The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity

The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity manga tells the story of two neighboring schools that are very different. Chidori Public High School is known for its troublemakers, while the all-girls Kikyo Private Academy has a great reputation and mostly wealthy students. The girls at Kikyo dislike the students at Chidori. Rintarou Tsumugi, a 16-year-old at Chidori, has a scary face that makes people avoid him, but he’s happy with his group of friends. What they don’t know is that he sometimes helps out at his family’s cake shop. One day at the shop, Rintarou sees a girl who runs off before he can talk to her. The next day, she apologizes and introduces herself as Kaoruko Waguri. She explains she didn’t run away because of his looks and thinks he’s kind. Despite not being used to her cheerful personality, Rintarou wants to be friends with her. There’s just one problem: Kaoruko is a student at Kikyo!