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Elex Media Licenses Flowers of Evil Manga

Indonesian publisher Elex Media Komputindo announced on Tuesday that it has licensed Shūzō Oshimi's The Flowers of Evil (Aku no Hana) manga, and will begin releasing it sometime at the end of February.

Vertical published the manga in North America, and it describes the story:

Bookworm Takao falls in love with Nanako, but he cannot express his feelings through words. Instead he secretively acts out in a heat of passion which creates a huge scandal in his school. There is one person who knows his true nature, and this girl will do anything to nurture what this Charles Baudelaire hides.

Oshimi launched the manga in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine in 2009 and ended the series in the June 2014 issue. The manga inspired a 2013 television anime series, and a live-action film that opened in September 2019.

Oshimi's Inside Mari manga inspired a live-action series adaptation in March 2017, and his Drifting Net Café manga also inspired a live-action series in 2009. His Sweet Poolside manga inspired a live-action film in 2014. Oshimi's Shino Can't Say Her Name (Shino-chan wa Jibun no Namae ga Ienai) manga inspired a live-action film that opened in Japan in July 2018.

Source: Elex Media's Twitter account via Kaori Nusantara