The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity

The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity
Cover art of the first volume, featuring Rintarou Tsumugi (left) and Kaoruko Waguri (right)
薫る花は凛と咲く
(Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku)
GenreRomantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written bySaka Mikami
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintShōnen Magazine Comics
MagazineMagazine Pocket
DemographicShōnen
Original runOctober 20, 2021 – present
Volumes13
Anime television series
StudioCloverWorks
Original run 2025 – scheduled
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The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity (薫る花は凛と咲く, Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Saka Mikami. It began serialization on Kodansha's Magazine Pocket manga website and app in October 2021. An anime television series adaptation produced by CloverWorks is set to premiere in 2025.

Characters

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Rintarō Tsumugi (紬 凛太郎, Tsumugi Rintarō)
Kaoruko Waguri (和栗 薫子, Waguri Kaoruko)
Usami Shōhei (翔平 宇佐美, Shōhei Usami)
Saku Natsusawa (夏沢 朔, Natsusawa Saku)
Ayato Yorita (依田 絢斗, Yorita Ayato)
Subaru Hoshina (保科 昴, Hoshina Subaru)
Kyōko Tsumugi (紬 杏子, Tsumugi Kyōko)

Media

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Manga

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Written and illustrated by Saka Mikami, The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity began serialization on Kodansha's Magazine Pocket website and app on October 20, 2021. The series has been collected in thirteen volumes as of July 2024.[2]

Kodansha publishes the series in English on their K Manga service.[3] At Anime Expo 2023, Kodansha USA announced that the series would be published in print starting in Q2 2024.[4]

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 March 9, 2022[5]978-4-06-526609-0June 4, 2024[6]979-8-88-877138-9
  1. Rintaro and Kaoruko
  2. Chidori and Kikyo
  3. Exam Crunch
  1. Kaoruko's Friend
  2. Study Session
2 May 9, 2022[7]978-4-06-527851-2August 6, 2024[8]979-8-88-877139-6
  1. Subaru Hoshina
  2. Warmth of the Heart
  3. Their Friendship
  4. Waguri-san's Existence
  1. Self-Loathing
  2. I Love You!
  3. Rintaro and Subaru
  4. Mother
3 July 8, 2022[9]978-4-06-528386-8October 8, 2024[10]979-8-88-877140-2
  1. My Beloved Place
  2. Coolest Guy Ever
  3. Sports Festival
  4. Thawing
  1. Aquarium
  2. The Meaning of These Feelings
  3. The Rainclouds Pass
  4. Blond Hair and Pierced Ears
4 September 9, 2022[11]978-4-06-529144-3December 3, 2024[12]979-8-88-877141-9
  1. A Mother's Feelings
  2. Study Group of Six
  3. Beyond the Curtains
  4. Early Summer Sorrows
  1. Yorita and Rintaro
  2. Group Chat
  3. Waguri-san's Birthday
  4. July 22nd
5 November 9, 2022[13]978-4-06-529641-7——
  1. The Long-Awaited Birthday
  2. Impressions
  3. How to Spend a Summer Break
  4. Bewilderment at the Beachside
  1. I Want to Be Here
  2. Sparklers
  3. I Like You
  4. Summer Festival
6 January 6, 2023[14]978-4-06-530334-4——
  1. Rintaro’s Feelings
  2. Confession
  3. Kaoruko and Rintaro
  4. The Morning After
  1. Change
  2. Shopping Together
  3. Status Report
  4. Natsusawa’s Birthday
7 March 9, 2023[15]978-4-06-530959-9——
8 May 9, 2023[16]978-4-06-531601-6——
9 August 8, 2023[17]978-4-06-532607-7——
10 November 9, 2023[18]978-4-06-533508-6——
11 January 9, 2024[19]978-4-06-534168-1——
12 April 9, 2024[20]978-4-06-535156-7——
13 July 9, 2024[2]978-4-06-536120-7——
14 October 9, 2024[21]978-4-06-537044-5——

Anime

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An anime television series adaptation was announced during the Aniplex Online Fest event on September 16, 2024. It will be produced by CloverWorks and is set to premiere in 2025.[22]

Reception

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The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity was nominated for the 2022 Next Manga Awards in the web category and was ranked sixth out of fifty nominees.[23] The series was also nominated for the Tsutaya Comic Awards and ranked second.[24] It ranked seventh in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2023.[25] The series was nominated for the 47th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category in 2023;[26] it was also nominated in the same category for the 48th edition in 2024.[27]

The series has over 3.3 million copies in circulation by September 2024.[28]

References

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  21. ^ 薫る花は凛と咲く（１４）. Kodansha. Archived from the original on August 29, 2024. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
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  27. ^ Cayanan, Joanna (April 8, 2024). "48th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Nominees Announced". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on April 8, 2024. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
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