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The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity

Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku薫る花は凛と咲くKaoru i Rin: Rozkwitając z tobąBLOOM

2025 · TV · 13 eps Finished

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What is The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity about?

The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity is a TV anime series of 13 episodes animated by CloverWorks, adapted from a manga. It aired from July 6, 2025 to September 28, 2025. AniList classifies it as comedy, drama and romance.

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 Rintarou, 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 Rintarou 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?

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Themes AniList users associate with it: Heterosexual, Primarily Teen Cast, Male Protagonist, School, Female Protagonist, Iyashikei, Coming of Age, Food, Urban, Shounen.

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Main characters

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  • Kaoruko Waguri 和栗薫子

    Main character

    An ace student at Kikyo Private Academy. Kaoruko is incredibly intelligent and kind, but often acts airheaded as well. She greatly enjoys eating sweets, meeting Rintaro in his family's cake shop and quickly befriending him.

    Japanese voice: Honoka Inoue

  • Rintarou Tsumugi 紬凛太郎

    Main character

    A student at Chidori High. Rintarou is a very kind and calm person, but his blonde hair and piercings—adopted due to struggles with self-expression in his childhood—have led to many writing him off as a delinquent.

    Japanese voice: Yoshinori Nakayama

Supporting characters

  • Subaru Hoshina 保科昴

    Supporting character

    Kaoruko's closest friend since middle school. Subaru is noted to be exceptionally pretty by her peers but has a somewhat withdrawn personality, particularly having trouble whilst talking to boys.

    Japanese voice: Aya Yamane

  • Shohei Usami 宇佐美翔平

    Supporting character

    A student at Chidori High and a close friend of Rintaro's, alongside Ayato and Saku. Shohei is extremely outgoing, being the most talkative member of Rintaro's friend group. He also holds no hostility towards Kikyo's students despite the opposing school's vitriol towards each other.

    Japanese voice: Kikunosuke Toya

  • Saku Natsusawa 夏沢朔

    Supporting character

    A student at Chidori High and a close friend of Rintarou's, alongside Shouhei and Ayato. Despite his attractive features he always appears gloomy, making him appear hard to talk to. But while he is more withdrawn than his friends he cares deeply about them and is naturally kind despite his cynical exterior.

    Japanese voice: Kouki Uchiyama

  • Ayato Yorita 依田絢斗

    Supporting character

    A student at Chidori High and a close friend of Rintarou's, along with Saku and Shohei. Ayato is rather friendly, and while he prefers to avoid situations involving violence, he is highly capable of defending himself and will readily fight should his friends be threatened.

    Japanese voice: Hiiro Ishibashi

  • Kyouko Tsumugi 紬杏子

    Supporting character

    Rintaro's mother. She runs the Tsumugi Family Bakery alongside her husband Keichiro.

    Japanese voice: Youko Hikasa

  • Keichiro Tsumugi 紬圭一郎

    Supporting character

    Rintaro's father. He runs the Tsumugi Family Bakery alongside his wife Kyouko. He is dedicated to his work as a baker, spending nearly every day in the kitchen perfecting his technique.

    Japanese voice: Ryoutarou Okiayu

  • Madoka Yuzuhara 柚原まどか

    Supporting character

    A good friend of Kaoruko's that attends Kikyo Private Academy. Extremely friendly and outgoing, and unlike her fellow classmates at Kikyo, harbors no animosity or negative feelings towards the students at Chidori High.

    Japanese voice: Rio Tsuchiya

  • Ayumi Sawatari 沢渡亜由美

    Supporting character

    A good friend and classmate of Kaoruko's, and a student at Kikyo Private Academy. Raised in a strict and accomplished family, she grew to rely on the negative rumors about the students at Chidori Public High School to protect her self-esteem.

    Japanese voice: Saku Mizuno

  • Suzuka Asakura 浅倉すずか

    Supporting character

    A friend of Kaoruko's, and a student at Kikyo Private Academy.

    Japanese voice: Shino Shimoji

  • Kaito Sudou 須藤海人

    Supporting character

    AniList has no description for this character yet.

    Japanese voice: Masaya Miyazaki

  • Tomonari Takahashi 高橋友誠

    Supporting character

    AniList has no description for this character yet.

    Japanese voice: Takeo Ootsuka

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