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惡の華 [Aku no Hana]
惡の華 10 [Aku no Hana 10]
危篤の祖父を見舞うため、3年半ぶりに故郷へ戻ってきた春日（かすが）。しかし、夏祭りの事件以来、初めて姿を現した春日を親類たちは疎む。決して戻らない人間関係を感じつつ、祖父の葬儀に参加する春日の前に、かつての級友・木下が現れる。過去の自分に決着をつけるため、木下と話すことを決めた春日。そこで、未だ過去に囚われ続ける木下は、春日に問う。「仲村（なかむら）が今いるところ、聞きたい？」
194 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 9, 2014
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About the author
Shuzo Oshimi
136 books1,060 followersShuzo Oshimi (押見修造, Oshimi Shūzō) is a Japanese manga creator.
Drawn in a realistic art style, his comics tend to be psychological dramas exploring the difficulties in human relationships and often touching on disturbing situations and perversions.
Oshimi debuted in 2001 with the manga series Avant-Garde Yumeko, appeared in Kodansha's 'Monthly Shōnen Magazine.' Most of his works since then have been published by Kodansha and Futabasha.
Among his first successes the single volume manga Sweet Poolside (2004), later adapted into a live-action film, and the series Drifting Net Café (2008–2011), also adapted for TV.
Oshimi reached international acclaims with The Flowers of Evil (2009–2014) and Inside Mari (2012–2016), both adapted into successful anime. Other notable works are Blood on the Tracks (2017–2023) and Welcome Back, Alice (2020-2023) .
Drawn in a realistic art style, his comics tend to be psychological dramas exploring the difficulties in human relationships and often touching on disturbing situations and perversions.
Oshimi debuted in 2001 with the manga series Avant-Garde Yumeko, appeared in Kodansha's 'Monthly Shōnen Magazine.' Most of his works since then have been published by Kodansha and Futabasha.
Among his first successes the single volume manga Sweet Poolside (2004), later adapted into a live-action film, and the series Drifting Net Café (2008–2011), also adapted for TV.
Oshimi reached international acclaims with The Flowers of Evil (2009–2014) and Inside Mari (2012–2016), both adapted into successful anime. Other notable works are Blood on the Tracks (2017–2023) and Welcome Back, Alice (2020-2023) .
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July 30, 2022
I kind of want it to go on forever, but I'm also relieved that it is not.
May 3, 2019
Review of the whole series: it starts off really weird and a bit too over the top. I think the author went a bit too much overboard trying to pass serious psychological problems into "puberty". This leads to him ignoring a bunch of very interesting concepts and kinda glossing over them, favoring instead an over-representation of fetishes and stomach-turning scenarios.
The first part of the series is dragged over a long series of volumes, when really it could use less.
The second part of the manga (consisting of 5 volumes with very colorful covers), instead, feels much more heartfelt in its realism. It's easier to understand and pity the characters and their struggle. Their problems feel more real and relatable and, in the end, much more profound.
The second part is the one really worth reading, it reaches peaks of truly touching storytelling, especially in the part where the protagonist tells his parents that "he is back". Rarely I have read such delicate depictions of dealing with depression, and i feel like many people would be discouraged to reaching this point because of the over the top beginning
The first part of the series is dragged over a long series of volumes, when really it could use less.
The second part of the manga (consisting of 5 volumes with very colorful covers), instead, feels much more heartfelt in its realism. It's easier to understand and pity the characters and their struggle. Their problems feel more real and relatable and, in the end, much more profound.
The second part is the one really worth reading, it reaches peaks of truly touching storytelling, especially in the part where the protagonist tells his parents that "he is back". Rarely I have read such delicate depictions of dealing with depression, and i feel like many people would be discouraged to reaching this point because of the over the top beginning
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 1, 2014
Okay I read it... That happened... You understand things a little, not completely, but a little. And... yeah, I dunno it's just *there* like a piece of broccoli on a chopping board. Yeah, like that.
July 21, 2014
Aarrgghh, the angst!
April 17, 2022
I read a digital copy of this book.
After running into Kinoshita at his grandfather's funeral, Kasuga knows where Nakamura is for the first time in three years. It's clear nobody has forgotten what they did, Kasuga still the shame of his family, and he has finally apologised for all the harm that he and Sawa caused. When he returns back to his new city, Aya states she has missed him and wants to hang out where she tells him she has finished her novel but Kasuga doesn't feel worthy to read it without her knowing his true past. He tells her everything and then informs her that he knows where Nakamura is but can't bring himself to look at the note with the location on it. With Aya's encouragement, he decides that he's going to meet with Nakamura for closure, and Aya decides to join him. I think this volume really highlights Kasuga's characters arc from an intense, snobby but incredibly submissive and mouldable child to someone who is willing to answer up to the awful things he did as a child, and has stepped into actually being somewhat of a young man. I really do hope he finds the closure he needs and doesn't end up spiralling back into Sawa's control when they meet face to face.
