TV series

The Flowers of Evil

2026 · 1 season

A slow, uneasy plunge into adolescent obsession and shame, where every quiet moment prickles with dread and no one can be trusted.

Overview: 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.
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and eerie. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Obsession, identity, isolation, coming-of-age
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
identity
isolation
coming-of-age
guilt
Places: school
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild