やがて君になる 佐伯沙弥香について 2

やがて君になる 佐伯沙弥香について [Yagate Kimi ni Naru: Saeki Sayaka ni Tsuite] #2

by 入間人間, 仲谷鳰 (Illustrator)

『やがて君になる』外伝ノベライズ。 高校生となった沙弥香の恋は――。

もう人を好きになるなんてやめてしまおう。中学時代に経験した手痛い失恋から、そう心に決めていた沙弥香。しかし高校の入学式で初めて七海燈子の姿を見たその瞬間から、どうしようもなく燈子に惹かれていく。
同じクラスになり、一緒に生徒会にも所属し、やがて親友と呼べる仲にもなった。隣を歩み続ける中で、燈子の強さも弱さも知った。燈子のすべてを見て、一層好きになっていく。
でも、だからこそ。沙弥香はどうしても「好き」を伝えられない。待ちすぎて、恐れすぎて、一歩踏み出すことができなかった沙弥香の迷い、後悔、喪失――。

人を好きになるということを知ったのは、『彼女』と出会ってからだった。

Genres: Light Novel, Yuri, Manga, LGBT, Romance, Lesbian, Fiction

212 pages, Paperback

First published May 10, 2019

About the author

See also: Hitoma Iruma

1986年生まれ。アスキー・メディアワークス刊の電撃文庫にて活躍する若手小説家。同社が主催する、第13回電撃小説大賞に『嘘つきみーくんと壊れたまーちゃん』を投稿、最終選考で惜しくも受賞を逃す。その後、数度の改稿を経て電撃文庫にてデビュー。

男性，一九八六年出生。日本小説家、輕小說作家。岐阜県出身。

以進入第十三屆電撃小説大賞最終選考會的作品《說謊的男孩與壞掉的女孩》（台灣角川出版）出道成為小說家。特徵是引用許多其他作品的諧仿、輕快的表現、奇異的價值觀以及奇妙的登場人物。常被評為受西尾維新的影響很大。

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first light novel in this trilogy showed a young Saeki Sayaka coming to terms with her sexuality and her disastrous first relationship and ended just before the manga began.

If the first book showed where she came from, this middle volume is focused on what she did when she got there. It walks a very delicate balancing act that it’s mostly successful at.

Does this need to exist? Arguably not, but I can’t say no to new Bloom Into You and this doesn’t tarnish the manga at all and it does make me like Sayaka more than I did in the manga proper, so it certainly had a point.

Between the two volumes thus far, it’s much easier to see that the way her first romance went made things that much harder on her when she fell for Touko. I still feel like Sayaka isn’t the most defined character ever, but her motivations, aspirations, and limitations couldn’t be clearer.

There is a very nice scene during the cultural festival where this all comes to a head, and knowing where it’s going just makes it seem even sadder as she tries to work up the courage. It’s good writing and that particular moment really does hit the feels hard.

Where the book has trouble is during the parts set directly during the manga or in the lead up to it. There’s always a risk in following past material like this of being entirely too cute with references - it’s like those time travel stories where suddenly a previous story turns out to have all this nonsense going on behind the scenes which nobody sees but was apparently there the whole time (which is a total lie).

When the girls are trying to resurrect the school play and it gets shot down? Believable. When they lament that maybe next year they might be able to find somebody who can write a screenplay it makes me want to smack my head into my e-reader. There are a few too many moments like this for my liking, but I am generally predisposed to dislike prequels, I have to admit.

Still, we end with the promise of being shown where Sayaka is going and this upcoming third volume, which pays off an off-hand statement in the final volume of the manga, is the one I’m truly looking forward to. Sayaka was never my favourite character, but I have gained a better appreciation for her and I certainly want to see her find her happy ending.

Four stars. This is definitely a harder task than merely filling in backstory - telling a story already told in a different way without invalidating anything in the original. It may not hit the highs of the first volume, but it acquits itself, for the most part, very well.

[Laura (crofteereader) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This felt more familiar. Sayaka had the edges that fit with what we knew - both sharp and soft and a little bit distant. The story is told at a bit of a remove, as Sayaka reflects back on situations set both during and before the events of the manga. I was a little confused by the choice to tell the story in the order it was told (following the manga for 1/3, then going to the year before the manga for the rest, with a tiny teaser of the future at the very end), but I did enjoy this one a lot more. It was really interesting to see Touko from Sayaka's perspective, knowing as we do from the manga that Sayaka knew pretty much all there was to know but she elected not to act on it. And I really liked the way Sayaka, as the narrator of her own story, goes "oh, this is where I consciously made the wrong decision to keep everything how it already was" and I think that really enforces the maturity and self-awareness of the character.

