I’ve not watched a lot of anime lately as you can probably tell. Too much coming out of Japan these days is tripe littered with moe faces, slice of life without any comedy, or harem shows. Mostly all of that rolled together into a sticky-bun of awful. Ever since summer, though, Aku no Hana has been on my radar. The premise and title card were intriguing enough to stay buried in my mind until recently when, trapped by the snows of winter, I pulled it out and finally watched it. I was not disappointed. If there were a single word to describe Aku no Hana, it would be visceral.
