I Love Amy
| I Love Amy | |
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 South Korean cover for Volume 1 | |
| 나는 에이미를 사랑해 | |
| Genre | Romantic comedy, Psychological drama, girls' love |
| Author | Unni |
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| English publisher | |
| Original run | January 26, 2022 – June 7, 2023 |
| Volumes | 4 |
I Love Amy (Korean: 나는 에이미를 사랑해) is a South Korean girls' love manhwa series created by Unni. The manhwa was serialized online via PeanuToon from January, 2022 to June, 2023. The story follows Amy as she tries to help Bibi with her new obsessive crush on a popular boy at school, all the while developing feeling for Bibi.
Plot
[edit]Beatrice "Bibi" Reden is a troublemaker obsessed with one of the most popular boys at school, Peter. One day, Bibi notices Peter speaking with a timid girl, Amy Lee. Bibi invites Amy to her house to warn her against getting too close to Peter but ends up feeling a connection with her. The two decide to become friends on the condition that Amy helps Bibi confess her feelings to Peter.
Publication
[edit]Written and illustrated by Unni, I Love Amy, was serialized online via PeanuToon from January 26, 2022, to June 7, 2023.[1] Following PeanuToon's platform shutting down on February 28, 2025 I Love Amy moved to Bomtoon on April 3, 2025.[2] On May 7, 2024, A.Tempo Media launched a crowdfunding campaign on Tumblbug to fund the publication of two print volumes.[3] A second campaign was launched on April 9, 2025, for the final two volumes.[4]
The manhwa was first published digitally in English by Tappytoon.[5] During their panel at Sakura-Con 2025, Yen Press announced that they had licensed the series for an English print publication under their Ize Press imprint, marking the first girls' love release for the imprint.[6]
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 8, 2024[7] | 9791169637121 | November 18, 2025[8] | 9798400904141 |
| 2 | July 8, 2024[9] | 9791169637138 | — | — |
Reception
[edit]I Love Amy won PeanuToon's "GL of the Year" award for 2023.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "나는 에이미를 사랑해 - 피너툰". Peanutoon (in Korean). Retrieved November 10, 2024.
- ^ Leung, Hilary (January 16, 2025). "Korean webcomics platform Peanutoon to shutter in February". K Comics Beat. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
- ^ "#큐티 #호러 #반전 하이틴 GL <나는 에이미를 사랑해>". Tumblbug (in Korean). Retrieved April 19, 2025.
- ^ "웹툰 <나는 에이미를 사랑해> 3, 4권". Tumblbug (in Korean). Retrieved April 19, 2025.
- ^ "I Love Amy". Tappytoon. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
- ^ Cho, Wonhee (April 18, 2025). "Ize Press Announces English Print Releases of The Merman Trapped in My Lake, I Love Amy". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
- ^ "나는 에이미를 사랑해 1". yes24 (in Korean). Retrieved April 19, 2025.
- ^ "I Love Amy, Vol. 1". Yen Press. Retrieved June 2, 2025.
- ^ "나는 에이미를 사랑해 2". yes24 (in Korean). Retrieved April 19, 2025.
- ^ 황, 규준 (January 27, 2023). "피너툰, '2022 총결산! AWARDS 수상작' 발표 및 이벤트 진행". StarDailyNews. Retrieved April 19, 2025.