After running into Kinoshita at his grandfather's funeral, Kasuga knows where Nakamura is for the first time in three years. It's clear nobody has forgotten what they did, Kasuga still the shame of his family, and he has finally apologised for all the harm that he and Sawa caused. When he returns back to his new city, Aya states she has missed him and wants to hang out where she tells him she has finished her novel but Kasuga doesn't feel worthy to read it without her knowing his true past. He tells her everything and then informs her that he knows where Nakamura is but can't bring himself to look at the note with the location on it. With Aya's encouragement, he decides that he's going to meet with Nakamura for closure, and Aya decides to join him. I think this volume really highlights Kasuga's characters arc from an intense, snobby but incredibly submissive and mouldable child to someone who is willing to answer up to the awful things he did as a child, and has stepped into actually being somewhat of a young man. I really do hope he finds the closure he needs and doesn't end up spiralling back into Sawa's control when they meet face to face.
December 5, 2025
still scared💀
October 11, 2014
Aku no hana o "flowers of Evil" es un manga inusual, la temática, los acontecimientos, los personajes, todo en esencia es lo que podríamos considerar raro y sin embargo es una historia mucho más cercana a nuestra realidad que de primera mano se puede notar.
Cosas como el acoso estudiantil, sexualidad, relaciones con los padres y crecimiento de nuestras adolescencia son temas que se tocan y no de manera sutil, a diferencia de otras obras que pudieran ser parecidas está no trata de darnos una lección de vida sobre ello, sólo el contarnos una historia, que puede ser perturbadora para muchos lectores, así que recomiendo vayan con mentalidad abierta ya que, habrá momentos grotescos, tanto por los como por el dibujo que dicho sea de paso es excelente.
Los personajes pueden parecer molestos, pero en realidad sólo son inexpertos en la vida, muchas decisiones que toman son estúpidas, pero de nuevo, eso es natural para una época tan caótica como lo es la pubertad, al final te llegas a encariñar de todos o al menos tendrás interés sobre su crecimiento (y múltiples caídas)
Al final del día, Aku no hana es un excelente manga, explícito, grotesco, pero sobre todo con una historia que resonara por mucho tiempo en tu mente.
Cosas como el acoso estudiantil, sexualidad, relaciones con los padres y crecimiento de nuestras adolescencia son temas que se tocan y no de manera sutil, a diferencia de otras obras que pudieran ser parecidas está no trata de darnos una lección de vida sobre ello, sólo el contarnos una historia, que puede ser perturbadora para muchos lectores, así que recomiendo vayan con mentalidad abierta ya que, habrá momentos grotescos, tanto por los como por el dibujo que dicho sea de paso es excelente.
Los personajes pueden parecer molestos, pero en realidad sólo son inexpertos en la vida, muchas decisiones que toman son estúpidas, pero de nuevo, eso es natural para una época tan caótica como lo es la pubertad, al final te llegas a encariñar de todos o al menos tendrás interés sobre su crecimiento (y múltiples caídas)
Al final del día, Aku no hana es un excelente manga, explícito, grotesco, pero sobre todo con una historia que resonara por mucho tiempo en tu mente.
November 27, 2025
Se empieza a poner interesante el asunto
Se ve que va para un buen final
SPOILERS
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Takamura va a su pueblo, donde todos aun recuerdan lo que paso y se lo hacen saber.
Se reencuentra con otra ex-compañera y tras platicar recibe cierta informacion sobre el paradero de Nakamura
Hasta ahí pues interesante el conflicto, pero luego Takamura hace algo que, si es muy de, que maldito hijo de su recontra,
4.5 stars
Se ve que va para un buen final
SPOILERS
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Takamura va a su pueblo, donde todos aun recuerdan lo que paso y se lo hacen saber.
Se reencuentra con otra ex-compañera y tras platicar recibe cierta informacion sobre el paradero de Nakamura
Hasta ahí pues interesante el conflicto, pero luego Takamura hace algo que, si es muy de, que maldito hijo de su recontra,
4.5 stars
December 16, 2016
Kasuga goes back home for the first time in three years when his grandfather dies and sees Kinoshita again. I really appreciate his attitude and approach towards those who were affected by his behavior when he was younger. I love the spread where he tells Tokiwa his backstory. It's perfect for what that conversation must have felt like on both sides. And then, of course, what we've all been waiting for since the beginning of volume 6: the meeting with Nakamura.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 30, 2019
Kasuga’s redemption arc has been quite the experience, I never imagined I would end up liking him. He’s really manned up and taken responsibility for his past. The next volume is the last, I’m rooting for him to find happiness and redeem himself once and for all.
July 5, 2014
i feel empty now that it's over. but it's definitely one of the best series i've ever read.
