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Aku no Hana

Reception

Manga

ANN:

• http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/the-flowers-of-evil/gn-3
• http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/the-flowers-of-evil/gn-5
• http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/the-flowers-of-evil/gn-7
• http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2014-01-30

Otaku USA:

• http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/Manga/News1/The-Flowers-of-Evil-vol-1-4636.aspx
• http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/Manga/News1/The_Flowers_of_Evil_vol_2_4680.aspx
• http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/Manga/News1/The_Flowers_of_Evil_Manga_vol_5_5023.aspx

CBR:

• http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2012/11/28/manga-in-minutes-the-flowers-of-evil-vol-1/
• http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2013/10/16/manga-in-minutes-the-flowers-of-evil-vol-2-3/
• http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2014/04/30/manga-in-minutes-flowers-of-evil-vols-4-5/
• http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2013/08/a-month-of-wednesdays-bigfoot-nightwing-tomine-and-manga/

Manga Village:

• http://manga.jadedragononline.com/village/2012/09/17/flowers-of-evil-volume-1/
• http://manga.jadedragononline.com/village/2012/12/28/flowers-of-evil-volume-3/
• http://manga.jadedragononline.com/village/2013/03/08/flowers-of-evil-volume-4/

Fandom Post:

• http://www.fandompost.com/2012/08/16/the-flowers-of-evil-vol-01-manga-review/
• http://www.fandompost.com/2015/02/22/flowers-of-evil-vol-11-manga-review-series-finale/

The Comics Journal:

• http://www.tcj.com/this-week-in-comics-11613-cest-la-mer-allee-avec-le-soleil/
• http://www.tcj.com/this-week-in-comics-51612-thats-my-name/
• http://www.tcj.com/this-week-in-comics-101613-surreptitious-frenzy/

Other:

• http://mangabookshelf.com/14582/the-flowers-of-evil-vol-1/
• http://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/23008/review-the-flowers-evil-vol-1-tp-manga
• The Anime Encyclopedia called it a "masterpiece of sadistic tension and ever-descending circles of a private, teenage hell".
• http://www.uk-anime.net/manga/Flowers_of_Evil,_The_Vols._1-2.html

Anime

Sales:

• Oricon

Non-rs?:

• http://www27392u.sakura.ne.jp/index2.cgi?smd=title&tn=%9C%A6%82%CC%89%D8
• http://dvdbd.wiki.fc2.com/wiki/%E6%83%A1%E3%81%AE%E8%8F%AF

ANN:

• http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/preview-guide/2013/the-spring-anime/bamboo
• http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/preview-guide/2013/the-spring-anime/carlo
• http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/preview-guide/2013/the-spring-anime/theron

Others:

• http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=1598
• http://www.japanator.com/first-impressions-flowers-of-evil-28485.phtml & http://www.japanator.com/final-impressions-flowers-of-evil-29023.phtml
• http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/Anime/News1/Anime_First_Impressions_Flowers_of_Evil_5083.aspx
• http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/SearchAudience/News1/Flowers-of-Evil-Anime-WrapUp-5198.aspx
• http://activeanime.com/html/2014/09/10/flowers-of-evil-complete-collection
• The Anime Encyclopedia said that it "ups the effect [of the manga] by plumping for rotoscoped animation ... to impart a true sense of realism and uneasy body-language to the plot."
• http://www.fandompost.com/2014/06/30/flowers-of-evil-complete-collection-blu-ray-anime-review/
• http://www.uk-anime.net/anime/Flowers_of_Evil_-_Eps._1-3.html

Misc References

• http://www.japanator.com/licensing-get-sentai-plucks-the-flowers-of-evil-28521.phtml
• http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/04/09/the-faces-behind-flowers-of-evil
• http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/05/03-1/flowers-of-evil-inspires-school-vandalism
• http://news.nicovideo.jp/watch/nw574735 -- interview
• http://vertical-inc.tumblr.com/post/53862201413/redux-so-there-was-an-hour-long-interview-with -- images from an hour long video interview
• http://www.deculture.es/tag/aku-no-hana/

References

• 
  An illustration by Redon for Les Fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire.
• 
  A lithograph by Redon which more accurately resemble's Oshimi's eye-flowers.
• 
  Another lithograph by Redon where the balloon strongly resemble's the eye-flower.

[1] Unrelated image of a parody?]