Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku
The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity
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Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: The Fragrant Flowers Bloom with Dignity
Japanese: 薫る花は凛と咲く
English: The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity
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Type: Manga
Volumes: Unknown
Chapters: Unknown
Status: Publishing
Published: Oct 21, 2021 to ?
Genres: Drama Drama, Romance Romance
Theme: School School
Serialization: Magazine pocket
Authors: Mikami, Saka (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 8.821 (scored by 3444334,443 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #332
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #141
Members: 105,148
Favorites: 6,927

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Synopsis

Despite being adjacent to one another, Chidori Public High School and the all-girls Kikyo Private Academy seem to exist in two different worlds. While the latter boasts an immaculate reputation and favors students from wealthy backgrounds, the former is a nest for dim-witted delinquents. Everyone at Kikyo harbors a deep hatred for their Chidori neighbors.

Sixteen-year-old Rintarou Tsumugi is a student at Chidori whose intimidating face leads people to avoid him. Rintarou pays no mind to this, as he is content with his group of friends. However, there is something he has not told them yet: sometimes, he helps out at his family's cake shop.

One day at work, Rintarou sees a customer at a table, but she runs off before he can talk to her. The next day, he receives an apology from the girl, Kaoruko Waguri, who explains that she did not run away because of his appearance and that she believes Rintarou is a kind-hearted person. Although he is not used to Kaoruko's bright personality, Rintarou looks forward to forming a friendship with her. There is just one obstacle that stands in his way: Kaoruko is a Kikyo student!

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku was nominated for the 47th and 48th Kodansha Manga Awards in the Shounen category in 2023 and 2024, respectively.

The series has been simulpub digitally in English as The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity through K Manga. The volumes have been published by Kodansha USA since June 4, 2024.

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Reviews

Jun 6, 2022
Preliminary (14/? eps)
Just by looking at the cover picture, you can tell it is another "Romeo and Juliet", "Delinquent and smart girl" cliche slapped together. However, the mangaka is able to turn these overused tropes into something amazing and wholesome that other mangas with the same plot simply could not accomplish.

The plot is simple: we start of from the perspective of a delinquent guy, our male lead Tsumugi Rintaro from a low-ranked public high school, coincidentally meeting with a petite girl, our female lead Kaoruko Waguri from a prestigious all-girls high school, at a cake shop owned by Rintaro's mom. Both schools are also coincidentally next to ...
Dec 11, 2024
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (52/? eps)
This is your typical melodramatic romance manga where nobody seems to act like human beings, but rather like actors in some larger than life play. Something as commonplace as going to the beach with friends is turned into an absurdly cathartic, life-changing event, with hearty and sobbing speeches about friendship and how much life has changed and how much they've been through in just those few chapters. And everyone is constantly on edge about something or other, and then nothing can be solved in a subtle or simple manner, everything should and will be aggrandised for dramatic effect. People are constantly walking on eggshells, blushing, ...
Jun 29, 2024
Preliminary (37/? eps)
Totally, completely mediocre. The Romeo & Juliet angle is somehow both forced and incredibly underutilized at the same time, and there really isn't much else besides the neat and orderly succession of every single romance trope you've ever seen a million times before with no significant variations or surprises.

I knew it was time to drop this series when I could skim through and read maybe one out of ten speech bubbles and have no confusion about the plot or characters.

Genuinely, if this story seems appealing on a level besides the art style, I'd recommend getting the same experience from more influential works that ...

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