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  • čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
  • Flowers Of Evil or Aku No Hana is a very disturbing psychological manga, so if you aren't up for that. Stay away.
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  • @psychoboy7322
    @psychoboy7322 Před 3 lety +6716

    Masked: don't read this manga
    All of us: he's using reverse psychology.

    • @piratepat44
      @piratepat44 Před 3 lety +26

      clickbait*
      but yeah

    • @chadshad672
      @chadshad672 Před 3 lety +5

      Where do i read it

    • @DG-ts1wr
      @DG-ts1wr Před 3 lety +3

      It’s a roller coaster

    • @kvb_4117
      @kvb_4117 Před 3 lety +6

      @@chadshad672 mangasee123 is my favorite online sight. but buying manga helps support mangaka so if you can buy manga. but i understand

    • @bobjim245
      @bobjim245 Před 3 lety +1

      But... I cant.... help... READING IT!!!

  • @bruhwhatswrongwitchu2458
    @bruhwhatswrongwitchu2458 Před 3 lety +8044

    he's saying this is a "disturbing psychological manga", clearly never read spongebob squarepants like bro there is slavery and everything in there

  • @RogersBase
    @RogersBase Před 3 lety +3482

    This, alongside Attack on Titan, was the VERY FIRST manga I ever did live reactions/reviews for. Many of those videos no longer exist since I was using panels and they've been banished to the void century but I'm so glad you finally read this!

  • @wanaisya1805
    @wanaisya1805 Před 3 lety +1197

    Masked: Don't read this manga
    Others: Suddenly, we are Jared, 19

    • @emmakeri973
      @emmakeri973 Před 3 lety +22

      Doesn’t that mean you can’t read the manga though 🤔

    • @Sammy-yf2sb
      @Sammy-yf2sb Před 3 lety +11

      😩✨"Hi i'm jared 9 and i never fucking learned how to read'

    • @isthatawormwildbowreferenc4562
      @isthatawormwildbowreferenc4562 Před 3 lety +3

      @@Sammy-yf2sb
      the manga was
      music
      but jared
      was deaf
      - masked

    • @InsaneLaughter01
      @InsaneLaughter01 Před rokem +1

      The horrifying fact that at some point that will be a super obscure meme.

  • @kaisuskii2325
    @kaisuskii2325 Před 3 lety +4306

    title of vid: “stay away from this manga”
    me: “is that a challenge?”

  • @slimxafton
    @slimxafton Před 3 lety +4869

    He knows we’re going to read it anyway...😈

  • @ajigagah10
    @ajigagah10 Před 3 lety +1295

    For me "Stay away from this..." Is even more compelling than "You need to read this..."

    • @igiveup5585
      @igiveup5585 Před 3 lety +6

      I watched the first ep of anime based on this manga and it was boring so I dropped it but Im gonna continue watching it I came to watch it because of the ending song

    • @titel9870
      @titel9870 Před 3 lety +25

      @@igiveup5585 Honestly recommend reading the manga instead of watching the anime

    • @cybunny25
      @cybunny25 Před 3 lety +4

      Good old reverse psychology

    • @rebecca8866
      @rebecca8866 Před 3 lety +1

      Yea fr it's like reverse psychology

    • @liquideeriemusic4691
      @liquideeriemusic4691 Před 2 měsíci

      more taunting and provoking 😅

  • @MLGHazrad
    @MLGHazrad Před 3 lety +538

    Psychological horror is my Kryptonite. The more realistic the premise, the more I get scared because of the idea that something like this may happen

    • @Drugon-Dag
      @Drugon-Dag Před 3 lety +5

      If you like disturbing stuff of any genre than I definitely reccomend The novel "Blood meridian" the literature is above that of shake spears imo

    • @everinghall8622
      @everinghall8622 Před 3 lety +23

      Horror grounded in reality is the best

    • @hachikos
      @hachikos Před 3 lety +12

      a lot of the time what creeps me out most about psych horror manga is how real & relatable they are

    • @emotapw
      @emotapw Před 3 lety

      Same

    • @ArunSingh-id6ey
      @ArunSingh-id6ey Před 3 lety

      @@Drugon-Dag you mean the book by Connan? The western drama, right?

  • @lilveltheplayer2164
    @lilveltheplayer2164 Před 3 lety +1946

    Masked Man: *Stay away from this manga*
    Me: *Proceeds to go and read it*

  • @mr.toastbread1514
    @mr.toastbread1514 Před 3 lety +1298

    Masked Man: stay away from this manga
    Me: already completed it

  • @lachlanle7940
    @lachlanle7940 Před 3 lety +399

    The Aku no Hana anime is one of the most divisive anime out there due to it being a full-on rotoscoping anime and that the art style is so different from the manga counterpart. However, I think this is a bold and suitable choice as it extrapolates the realism of the manga, creating an uncomfortable atmosphere. It makes more sense why Shuzo Oshimi approved of this tactile approach that the director Hiroshi Nagahama (Mushi-shi) wanted to take to explore the themes of adolescence, isolation, and perversion.

    • @Conturnal
      @Conturnal Před 3 lety +44

      It's so sad that so many people hate it because it's different. The end of the series showing some of the "second season" that never happened makes me so sad. It also has an incredible soundtrack!

    • @asdfgasdfg8006
      @asdfgasdfg8006 Před 3 lety

      What do you prefer, manga or anime version?

    • @Conturnal
      @Conturnal Před 3 lety +21

      @@asdfgasdfg8006 I definitely think the manga is better, but the anime is so unique and interesting that I think people should give it a go.