But I'm excited to tread new ground in book three!

[Jud · Rating 5 out of 5]

Meeting Saeki Sayaka proves to be a delight once more. Reading this series, we get to know her and understand her a lot better. Little by little, I find myself liking her, even loving her, so much more.
This time, Sayaka narrates how she befriended, fell in love and lost Touko during her high school years. Like in the first installment of Regarding Saeki Sayaka , it's difficult not to sympathyze with her fears and desires and not to be heartbroken with her all over again. However, that ending... it's hopeful, somehow.
Overall, a great read that leaves you wanting to read what comes next!

P.S. Reading this series, I thought that the songs enough for you by Olivia Rodrigo and girls by Girl In Red fit Sayaka so well!

[Eressea · Rating 4 out of 5]

台角快出三啊!!
別再虐沙彌香啦

有原作入間就可以改編得很好
雖然不管什麼角色在入間筆下
都是愛鑽牛角尖又神經質的膽小鬼
但在仲谷原作加持下揪結的沙彌香
比較不會想讓人一拳貓下去

入間你還是接改編就好
望向同樣很紅的入間原創百合安達與島村
內容優劣差異不可以道理計
原創我覺得實在愧對入間的文名啊

[dracuvale · Rating 4 out of 5]

i loved nanami touko beyond all reason—both her strengths and her weaknesses. even if i saw her weaknesses, her ugliness, her cowardice, her inferiority complex, her jealousy, her trauma, her real self, her public face, her hatred, her timidity, self-denial, her biases, her disposition, her hostility, her spitefulness, and all the many other dark things hidden inside her, i was certain now that i would be able to say i loved her even more.

[Craig Schorling · Rating 3 out of 5]

There was nothing wrong with this book. It was well written and had good character building and dialogues. My main issue with this book is that it didn't introduce much that we didn't already know or either knew the outcome. The first volume introduced the reader to new events from Sayaka's early life prior to the manga in depth, which was such a fun and interesting read. I found myself thinking through most of this volume that I already know what happening. I am still enjoying these books and am very excited to read the third volume, where we see Sayaka in her college days.

Overall, I love this story and these characters but this book felt like a lot of filler.

[Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

"I almost responded but decided against it. See you soon was an expression you only used for someone who was actually coming back.
The wind rushed past me, as though caressing me on its way by, and carried Touko away from me along with a storm of cherry blossom petals. When did I start only ever seeing her from behind again, I wonder?"

[Kristin ✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

This entry in the novel series stood out to me way more than the first one!

I think Sayaka is more recognizable in this entry, more similar to her manga character. In this first volume I felt like I didn't know her, but her she really shines trough just as she was.

It was also interesting reading her thoughts on this time and before as it's centred in the manga but never explored to this extent. Great volume.

Looking forward to see if Sayaka find love in collage.

[lcvesbooks · Rating 3 out of 5]

sayaka best girl

[Victoria · Rating 4 out of 5]

nooo stop this book made me so sad 😭 i love u sayaka ur not a bad person even though u think u are

[Curtis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Freeze my body ASAP and don't wake me up until they have the technology to make me a cute lesbian who attends high school in Japan.

[Bentgaidin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This second light novel of the Bloom Into You spinoff, 'Regarding Saeki Sayaka' is a lot of fun even if it doesn't stand along quite as well as the first volume -- as the author's note at the end remarks, this volume is a lot of commentary on, and another viewpoint of, the events of the original manga, and so probably wouldn't be as meaningful without that base to begin from. That said, Sayaka is extremely relatable here as she continues to be both deeply committed to figuring out her feelings on relationships and love, while also being completely oblivious to everyone's feelings around her. Okay, that's perhaps a bit unfair -- she is pretty insightful about the inner works of the girl she's fallen for, and figures out Touko's secret -- but she also decides that the proper response is to be firmly committed to remaining by Touko's side forever without saying anything, while missing entirely the friends who see right through her, and the various crushes that others nurse for her too. Sayaka is adorable, and I love her for it; there's a bit at the end, where as a new college student she muses about how high-school her could see how much her childhood self didn't know about relationships, and now she knows what she should have done as a high schooler, and it's just like, keep going, you're almost at a revelation.... :) Anyway, there's a third volume about (as far as I know) her college life and finally meeting someone _and_ talking to them, and I'm really looking forward to it.

