The Flowers of Evil
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5Loved it!
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4Liked it!
22.0%
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3It was OK
16.6%
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2Disliked it
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1Hated it
8.3%
64
Average 3.8
767 votes
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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Yup, series is over. Dem tears. And christ, Nakamura is still running away from him. And holy fuck, she screamed her lungs out @ Takao. I'm not surprised though. Yup, all those memories this series lol. Well, it's over. The OST was weirddd. All the voices going around at once also reflects that. O, a knife :o I think there might also be a season 2.. |
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| So they just showed a bunch of shit they didn't adapt from the manga in the last part, and call that an ending? Utter rubbish. I did like seeing the panty dungeon though. |
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Suzie said: Amarrez said: So they just showed a bunch of shit they didn't adapt from the manga in the last part, and call that an ending? Utter rubbish. Agreed, man! It was freakin ridiculous!! I don't know what the hell everyone was on while watching this crap. There was nothing salvageable. They spent like half the episode in recap mode (lack of budget??) and then they throw some barely understandable parts from the manga in like a minute. Did I read that right, at the end "end of part 1"? Are you kidding me? Does that mean there's gonna be a part 2 made? I guess they had 2$ left and thought hey, that's enough for a season 2. Looks like they were planning another cour ahead of time... even if the BD/DVD sales are going to be terrible (possibly the lowest for Spring 2013). Maybe they are finally changing the animation style (by saving some budget) if there is a next season, LOL. |
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| That last episode was not very good. Especially if you haven't read the manga (might as well do it now.) I don't see this getting a second season either. They literally missed out on the most powerful scenes of the entire series. |
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amginex said: im a big fan but i gotta say, this ending is disappointing. down to 8 from 10 for me they did show what seems like a preview of the best scenes of the next chapters, hopefully a season 2 will be aired. did anyone else noticed? the ranking jumped from 6.32 to 7.18. the most it did so far Because after MAL notes a series as finished, the rating mechanism changes, so that only ratings of users who watched a bigger part(a third, if i remember well) of the episodes are counted. The 1/10-Ratings of those guys who dropped after ep. 1 aren't into the rating anymore. Also most users just rate after finishing a series, so it was obvious, the rating would change after the last episode. It ist the same with every show, just finished |
| In 9/10 cases, the worst thing about an anime is its fandom. |
| Second season. NOW. |
Kyon90 said: Second season. NOW. Ummmmm no. Shitty adaption. 4/10 |
HatsuyukiJun 30, 2013 4:01 AM
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CriticalShock said:  I really hope he's saying that there will be a second season because this can't end like this. He says : "I'm really sorry for having called everyone a shitworm!" |
| Wow. That was pretty bad. They just mixed a bunch of stuff together with no context. 6/10. Not bad, but not that good either. |
ZephysJun 30, 2013 3:02 AM
I can't say I was too surprised with how the ending turned out. Such a disappointment that we wouldn't get to see the festival ending. Ah well. |
| So the whole episode was a recap of previous episodes, and last 2 mins were about what will happen next. Wow what a final episode :/ There was so much potential, hope they can pull off a second season |
UnbornMVs said: Kyon90 said: Second season. NOW. Ummmmm no. Ummmm yes. I want to see the end of the first arc. Those scenes were cool. If there are = they have already filmed. |
| I actually liked this episode a lot. It was obvious from the beginning that they wouldn't be able to fit 30 or so chapters until the festival into 13 episodes, so I think this was a pretty fitting ending. And the 'preview' at the end was amazing. I do wonder why they said "end of part one' or whatever, though. I hope they follow through with that and give us a part two! |
| Hope this means we get a second season. I didn't think this episode was great, but it seemed to be hinting at part 2. I will probably pick the manga back up in the time being. Overall I thought it was good, it has flaws but also manages to develop an amazing atmosphere that you either appreciate or don't. I hate seeing people complain about slow pacing, things don't have to be fast paced and explain everything to you. Look at movies like 2001:Space Odyssey or Taxi Driver, those both have long periods of nothing but it all is to build up a certain feeling/atmosphere. I'm not saying Aku no Hana is even close to as good as those films, but it just irks me how everyone complains about a few minutes of slow walking with beautiful scenery. Oh well, I didn't think this was amazing or anything, but it was really nice to see a director doing something different and taking risks. Fingers crossed for a second season... |
| Amazing show, amazing adaptation. We won't have an anime this good in a long while |
| I for one loved this episode. |
| That was beautiful. I can definitely understand how the ending feels like a preview, but it also makes a powerful ending statement. Something like, "look at this shit. Everything just shit spirals into shit, forever. It only gets worse and there will never be a happy ending, ever." It depresses me, in a good way. |
JoshJun 29, 2013 8:57 PM
