A review by pastelwriter
Only the Flower Knows Vol. 1 by Kimiko Kotani, Rihito Takarai

emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Oh.

Oh.

Oooh.

This was lovely. I truly wasn’t expecting to fall in love with this story, but I truly did 🥺

I mostly purchased this because I kept seeing it on tiktok, and it seemed like the kind of BL I needed to cleanse my palette from the chaos BL I tend to pick up. This truly was everything I could have asked for and more 🙏🏼

Misaki and Arikawa are delightful. Misaki clearly has trauma from his past, and it makes him skeptical of Arikawa. However, slowly but surely Arikawa shows Misaki that he’s just a chill guy that likes spending time with him, and it’s just so sweet 🥺 

I truly want to give Misaki such a big hug. He deserves it! He also deserves a good friend 💖 Arikawa is also just a sweetheart. 

All in all, I can’t wait to pick up volume two! I really want to see how their romance develops ✨