[Vicenta NMC · Rating 4 out of 5]

[Touko was Touko. The Touko that I saw here, right in front of my eyes, was everything. Even if it was a facade, even if she was actually a coward, both sides of her were still Nanami Touko.]

Sayaka's pure love for Touko is so💖💖💖 & her thought of moving on because she still believes in love despite the pain. Sayaka deserves better.😭

[m · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ramble, rather than a review!

In volume two, we see a side to Touko and Sayaka's relationship from Sayaka's perspective. I think that alone makes this novel an amazing read, for me. I liked Sayaka's side of her conversations with Yuu as well, because I've always quite liked their dynamic. Reading their conversations reminded me of how much I loved them, haha. So the content alone already promised that I'd enjoy it, basically. But I've always quite liked Sayaka, so I'm biased. On top of that, we get to see Midori and Manaka's interactions! They weren't always around, but they were certainly fun to read about.

It's well written, as volume 1 was, and lets you empathise with Sayaka. Although, personally speaking, there were a lot of parts of the novel that I felt a bit called-out by, which, I mean, I didn't think I'd be, starting the novel. There are also a few callbacks to the first book, like her grandmother's words, 'To pick up on things quickly meant becoming a coward', and her remark about seeing her name in kanji, at the end. Similar to the first volume, there are also many metaphors and parallels being drawn here and there. Also, we have a lot of foreshadowing and just, well, things that hint at other things that are happening, like TOUIO. I'm not very good at describing the things that were written but, like the first volume, I had a lot of moments were I was thinking, "Man, is is ok for the author to do this? We're really foreshadowing, huh?"

She is introspective as usual, and it's really nice to have a different view on the things that had happened in the manga. Well, and also to have a throwback to Yuu and Sayaka's conversations, which are always entertaining to read. Seeing Sayaka's thoughts like "As I observed Kuze-senpai's excitement, I privately decided not to vote for him" made me like her more, haha. I really enjoyed this book, basically! I'm really enjoying reading about Sayaka, and I can't wait for volume 3, which is, well, set after the manga! So I'm excited to see how it goes.

Some quotes I liked:
- People act as though they don't see themselves, but in actuality, they're very self-involved When a person evaluates others, they use themselves as a standard of comparison. People are very familiar with their own appearances.
- The distance between you gives that person a kind of charm. Sometimes it's that distance, that particular angle, that attracts someone to another person. You're trying to get closer by moving ahead... but when you do that, you see the other person from an angle you hadn't before. The backdrop changes, and things that were hidden before become visible. Even the things you liked about the person might look entirely different.
- I don't think you could call my self-centered fear of being hated for overstepping into her personal life 'kindness'. I was scared, so I would wait by the sidelines until she came to me.
- When you always have your sights set on something that high, other people might think you're strange... At least, that's the fear, I think. And if people laughed at you, even a little, your dreams would wither away. Maybe that was why it felt so blissful to find someone you can safely bare your heart to.
- Dreams were just as much a part of reality as anything else, so I couldn't quite grasp the meaning of the word 'realistic' here. No matter what we try to do or see, only reality spreads out before us. The question is what you do about it.
- You can't be anyone but yourself, no matter how much you change over the course of your life. And the only role we could perfectly perform was that of the person we were born to play. If you tried to replace someone, no matter how well you mimicked them, your imperfect performance would only lead to your own disappointment. (or, Sayaka calls Touko out in her brain! But only in her brain. We introspecting.)

[Helen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ummmm.... So.... I feel conflicted....

The first vol was just a tad strange with the language used to write that volume, but the second one is even more...

Not only for the speed of it....as we follow Sayaka jumping through years like she is some kind of a time jumper... From beginning of high school all the way to the second year of colleage... So much time yet somehow everything said and thrown into the bag too quickly.

Second of all this is Sayaka talking from first persona perspective yet I feel like I am reading a journal maybe of a 20something to 30something old girl reminiscing about her past. This is not a language nor thoughts of a teenager, no matter how grown up she had to be as a child as a daughter of a wealthy, well stand off family, very well educated as a young person in so many ways and subjects and matters. She is still a child in the first volume, teenager in the second, yet this feels like a tome of War and Peace so to speak, so serious, so deep in thought, mannerism and such....

And third of all at least in the first volume we follow Sayaka. In the second one I feel like we only follow Touko through Sayaka more or less, setting up the stage of Touko and Yuus story in original Bloom into you.

