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April Showers Bring May Flowers Special Manga Ends

This year's October issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Young Ace magazine published the final chapter for Roku Sakura's Busu ni Hanataba o. -Bloom- (April Showers Bring May Flowers: Bloom), the new "special edition" for the April Showers Bring May Flowers (Busu ni Hanataba o, or literally Flowers for Ugly) manga, on Thursday.

Sakura launched the new "special edition" series for the manga in Monthly Young Ace on March 4. While the series had ended in its fifth chapter on July 4, the series received extra chapters starting on August 4. The manga got a new 13th compiled book volume with the new chapters on August 4.

Sakura launched the manga in Kadokawa's Monthly Young Ace in April 2016, and ended it in September 2022. Kadokawa published the manga's 12th and final compiled book volume in November 2022.

Yen Press is publishing the manga in English, and it describes the series:

Pessimistic high school student Hana Tabata doesn't believe her life could ever be like that of a heroine from the shoujo manga she reads—she's convinced she's ugly, and she's always alone. Still, she can't help but imagine herself as a leading lady when she's changing out flowers early one morning...until she's caught in the act by her handsome classmate Yousuke Ueno! Hana can't wrap her head around his kind words at first, but as they grow closer, she finds her life slowly beginning to change…

The manga is inspiring a television anime that premiered on July 4.

Source: Young Ace October issue

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