Saka Mikami’s romantic comedy manga series The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity (known as Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku in Japan) will get a TV anime adaptation in 2025, following the announcement at Aniplex Online Fest 2024 today. CloverWorks (BOCCHI THE ROCK!) is confirmed to work on anime production.The anime’s official website and X (formerly Twitter) opened today, releasing a teaser trailer.
The manga author also posted a celebratory illustration.
The manga is serialized on Kodansha’s Magazine Pocket manga website since October 2021, with 13 tankobon volumes released to date. According to the trailer’s description, it has printed over three million copies in total as of September 2024.Kodansha USA started releasing the manga’s English edition in June 2024, and describes the series:
Chidori High is a boys’ school that takes in the dregs of society with the lowest grades. Next door stands Kikyo Girls’ High, where the wealthy, high-class families send their precious daughters. Chidori second-year Rintaro, who has a fierce face but a gentle heart, is helping at his family’s patisserie when he meets a girl named Kaoruko. The two hit it off right away…but this blissful peace is quickly disturbed when Rintaro discovers that Kaoruko is actually a student at Kikyo. Worse, she doesn’t seem to realize what a huge problem this really is! Will these two be able to forge a path for themselves, and sidestep the traps (metaphorical and literal) laid by their classmates?
Source: “The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity” TV anime official website / X (formerly Twitter)©Saka Mikami, Kodansha / “The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity” Production Committee