    • @asdfgasdfg8006
      @asdfgasdfg8006 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Conturnal Oh okay, well Im thinking of reading the manga first, what would ur recommend?

    • @Conturnal
      @Conturnal Před 3 lety +8

      @@asdfgasdfg8006 I found it through the anime and then read the manga whilst listening to the soundtrack of the anime and it was amazing, it's like the best of both. But do what is easiest for you!

  • @xynerash
    @xynerash Před 3 lety +471

    This is the best manga that I've ever read, i love how disturbing it is.
    Even the animation choice for the anime pretty much describes the weirdness and how distorted the story and the characters truly are.
    Obviously if you don't like disturbing mangas, i wouldn't recommend it

    • @MaizConLechee
      @MaizConLechee Před 3 lety +33

      RIGHT?? the animation choice was PERFECT. I couldn't have imagined it with an anime style

    • @BeastRedAsh
      @BeastRedAsh Před 2 lety +7

      It's so sad, that they haven't finished the anime adaptation, even though they had material made for it 😭

    • @user-xh6ju3pg8c
      @user-xh6ju3pg8c Před 2 lety +5

      @@MaizConLechee and the director is now working for Uzumaki

    • @larzforever248
      @larzforever248 Před 2 lety +1

      Read Chi No Wadachi if you like disturbing manga.

    • @Migixkem
      @Migixkem Před 2 lety +4

      yeah but the manga character design is like so much better but i guess that would remove the disturbing part

  • @teeemtee5739
    @teeemtee5739 Před 3 lety +1569

    Read it when i was like 15 in 1 night. It was so engrossing. As an adult i have criticisms but it is extremely unique. And like you said it has an actually somewhat happy ending

  • @kahltdad7966
    @kahltdad7966 Před 3 lety +924

    Read this as a kid, shit traumatized 10 year old me.

    • @pratikchakraborty6354
      @pratikchakraborty6354 Před 3 lety +168

      you read this shit as a 10 y/o?!

    • @Pixey003
      @Pixey003 Před 3 lety +178

      @@pratikchakraborty6354 some parents don’t know about manga so they just buy it for their kid thinking it’s just a normal comic

    • @nicrules77
      @nicrules77 Před 3 lety +166

      @@Pixey003 or you just read it online 😂

    • @Pixey003
      @Pixey003 Před 3 lety +50

      @@nicrules77 that too

    • @mirai2806
      @mirai2806 Před 3 lety +28

      Ikr?
      When i saw the video title and thumbnail I was like “tell that to my 12 yo self lol”

  • @benhall6206
    @benhall6206 Před 3 lety +536

    “Don’t read this manga”
    Us: “Or what?”

    • @ookipuki
      @ookipuki Před 6 měsíci +1

      Fking love that photo of 2-D

  • @twopointjumper
    @twopointjumper Před 3 lety +228

    To be honest, during my reading of Flowers Of Evil, I never found it disturbing in general, it made me feel uncomfortable and unsettled in it's general aspect, the only thing I found disturbing in a way was Takao's descend to madness during the time he decided to get closer to Nakamura. Overall it was a unsettling read.
    And the ending was better than I anticipated at the time during my reading of it, overall it was a good ending, but a bittersweet one.

    • @Krisliet
      @Krisliet Před 3 lety +35

      To me it was a happy ending in general. MC is dating a woman who truly loves him and studying something he loves since he was a kid.
      The only "bad" part for me is that we finally undersotood Nakamura has really no salvation at all. She will hate humans till the day she dies and that's sad.

    • @twopointjumper
      @twopointjumper Před 3 lety +19

      @@Krisliet though she still has hate with humans, she has found some sort of peace and doesn't want to lose it as she implored (in some some of way, she was begging) Takao to stay away so that she didn't devolve to her old self.

    • @vivvy_0
      @vivvy_0 Před 3 lety +2

      @@Krisliet which why it’s a bad end to me personally

    • @Krisliet
      @Krisliet Před 3 lety +15

      @@vivvy_0 well, i guess the author was trying to say that no matter how hard we try, some people just can't be saved.
      I can see why someone would see that as a bad end, but, considering everything that happend, and how well MC did after all that, maybe saving Nakamura was a little bit too much?
      I honestly though he wouldn't be able to resist her in the end and his GF would leave him and he would ruin his life. So I got happy with just a little bit of optmism.

    • @twopointjumper
      @twopointjumper Před 3 lety +5

      @@Krisliet I agree with you but in general, the only one who won in the end was Takao, he was the only one who ended being happy in life. Because in the end Saeki made herself believe she was happy with her boyfriend, only to find out she was unhappy in the end, and Nakamura didn't really change after the incident, only thing that changed from her was her aspect and behavior, but in the inside, she's still the same.
      In the end, Saeki was unhappy.
      In the end, Nakamura failed to change.
      In the end, Kasuga was truly happy.

  • @FunnyValentine_1889
    @FunnyValentine_1889 Před 3 lety +544

    Too late, I've already read that lol.

    • @aberrant814
      @aberrant814 Před 3 lety +29

      Maybe the other Valentines didn't tho.

    • @limptoast
      @limptoast Před 3 lety +18

      Looks like you took the first napkin

    • @notacutemf
      @notacutemf Před 3 lety

      Dajyoon

    • @jack_lol
      @jack_lol Před 3 lety

      You can be whatever you want, bug there is always some JoJo reference, clip, or some fan of it.

