The Flowers of Evil (惡の華)

We have an emergency!

Suspicious figures with knives have appeared on the festival platform!

It appears nobody has been injured. I repeat!

Suspicious figures with knives have appeared on the festival platform!

People are panic-stricken!

LIVE

They have knives! This is bad!

- What is this? - What are they doing?

To the shit bugs!

To all the shit bugs of this town!

They're yelling out something, but I can't tell what they're saying.

Ah! A police officer is climbing up the platform!

Stop this!

What are you two doing? Get down!

Don't you dare come up.

Calm down.

Let's retreat for now, sir.

Stop.

Hey, that's... It's Kasuga, isn't it?

No way... What are those two doing?

Kasuga, pour it on me, too.

Sure.

Hey!

What are the police doing? Go and make them stop!

- Excuse me. - Sorry.

Sorry.

Excuse me!

Takao!

Please stand back!

Goodbye.

Goodbye, all you shit bugs.

Takao!

Excuse me, sorry... Takao!

It's not safe!

Please. That's my son!

Please calm down.

- Please stop him! - It's not safe! Please, ma'am.

Die, die, die.

This town is hell.

Living here is hell.

No one listens.

No one listens to the sound of a flower blooming

in the distance, on the other side of the mountain.

Sink, sink, let everything sink.

Rust, rot, and sink into a slimy, grimy, muck!

But...

But I was wrong.

I'm a shit bug, too.

I was merely facing a different direction within the mud of shit bugs.

I'm also a shit bug!

There is no other side!

All there is to do, is to keep living in this town

just facing a different direction from everyone else!

We are phony perverts!

- For eternity! - Forever, and ever, and ever!

Shit bugs! Shit bugs! Shit bugs! Shit bugs! Shit bugs!

Nakamura...

Let's go.

- Takao! - Calm down, ma'am.

- Takao! - Please calm down!

This isn't good. Let's get outta here, hurry!

Takao! Are you alright?

I'm so sorry...

Kasuga...

Bye-bye.

I'm going alone.

Nakamura...

Calm down!

Calm down already!

She's been detained!

A police officer and a man rushed onto the platform and stopped the girl.

It appears the boy who fell off has also been apprehended.

- Why on earth did they do this? - Nanako?

Nanako...

Nanako!

Nanako...

Hey, stop it already!

- Let me go! - Stop resisting!

Stop it!

Nakamura... Nakamura!

Nakamura!

"It used to be

that you would not believe in anything,

but you knew rage in place of belief."

SECOND YEAR, CLASS B

"It used to be

that you knew not to deny lust,

"but blamed what made you lust."

"Then why, when fatigued by grief,

should you return home

"to the kind embrace of one who kisses you?"

All right, we'll leave it at that for today.

In our next class,

we'll pick up from here.

Make sure you all review today's material by then.

Class dismissed.

THREE YEARS LATER

THE FLOWERS OF EVIL

OMIYA STATION

SAITAMA PREFECTURAL MIGIWA HIGH SCHOOL.

EPISODE 8.

Come on, now... Seriously? Big boobs?

Flat chests are where it's at!

Really? The bigger the better, for me.

- I think that's standard. - Right?

You guys don't get it!

When a girl goes, "Mine are so small..."

That insecurity is what's hot!

Big boobs are the same as big dicks. There's no depth to people like that.

- You're a pervert. - For sure.

I can't agree with you at all. Right, Kasuga?

- Right. - See?

- I had curry rice. - You had curry rice?

- That's impressive. - For breakfast?

- Wow. - What about you?

This is all I've had. Strawberry milk.

There she is!

There you are!

Man, Tokiwa really is something.

What do you like about her? I like her eyes.

I like her eyes, too.

But if she stared into mine, I'd get nervous.

Don't worry. She doesn't even know you exist.

The same goes for you!

Man, I hope I'm in the same class as her next year!

Me, too.

The next stop is Kamogawa Housing Complex.

Passengers getting off, please...

Mmm.

This is delicious! Did you get a different one today?

It's a bit more expensive.

- Right, I see. - Hmm.

It tastes good, doesn't it, Takao?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Let's buy this from now on.

Okay.

We also have udon noodles today.

Is that so?

Udon with oden soup, though?

It's an idea I heard about today. Just give it a try, okay?

I'm going in for the win!

That was close!

Short hair is the best.

Nothing can top long, dark hair.

I know, right?

Are you guys free today?

You must be, right?

The karaoke place has a discount for groups of seven or more.