August 20, 2025
ranking this volume because it has the prettiest cover of the series but this review is for the whole series.
it was… decent? i really liked how it ended (truly just really sweet and wholesome), but in comparison to “blood on the tracks”, this was dogshit. like bott was a MASTERPIECE and this one uhhh… it felt like all the characters were taking themselves way way too seriously, especially for middle schoolers LMAO many of the characters actions didn’t make sense or felt exaggerated. and i don’t know i just didn’t really understood the meaning of what was going on, this could’ve been such a beautiful story but it just. had a really random meaning and it didn’t really feel… important or significant in any way. nor consistent. so yeah.
a bit disappointed.
it was… decent? i really liked how it ended (truly just really sweet and wholesome), but in comparison to “blood on the tracks”, this was dogshit. like bott was a MASTERPIECE and this one uhhh… it felt like all the characters were taking themselves way way too seriously, especially for middle schoolers LMAO many of the characters actions didn’t make sense or felt exaggerated. and i don’t know i just didn’t really understood the meaning of what was going on, this could’ve been such a beautiful story but it just. had a really random meaning and it didn’t really feel… important or significant in any way. nor consistent. so yeah.
a bit disappointed.
February 8, 2022
This one is the most like a soap opera yet. It's getting a bit dull, him running indy people from his past one by one. The emotions don't seem to make any sense either. He comes back from a funeral, his friends are asking for souvenirs? He tells his girlfriend about his troubled past, and she wants to punish him for it, then kiss him?
Maybe it's a cultural thing. His family having this deep shame for what he did instead of recognizing that he was a troubled youth, desperately searching for his individuality, seems so odd to me. Telling him his dying grandfather disliked him for it, even. It's ridiculous
Maybe it's a cultural thing. His family having this deep shame for what he did instead of recognizing that he was a troubled youth, desperately searching for his individuality, seems so odd to me. Telling him his dying grandfather disliked him for it, even. It's ridiculous
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 10, 2018
Things really heat up in the penultimate volume of this provocative series All I can say is that the drama increases and it only gets better from here. I really don't want to write a long review because I don't want to put any spoilers in for whoever hasn't read this volume yet, but all I can say is the artwork is still amazing. I just wish this series was longer. It is a great story with psychologically complex characters. I would recommended reading this series if you're into dark/ realistic comics/ manga.
January 7, 2023
Duríssima la tornada al poble i quina peneta la Kinoshita, que sent que la deixen enrere i està atrapada allà. Això sí, no m'esperava la maduresa de la relació del Kasugo i la Tokiwa . M'ha agradat molt, a veure si hi haurà traca final o no.
January 5, 2024
La verdad, es un manga excelente. Tuve la suerte de poder leerlo como un adulto, ya pasada la adolescencia, lo que me permitió apreciarlo con mayor profundidad desde una "distancia segura".
Trama entretenida, personajes profundos y bien diferenciados y cierto grado de identificación. Una de mis mejores lecturas del año pasado.
Es un manga que no dejo de recomendar.
Trama entretenida, personajes profundos y bien diferenciados y cierto grado de identificación. Una de mis mejores lecturas del año pasado.
Es un manga que no dejo de recomendar.
July 30, 2020
damn boiii thumbs up for kasuga not running away from situations like he used to before. He's ready to face his guilt, his ugly past and just wants to be out there with nothing to hide. I just want this manga to have a happy ending.
May 21, 2021
"Muerte... Va a morir, el abuelo se va a morir. Nacido en esta ciudad, muerto en esta ciudad, me iba a pasar lo mismo también. Yo dejé esta ciudad y todavía sigo vivo. Esta ciudad.... ¿en qué parte del mundo está?".
Reseña en el último y próximo tomo.
Reseña en el último y próximo tomo.
May 25, 2023
4/5
Nope, not the peak yet.
The final one is THE final one.
I'm honestly happy I kept going forward no matter what, I have to say I wasn't really a fan of the first half of the story, but thanks to this time skip we can see a very good character development, so it was much needed.
Nope, not the peak yet.
The final one is THE final one.
I'm honestly happy I kept going forward no matter what, I have to say I wasn't really a fan of the first half of the story, but thanks to this time skip we can see a very good character development, so it was much needed.
February 10, 2024
Pretty much tying up loose ends with this volume, Takao is getting closure, well as much as he can. There could’ve been so many wrong moments but thankfully nothing bad. Let’s see how this ends next volume.
February 3, 2017
Realmente mi reseña de este sería muy similar a la anterior, escribir sobre cada tomo a veces es difícil.
March 1, 2018
Boy goes to hometown, grandfather passes away. Meets another old classmate and learns the location of the bully girl. He and new girl go to see the bully girl. How will this end?
March 16, 2018
龍套被大家拋棄QQ喔
但是仲村為啥最後改變心意呢?
看不懂
但是仲村為啥最後改變心意呢?
看不懂
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 15, 2018
This’ll only be good if he kills her at the end.
February 5, 2019
These manga are one of the best I've read in Ma life ..
May 12, 2021
This manga went from insane to tame but it is still entertaining. A good depiction of character growth and stages we go through. One volume left.
July 21, 2021
OMG NOT THEM MEETING NAKAMURA
August 3, 2021
This is still weird but I appreciate the way things are beginning to wrap up.
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