Aku no Hana
The Flowers of Evil
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Synonyms: Blossom of Evil
Japanese: 惡の華
English: The Flowers of Evil
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 11
Chapters: 58
Status: Finished
Published: Sep 9, 2009 to May 9, 2014
Genres: Drama Drama, Romance Romance
Themes: Psychological Psychological, School School
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Serialization: Bessatsu Shounen Magazine
Authors: Oshimi, Shuuzou (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.201 (scored by 8201482,014 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #4412
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #66
Members: 170,544
Favorites: 12,720

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Takao Kasuga is an unsociable middle school student who bears a love for books—in particular, Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal. He also has a crush on his class' idol, the sweet Nanako Saeki. In stark contrast to her, Sawa Nakamura is an insolent and unpleasant girl who lacks any concern for school.

One day, Takao forgets to bring his book home with him. He returns to school to retrieve it, but is stopped in his tracks when he finds Nanako's freshly worn gym clothes lying on the floor. A strange desire consumes Takao, and like a wicked pervert, he steals them.

With the guilt of his crime weighing on him, Takao tries his best to live a normal life. Sawa, however, who witnessed Takao's thievery, has other plans in store for him...

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Aku no Hana was published in English as The Flowers of Evil by Vertical Inc. from May 8, 2012, to October 14, 2014. The publisher later rereleased the series in omnibus volumes. It was also published in Italian by Panini Comics from November 9, 2013, to February 7, 2015; in Spanish by Norma Editorial from September 26, 2014, to July 22, 2016; in French by Ki-oon from January 12, 2017, to July 5, 2018; and in Brazilian Portuguese by NewPOP Editora since March 31, 2022.
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Characters

Nakamura, Sawa
Nakamura, Sawa
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Kasuga, Takao
Kasuga, Takao
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Tokiwa, Aya
Tokiwa, Aya
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Saeki, Nanako
Saeki, Nanako
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Kojima, Ken
Kojima, Ken
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Yamada, Masakazu
Yamada, Masakazu
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Kinoshita, Ai
Kinoshita, Ai
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Kasuga, Father
Kasuga, Father
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Nakamura, Grandmother
Nakamura, Grandmother
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Kasuga, Mother
Kasuga, Mother
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67 Recommended
15 Mixed Feelings
7 Not Recommended
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Feb 2, 2025
Mik0_o
Recommended
First of all, I want to start by explaining how I came across this manga. I kept seeing it on TikTok multiple times—people were praising it and hyping it up. But I initially thought it would just be another overrated work with some so-called deep themes, the kind where the story gets hyped up more than it deserves. You know how it goes. However, eventually, I bought the physical copy and started reading it, and to be honest, it completely exceeded my expectations. It was really interesting, and I got pulled into the story. I couldn't help but keep reading to see what would happen ...
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Nov 9, 2024
Ken4kanacke
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Spoiler warning here :)


U may like it, if u do not mind the characters decision making.

Characters 5/10


The protagonist is for me a little bit too weird. I am fine with the protagonist stealing Saekis gym clothes and smelling them(ain't nothing new. Sounds like an over exaggerating master kurosawa), but the main annoyingness comes that the protagonist was not actually blackmailed by nakamura, because nakamura had no evidence and to say it without evidence to the teachers with that horrible reputation, which wouldn't help her. He just used her as ...
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Nov 17, 2024
gingerholic
Not Recommended
Well this manga takes the cake - the epitome of making a mountain out of a molehill. The supposed coming-of-age story with depth somehow ended up being an obnoxious case of bipolar teens suffering from Stockholm syndrome.

Every character in Aku no Hana is unlikable and unrelatable. Aside from the fact that it’s difficult to wrap my head around why stealing gym clothes can turn into such a fiasco, but how does a middle school kid get bullied into succumbing to his fellow classmate and eventually developing an attachment to the said abuser is the main problem. There’s no clear/convincing explanation to Nakamura’s behavior either, ...
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