    • @FunnyValentine_1889
      @FunnyValentine_1889 Před 3 lety +13

      @@jack_lol Suppose that you were sitting down at this table. The napkins are in front of you, which napkin would you take? The one on your ‘left’? Or the one on your ‘right’? The one on your left side? Or the one on your right side? Usually you would take the one on your left side. That is ‘correct’ too. But in a larger sense on society, that is wrong. Perhaps I could even substitute ‘society’ with the ‘Universe’. The correct answer is that ‘It is determined by the one who takes his or her own napkin first.’ …Yes? If the first one takes the napkin to their right, then there’s no choice but for others to also take the ‘right’ napkin. The same goes for the left. Everyone else will take the napkin to their left, because they have no other option. This is ‘society’… Who are the ones that determine the price of land first? There must have been someone who determined the value of money, first. The size of the rails on a train track? The magnitude of electricity? Laws and Regulations? Who was the first to determine these things? Did we all do it, because this is a Republic? Or was it Arbitrary? NO! The one who took the napkin first determined all of these things! The rules of this world are determined by that same principle of ‘right or left?’! In a Society like this table, a state of equilibrium, once one makes the first move, everyone must follow! In every era, this World has been operating by this napkin principle. And the one who ‘takes the napkin first’ must be someone who is respected by all. It’s not that anyone can fulfill this role… Those that are despotic or unworthy will be scorned. And those are the ‘losers’. In the case of this table, the ‘eldest’ or the ‘Master of the party’ will take the napkin first… Because everyone ‘respects’ those individuals. Dojyaaa~~n! My heart and actions are utterly unclouded. They are all those of justice. You experienced it, didn't you? Only things of happiness and beauty gather towards the corpse.
      Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.

  • @ScottOrKaze
    @ScottOrKaze Před 2 lety +104

    Read this series recently at 23. I know I would've found the story deeply relatable if I read this at a closer age to the characters, 14-17, as I suffered from severe depression through that stage of my life. However, reading it as an adult I can truly appreciate the ending. I'm still moving on from traumas in my life, but I'm in a much better place, and I love that the ending shows that despite some major traumas that can happen, you can overcome it and achieve closure

  • @Dartytf2
    @Dartytf2 Před 3 lety +158

    im really happy that people are still talking about this manga, while not alot of people liked the anime with how the animation was done via rotoscoping, i honestly think this is a under-rated manga/anime. i love it so much.

    • @snaek2594
      @snaek2594 Před rokem +2

      I have no issues with the rotoscoping. Someone had to act, and artists had to accentuate. It was a little off in the first episode, to be honest, but I got used to it and didn't dislike it by the end of the anime.

    • @dokoria6526
      @dokoria6526 Před rokem +5

      Honestly loved everything about the anime, just sucks that there was no season 2. Most annoying thing is the MC himself. In the anime anyway.

    • @gaugea
      @gaugea Před rokem

      @@dokoria6526 i just watched the anime and ong he was so frustrating. the animation was gorgeous though

    • @dawidson_ziom
      @dawidson_ziom Před rokem +1

      I think it was the best idea to use rotoscoping for this anime. This just gives such a unique vibe that fits the anime better than anything

    • @mikasablackerman6776
      @mikasablackerman6776 Před rokem

      I liked the animation. It was something different and refreshing

  • @bradboss7701
    @bradboss7701 Před 3 lety +127

    This is unironically in my personal top 3 at any time. Its way more flawed than something like punpun but I deeply relate to this story, its beautiful in so many ways and has such a beautiful way of making you relate to it. I felt genuinely concerned if the characters were happy at the end and it really made me feel like this is a path I could have gone down as a person and I know I'm not the only one who feels this way. Can't recommend enough for people who love narrative driven stories and really want to self reflect on their darkest thoughts and what that means about oneself

    • @shesho6162
      @shesho6162 Před 2 lety +4

      PunPun suffers from its up front and easy to understand style which is a huge flaw, having information given to you on a silver platter only hurts the well crafted story , Aku no hana in a sense is much more "flawless" since it does what its trying to do very well imo

    • @adi-qx8ls
      @adi-qx8ls Před 4 měsíci

      PunPun'a way better than this bro.

    • @adi-qx8ls
      @adi-qx8ls Před 4 měsíci

      PunPun's way better than this bro.

  • @junya_24
    @junya_24 Před 3 lety +305

    anything made by Shūzō Oshimi is creepy and uncomfortable

    • @tdv10
      @tdv10 Před 3 lety +67

      Creepily and uncomfortably good

    • @iwillbe7214
      @iwillbe7214 Před 3 lety +28

      @@tdv10 well said. i read all of his mangas and they are all top ten on my list. am waiting for a trail of blood to finish so i can binge it

    • @junya_24
      @junya_24 Před 3 lety +8

      @@tdv10 Now we just need masked to read ichi the killer

    • @obiwan8972
      @obiwan8972 Před 3 lety +6

      @@iwillbe7214 is in the end game my man 😣

    • @drayggenndraygenn7005
      @drayggenndraygenn7005 Před 3 lety +9

      He someone creates imagry that psychologically corners you. And the expressions feel too real

  • @AJPzaworld
    @AJPzaworld Před 3 lety +147

    Nice to know you’ve read No Longer Human-even if it was the manga adaptations, which are not the best representation of the original novel. I love the novel, and knowing how much of it was based on the author Osamu Dazai’s real life trauma always broke my heart. Man suffered horrifically in life, and never really felt a sense of happiness. That whole novel was basically an explanation from him about why he and his wife decided to end it all.
    Seeing as Flowers of Evil is in the same vein, I’ll definitely try and give it a read. Depressing media is something I adore.

