Joseph Luster
September 17, 2024 
Saka Mikami’s romantic comedy manga The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity—also known as Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku—has been running via Kodansha’s Magazine Pocket site since October 2021. Now it’s coming to the screen with the reveal of an anime adaptation that’s slated for a 2025 premiere.
The announcement was made during the weekend’s Aniplex Online Fest 2024 event, which also revealed CloverWorks as the studio behind the adaptation. Further details are light, but you can see the teaser trailer below.
The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity Teaser
There’s also a celebratory illustration from creator Saka Mikami:
Kodansha USA recently started publishing the manga in English and describes the story as follows:
The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity Plot
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?
Source: Crunchyroll News
