The Flowers of Evil - Complete 3

After the climactic incident during the festival we are sent to a completely new locale 3 years later. Takao and Nakamura have been forcibly separated. Takao is now living with his parents in the suburbs of the big city and they mostly act like a normal happy family. Takao is in a new school and a typical middling student. And while he’s as awkward as ever he’s made some friends. Even more intriguingly-Takao may have found a girl to open up to. As with Nakamura this girl can see there’s more to Takao than meets the eye. But this time she’s the one who reintroduces him to literature... Review “Unlike [other manga]The Flowers of Evil understands that ’strength’ comes from great insecurities and weakness. However this ’strength’ is not about climbing mountains and emerging victorious. This involves strength in crossing the dark side of the mountain and how to bask in it-nourishing our personal demons...” -Otaku Champloo About the Author Only in his mid-thirties Shuzo Oshima is already considered a seasoned veteran of the Japanese comics community. Winner of the most important comics awards for newcomers the Tetsuya Chiba Awad in 2001 Oshima has been penning quirky slice-of-life dramas now for over a decade for major manga publishers including Kodansha. After drawing nine series Oshimis star began to rise in 2008 with the release of his first hitDrifting Net Cafe. This horror-themed homage to the legendary Kazu Umezzo workDrifting Classroom was adapted into a live-action series and propelled Oshimi onto an international stage. He would soon reach new heights in 2009 withThe Flowers of Evil. In 2010 and 2011 the property quietly landed on numerous must-read lists and helped revitalize the shonen genre.