The Flowers of Evil - Vol. 9 Ch. 46 - The Fountain of Eternal Youth

[MangaDex]

 

[flyingpig]

Aw man, this is sweet. I hope this means that Kasuga's mom and dad will stop fighting from now on.

 

[Thuglas]

I'm pretty sure so, @flyingpig. Kasuga getting so messed up back in their home town led to depression for both of them, general feelings that they'd failed as parents (most heavily in his mom, going off of the chapter with her, Mr. Kasuga, and Mr. Nakamura in the hospital after Sawa smashed Mr. Kasuga's leg with the bat), and that leads to worse. With Takao on the mend and actually showing signs of improvement, the entire family will feel happier.

 

[fronxan]

Whenever I read manga, there's always those few scenes or dialogs that stick with me after finishing it, so when I think about that specific manga, I immediately recall these scenes. For Aku no Hana, it's page 36 on this chapter, that "I'm home" Takao says to his parents, such a simple line with so much meaning.

 

[elefantine97]

ah, he broke the dreaded silence
always loved these past chapters the most

 

[justinx931]

im happy things are turning up but this is a rollercoaster, when is the plunge is all i'm thinking on this

 

[nokosama]

The end of that chapter hit hard. It's crazy how those simple words can mean so much.

 

[edp1614]

fuck 2nd reread of this manga and those last panels still make me tear up

 

[Salt739]

So happy for Takao

 

[Mo_Man_57]

alright there's still 11 chapters left when will it get bad again

 

[MarciMyntz]

I wanna be happy and hopeful that things will only get better from now on but i am also paranoid things will get bad again lmao.

I'm happy he's making an effort to get along with his parents again though.

 

[7megumin7]

I fucking cried on the ''I'm home'' scene

 

[ssjn_ck]

dawg i’m crying

 

[Kareem0136]

The part when he’s looking at the sky reminds me of thorfin

 

[Keqiqing]

Shuzo's growth as an artist here is pretty damn neat to see. First few volumes we see awkward anatomy and such, right in the middle his style starts to show, but he still uses photographs as backgrounds. This volume you can really notice his artstyle fully develop into what it is now. Ditching the photographic bgs and made it all hand-drawn, + those signature lines we see from Chi no Wadachi. I love it.