    • @ativaadzem566
      @ativaadzem566 Před 3 lety +4

      I think you would watch the movie " No longer Human" , live-action. It talks about the event Osamu went through before writting the novel. It was beautiful 😭😭😭

  • @LeA-xq9nj
    @LeA-xq9nj Před 3 lety +242

    I read it when i was 12, i was searching for ano hana but affected my whole future mentality instead 😂😂

  • @cosmicklutz1675
    @cosmicklutz1675 Před 3 lety +66

    Read it years ago and this manga legit gave me an existential crisis, I was crying uncontrollably for an hour coming down to the end. I remember wanting to have someone untether me from my mundane life too, what a wild experience.
    The only other manga that made me cry uncontrollably was metamorphosis

    • @Tommy-bb7uy
      @Tommy-bb7uy Před 3 lety +12

      Metamorphosis is another level of depressing, man.

    • @akitsuki1149
      @akitsuki1149 Před 3 lety +3

      Ahhhh, the ptsd of metamorphosis is coming back to me, please send help

  • @natanfabros
    @natanfabros Před 3 lety +65

    Actually the ending makes me cry, what a masterpiece manga

  • @daytimelantern6570
    @daytimelantern6570 Před 3 lety +82

    Spoilers
    If you just read the manga
    Wacth the episode with the classroom painting the directing is just amazing

  • @lyndidasi8421
    @lyndidasi8421 Před 3 lety +116

    I read it when I was 13 or 14, i found it really interesting. I couldn't really understand everything and also i found it weird , but that's why it was so interesting to read, i had never read a manga like this before. I can't even count how many times I've re-read some chapters.

  • @sethtone8634
    @sethtone8634 Před 3 lety +85

    what's truly crazy is if you can relate to the characters feelings on some level.

  • @soullessgintoki3226
    @soullessgintoki3226 Před 3 lety +47

    The entire idea of acting on impulse is a major thing in the story. I once read an analysis on it that connected specific events in the manga to the ID part of ur brain, which is the part that controls impulse actions. It was extremely interesting and the way it connected to the story was crazy.

    • @abubakr8755
      @abubakr8755 Před 3 lety

      ur on tik tok

    • @shesho6162
      @shesho6162 Před 2 lety

      Well you could interpret Tokiwa, Saeki and Nakamura as the ego, superego and ID that all affect the actions of Kasuga and his psyche

  • @thomasgarrow1599
    @thomasgarrow1599 Před 2 lety +30

    Such an amazing manga, the middle school parts are a bit weird but the high school parts have such amazing ways of paying off things set up in earlier in the plot and I never at one point was uninterested in what would happen next. Definitely a worth while piece

  • @guts-0077
    @guts-0077 Před 3 lety +37

    funfact: never say dont read it bc everyone will end up reading it

  • @asano7389
    @asano7389 Před 3 lety +36

    For me, this manga is amazing, the characters even if they are immature and do some horrible things in childhood after they grow up they become more mature and normal. Nakamura, this mysterious and bizarre character is very interesting and we better understand the reasons of her actions at the end which for me is one of the best I've read. Even if it's not for everyone, I still recommend people to read it because it's a pretty unique experience with the way it approaches the themes of the passage of time and the desire not to be normal. "Flowers of Evil" resonated more with me than "Oyasumi Punpun" for example which bears little resemblance.

  • @universeimagination7495
    @universeimagination7495 Před 3 lety +132

    Views: 6
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    I think CZcams read Oyasumi Punpun.

  • @Z0MB13M0DZ
    @Z0MB13M0DZ Před 3 lety +54

    I watched this anime when i was like 14 and every episode gave me anxiety

  • @Nick-bh5uk
    @Nick-bh5uk Před 3 lety +24

    Wasn't expecting "Hunter's Dream" to be the background music to this video but I absolutely love it

    • @wryannevanornum
      @wryannevanornum Před 3 lety +1

      Dude bloodborne really fits here🤣🤣

    • @agentmiso6446
      @agentmiso6446 Před 2 lety

      I was about to comment that I heard it in the back lol

  • @TickTockClock941
    @TickTockClock941 Před 3 lety +15

    Don't toy with me Nagataro: The bad ending

  • @varunvaranasy6398
    @varunvaranasy6398 Před 3 lety +15

    It's been a while since I've read this. My understanding, before watching this video, was that the manga really illustrated how easy it was to fall to obsession and intrusive thoughts. We see how mc is swayed and taken along not only by the missus but by himself. He lets himself go along with the ride. It's wack how easily he let go of the person he was to the person he thought he was

  • @rat9199
    @rat9199 Před 3 lety +14

    I really loved the last chapter, I think it was necessary, it explains a lot in a very simple way and adds a diferent light to the end of nakamura's story. Great manga. I'm currently reading A trail of blood by the same autor, and even tho pacing is an issue right now I'd still recommend it (it really ramps up with the junji ito style faces lol)

  • @kaipenalosa3809
    @kaipenalosa3809 Před 3 lety +107

    U should collab with the anime man one day. He's read a lot of manga of various genres and I think you'd have a great discussion about manga especially disturbing ones. Great Vid! Keep up the hard work!

  • @ringo3917
    @ringo3917 Před 2 lety +12

    This manga / anime has one of the best portrayals of what it looks and feels like to feel like absolutely nothing. You can’t eat, sleep, talk, socialize. You just feel like nothing and the anime does such a good job as replicating it

  • @bhfgedddrt5fbg
    @bhfgedddrt5fbg Před 2 lety +19

    It actually painful to read . I finished this manga in 2 days without sleeping , and I don't get it why Nakamura tried to commit suicide solo.

