# Episode 166 - The Flowers of Evil (Aku no Hana)

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Podcast: [Trash Manga Friends](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trash-manga-friends-900090)
Published: 2026-05-07T07:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://trashmangafriends.podbean.com/e/episode-166-the-flowers-of-evil-aku-no-hana/
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Duration seconds: 5930

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Baudelaire, give us strength. It’s the FINAL series of Year 6, and we’re going out with a traumatic bang, as Sean unleashes the manga version of one of his most hated anime – The Flowers of Evil! But that was 13 years ago, and it’s not like you can rotoscope manga, so surely this romantic drama will have grown on him somewhat since then? If he can u-turn on Girl on the Shore, he can u-turn on anything, right? ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren’t! Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short. New episodes drop every fortnight, where our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little thing to discuss what’s good, what’s bad, but mostly, what’s trash. Five years in, we’re just getting started, as trash never ends, and neither do we. So please, come join us and listen to our book club slash never-ending existential nightmare! ~ Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/ Sean, our forever host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking Mike, our streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/ Phil, our trash overlord, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian ~ Support the official release! The Flowers of Evil is licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/series/the-flowers-of-evil/

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