A brand new trailer and visual were also revealed.
The much-awaited romance anime The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity (Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku), based on Saka Mikami’s manga, just revealed its premiere window during Anime Japan 2025. According to the announcement, the series will come out in July 2025, although a definitive release date is yet to be determined. The main cast of the anime were also unveiled, along with a new trailer highlighting the characters.
The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity cast and staff details
The main cast of the upcoming anime are:
- Rintarō Tsumugi voiced by Yoshinori Nakayama (Gratz in As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill, Akira in I'm Standing on 1,000,000 Lives)
- Kaoruko Waguri voiced by Honoka Inoue (Alma in In Another World With My Smartphone, Xiaomei in Edens Zero)
- Shōhei Usami voiced by Kikunosuke Toya (Denji in Chainsaw Man, Chōji Tomiyama in Wind Breaker)
- Saku Natsusawa voiced by Koki Uchiyama (Kei Tsukishima in Haikyu!!, Tomura Shigaraki in My Hero Academia)
- Ayato Yorita voiced by Hiiro Ishibashi (Akatsuki Red in Mr. Villain’s Day Off, Henri Nobel III in The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup Semifinal)
- Subaru Hoshina voiced by Aya Yamane (753♡ in 2.5 Dimensional Seduction, Liliana Masquerade in Re: Zero)
Produced by CloverWorks, the anime will be directed by Miyuki Kuroki. Satoshi Yamaguchi is the assistant director while Rino Yamazaki is in charge of the series’ scripts. Kohei Tokuoka is the character designer and Moeki Harada is the music composer for the anime. You can learn more about the project on the official website.
The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity story and other details
The anime is based on Saka Mikami’s popular romance manga of the same name. The series first started serialising on the Magazine Pocket manga website by Kodansha in October 2021. The story revolves around two rival schools Chidori Public High School and Kikyo Private Academy Girls' High School. Despite being neighbours, Chidori High is filled with delinquent boys, while Kikyo Academy is a renowned girls’ school known for its noble patronage. The students of these two schools also seem to hate each other.
However, when a chance encounter leads to Kikyo’s star student Kaoruko, and Chidori’s tall, blond, and pierced student Rintaro, things start to change. The two start a friendship that will be looked down upon by their peers. But it seems that they can’t help but fall in love with each other. When their friends eventually find out about their secret rendezvous, things get heated.
