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The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity TV Anime's Promo Video Reveals Theme Songs, July 5 Debut (Updated)
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The staff for the television Tatsuya Kitani, the ending theme song "Hare no Hi ni" (On This Sunny Day) by UshioReira, and the July 5 debut.
Update: Netflix has announced it will stream the anime this year, and revealed a visual and an English-subtitled trailer.
Chidori student Rintaro Tsumugi finds himself feeling comfortable around a girl named Kaoruko who treats his intimidating appearance without prejudice... until he discovers that she comes from Kikyo — a school which loathes his.
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The anime Gunma TV, and BS 11 on July 5 at 24:30 JST (effectively, July 6). The anime will stream on Netflix in Japan starting on July 6.
The anime stars:
- Yoshinori Nakayama as Rintarō Tsumugi
- Honoka Inoue as Kaoroko Waguri
- Kikunosuke Toya as Shōhei Usami
- Kōki Uchiyama as Saku Natsusawa
- Hiiro Ishibashi as Ayato Yorita
- Aya Yamane as Subaru Hoshina
Moeki Harada is composing the music.
releasing the manga in English, and it describes the story:
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 Rintaro, 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 Rintaro 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?
Mikami Magazine Pocket website in October 2021. Kodansha published the manga's 16th compiled book volume on April 9. Kodansha USA published the seventh English volume on Tuesday.
Source: Email correspondence
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