    • @TheCityChamp3
      @TheCityChamp3 Před 2 lety +21

      She realized right before they killed themselves that Kasuga would be able to go on and live a normal life without her influence. That's why when they wrestle on the beach at the end she calls him a normal man and tells him never to see her again.

    • @bhfgedddrt5fbg
      @bhfgedddrt5fbg Před 2 lety

      @@TheCityChamp3 damm man , it's made me cry.

  • @wyattnorton9784
    @wyattnorton9784 Před 3 lety +19

    It's better than so many manga. Disturbing? Bruh, it is psychological, but definitely not Disturbing. It deals with dark subjects but never gratuitous. I interpreted the story as a boy delving into the dark side of adolescence. While he loves seki, nakamura scratches an itch in him he can't describe. She excites him in a psychosexual way. This story, putting it simply is like a Freudian wet dream. Kasuga being the Ego, seki the super ego, and nakamura tlas the ID. He's obsessed with the flowers of evil book because it's a book about natural darkness. He doesn't really understand the book, but he feels the vibe of it. He's says himself that he was getting high on himself and he doesn't really understand the book. He a shows it to nakamura, but she throws it aside, because she doesn't need to read it. She knows what that darkness is like first hand. She's plagued with a natural darkness being her personality disorder. I've heard interpretations of her as having passed, but this didn't make sense, because a part of me felt bad for her, she was a victim of some she couldn't explain herself. She relates to Kasuga in this aspect, except that Kasuga may be going through a depressive stage of adolescence. My interpretation of what is wrong with Nakamura is that she suffers from antisocial personality disorder. She exhibits violent and self-destructive behavior with her committing acts of vandalism, assaults kasuga's dad with a bat, manipulation, humiliation and the imagery of the flower and "shit-bugs" she's sees is how she sees the world, metaphorically. Everything is shit to her, everyone is the same, but she saw something with Kasuga that wasn't completely shit due to how he wasn't completely covered with the "shit-bugs." This final page of the manga shows Nakamura's perspective of the world to back this interpretation up. Antisocial personality disorder is a disorder found in almost all non-mentaly ill serial killers. Since it is classified as a personality disorder it doesn't impacts her perception of reality. As said before, what she sees is a metaphor for her perception of reality. She's fully aware of what she's doing and by the end of the story when Kasuga and Nakamura meet again she's obviously not herself. Which means after the self-imulation attempt at the festival she was forced to seek help. On the beach she acts docile compared to how she use to be. Coming from someone who does take a type of medication and knows people who are under medication for certain disorders this is how she would act. Their playful fight on the beach is them both letting it all out on each other. This is where the two metaphorically have sex in the form of violence. He's does find romantic love outside Nakamura and Seki, this fight is Kaduga and Nakamura's moment of intimacy. Seki was dragged into their previous twisted relationship and got hurt. He washed his hand of this relationship and moved on to meet and eventually marry someone outside these two. SmThis new girl gets pulled into their fight on the beach, creating a ménage á trois, this balances out his ID and Superego, thus completeling his adolescent transformation into a man.

  • @ravenshin7775
    @ravenshin7775 Před 3 lety +7

    My friend and i reconnected through this book. One time I recommended a manga called flowers of evil to my friend 4 years ago but at that time i meant a different manga. Fast forward a year later we didn't talk anymore but i stumbled upon aku no hana and I was hooked, and I knew my friend would have loved it too. 2 years later he randomly messaged me at 2am saying i should read a manga called flowers of evil (aku no hana). Now we celebrated 1 year together a few days ago. I love you lyuji!

  • @nebulimes2143
    @nebulimes2143 Před 3 lety +53

    “Stay away from this manga” sir I am at least 80% more interested in this manga than I was before this video

  • @devaunbeats
    @devaunbeats Před 3 lety +12

    Aku no Hana is one of my favorite manga ever. After reading it I needed more. Still haven't been able to find something that scratches that itch, even in the creator's other works.

  • @damien9683
    @damien9683 Před 3 lety +41

    "Stay away from this manga"
    Me: (Read it over ten years ago) *Too late* but I appreciate the gesture...

  • @chung1041
    @chung1041 Před 3 lety +20

    Masked: don't read this manga
    Me, a minor 3 years ago: too fucking late

  • @skoppe_8094
    @skoppe_8094 Před 3 lety +14

    To me, this is peak manga. The best & and my favorite manga by far. Once I picked it up, it was like crack, I couldn’t put it down. Imo, Kasuga’s character journey is most definitely the best in all of animanga.

