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Manga and manhwa series covering stalkers aren’t uncommon. Especially ones that attempt to show rehabilitations or explanation for their behavior. I Love Amy is yet another, but at the same time shows what happens when the stalker Beatrice “Bibi” Reden ends up making a genuine connection with Amy Lee. However, while this is a romantic comedy and there is a hint of background explaining how Bibi and Amy got to be the way they are, it also does this without toning down what Bibi is capable of doing. Because while cute and kind in her own way, she is also quite unnerving in this series, and that is what leads to the humorous situations.
Editor’s Note: There will be some I Love Amy spoilers from early parts of the manhwa below.
I Love Amy often shows things from Bibi’s perspective, and that’s how the whole manhwa begins. She’s excitedly going to school and happy about it, as the new love of her life Peter is her classmate there. It seems innocent, until she starts running down the hall and we see the text “chatter” calling her “crazy,” a “nutjob,” and mentioning how she stabbed someone with a fork with no consequences. Idle gossip?
Nope, because Bibi and her perspective itself hammers home that she can be dangerous and a threat. Earlier in this introduction, we saw her say goodbye to an unnamed “Snowball” pet, and we then see her own flashback of her permanently preserving her rabbit after it died because the things she loves “have to be with her.” When she encounters Peter at school? He’s talking to a girl she only sees as a silhouette. She invites this faceless individual to “be friends” and then, when this girl comes over, we see she has a chair in an empty basement prepared. Except during the attempts to make this person lower their guard, the individual was genuine. When the night ended with both falling asleep, the girl thanked Bibi for the sleepover and said she had fun. And then suddenly, she had a face and was Amy. Bibi notes how odd this was and thinks this was her first sleepover and experience like this for her too.
It’s because of this growing friendship and possible love interest in Amy that Bibi starts to become a little more softened and human and I Love Amy does end up feeling genuinely funny. For the first volume, we’re still seeing Bibi fully into Peter. She’s dedicated to getting to him due to an incident where he was kind to her. And Amy agrees to help as her friend! But this also means that Bibi and Amy spend more time together. And as they do things like make meat pies together, shop, and go to the beach, it feels as though these natural interactions and pure chances to socialize are giving Bibi someone who accepts her and Amy someone who’s also devoting total attention to her in that moment. (Despite Bibi claiming it’s all for Peter.)
It also means chances to sort of see potentially redeeming moments. While there is another individual that gets involved between Amy and Bibi, who has her own background with Amy, it offers a chance for the girl everyone thinks has problems to be something of a hero. When we start learning about Amy’s past, Bibi reaches out to her a bit. And even Amy’s aunt seems a bit pleased to see there really is a new person in her life, considering it is bringing her niece out of her shell.
The thing about the I Love Amy manhwa is also that the cliffhanger for this book hints at even further explanations as to how Bibi ended up the way that she is. It suggests something of a tragic parallel to Amy’s own past. Which makes me wonder if it’s something that could lead to further connection.
I Love Amy is odd in that it makes you root for the unnerving stalker to end up with a well-intentioned, innocent young woman, but the execution does make it work as a romantic comedy. Amy is an adorable, sweet, and clumsy girl who genuinely wants to help and sees this as a chance to build a new bond with someone. While Bibi initially sees Amy as a faceless threat, that turns into a potential ally and maybe even something more as she gets a chance at perhaps her first normal relationship. It’s really an intriguing and entertaining read.
I Love Amy volume 1 is available via Yen Press via its Ize Press imprint, and volume 2 of the manhwa will appear on May 19, 2026.
