Side Quest 003: {Aku no Hana 06} Gather Ideas and Inspiration from Anime - In Progress

So this Anime finally finished? No, apparently it was only Part One.

So this anime might continue one day, although I think a lot of people disliked it, mainly because of it's art style and slow paced story.

But I kinda liked this Anime in my own way, it made me think about myself, and what I would've done in those situations, and curiosity is what drove me to watch the next episode.

I think Aku no Hana was trying to show in realistic ways of a choice, the path which most won't take if they had to choose. Also I believe Aku no Hana was trying to portray a person's true colors even if that person is unaware of their own true colors. Or it could be the power of a person's actions can drastically change their and other people's lives.

I guess I give it a 7/10.

Side Quest 003: {Aku no Hana 05} Gather Ideas and Inspiration from Anime - In Progress

Truth. That is the keyword for episode 10 of Aku no Hana

I surprisingly enjoyed this episode, it showed a lot of emotion yet confusion on what goes on on his mind. But a truth has been told and we have some clarity to what goes into his mind and some clue to why he acts the way he does in the previous episodes.

Nothing really bad in this episode, nothing was dragged out like some other episodes.. It was actually really interesting progress.

Side Quest 003: {Aku no Hana 04} Gather Ideas and Inspiration from Anime - In Progress

Aku no Hana

Yep this anime yet again to sum this episode up without too much of a spoiler is:

Walking, walking, walking, more walking, something actually happens.

Yay! Walking!

I think they made half the episode walking to build the suspense for what was about to happen, although they took it way too far.

So I heard you like walking, so here's more walking! =D

I recommend just skipping to the 14 minute mark and watch from there, maybe even a minute before to get slightly more suspense. The only thing that happens before then is that he goes home then goes back to school.

Side Quest 003: {Aku no Hana 03} Gather Ideas and Inspiration from Anime - In Progress

Aku no Hana

Yep, it's this infamous anime again, Aku no Hana. 

Warning, there might be minor spoilers in this post. You have been warned.

A word to give you a clue to what this episode is about is: "Bloom"

I still have no idea why I'm soo interested in this Anime, maybe because it's different? Curiosity of what might be really what people feel and do? Or is it just that I just can't stop watching an Anime when I've started it.

This episode I thought I had predicted, all his actions seemed to go as I thought it'd go, then something happened, something I didn't expect and I still have no idea of why he did it. I might just watch the previous episodes to understand what was in his mind.

But all this has made me curious on what happens next, it's not like an ending where its a cliffhanger, but makes you curious on what's going to happen next.

So if you're curious what goes through the mind of a boy in every episode of this Anime, who did something impulsive and socially unacceptable in a realistic manner, this Anime is perfect for you.

Side Quest 003: {Aku no Hana 02} Gather Ideas and Inspiration from Anime - In Progress

Aku no Hana cont.

6 episodes in and you start to realise how such trivial things (in most anime), put in certain settings, can turn it to a psychological thriller. The realism of this anime is quite scary, especially if you can relate to the main character somewhat. 

Also since episode 4, the OP now calls you a piece of shit.

I don't remember the last time I was insulted by a OP..

I recommend this anime to those only who are interested in watching a serious, realistic, psychological show, with an art style that is radically different from a large percentage of anime (I assume that there is probably another anime with the same art style, as of this post, I do not know any anime which has the same art style as Aku no Hana)

Side Quest 003: {Aku no Hana 01} Gather Ideas and Inspiration from Anime - In Progress

Aku no Hana

A strange anime with a different from usual art style.

Where do I start.. probably on what most people would hate about the anime - the art style of the animation.
Why would people hate this Anime's art style? Well it is a more realistic style of art where they main characters are based on real people with realistic resemblance and detail, including freckles. The animation is also very realistic in regards to facial expressions and body expressions.

The reason I believe they chose to use this art style was to enhance the feeling of how realistically possible that the situations shown in the Anime.

The theme of the Anime is a dark, depressing and psychological.

The Anime as of yet has no unrealistic scenes and I believe it will not.

The Anime's name translated to English is apparently: Flowers of Evil

Now you might have an idea on how it visually seems to be, but let me attempt to explain the story in a non spoiler fashion.

The story is of a male student in a school who reads a book about sins and evil etc. But it's somewhat poetic or something. One day he gets into a situation where he impulsively does something which happens to change his school life. Another female student witnessed this act of impulsiveness and takes advantage of the situation. Simply put, she's the one who makes it psychological.

From the first few episodes, I personally found this Anime quite weird, yet I'm curious on what is going to happen next, despite how weird it is.

If this Anime's art style was created in the typical way, it would not have felt as psychological as it is and the story might of seemed stupid.
Also the OST of this anime is very eerie. Especially that ED...

What Ideas could you or I get from this Anime?

Well since this Anime is very different from most Anime, we could learn how simple mistakes or events could be shown in such a serious way that it turns from stupid to psychological.

In short, ideas might bloom from this flower for a Horror/Psychological Game