The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity Vol. 01

The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity Vol. 01

Two rival schools stand next door to each other: one for elite ladies, one for good-for-nothing boys. But one of those boys might just be a naturally chivalrous diamond in the rough, and one of those girls might be a little more open-minded than is proper…

This cute and twisty manga spin on Romeo and Juliet is the latest hit in Japan, coming to print from a successful digital-first release!

Capulet & Montague, Chidori & Kikyo

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?

Biographical Notes:

Saka Mikami struck gold with her debut manga series, The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity, which became a sleeper hit in Japan and one of the most popular digital romance manga in English.

Title Notes:

This series is one of Kodansha’s top-performing new romance manga in Japan and scores near the top of the leaderboard for views on the new English manga app K MANGA.

Similar to previous manga takes on Romeo & Juliet, the art and story will appeal to readers of shojo manga but also shonen romance series like Tomo-chan Is a Girl!, Horimiya, and Love’s in Sight! 8 volumes and ongoing in Japan.

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