Alternative TitlesEnglish: Flower of Eden Synonyms: Eden's Flower, Flower of Eden Japanese: エデンの花
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 12
Chapters: 42
Status: Finished
Published: 2000 to 2004
StatisticsScore: 7.731 (scored by 527 users)
Ranked: #21592
Popularity: #2385
Members: 1,291
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SynopsisA schoolgirl who was adopted by a family experiences hardships at school and home. Her foster family treats her as Reika, their daughter who had died a couple years ago. Suddenly, her real blood-related brother appears before her, who has been searching for her for years. Now her life is turned upside down. Will she learn to trust other people again? (Source: MU) |
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Vinefeather
12 of 17 people found this review helpful
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42 chapters
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| Overall |
9 |
| Story |
9 |
| Art |
9 |
| Character |
8 |
| Enjoyment |
8 |
There are some strong incest themes in this, a warning to those who may be turned off by it. The story revolves around 15 year-old Midori, who has been adopted into a family where she has served as a replacement for their deceased child, Reika. Her foster brother rapes her frequently, causing her to become nearly suicidal. Now Tokio comes in, a guy looking for his long lost sister, and he eventually finds Midori. He then dramatically whisks her away and the two start living together as brother and sister. A ton of other things happen afterwards, and they learn more about each other, and their relationship strengthens. Interesting plot overall. 9.
The art was very realistic and detailed. The mangaka does a really good job with showing emotion through her drawings, and with expressing the darkness within the characters through their faces. 9.
The characters were okay in my opinion. Midori's character was quite well-developed and realistic, but Tokio seems too perfect at times. The other characters were about average, with average development. Character backgrounds were well done for the most part, however. 8.
Ienjoyed this personally, even though I'm not too big of a forbidden love fan. The characters' backgrounds got me, though. 8 for enjoyment.
Overall, I'll give this manga a 9, for a unique plot with characters with well-developed backgrounds, as well as realistic art. Even if you're not a fan of manga involving "forbidden romance", you might just enjoy it. read more
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I feel that Eden no Hana is similar to The Name of the Flower in many ways. The most profound similarity in my eyes though, has to be the severe depth of emotion it shows. The complex backgrounds to feelings found in Eden no Hana always keeps you on the edge of your seat. Another similarity is the relationship between characters. In Eden no Hana, The two main characters (Midori and Tokio) are said to be brother and sister reunited by Tokio's desire to find his long lost sister. Even though they are said to be related, they can not help but feel their hearts' beating at the thought of one being with another person, or even smiling innocently at each other. The same goes for The Name of the Flower- although they are not brother and sister, they are said to be distant Uncle and Niece. Another, more faint resemblance between the two manga is the connection to flowers. Both stories make comparisons to how ones' feelings are like the beauty or nature of a certain flower or plant. Overall, I feel that if you enjoyed The Name of the Flower, you will very much enjoy Eden no Hana.
Both series are about a girl falling in love with her relative.
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in both stories the girl protagonist has been sexually abused, and a guy comes along to protect her. they both fall in love along the way. the girlr is kind of a loner at the begining of each story, but while being with the guy they start to come out of their shells.
in eden no hana, the guy protagonist is a her brother
in mars they are different people but fall in love despite all that
Both are about a girl who have been sexually abused and so are traumatized, and they are both very quiet with no friends in school. Of course, because of their pasts, they can't trust anyone, but this soon changes when they meet a guy who will love them no matter what.
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