she’s started seeing him differently, and also how Shin is factoring in since he’s the other most prominent of her four friends so far. This is one of the few manga series I’ve seen that not only acknowledges Covid but centers the setting around it and how its effects impacted the lives/experiences of high schoolers who won’t be able to get that time back. I think this first volume made good use of common tropes, I would definitely like to see if the characters get a bit more developed in terms of individual personalities as the series goes on.

Thank you NetGalley and Kodansha Comics for this arc

2.5/5 stars

The art was really beautiful in this, but the story was both rushed and cringe. Her friend basically not taking no for an answer and being so sure he will convince her to fall in love with him is icky and really not for me. I love friends to lovers, but not like this

There have not been many times in my life where I thought a story was too fast-paced and I hate to say that I thought Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You fell into that category.

Friends to lovers is a trope that I adore. Add the splash of childhood friends to lovers and I'm sold. The pacing of this manga never gave me a chance to really get a feel for them and their relationship. Eventually, a few pieces of their backstory were tossed in to give them more depth, but by then it felt a little too late for me.

With a large friend group, I was eager to get to know them, yet once again they seemed to fall into the background... or maybe they didn't. With how fast paced this manga was I struggled to get to know them and really know who was who which led to some frustration.

This manga also brings up the pandemic, but it was so different from my own experience it was easy to forget about.

Overall, this manga was too fast paced where I felt that I couldn't get to know the characters and their relationship. For being childhood friends, this gave the vibes that Kizuki felt like they should be more--he certainly wasn't going to take no for an answer.

While I wanted to like this, I didn't and it's one I'm not sure I can even recommend.

3.5 rounded up

A shoujo manga which starts in 2030 with an older Nishino on her birthday, thinking back to her younger self in 2020. In this way, it is about a young girl who is childhood friends with four guys and is in second year of high school. At this point, only two guys have really made an impression enough to distinguish, but I'm sure that'll change in future volumes. One of the friends begins to flirt with her, demanding to be seen as a man, and explaining to her that he sees her as a woman. The drawing style is simple but she has made the male character very appealing to the audience.

Interesting plot, which is set during the COVID pandemic quite unexpectedly, I think it may be the first one which has incorporated it into their storyline.

<i>I was provided with a complimentary copy of this manga by Kodansha in exchange for an honest review, which I leave voluntarily</i>

This volume 1 of "Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You" is cute story with nice artwork. I hae to admit that the characters are coming across as slightly flat so far but hopefully that improves in the later volumes. It's an overall interesting first volume.

Mizuha is the lone girl in their 5 person friend group from childhood. What happens when one of them starts to see her as more than a friend? Does she risk the stability of the group? Or his disappointment and losing his friendship?