The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity is one of the most awaited anime of Summer 2025. Based on the hit manga by Saka Mikami, the anime is being animated by CloverWorks, the same studio behind My Dress-Up Darling and Horimiya. Netflix is handling the global release, but just like Blue Box and Sakamoto Days, it is following a delayed schedule for international viewers.
The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity Episode 1 Release Date and Netflix Delay
The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity Episode 1 will officially release in Japan on July 6, 2025, at 1:00 a.m. JST, through Netflix Japan. Other Japanese platforms will start streaming it from 25:00 on Saturday, July 12.
- ABEMA
- Prime Video
- Disney Plus
- d Anime Store
- DMM TV
- Bandai Channel
- Hulu
- Lemino
- Anime Festa
Check Your Netflix The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity Episode 1 Release Time
The global release is confirmed for September 7, but the exact time is still to be announced. Stay tuned or follow official updates for your region.
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This early access issue is again becoming a problem. The anime will likely be discussed and spoiled online before fans outside Japan get to watch it officially.
The Asian region Netflix will get The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity Episode 1 on July 13, but that is still a week behind Japan. The anime is confirmed to run for 13 episodes total and will be a 1-cour series.
| Netflix Region | Local Time | Day |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia (WIB) | 11:00 p.m. | July 13 |
| Thailand (ICT) | 11:00 p.m. | July 13 |
| Vietnam (ICT) | 11:00 p.m. | July 13 |
| India (IST) | 9:30 p.m. | July 13 |
| Pakistan (PKT) | 9:00 p.m. | July 13 |
| Bangladesh (BST) | 10:00 p.m. | July 13 |
This article contains spoilers from The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity Episode 1
The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity Episode 1 Story and Preview
The anime starts by showing the gap between two schools in Tokyo. Chidori High School is a public school for boys that has a rough image. On the other side is Kikyo Girls Academy, a private school for wealthy girls. Both schools are next to each other, but have a divide in reputation and lifestyle.
Rintaro Tsumugi, the main boy, works at his family’s cake shop. He has a scary face, so people always misunderstand him. One day, Kaoruko Waguri, a girl from Kikyo, comes into the shop. She sees Rintaro, gets flustered, and runs off. Rintaro thinks he scared her again.
But the next day, Kaoruko comes back, apologizes, and ends up eating the cake herself. She tells Rintaro she was not scared of him at all, something that surprises him because everyone usually avoids him.
This small meeting changes everything. Rintaro later finds out that Kaoruko goes to Kikyo, which makes him conflicted because of the rivalry between their schools. The official synopsis of episode 1 has been released as well:
Tokyo Metropolitan Chidori High School is a low-ranking boys’ school, while Kikyo Gakuen Girls’ High School is a private school for well-established young ladies.
Though they are adjacent to each other, the gulf between the two schools is deep.
While helping out at his family’s cake shop, Tsumugi Rintaro, who attends Chidori, meets a girl named Waguri Kaoruko who eats a lot of cake. Kaoruko sees Rintaro and runs away from the store.
Rintaro regrets having scared her, but the next day she comes to visit him.
Staff
- Script: Rino Yamazaki
- Direction and Storyboard: Miyuki Kuroki
- Chief Animation Director: Kohei Tokuoka
The manga has already crossed 5 million copies sold, so expectations are high. If Netflix had released it globally at the same time, the hype would have been a lot more than this. But just like Blue Box, international fans will need to wait or avoid spoilers.
