Series synopsis
Flowers of Evil, also known as 惡の華 is a Japanese animation drama television series that premiered on ANIMAX on April 5, 2013. It ended on June 29, 2013. It stars Shinichiroh Ueda, Mariya Ise and Yoko Hikasa.
The corrupt pure-love story revolves around Kasuga Takao, a bookish boy who loves the poems of Charles Baudelaire (the original author of the poetry collection "Les Fleurs du mal" or "Flowers of Evil"). One day after school, he discovers and steals the gym clothes of Saeki Nanako, the girl he has a crush on. However, he learns that Nakamura Sawa, a girl he loathes, happens to catch him in the act. Nakamura blackmails Kasuga into a contract, or else she will reveal his secret.
Premise
The corrupt pure-love story revolves around Kasuga Takao, a bookish boy who loves the poems of Charles Baudelaire (the original author of the poetry collection "Les Fleurs du mal" or "Flowers of Evil"). One day after school, he discovers and steals the gym clothes of Saeki Nanako, the girl he has a crush on. However, he learns that Nakamura Sawa, a girl he loathes, happens to catch him in the act. Nakamura blackmails Kasuga into a contract, or else she will reveal his secret.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Shinichiroh Ueda as Takao Kasuga (voice)
- Mariya Ise as Sawa Nakamura (voice)
- Yoko Hikasa as Nanako Saeki (voice)
Guest cast
- Katsutoshi Matsuzaki as Masakazu Yamada (voice)
- Ayako Uemura as Ai Kinoshita (voice)
- Shinya Hamazoe as Ken Kojima (voice)
- Sayuri Hara as Mayu Miyake (voice)
- Ai Kobayashi as Kasuga's mother (voice)
- Hiroshi Naka as Kasuga's father (voice)
- Nobuo Tobita as Yamashita (voice)
- Shuta Morishima as Class 1, Year 2 (voice)
- Nozomi Yamamoto as Class 1, Year 2 (voice)
- Kotori Koiwai as Class 1, Year 2 (voice)
- Yuko Takayama as Class 1, Year 2 (voice)
- Kanami Satou as Class 1, Year 2 (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 13 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 13 | April 5, 2013 | June 29, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Flowers of Evil 1 of 13 Takao Kasuga life is boring. Each day passes much like the one before, an endless cycle of going to school, coming home, sleeping, and then starting it all over again. Instead of doing the things that his friends do, Takao focuses his time on reading literature instead, in particular Charles Baudelaire’s Fleurs du mal. But something inside him is reaching its breaking point, and a flower of evil is about to bloom. |
April 5, 2013 |
| 2 |
Flowers of Evil 2 of 13 Takao steals Nanako’s gym cloths in a fit of stupidity and confusion, which weights heavily on his conscience as he sees the effect his actions have. Plagued by guilt, Takao is approached by Nakamura, who reveals that she saw him take the gym cloths. Takao’s problems continue to multiply as he’s slowly caught in a web of sin. |
April 12, 2013 |
| 3 |
Flowers of Evil 3 of 13 Forced by Nakamura into Saeki’s gym cloths, Kasuga finds himself blackmailed into spending even more time with his tormentor. Strangely though, when Nakamura is accused of stealing money Kasuga finds himself standing up for her. |
April 19, 2013 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ANIMAX |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 5, 2013 |
| Last aired | June 29, 2013 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Sunday at 22:00:00 |