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| I feel I'm one of the few who actually liked this episode. Nakamura's VA was fucking amazing if nothing else can be said, and the animation quality has improved since the early episodes. And we got this awesome gif!  |
| ^Hahaha. Perfect "get out" gif. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| I adored this episode, and I especially like at the end when they hinted toward the major events in the manga. I have a good feeling there will be a second season. How they will fully animate those events they hinted at.. well.. that'll be interesting to see. |
| Amazing series. the best actually. and people who don't like Nakamura failed so hard it's funny. |
| I have a feeling it will get a second season. Though this episode was pretty bad. |
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flamingo-chan said: I don't understand people who complain every episode instead of dropping it if they don't like it. This show and many adaptations in general lack budget. This anime was made to promote the manga and it worked because since the anime started the manga had an increase on sales. The staff themselves knew most of people wouldn't like it but even the author agreed that this type of adaptation was suitable for the story. Well, apparently some people like to watch something they wouldn't enjoy and continue on watching it. I thought the anime was okay, if there possibly is a second season, I would like forward to it. |
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| Interesting final episode. The future flashforward showed most of the major events that will happen. Kind of spoiling it. 9/10 though, loved this anime. |
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| .. was expecting a little more. whatever, everything except this last episode was good. |
| I was expecting more for the final episode. Well, there were some images from part we didn't saw at all, could it be a signal for a second season? If so, I'm up for it! I will be reading the manga of this now.. That final was really open. |
| The magic Key work is not something you can explain, it's something that you let it happen .. It's very beautiful and masterful. |
| Please, please, please let there be a second season. petch said: I feel I'm one of the few who actually liked this episode. Nakamura's VA was fucking amazing if nothing else can be said, and the animation quality has improved since the early episodes. And we got this awesome gif! Episode was great, but no conclusion. Of course, people are going to cry, but if a second season is coming then this was a perfectly fine ending. |
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| Kind of spoilerific last ep, but also kind of awesome. I guess I'm one of the only people that actually liked this 9/10. I kinda doubt theres gonna be an s2, but the end of part 1 part gives me hope. Well off to read the manga. |
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| Well. From a production perspective, wouldn't it be a hell of a lot of work to create all those scenes for the montage? This is rotoscoping here, they have to find every location, set it up, get everyone there, act it out right, then animate it. Every single bit of it, for what we're only going to see for a few seconds? This is what is leading me to believe that 1. This ep didn't stem from "a lack of budget" and 2. second season could very well be in the works already 9/10 for me, one of the best shows I've seen in a while, and I feel so bad for people who couldn't get past the art style. |
| I hope for a second season. |
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| I'm at a complete loss of words for this series. Even 13 episodes later, I can't tell if I liked this or not. But something about it kept drawing me in despite my indifference. I really hope they decide to say fuck the piece of shit (Nakamura style y'know) sales and go for a season 2. I've only watched the anime, but it seemed like everything that happened in this "Part One" was laying down the foundation for bigger events to come. It has definitely made me want to pick up the manga though, no doubt. |
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RediceRyan said: Yeah, not big on that. Maybe it was just in case there wasn't a second season they could reveal what happened or allude to future events? I hope there will be one though. It seems like the creators think there will be. Interesting final episode. The future flashforward showed most of the major events that will happen. Kind of spoiling it. . Anyway the way the ED played throughout most of the episode and was replaced at the end was great. And the flower opening its eyes gave me chills. This was arguably the weakest episode yet, but it was still very good. |
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| I hope they do make a second season, because if they do. The people that said this series was disappointing, I guarantee you'll say it was amazing after the second. |
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MoeGalacticHero said: RediceRyan said: Yeah, not big on that. Maybe it was just in case there wasn't a second season they could reveal what happened or allude to future events? I hope there will be one though.Interesting final episode. The future flashforward showed most of the major events that will happen. Kind of spoiling it. . If not a second season, at least a movie. I believe they can fit all the major events that lead to the climax. |
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Amarrez said: So they just showed a bunch of shit they didn't adapt from the manga in the last part, and call that an ending? Utter rubbish. I did like seeing the panty dungeon though. This sums it up nicely |
| Well i can tell just by those hints that if they decide to make a second season i will be much better than the first one. Hypedforpart2/10 |
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