The Flowers of Evil
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| The mangaka did a good job of using only art to show all that, quite a good chapter. Actually I think it's better this way, you know the mangaka showed us some very dark and twisted stuff but then showed us a way out, a solution and growth of the characters from their younger angsty experiences. If it just kept going in a downward spiral that would just be the author using it for his own vicarious thrill but instead the author is showing growth. |
inzarathaApr 13, 2014 2:33 PM
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| lovely chapter, can't wait to see how this ends |
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atomic_dawg said: OK... I think I get it... In chapter 55, Kasuga is in class and they're discussing The Flowers of Evil. The professor is focusing on the poem "Her Hair". He says the poem was composed for Jeanne Duval. He goes on to say that Baudelaire wrote many poems dedicated to her. Toward the end of chapter 55, Kasuga is in his apartment. He opens up a notebook and it's blank. Tokiwa shows up and asks him about the notebook. Kasuga says, "I haven't written anything in it, yet." Tokiwa responds, "What are you going to write?" Kasuga says, "I don't know yet.". Tokiwa spends the night, they make love and fall asleep. This leads right into chapter 56... In chapter 56... What do you guys/girls think? Very good! Now I don't have to explain. >:) |
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| The whole chapter was a dream. The ending showed Kasuga waking up after his first night with Tokiwa. Very powerful symbolism though. |
| I don't... this is... um... what? |
| funny. |
| I don't even know what's going on anymore... but the ending better not be shit. |
| IMO the mere fact that they made everyone's happiness into a dream means that the events in his dream are not going to happen. If they were going to happen then why make them a dream sequence? Why not just make it reality and leave out the part where he wakes up? If the next chapter is going to end the same, then why even make it? For this reason I think we're going to get a twist ending. Something that truly connects the second half of this series with the first. I think Nakamura is going to show up at Kasuga's door and tell him why she pushed him off the stage. And that's going to change everything. |
| A bit confused. MAL says there's 58 chapters total but the next one is the final. Is it going to be a double chapter or is that just wishful thinking? As for this chapter, wow middle aged Kasuga was so surreal, like looking at a whole new person. I like how it fast forwarded his life in his dream and the strong focus on imagery rather than words. Also got a good laugh out of the last page with Saeki's picture and a big fat "LOSE" slapped on top of it. |
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| I'm having a bad feeling something fuck up gonna happen. |
The higher I get , The lower I'll sink. |
Ratohnhaketon said: A bit confused. MAL says there's 58 chapters total but the next one is the final. Is it going to be a double chapter or is that just wishful thinking? I'm guessing they're counting chapter 17.5 I usually see Mal chapters don't usually add up to the actual chapters, so special chapters are probably counted. |
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| what the actual fuck. Is this really about to end in 2 chapter? D: AMSOSAD |
| i liked the ending i mean it wasnt the best and of course the ending was rushed and alittle weird but at least it some what had a satisfying ending to me anyway. Very good manga i hope no one skips this cause they see a few people bashing on how it ended .__. |
| Be It 10 or 1000 Men, The End Result Will Be The Same.. |
| Sex with Tokiwa was so mind-blowing that it made Kasuga see the future. That sums it up and maaaan I'm jealous.... lol I would love if the manga ended, showing everyone grown-up and happy. On the last few pages we would see Kasuga (who'd be married to Tokiwa) passing by Nakamura in the street and then going on separate ways without talking, but with smiles on their faces, because they would recognize each other. Basically, almost what this chapter showed us without the "It was all a dream" part. I hope Oshimi Shuuzou has something good saved for last, because reading this manga was an amazing experience |
NaughtyNoddyMay 30, 2014 9:08 AM