Expectations are always the worst. So I think I am a little heartbroken as I probably expected more about Sayaka somehow. Dont get me wrong , we kinda have a glimpse of how Sayakas mindset and character are developing through Touko, who made a very important impression on her life, as through life until we understand we shall develop on ur own, we let other people made impression in our loves and thus on our character and development. But somehow I missed Sayaka in the story about Sayaka, if you understand me. And in the span of around 4 years we get only few scenes from their lives we are supposed to build Sayaka in our minds eye, and understand her?

I gave rating of 4 because my love for Bloom into you and my love for Sayaka, but....something is missing here and I hope vol 3 the author dedicated to ayaka whos story all this should be about.

[Noah · Rating 5 out of 5]

No me esperaba, para nada, la dirección de esta segunda novela. La primera era muy lenta y se tomaba muchísimo tiempo para presentar la faceta juvenil de Sayaka y suponerla de base. Fue la recta final la que me llevó a seguir con ella.

Pero esta segunda entrega cambia por completo y presenta a Sayaka tras un prisma de madurez y sensatez emocional que brilla frente a los problemas de Touko. Es increíble cómo se adapta al manga sin superponerse ni convertirse tampoco en la versión de Sayaka. No es el Bloom into You de Nakatani ni es la historia de Yu y Touko, e Iruma lo plasma tan bien en la novela que me he pasado casi toda la lectura subrayando.

En general, se siente mucho más madura esta versión que el manga original y ofrece una lectura tan bonita que no me lo creo. No me esperaba lecciones tan importantes de una obra así.

[Kin · Rating 5 out of 5]

＊ネタバレあり＊

第一巻は高校までの沙弥香の人生を辿る。高校の沙弥香のその心境や気持ち、そしてどうやってそこまでたどり着いたかについて。そして第二感は高校に入った日、一瞬で七海燈子に見惚れて。そして、また失敗して。しても、また成長して、「好き」をあきらめないで進んでいく。

読んでたときは、「これはまさに沙弥香だな」とばかり感じていた。傷つけられ、それでもまだ未熟で、自分の気持にどう対応するか迷い、間違えたほうを選んでいる自覚があっても、そばにいたいというその気持はすごく共感できるし、本当に可愛そうだなと思っちゃう。第一巻での経験を基づいて、こういう人にはなれるなと納得できる。第一巻とも相変わらず、原作で描かれたテーマはまた現れる。自分とは何、人とは何、誰かや何かを演じることの意味やその意義。人というものはが仮面を被ったり自分であれ、他人であれ、好きな人の好みの人であれ、憧れの人であれ、ある誰かを演じたり、自分の弱さを隠したり、さらけ出したりしたり、色々して人生を生きていく。それでも、どんなに厚い仮面だって、どんなにいい演技だって、他の人にはなりきれない。

燈子の事実をしっても、彼女のそばにいたくて本人の前では踏み込まない沙弥香。でもそんな燈子の弱さも、不安も、後ろ暗い気持ちを察せられうようになっても、そんな彼女が望む誰かでいて、そうやって平行線をなぞろうとして、失敗して、また傷ついて後悔する沙弥香。その中、「好き」ということを次第に分かっていく。わかりきらなくても、人とは複雑なもので、過去や今に分けられていなく、過去と今を含めて全部、それこそが「今のその人」であること。

そうやって色々、学校時代で経験して傷ついたり、失敗したり、落ち込んだり、喜んだりして、成長していく沙弥香の視点から世界を見るのは、とても楽しかった。自分の気持をよくまとめられなかったけど、伝わるといい (笑)。それで、沙弥香のハッピーエンドは楽しみにしています。

[Saturnina39]

El hijo de su madre del autor casi me hace llorar de nuevo.

En comparación con el anterior, que era más escueto y al pie, éste tenía algunas partes de relleno medio dolorosas, pero en general creo que hizo un buen trabajo mostrando como Sayaka caminaba al lado de Touko (como una "línea paralela" dijo ella misma), pero que no podía intersectar, por miedo a separarse.

Amo como empieza con un capítulo medio amargo de Sayaka conociendo a Yuu, y teniéndole un poco de resentimiento por llegar de la nada y "robarse" a Touko, pero luego la mayoría del libro (Parallel Lines) cuenta la misma historia más lentamente, y se ve a Sayaka aceptando su propia decisión, y a sí misma por tomarla.

Todo muy lindo, un análisis de personaje hermoso, pero por favor necesito que el tercer volumen le de el final feliz que se merece.