  • @BigBallsLover6969
    @BigBallsLover6969 Před 3 lety +23

    Masked man= stay away from this manga
    Me: I THINK IM BOUT TO READ😈
    Edit: ayo what the hell did I just read dawg

  • @reponix9604
    @reponix9604 Před rokem +6

    Most people may think that the age at which these events occur is the greatest disturbance, but I actually believe it is closer to reality than you might think. I'm not so sure about others, but for me personally, I definitely fantasized and experienced things of erotic and evil nature starting in the 8th grade. I think this is the point where the perversion and true evil blossoms. No one at the age would ever admit it though, and maybe even wouldn't later in life, or perhaps forgotten. I like to believe that the author chose the main character to experience these life altering events at the age he experienced them for that reason, more than the shock factor of their age group

  • @burtburt9321
    @burtburt9321 Před 3 lety +9

    “Stay away from this manga”
    Me: ok
    *clicks off video and stays away from manga*

  • @shinetah360
    @shinetah360 Před 3 lety +8

    I’m glad you read it. Shuzo Oshimi makes things that are relatable, incredibly impulsive characters, full of drama and straight up depression

  • @Helloknight
    @Helloknight Před 3 lety +37

    killing sstalking fans: *amateurs*
    attack on titan fans: *cackles*
    people who read horror webtoons: *MORTALS~*

    • @hachikos
      @hachikos Před 3 lety +2

      anh is just as disturbing as they are, without the tackiness

    • @soldier6763
      @soldier6763 Před 3 lety +1

      Kinda off topic but I need some horror/thriller webtoons/mangas recommendations other than the popular ones

  • @cianandez
    @cianandez Před 2 lety +4

    Finished this manga recently after trying to watch the animated version- I think because the manga used a more typical manga art style, I was actually able to stomach the content. The anime being rotoscoped was super realistic making it much more disturbing. Honestly, I was pleasantly surprised and super satisfied with the ending. I don’t think this is manga is something I’d revisit, but I’ll recommend it.

  • @korogorou2863
    @korogorou2863 Před 3 lety +2

    Ngl, in the first half, I was enraged at all main characters. I kept on insulting on how all of them lost some screws, their lacking of brain cells -- everything. As I dig in chapters by chapters, I hope all the characters can stop being stupid, but they did not, all of them just went worse, and my anger did not subside at all. Every new chapters did nothing but fueled me even more. However, the second half, just, so so so so so so pretty, wonderful. It's just so wonderful to see how all them tried to confront their dark past -- how all of them find their own light, and tried to be a better person

  • @hinamatsuro1908
    @hinamatsuro1908 Před 3 lety +7

    I read all of it...
    It's beautiful I don't understand why people say it's disturbing

  • @miyondarang3392
    @miyondarang3392 Před 2 lety +5

    I really loved the manga, at first I was really confused , the twisted things that happens and the redemption at the end, i found it really beautiful, this is a beautiful piece of work , it's like a tangled thread slowly and slowly untangled .

  • @zyntaczyntac195
    @zyntaczyntac195 Před 3 lety +3

    After watching 2 minutes of this video, I immediately started reading it. In my mind I was thinking that this might take me a day to finish yet as soon as I laid my eyes upon the first 5 chapters, it seems I wanted more. Before I knew it, an hour and half roll by and I've read half of it. An hour later, I've finished all 57 chapters. Every time I finished a chapter, something always compelled me to read the next, like holy fuck, I have no words to describe why I continued reading and reading. Kept telling myself to read it tomorrow or maybe even never, yet my finger always scrolled down, always wanting to see what the next thing was going to happen. Before I knew it, it vanished before my very eyes. Let me just say, absolutely breath-taking art and gorgeous scenery. One of the few mangas that's actually made me feel terrified, empty and devoid, a similar feeling upon my first reading of berserk. However the ending was good and left me satisfied. Despite what the title says, I recommend you give it a shot. Warning though, this shit will make you feel empty man, like on a whole different level.

  • @oceanman4413
    @oceanman4413 Před 3 lety +5

    YESSSS this manga is so good! Try Inside Mari, it's less intense than Flowers of Evil, but it's still psychological.

  • @ringkunmori
    @ringkunmori Před 3 lety +6

    Its great seeing the artist evolve as the manga progresses.

  • @dylan2348
    @dylan2348 Před 2 lety +4

    this is one of my favourite mangas oat, possibly my absolute favourite behind one piece. i read aku no hana as a depressed lonely 15 year old and i related to kasuga and tokiwa a bit too much. it impacted my life like no other story and is one of those “changed my life” manga.

  • @mikeyschwarzenegger2430
    @mikeyschwarzenegger2430 Před 10 měsíci +4

    i finished this manga. and it one of my favorite work of all time.

  • @arpiabu-alrub7484
    @arpiabu-alrub7484 Před 3 lety +4

    Flowers of Evil is my absolute favorite manga, it moved me more than any other manga for some reason

  • @Senorgrav
    @Senorgrav Před 3 lety +1

    Idk man shuzos work is god tier. That man is different his work always has me crazy invested

  • @eatyourcereal6577
    @eatyourcereal6577 Před 3 lety +3

    Idk; I read it and just didnt feel so disturbed, I think its really good but it was just so anti climatic at some points, especially the end.

  • @aspenmrak
    @aspenmrak Před 3 lety +13

    i read this in one night. it was so good

  • @Tenshi3947
    @Tenshi3947 Před 3 lety +1

    It's one of the most disturbing manga I've ever read it's so disturbing to see how people are reacting and how they should end it but they wouldn't but you still go on reading, watching this video actually helped realizing that I should have read the reviews before reading the manga

  • @maucaw
    @maucaw Před 3 lety +2

    This manga is one of the few that has really stuck with me since I first read it, idk something of the rawness of the characters and emotions they conveyed, I can't explain it well but just some scenes on this story I can't forget.
    Edit: Btw Masked you should give Sundome a try, it starts as this weird ecchi fetish comedy series but develops into a strange psychological romance drama.

  • @livingminimumwage6359
    @livingminimumwage6359 Před 3 lety +30

    I loved Flowers of Evil! I found it when I was getting into Inio Asano and it fed that sad manga hunger. I still recommend it frequently.
    The anime, although far from the greatness of the manga, is really unique in terms of animation. It's rotoscope. Worth watching, short too.
    EDIT. I've been looking for more manga like this for years. If anyone has more recommendations, I'll take it. No matter how sad. Skip Inio Asano mentions, I've read em all.

