Only the Flower Knows

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Youichi's life at university is going just fine. He isn't having any trouble with his classes, he has plenty of friends, and even a cute girlfriend named Minami. Then the day comes where he meets Misaki. Misaki is a reserved, stand offish fellow but for some reason, Youichi can't seem to get him out of his mind. In fact, he can't seem to stay away. When he lands a job working in the lab with Misaki, it seems more than just the flowers are about to bloom. But will they recognize their emotions for what they are, and have the courage to accept it?

Type

Manga

Related Series

Hana no Miyako de (Spin-Off)

Associated Names

Hana nomi zo Shiru

Hana Nomizo Shiru

Seule la fleur sait (French)

Solo i Fiori Sanno...(Italian)

Só as Flores Sabem

Sólo la Flor lo Sabe

Tylko kwiaty wiedzą (Polish)

Только Цветок Знает

มีเพียงดอกไม้ที่รู้ (Thai)

只有花知晓

只有花知道

花のみぞ知る

꽃만이 안다b

Groups Scanlating

N/A

Latest Release(s)

N/A

Status in Country of Origin

3 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

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User Rating

Average: 8.6 / 10.0 (841 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.52 / 10.0

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Last Updated

October 4th, 2025 12:45pm PDT - 2 weeks ago

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Genre

Drama Romance Slice of Life Yaoi
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Author(s)

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Original Publisher

Taiyo Tosho

Serialized In (magazine)

Craft (Taiyo Tosho)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

DMP (1 Vol - Digital, dropped)

Juné (3 Vols - Print, complete)

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6 Month Pos #4159

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Year Pos #4855

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by Keitorin
4 weeks ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

One of those stories where you have to pick up the puzzle pieces and fit them together at first and the flashbacks come later.

Youichi and Misaki started things with three unfortunate accidents - Misaki dropping a stack of plants and materials and Youichi helping him, later the two colliding and dropping all their things and Misaki losing his necklance, and on the third meeting, Youichi declaring his love because he'd been dreaming of Misaki and the classmates laughed, making Misaki really upset and run off. To make it even more complicated, the necklace Youichi complimented Misaki for was from someone who helped him through his grandfather's death but had made a move on him and now was obsessed with him, but was too scared at liking a men to be with Misaki. (Note: Misaki was still in HS, Kawabata an adult)

Youichi is the type to seem put together and focused. He's studying to become a lawyer and does math to calm down. However, he's dense when it comes to his feelings towards Misaki. If he'd been dreaming of a girl he would've known right away he was interested in her, but since it was a guy it threw him for a loop.

When we first meet Misaki we think he's standoffish, but soon to come realize it's because of his recent loss and relationship with Kawabata. His parents died and he was sent to live with his grandfather, who was lonely from having lost his wife. A researcher who was helping him starts coming over more and more and starts helping Misaki with schoolwork until their relationship seems to take a turn when the grandfather dies, only Kawabata is too scared of loving a man and backs off, leaving Misaki confused, sad and lonely. However, Misaki distancing himself from Kawabata only makes the latter become obsessed. Misaki's attitude stems from that, but he's actually a pretty cute and bashful guy when he relaxes.

I've talked a lot about the plot but as for my personal feelings...the art is nice, I felt like Youichi was the more cute one in looks and Misaki more handsome, though Misaki was definitely more cute in attitude later. I had to sort of suspend my disbelief a few times, like what do you mean Misaki fell for Youichi in the first scene when Youichi called his necklace girly? That's the same necklace Kawabata gave Misaki and called a collar, and he was still heavily struggling with Kawabata calling him 24/7.

I feel warm and fuzzy thinking about how happy they are at the end, they are so cute together. 🙏

... Last updated 4 weeks ago

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An average story that is not boring to read..Nothing more than that

by Sunfae
5 years ago

Rating: 6.5 / 10.0

I probably had high expectations because of how highly rated this manga is, but it didn't move me that much while reading, it left no impact on me whatsoever. It wasn't boring at all, it was rather a smooth read, maybe that's why I finished it all without dropping it; but it was just...okay? No more no less, an average okay read that's it.

... Last updated 5 years ago

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Some are ok but still isn’t good enough

by WhiteIsBlack
6 years ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

I’m giving this manga a mixed-negative review. The conflicts and arguments are somewhat strong but there are few off points I saw. I don’t like the sex scene, but the relationship is so so in some way. I know how Kawabata and feel kinda bad for him for trying his best to satisfy Misaki but struggles to express is natural feeling for him.

... Last updated 5 years ago

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Better than average but...

by sofistree
8 years ago

Rating: 6.8 / 10.0

...still not a book I would read again. It had a lot of cliches and I was pretty uninvested the whole time. I struggled to even finish it. I had high hopes based on the reviews but it did not live up to its potential for me.