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| So I finished the anime around 1:30pm (I started it about 6am...went out for 2 hours before resuming) and immediately after that I started reading the manga (took a break when I got to chapter 34 to play my 360 for a tiny bit) and just finished it. It would be nice to see a 2nd season but I've heard that the DVD and Blu-Ray sales for season 1 wasn't very good....is this true though? So after finishing the manga, chapter 56 deals with Kasuga having a dream after having sex with Aya, where it depicts his future desires and hopes everyone else gets a happy ending with Sawa potentially getting her whole family back, Saeki and Kinoshita reuniting, I think there's one for Saeki having a family...not sure who it was on chapter 56 page 15. However, he wakes up and realises he's still at university and is still going out with Aya, who's great. The final chapter showed us how Sawa saw her world at that time and the whole "other side" thing was probably her way of saying she wants to live with her mother rather than her father as the town she ends up moving to can be read as "the other side". After finishing that manga, I felt a little empty beacuse even though it was bittersweet...it did sting a little but it really was an incredible read. I'm so glad I just decided to just do it....I had been holding off it for a while because the anime was retro-scoped, which I ended up not being bothered by it and in a weird way I appreciated it. I gave both the anime and manga a 10/10 |
| It was all just a dream. Seemed so plausible. |
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atomic_dawg said: OK... I think I get it... In chapter 55, Kasuga is in class and they're discussing The Flowers of Evil. The professor is focusing on the poem "Her Hair". He says the poem was composed for Jeanne Duval. He goes on to say that Baudelaire wrote many poems dedicated to her. Toward the end of chapter 55, Kasuga is in his apartment. He opens up a notebook and it's blank. Tokiwa shows up and asks him about the notebook. Kasuga says, "I haven't written anything in it, yet." Tokiwa responds, "What are you going to write?" Kasuga says, "I don't know yet.". Tokiwa spends the night, they make love and fall asleep. This leads right into chapter 56... In chapter 56... What do you guys/girls think? I like your insight. It makes a lot of sense and would be a logical way for this story to go full circle. |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| Fuckin hell. I'm not gonna lie. I'm disappointed. I was hoping for a fucked up ending. Seems like it's just going to wrap everything up all nicely with a little bow. Fuck that. |
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| Seems like everybody will get a happy ending |
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| I guess there's two ways to interpret this. One is that this is all a dream, a story that will happen later and Kasuga will write it for himself. The other possibility is that is all happened, but then we jump back to a younger Kasuga, unaware of what will happen to him later. But yeah, it's most likely a dream, and that dream is what inspires Kasuga to start writing. 4/5 |
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| Well then, that's a pleasant dream to write about in your diary Kasuga. For a second I thought the entire manga was a dream when I saw him wake up but quickly realized it was his own room seeing the note Tokiwa left him. Time for Kasuga to write his own verson of "Aku no Hana / Flowers of Evil". Thought the message was clear when he decided to finally write in his "diary" after he woke up. This future can still happen, maybe not as accurate but I have a feeling that Kasuga will end up just fine, have kids with Tokiwa maybe etc. |
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| I'm glad he ended up with Tokiwa in the end. |
"At some point, I stopped hoping." |
| i was expecting something so much more darker lol this bitch nakamura didnt die ..... disappointed 5/10 |
tragedydesuDec 10, 2016 10:55 AM
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atomic_dawg said: OK... I think I get it... In chapter 55, Kasuga is in class and they're discussing The Flowers of Evil. The professor is focusing on the poem "Her Hair". He says the poem was composed for Jeanne Duval. He goes on to say that Baudelaire wrote many poems dedicated to her. Toward the end of chapter 55, Kasuga is in his apartment. He opens up a notebook and it's blank. Tokiwa shows up and asks him about the notebook. Kasuga says, "I haven't written anything in it, yet." Tokiwa responds, "What are you going to write?" Kasuga says, "I don't know yet.". Tokiwa spends the night, they make love and fall asleep. This leads right into chapter 56... In chapter 56... What do you guys/girls think? 2.5 years later.... =P I was just thinking that his writing would be dedicated to her, she's not just his inspiration, she's the person to whom he writes. Great catch with the hair and flower symbolism, I was wondering why the flower looked like that, it makes so much sense this way. Thank you! ^^ |
| Damn damn damn that was nice story telling with just pictures showing a happy ending between all of them |
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| Just when I thought it's finally ending on a good note, it's just a dream? whoah, I'd be glad if that would be the ending tho. So happy. |
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| Hmmm, it was a dream. Now I'm curious to see how this will really end. |
| So that happy moments was just Kasuga's writing ? Or did he dream after they finishes having sex ? Mod Edit: Merged duplicated posts; please use the edit button. |
anime-primeJul 5, 2021 3:06 PM
| Everything is moving forward with the characters. And Kasuga will start writing. |
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