    • @prod.by.sixteen6825
      @prod.by.sixteen6825 Před 2 lety

      u got it now ? i need it too

    • @iGotIceInMyRice420
      @iGotIceInMyRice420 Před 2 lety

      Trail of blood, Parasites in love, I sold my life for 10,000 yen per year, Houseki No Kuni and Monster. Entertaining one is definitely tomodachi game if you like the death games.(it’s the best in a sub series full of garbage)

    • @manuelmirandaalonso298
      @manuelmirandaalonso298 Před rokem

      Personally I liked a lot more the anime than the manga. I founded it way more expressive, the Ost was simply beautiful, and it felt way more like a real story

    • @akashjain-fh4hz
      @akashjain-fh4hz Před rokem

      Hyouka

  • @emiliaweiss6345
    @emiliaweiss6345 Před 3 lety +3

    Shuzo Oshimi is one of my favourite manga artists with my favourite of his works being Inside Mari and Flowers of Evil. If you want a masterclass on psychological horror check out his other manga Blood on the tracks.

  • @riverbanzachamploo9725
    @riverbanzachamploo9725 Před 6 měsíci +2

    So I finished the Manga I really loved how it ended. volumes 1-6 I was filled with anxiety and didn't know how I felt about it but I couldn't stop flipping to the next page. But after I finished volume 7 I knew I loved it. Despite volume 7 started off giving me an unbearable amount of second hand embarrassment, I overall did love it since it was start of new beginnings. Our main character was in a new environment and no longer, the strange kid who wanted so desperately to be different. We get to see him go from a dead inside shell of his old self, to seeing him fall inlove with his old passion again, to making a new beautiful connection, and learning to love life and his family again. It was beautiful. Even tho he didn't full erase the past,(obviously cuz thoes things are permanent) and still has many close relationships that were destroyed by his past actions, he still able to move and be happy and have a new loving relationship.

  • @JohnnySukuna
    @JohnnySukuna Před 3 lety +1

    Also for those who are looking for more like Aku no Hana read these:-
    Umibe no Onnanoko
    Kuzu no Honkai
    Ningen Shikakku
    Boku wa Marie no Naka

  • @Nagram_
    @Nagram_ Před 3 lety +5

    Aku No Hana truly delves into how abusive and evil the human mind can get. It's pretty fucked up wiout really supernatural elements and that makes it even more disturbing. I fucking love it.

  • @expcrusher1911
    @expcrusher1911 Před 3 lety +5

    Also totally unrelated reading recommendation
    RED: living on the edge
    It’s like vagabond and trigun had a 1880’s western child

  • @GokuHindustani
    @GokuHindustani Před 2 lety +1

    this manga takes you to different world and gives you very different feeling i have enjoyed reading this but if you are going through depression or anixiety you should not read it

  • @user-so2zp1mz1d
    @user-so2zp1mz1d Před 3 lety +2

    this is literally my favourite manga ever. im glad this video is bringing it more popularity

  • @blah7270
    @blah7270 Před 3 lety +16

    Masked says: "stay away if you're not stable, this is disturbing"
    Me, unstable: So this is a must read

  • @outkast_exe190
    @outkast_exe190 Před 3 lety +4

    I loved this manga sooo much, I stayed up all night and read all of iy and felt so empty when I was done. You definitely should read this if you like disturbing shit with a good story

  • @Crowned_Light
    @Crowned_Light Před 2 lety +2

    the anime adaptation would have gotten a second season if it wasn't for the people who were stupid enough to hate an anime for the artstyle

  • @aveiam7294
    @aveiam7294 Před 3 lety +6

    Yep, flower of evil was definitely an “experience”

  • @omarmashak5876
    @omarmashak5876 Před 3 lety +4

    Telling us to not check out something will just make us wanna check it out even more🤠👀

  • @stefanofrancella13
    @stefanofrancella13 Před 3 lety +9

    Aku no Hana is a masterpiece.

  • @user-tv6bc3ci4p
    @user-tv6bc3ci4p Před 3 lety +1

    ive just finished reading the manga (in 3 nights, didnt finish it in one sitting, tho i wanted to, it felt that i shouldn't yk) but I did not find it disturbing, really. it was a really good manga tho, ive enjoyed reading it. will definitely read it again sometime in the future, as i don't really have interpretations rn

  • @franklinbonnefoy2295
    @franklinbonnefoy2295 Před 3 lety +1

    To be honest, I didn't find this as disturbing as you said but I guess it's just how I perceived it. If anything, I'm pretty sad that they didn't get into Nakamura's life more about why she acted the way she did. There was a slight hint that I got that might be a partial reason to why but it never explained the other half. The "final" chapter in her point of view gave me that.... Bad touch feeling but again they didn't get much into it. Which I guess makes sense but I just really wish I knew more.
    All in all, it's a good read and it's pretty short. If anyone actually wants to read, I read it on mangajar

  • @tdog12344
    @tdog12344 Před 3 lety +15

    I’m reading this series for the third time right now...