[eun · Rating 3 out of 5]

a more transitional novel, it felt like not too much happened & this was more of a bridge between book 1 and 3. also definitely can't stand on its own - you need to read bloom into you in order to fully understand this.

i feel like this didn't really reveal any new themes about love/anything we didn't already know about saeki sayaka. i mean, you get to see how truly thoughtful she is & how deeply in love with touko she is & how genuine her love is & how she grew to love the "true touko." but those are kind of things you can already surmise. mostly it just feels like bonus scenes, rather than the writer wanting to tell a new story/explore new themes about love, which is a shame. but i still love saeki sayaka a lot.

[Prismo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hitoma Iruma explores the events of yagakimi and especially the enigma of Touko Nanami through Saeki Sayaka's particularly incisive yet tactful perspective, which makes for a really damn compelling read. I already adored both Touko and Yuu in the anime & manga, but this volume makes me appreciate them both even more *and* it really builds Sayaka into a person as wonderful and flawed as the eventual lovebirds! Sayaka's pleasant façade and her hesitation in being more open with Touko for fear of rejection in year one is way too damn relatable and a lot of points hit kinda hard... So excited for what volume 3 has in store and I really need to get to rereading yagakimi as soon as possible!

[Victor Hdez · Rating 5 out of 5]

A diferencia del volumen 1, se disfrutará mucho más si ya se leyó toda la historia de los mangas de bloom into you.

Aunque en los mangas me gustó mucho cómo acabó la serie (Aunque a mi gusto faltqron aclarar unos detalles), personalmente sentí feo por Sayaka.

Bueno el volumen 2 solo hace que uno se sienta peor pero explica cómo se dió la relación de amistad entre Sayaka y Touko. Vemos todas las oportunidades que tuvo para ella "ser" Yuu pero el medio no la dejó.

Creo se debe leer si les gustó el manga.

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

Following Saeki Sayaka and Nanami Touko through their first years at high school before the start of Bloom Into You, this second volume feels the weakest of the three because for the most part, the story is one we already know. We know that nothing happens to further the relationship between the two girls before Koito Yuu arrives fatefully one day at the student council room and it almost feels like the story is waiting for what happens after graduation.

That doesn't mean though that there isn't any point to reading this. Hitoma Iruma continues to show a deep understanding of Nakatani Nio's original characters and being able to see the relationship from Saeki's point of view gives a new look at much of Bloom Into You. Nevertheless, this does have that distinct middle-of-a-trilogy feel.

[Zayne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yuri/GL spinoff focusing on Saeki Sayaka and I'm glad that I waited this long, but I also hate that I waited so long to read it, too. It's very well told. The feeling of a love you never thought would be equally there, but then somehow is there and visible, at least in your mind, and then the reality of that relationship and that one-sided love. It is painful, but you learn to just live with the mistakes and learn to be a better person for when that next girl/guy comes. Whoever that ONE really is.

[Lena · Rating 3 out of 5]

Este volumen fue medio aburrido. Trata sobre la relación de Touko y Sayaka antes y durante los hechos del manga original, profundizando en sus sentimientos que ya conocemos. Lo único interesante fueron unas pocas páginas al final, cuando Sayaka ya está en la universidad. La verdad, creo que la segunda parte (que es la más larga) se podría haber salteado perfectamente, no aporta casi nada nuevo a la historia ni al desarrollo de los personajes.

[Czarina S. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not as strong as the first volume but still a very interesting and heartbreaking read. Every page just had me going "poor Sayaka". The events in this book overap with the original series, so seeing the events through Sayaka's tragic eyes might just make a second rewatch that much more painful. I really hope the final installment of this series grants her the happiness she deserves.

[Rocío · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sigo impaciente porque la trama avance más allá de Bloom into you, así que este segundo volumen también se me ha hecho largo. Aún así, se agradece ver el punto de vista de Sayaka y sus sentimientos hacia Touko.

2,5⭐️

[sofie · Rating 5 out of 5]

i love these books soo much, sayaka is such a relatable and lovable character, i love her so much and can’t wait to finally see her get her happy ending as she deserves after getting her heart repeatedly broken

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one was slightly better than the first one. The story dealt with the first year of Sayaka and Touko and how Sayaka came to understand and love Toukou. It gave a more in-depth understanding of the character. I think readers would like this if they are interested in Sayaka.

[Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars. Not as good as book one as I felt so bad for Sayaka. Her unrequited crush on Nanami is painful and made me feel awful for her because she deserves love. I really liked the ending though and I’m excited to see how this series will wrap up.

[Cell · Rating 3 out of 5]

本書大部分是描寫沙彌香與燈子在高一時的互動
由於為了接續到原作一開始
所以故事中不會有轟轟烈烈的發展
比前一本無聊了一點