Reviews

Only The Flower Knows Vol. 3 by Rihito Takara

kirkspockreads's review against another edition

3.5

What’s up with the child molestor basically getting a pass from Misaki? Bro he literally groomed you when you were a minor! He is not cool! Don’t forgive him for SHIT! I wish Arikawa had kicked his ass!

Other than that, this was cute. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Sexual assault

desiree_reads's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

4☆ Review:

“𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑰’𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖…𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒎.”

ladydewinter's review against another edition

4.0

A satisfying conclusion to a very sweet and gentle story with beautiful artwork.

ellelainey's review against another edition

5.0

This was BY FAR the best volume of the series!

TRIGGERS: assault, attempted sexual assault, harassment, stalking

We FINALLY get to see a resolution to the Satoru storyline. Though I much preferred Youichi's methods, I love that Misaki was able to put his past behind him.
I LOVE that Youichi puts Misaki first and respects his consent. He does all the things that Satoru can't/couldn't, and that means so much to Misaki.

So stinkingly, ridiculously cute! I loved the ending.

bhawisha's review against another edition

4.0

I was hoping that there would be more play on the flowers and their meanings so I was a little disappointed. It’s a cute and fluffy story that, for once, doesn’t involve rape between the two main characters. That was refreshing to see. There’s anxiety over their feelings for each other and struggle but there’s a happy ending so I’m all good.

I read the prologue for this a while back and it was so sad and heartbreaking that I’m glad the actual story ended on a happy note.

mothmantha's review against another edition

4.0

Expected a lot of dick touching, got mostly feels instead. I'm not complaining.

kikiisreading's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

gilexia's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

I loved the finale! It was very cute again and the plot was good. But it feels shorter than the other volumes. Generally the manga in the series were short and for that the price is a little too expensive for me. Either the manga could be cheaper or we could get more story - so more pages. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed this manga series and I can imagine reading it again at some point! 

dovemaster's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

guady5's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

Even though I was confused after the first volume I´m glad I kept reading cause the plot picked up from there really fast. I really enjoyed this story, even if it has its angsty moments, it´s the kind of short sweet story I´d read before going to sleep.
Misaki and Arikawa are really cute and I liked the development their relationship had.
Kawabata was an interesting character, too, I wanted to know more about him. Now that I think about it, his situationship with Misaki kinda reminded me of Ugetsu and Akihiko´s from Given, in the sense that both started well and with time it became a pretty toxic; it´s so sad to watch their special bond wither like that. All this to say, it´s a shame there´s no more info about that guy.