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Damn, I didn't expect to fall this deeply in love

by kurosu_yuuki
8 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

This manga is amazing. It's predictable in a unpredictable way.
I really wanted to dislike it. The description really didn't appeal to me and I just wanted to read it so I could understand "Hana no Miyako de" better. I had seen some of the ratings and the beginning seemed kind of normal, so I was ready to diss it, to say how common it was. But I was so, so wrong.
The first and most noticeable thing is the characters. They are so charismatic, it's impossible not to love them. Arikawa is different from all the other characters in yaoi manga I've ever seen. He's truly one of a kind. He's gentle and kind of an airhead, yes, but he has that whole...heterossexual vibe about him. You can tell he truly fell in love with Misaki and never expected to feel that for a man. But the best part is that he doesn't even care. He's so genuine, I bet he'd be the type to say gender is not important, but rather what's inside. He's very human, with shy and nervous moments, but also sooo sexy at times!
And then Misaki. First, can I just say how much I love this name? But the whole character is really good, too. He's not a tsundere, like most ukes usually are. It's very refreshing to see this. Although he does push Arikawa away in the beginning, it's not out of embarrassment or a reluctance we can never seem to understand with other ukes. Normally, even though the uke loves the seme and the seme has already said a billion times how much they love the uke, the uke will still not give in. With Misaki, however, I understand his reserves and can respect them. But once they are gone, he evolves, changes into a better person, a better lover. It's just so different to see that kind of development in yaoi.
Lastly, Kawabata. Yes, it's a common yaoi scenario for an uke to have someone insanely in love with them and that's a stalker. But the story is very uncommon. When have you seen this kind of situation? In all my years of reading yaoi, I haven't. Usually, one of the characters who's actually in the main relationship can't accept their feelings and that's the whole struggle of the story. Or, most of the time, even, they already know they are in love with the other person and are just trying to make them suffer more. Not this case. To see the uke be able to move on and that people have a life once their first love doesn't work...that's something I really liked to see. And the best part is how they make up, how they talk it through, solve their problems toward a better future. I loved it.
The pace and length are also just right. No extra BS once the conflicts have been solved, no dragging forever. Everything that had to be in there was in there, all the sex scenes were just what we needed. Oh, and don't you just love how creative mangakas are? I just keep thinking of the scene when Arikawa leans over Misaki from his bed, while Misaki is on the floor. It's such a simple thing, but such a different position. I had chills from the sexual tension in this part.
This was short and concise, just what I needed, and there's not much else to say about it. I did cry lightly at some parts (sucker for angst here), but it's otherwise a very lighthearted read. I definitely recommend it.
I'd read one manga by Takarai Rihito before that I didn't even remember. Thankfully, I always leave reviews, so, upon reading my own review, I could see my perception of it was just average. And if I don't remember it, it probably was. But then I read Ten Count and I loved it. I usually search for relevant terms to find new yaoi manga, and this one had one of the ones I usually go for (unexpressed feelings), but, more than that, I'd found "Hana no Miyako de" through it, which I was really interested in. Although I disagree with this term for the manga, this makes me want to give Takarai Rihito's work another chance.

... Last updated 8 years ago

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Fluffy good feeling

by hirukayuki01
9 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

There's a certain angst in the manga but at the same time it's all fluff. Well it's good enough for me to actually right a review about it. I love all the characters even the antagonist. Even though it's not entirely realistic, it tackles some things that could possibly happen or has happened in our daily lives. I recommend this.

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finding yourself.

by YanaseRyoko
9 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I really loved it.
I love the draw, was beautiful and also the story. You can find the awakening of you true self.
Misaki he thought his likes were a sin loving a guy to him wasn't "correct" or "normal" and he didn't express to much his own feelings because he didn't want to get hurt -again- (who doesn't understand that) but when he meet arikawa he start to change and feels like his love its no just for one side and he understand that his feelings are not wrong. Such a beautiful story.

Next we have satoshi, I really pity for him (I fall for him actually) because he doesn't do what he really wants, he only does what his mum would approve, it's frustrating living like that. that's it's not life at all and he also have the same problem as misaki, he doesn't accept himself, he thinks being gay is abnormal, that's rubbish.
He really needs to change, because he lost the love of his life just for that stupid way of thinking.

I think this is a cute and little realistic story about what we live in our life. Except for those amazing sexy beats. Ugh.

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I feel like crying

by Himitsu-chan
10 years ago

Rating: N/A

This story gives off feeling of being fragile esp. The uke, it feels that he is going to break in my perspective. This is so good, so solemn(for me) and pure. I love it very much, i've also read the sequel and i feel like crying because the ending is really good, it nearly made me cry. This is just so sweet and fulfilling.

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Nice

by butako chan
11 years ago

Rating: 6.2 / 10.0

It was a cute story. The characters don't have flaws so they're not very realistic. It does give you a nice, warm feeling when they get together though. There is also a token guy who is homophobic and that takes away from the story as little because you knew exactly what was going to happen at a certain point.

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Better than the average, but not good enough.

by F0rcefi3ld
11 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

Reposting what I posted on another site:
I heard about how great this yaoi was so I came to check it out. It's just okay. For me it's missing that one spark that makes it great. Don't let my sentiments fool you though because among a lot of crappy yaois it's up there. One definite thing: Arikawa is a diamond.

Adding a few things:
I love slice-of-life romances, but this one was missing the chemistry factor for me. I couldn't believe in this thing that built up and existed between the two main characters. The seme's interest in the uke was a big "huh" and never convincingly explained. The uke I thought was undeserving and a little irritating mainly because his backstory was not developed to the extent or depth that would make me root for him. I always seem to say this in my comments, but I may be a little harsh on this manga, but for being so popular with fujoshis and people (that I know) praising this like it's one of the best yaoi ever written... well, it's better than your usual by a whole lot yet somehow also not much at all. Maybe my expectations were too high and after reading this I just couldn't figure out how I'm supposed to react.

One thing for sure, I'm going to need a lot more convincing to read the sequel and spin off series. I'll probably never touch them at all.

... Last updated 11 years ago

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