Ima, Koi wo Shiteimasu. (Ima Koi: Now I'm in Love)

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Synonyms: Right Now, I'm in Love

Japanese: 今、恋をしています。

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 9

Chapters: 37

Status: Finished

Published: Dec 13, 2019 to Jan 13, 2023

Genre: Romance

Theme: School

Demographic: Shoujo

Serialization: Bessatsu Margaret

Authors: Hatta, Ayuko (Story & Art)

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Ranked: #4422²

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After missing out on love because she was too shy to confess her feelings, high school student Satomi blurts out how she feels the next time she gets a crush—and it's to her impossibly handsome schoolmate Yagyu! To her surprise, he agrees to date her. Now that Satomi's suddenly in a relationship, what next?

Given how fast everything has happened, Satomi is still clueless about how dating is supposed to work. How will she forge ahead in her relationship with Yagyu?

(Source: VIZ Media)

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Ima, Koi wo Shiteimasu. was published in English as Ima Koi: Now I'm in Love by VIZ Media under the Shojo Beat imprint from March 1, 2022 to March 5, 2024.

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Jan 22, 2025

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Recommended

Love is in the air, my friends, and for once, I’m here for it.

Ima Koi: Now I’m in Love, is a high school romance manga I picked up on a whim. Why? Simple—as a long-time reader of almost exclusively shonen, I wanted to expand my horizons. It’s a story you’ve heard a thousand times: while I love manga dearly and read it every day, I’ve never read a shojo title. Shocking, I know. Not that I’ve never held one in my hands, or read a tankobon or two, but it definitely has never gone beyond that. This is the first shojo manga I’ve read ... to completion.

And I enjoyed it! A lot more than I expected to. I can’t exactly give a fair commentary on how this manga compares to others in its demographic, because my knowledge is only cursory. I did notice that it has many clichés, but they never took away from how easy it was to fall for the characters. Satomi and Yagyu are adorable and I loved them. They (and their friends) are teenagers of course, so it goes without saying that they can often be shallow. However, even with this lack of maturity I found myself very willing to “buy the illusion,” so to speak; to get invested in the first-crushes and first-kisses of high schoolers, even though I am now quite removed from this stage of life. Seriously! I’m not used to stories where the romance IS the plot, and sometimes it bordered on being a little bit much, but then I’d sit back and find myself smiling that Satomi got flustered, or that she and Yagyu hit a milestone in their relationship, and I’d happily keep reading.

Now, as a grown ass man, I couldn’t help myself from wanting to see this relationship develop into adulthood, reaching deeper depths, more road bumps, stronger dedication to one another, etc, but I accept that this is not really the product I paid for. It’s a story to sit down with after a hard day and get lost in. Escapism in its purest form, because altogether it is VERY low on drama.

There was a bit of a curveball though, because a little more than halfway through the story the manga shifts focus onto a different couple, which I actually had a hard time settling into. The dynamic of the main couple is very standard, the heroine a goody two-shoes and the love interest a bit of a gentleman, so it was fun to see something cheekier with the second couple. Their dynamic was more about conflict, miscommunications and teasing. However, I can’t help but wish the manga had just picked a couple and stuck with them the whole way through. At nine short volumes, it felt somewhat like Miria and Noda took up time Satomi and Yagyu could’ve had instead, ESPECIALLY considering one of the last chapters… but I digress.

The art is standout to me. I’ve been so trained on harsher/more action-focused styles that I tend to shy away from the light, flowery linework of most girl’s manga, but the character designs in Ima Koi were top notch. The girls are cute and the boys are handsome, and they’re drawn expertly. Basic, yes, but it had a sort of versatility to it that wasn’t too bubbly or feminine. (Which are not bad things to be, but I won’t pretend like it’s necessarily for me).

Altogether, this was enjoyable. The cute moments of each chapter are great fun, and while it may have sometimes been a bit uneventful or had a hiccup, it never took too much away from the journey. Ima Koi: Now I’m in Love, is nothing life changing, but I wish it were longer, which is a high compliment indeed.

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Mar 23, 2024

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Recommended

Could've been a 9/10 but ended a solid 6/10 after chapter 31+. No problem with that, btw. But how did that happen?

The manga starts off insanely strong. Everything feels like a breath of fresh air. Both MCs are high school level clumsy without shoujo-brainrot disease. The drama isn't 10x exaggerated and other characters have more screentime than usual before doing something and thus infinitely more impact than in most other series about romance. It feels like actual romance with a small trope and cliché every now and then- and it works oh so beautifully.

There also is a cool twist after around ~20+ chapters- won't spoil ... too much but some side characters get time to properly develop. This has been done before, no doubt but the side characters being enjoyable makes it so much better. BUT this is also the downfall of the manga and where the author failed.

Now, why the rating? Chapter 31+32 straight out of left field BAM huge explosion, kick in your guts then your face and then a suplex finisher. That is how you feel reading chapter 31 immediately after 30 and the end of the side character's story.
There is some kind of.. introduction? (like 4 pages) to this huge massive drama. Clearly won't spoil what it is but it is the cheapest, out of nowhere, lowtier poorly written drama I have seen in a long long time. It is BAD.
"Surely won't be this bad!" No, it is. Yagyu is force-changed randomly to fit and force the drama. The drama is building on the aforementioned 4 pages. It is a sudden major problem that never came up before and warrants them both getting a wake up slap to their faces. Who are these characters? It is not the characters that were established for effing 20+ chapters.
This drama is the polar opposite to my first paragraph.

That is also why I called that twist the downfall of the manga, it is an interesting idea and went spectacular but author just forgot how his MCs behaved after 10 chapters, lmao. It also goes against the past 30 chapters of the manga as a whole- this is formulaic youtube tutorial level trashy shoujo-brainrot drama that has no place here. It is fully forced and comes with changing established characters in 2 panels. They regressed even past their starting point. It is NOT enjoyable seeing your loved characters turn into toddler-like tools.

And that's it. 2 chapters and it instantly is over and everything is back to before.. huh? What the fuck was the point. The last few chapters kinda catch the series and act as a saving grace but for me personally, the damage has been done. It really tanked the overall enjoyment and changed how I see the MCs.

I still would recommend it, sure. I honestly think that the writing took a nosedive ch31-end. Other than that it still is a really enjoyable shoujo manga.

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Feb 7, 2021

LadyAxeFace

Not Recommended

Preliminary (7/37 eps)

Ima, Koi eo Shiteimasu stars high schooler Satomi, who is protected one day by a boy named Yagyuu from a molestor. She's determined to get closer to him because she missed her chance to get to know her middle school crush, and the two end up dating.

This is an incredibly superficial manga. Literally the only thing going on is the two are dating, though they and the audience know basically nothing about either of them. Yagyuu finds all these reasons to compliment Satomi anyways, which just feels extra weird to me because he can't compliment her on anything of substance. Perhaps in the author's mind ...

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