    • @iwillbe7214
      @iwillbe7214 Před 3 lety

      my favorite manga of all time

    • @tdog12344
      @tdog12344 Před 3 lety

      @@iwillbe7214 Oshimi is the GOAT

    • @iwillbe7214
      @iwillbe7214 Před 3 lety

      @@tdog12344 well said. definitly a goat

    • @iwillbe7214
      @iwillbe7214 Před 3 lety

      @@tdog12344 read all his mangas up till now except for a trail of blood. waiting to end so i can binge it

    • @tdog12344
      @tdog12344 Před 3 lety

      @@iwillbe7214 I’ve read FOE, Happiness, Inside Mari, and A Trail Of Blood, but I haven’t read some of his earlier shorter works

  • @iSeeCorpses
    @iSeeCorpses Před 2 lety +7

    I love the manga. It was one of the best i've read This year, My Boy went from Loser Bookworm To Hot Psycho

  • @GoodMorningPunPun147
    @GoodMorningPunPun147 Před 4 měsíci

    im a pretty unhinged teenager and this is rly meaningful to me in the sense that it serves as a reminder to be grateful to my parents and appreciate how much they love me even though that’s not the main point of the manga.

  • @mabithebard
    @mabithebard Před 3 lety +1

    No but in all seriousness, DO read it. It is a masterpiece. It’s essentially the transition piece from Oshimi Shuzo’s old style to new style, and you can really see the change as you go from the first to second half of the series. However, big trigger warnings for stuff like attempted suicide and sexual assault(there is an explicit rape scene). And don’t come at me with “trigger warnings don’t matter”, cuz another one of this author’s manga managed to bring back a warped version of a traumatic memory I’d buried for years - though that just goes to show how talented Shuzo is and how realistic Shuzo’s works feel.

  • @taohitd
    @taohitd Před 3 lety +4

    This is y u have wholesome manga like spy x family, so that after reading disturbing stuff like this u can cleanse ur soul with some wholesomeness 😭

  • @dark_teal
    @dark_teal Před 3 lety +4

    The anime was so compelling that I had to read the manga because it's never getting a second season animated.

    • @MmaSmarty87
      @MmaSmarty87 Před 3 lety +1

      yeah I wanted a 2nd season so bad but I knew because of its reputation there wasnt going to be....I never read the manga..maybe I'll start

  • @nikoleo2000
    @nikoleo2000 Před 3 lety

    You know, is not the first time that I ear the phrase, or at least the idea of not doing certain thing because you are gonna regret it, and this is one of those situations, but it always happened to me that in the end it wasn't something that truly terrified me or at least gave me that feeling of not wanting to keep reading it, not because I don't like the story, but because it genuinely made me feel something I don't wanted to feel, but in this case I really hope is something different

  • @ShmurdaaaA
    @ShmurdaaaA Před 3 lety +5

    I binged this out in a day and holy crap had to stop half way through at like chapter 30 it had me F*cked up for a bit actually felt like I was gonna be sick but then finally finished it later that night overall really enjoyed it was glued to it from start to end but holy crap is it crazy

  • @thorfinnbestmc3051
    @thorfinnbestmc3051 Před 3 lety +138

    The anime adaptation was so bad💀💀💀

    • @catdogfishdogcats
      @catdogfishdogcats Před 3 lety +37

      I liked the unique style.

    • @davidkiller61
      @davidkiller61 Před 3 lety +32

      I actually liked it. It made it feel sinister. Definitely kinda ugly looking but it's also unique.... Too bad season 2 never came.

    • @standup9298
      @standup9298 Před 3 lety +2

      it was really good imo

    • @QDJW
      @QDJW Před 3 lety +1

      Its literally sitting a 7 on Mal

    • @donjuan3182
      @donjuan3182 Před 3 lety +14

      @@QDJW "I can't think for myself and have to rely on the opinions of others"

  • @CatLivesNite
    @CatLivesNite Před 3 lety +7

    A trail of blood or chi no wadachi is also a very good psychological horror.

  • @primal_cy
    @primal_cy Před 2 lety +1

    Ironically, I read this manga when I was going through depression and anxiety.

  • @djo-dji6018
    @djo-dji6018 Před rokem +1

    There's very little, if anything at all, genuinely disturbing about this manga. The actions of the protagonists never go beyond things such as rebelling against their parents (not saying it's a good idea), stealing underware or vandalising a classroom, with the exception of the 'contract thing' (the premise of the story) and a failed self-harming attempt. Those are just teenagers struggling (not necessarily more than usual) with the world around them, thinking they are either too different or too similar, too deep or too shallow compared to their friends and fellow citizens, though, in the end, none of them is completely out of the ordinary - but their confusion and suffering seem real, which makes the characters highly relatable. I'm almost 50yo and I've found the conclusion quite moving, maybe because I'm father to two young girls or maybe just because I happened to be reading the last chapters while chopping onions. Overall a very good manga, which has in the female characters its major strength.

  • @yandere_0187
    @yandere_0187 Před 3 lety +4

    I just finished the manga and omg I just wanna punch Kasuga he is so pathetic or I think he has been mentally broke by Nakamura

  • @neoliberal_af
    @neoliberal_af Před 3 lety +3

    I wouldn't say its disturbing but rather Nakamuras character and the last chapter being sad af, which leaves you empty.

  • @manganoonereads-z6g
    @manganoonereads-z6g Před 20 dny

    What makes this manga so creepy is that it doesn’t try to be scary-it’s got this weird, indescribable vibe that hits a nerve we all understand, and that’s what really freaks you out.

  • @jahhmal
    @jahhmal Před 10 měsíci +1

    i found out about this manga just last night, and i couldn't stop reading until the very end (running on an hour of sleep right now lol)
    all i can say is, it was beautiful. one of the best mangas I've ever read. it's definitely not for everybody, but man...so beautiful.