Aku no Hana


Flowers of Evil

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Synonyms: Aku no Hana
Japanese: 惡の華
English: Flowers of Evil
German: Flowers of Evil
Spanish: Aku no Hana: Flowers of Evil
French: Flowers of Evil
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Type: TV
Episodes: 13
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 5, 2013 to Jun 30, 2013
Premiered: Spring 2013
Broadcast: Fridays at 22:00 (JST)
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Studios: Zexcs
Source: Manga
Genres: DramaDrama, RomanceRomance, SuspenseSuspense
Themes: PsychologicalPsychological, SchoolSchool
Demographic: ShounenShounen
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 7.141 (scored by 8210982,109 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #36262
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1096
Members: 233,299
Favorites: 3,214

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Synopsis

Takao Kasuga, a high school student fascinated by poetry, reveres Charles Baudelaire and even decorates his room with the poet's portrait. On a normal day, Takao forgets his copy of The Flowers of Evil in the classroom. When returning to retrieve it, he steals the sports garments of Nanako Saeki—a model student who Takao calls his muse and a femme fatale.

Deeply ashamed of his act which he sees as a sin and what others see as a crime, Takao realizes with horror that Sawa Nakamura, his classmate and social outcast, knows about his theft. Blackmailed by her, Takao is now forced to partake in Sawa's disturbing fantasies, lest she reveals his deeds to everyone. Caught in a negative spiral of increasingly traumatic experiences, will Takao be able to break free from Sawa's thorns and atone for his sins?

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Background

Aku no Hana is considered to be the first anime to extensively use rotoscoping. The anime adapts the first 20 chapters of the manga.

The series was released on Blu-ray and DVD in Japan from August 21, 2013 to December 25, 2013, and in North America by Sentai Filmworks on July 8, 2014.

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1: "Aku no Hana -Takao Kasuga- (惡の華 -春日高男-)" by Uchujin (with guest vocalist Noko)  (eps 1-3)
2: "Aku no Hana -Sawa Nakamura- (惡の華 -仲村佐和-)" by Uchujin (with guest vocalist Mariko Goto) (eps 4-6)
3: "Aku no Hana -Nanako Saeki- (惡の華 -佐伯奈々子-)" by Uchujin (with guest vocalist Shiho Nanba) (eps 7-9)
4: "Aku no Hana -Gunma-ken, Kiryuushi- (惡の華 -群馬県桐生市-)" by Uchujin (eps 11-13)
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Ending Theme

1: "Hana -a last flower- (花 -a last flower-)" by ASA-CHANG & JUNRAY (eps 1-4, 6, 9, 11-12)
2: "Hana -a last flower- ver.Z (花 -a last flower- ver.Z)" by ASA-CHANG & JUNRAY (eps 5, 10)
3: "Hana (花)" by ASA-CHANG & JUNRAY (eps 7)
4: "Hana -a last flower- ver.X (花 -a last flower- ver.X)" by ASA-CHANG & JUNRAY (eps 8)




Reviews

Oct 25, 2024
i have never written a review, but because of the low ratings of this one, i figured i'd give my two cents, in hopes this will bring even if it is just one person into the anime as this one was one i avoided due to the animation, and upon finishing it, this will be an anime i will remember.

the animation was made by tracing over actors from what i gather, so while its not the most beautiful anime art style, the realistic and genuine expressions were something i grew to find so very beautiful, especially in a story like this one.

the story can be ...
Nov 10, 2024
Mixed Feelings
Aku no Hana is one of those animes where you either get it, or you don't.

As one of the first few anime to use rotoscoping for it's animation, it fits the vibe and story incredibly well. It works well with the soundtrack to convey the feelings and experience of falling deeper and deeper into a hole until you can never get out. It feels raw, and you don't get that very often.

There are lots of interpretations of Aku no Hana— some say that it is about going through puberty. Some say that it is a metaphor for depression, and perhaps that is what makes it ...
Jan 9, 2024
FunnyFunny
We usually watch anime under the assumption that a story can't exist for no reason, right? Well come Aku no Hana, and as intriguing as the visuals of the flower of evil, the trailer and the first episode were, it just goes nowhere, it doesn't pick up up, the ratio of psychological tension to the events happening is unbalanced, so you have a bombshell moment that leads nowhere, it defeats the point of watching a show when there is no pay off.

So enduring 12 episodes of a wimpy male lead, the same bit over and over, a ditzy love interest, a sadistic purposeless bully was ...

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