Overview
Bloom Into You: Regarding Sayaka Saeki (やがて君になる 佐伯沙弥香について, Yagate Kimi ni Naru: Saeki Sayaka ni Tsuite) or "Bloom Into You: Regarding Saeki Sayaka" is an official spin-off novel series of Bloom Into You. It features Sayaka Saeki, a character from the manga, as the protagonist. The author is Hitoma Iruma.
A reading was staged at Shinagawa Prince Hotel Club eX from 29 October to 8 November 2020. Karin Isobe stars as Sayaka Saeki.
Work information
Written by: Hitoma Iruma
Illustrations by: Nio Nakatani
Publisher: KADOKAWA
Serialisation: Dengeki Bunko
Previously published: 3 volumes (completed)
Abbreviated name: Regarding Sayaka Saeki, SaSaTsu
Volumes and Characters
Contains some spoilers
Bloom Into You: Regarding Sayaka Saeki (Volume 1)
This volume mainly covers the first summer of Sayaka's fifth year of elementary school, as well as the period from her second year of junior high school to around the time she enters high school.
- Sayaka Saeki (佐伯沙弥香)
Protagonist of the novel.
- The fifth-grade girl (小5ちゃん)
A girl who attends the same swimming class as Sayaka. Her name is not mentioned in the story.
- Sayaka's grandmother
- Sayaka's grandfather
- Sayaka's parents
- Chie Yuzuki (柚木千枝)
Senior student of Sayaka's in junior high school.
Bloom Into You: Regarding Sayaka Saeki (2)
The first part of this volume is a fragmentary depiction of the original story, and then it covers Sayaka's first year of high school, around the time of the school festival, the day she changes classes in her third year and the spring of her second year of university.
- Touko Nanami (七海燈子)
She is a classmate of Sayaka's and later becomes her best friend. From the first time they meet, she feels some kind of wall between them and has been reluctant to step into it.
- Yuu Koito (小糸侑)
She is the one junior student whom Sayaka is most clearly aware of and friends with. She is the person who brought about the change in Touko. At first, Sayaka could not understand why Touko favoured Yuu.
- President Kuze (久瀬会長)
Student council president one year before Touko.
Bloom Into You: Regarding Sayaka Saeki (3)
This volume describes the early summer of Sayaka's second year at university, around the time of the final episode of the original work, plus an epilogue.
- Haru Edamoto (枝元陽)
She is a junior at the same university as Sayaka and later becomes her girlfriend.
