Flowers of Evil

Description

Se-Joon and Se-Wa are siblings with a dark, complex relationship. Se-Wa, a girl considered psychotic by others, is attached to her brother a little too attached. In her eyes, there is only Se-Joon and no one else. And what of Se-Joon's feelings?

Title comes from French poet Beaudelaire's compilation of poems, Les Fleurs du mal.

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

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Associated Names

Ag-ui, Kkoch

Ak-eui Kkot

Blumen des Bösen

Flower of Evil

Kwiaty grzechu (Polish)

Les Fleurs du mal

The Evil Flowers

The Flowers of Evil

Цветы зла

दुष्टको फूल

恶之花

악의 꽃

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NOIR

Latest Release(s)

v.7 c.26 (end) by NOIR 16 years ago

v.7 c.25 by NOIR 16 years ago

v.7 c.24 by NOIR 16 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

7 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

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Forum

1 topics, 18 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.3 / 10.0 (796 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.23 / 10.0

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Last Updated

May 29th, 2025 3:04am PDT - 3 weeks ago

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Genre

Drama Mature Psychological Romance School Life Shoujo Tragedy
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Author(s)

LEE Hyeon-Sook

Artist(s)

LEE Hyeon-Sook

Year

2006

Original Publisher

Daiwon

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Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

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Monthly Pos #1154

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3 Month Pos #2533

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6 Month Pos #2734

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Year Pos #3236

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List Stats

On 674 reading lists

On 988 wish lists

On 1938 completed lists

On 108 unfinished lists

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DON'T HESITATE

by Mikhael
13 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Definitely, a masterpiece.
At first I was a bit skeptic on reading this, since it is categorized as incest. But then I was totally wrong. The female lead had mistaken her feelings as love when in fact it is just merely a longing for security. Her brother enclosed her too much that she ALMOST never had a chance too explore more and stand by herself. I'm glad that, at least, she was able to free herself from Seh-jun and experience REAL LOVE.

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Haunting and Beautiful

by MightyMaeve
13 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

The author was inspired by Charles Baudelaire and his poetry... How could I NOT read this?!

I was captivated from page one--art, story, plotting, technical delivery--they all worked together like the perfectly chosen words of a poem.

And it was poetic, a very sad poem, but one that made me think! Within all that psychotic behavior, it was surprisingly tender and loving. It made me cry! Characters I thought were despicable, by story end, were completely understandable and I felt empathy for them. Characters I sympathized with at the beginning, by story end, I saw a darker side of, something that made me uncomfortable, but also comforted, since they reflected the human condition, the possessive, dark side of it.

The ending is tragic (this isn't where I cried), yes, but it affected me generally with a positive feel. The only reason I didn't give it a ten is because I felt the ending a little too tragic. Their was eucatastrophe--with the boy I'd least expect--but it wasn't enough. The light was just too quick and brief admist all that black despair!

I wonder what Baudelaire would have thought of this manhwa...

... Last updated 13 years ago

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addicting and crazy

by areumlee
14 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

This is one of those stories where you don't root for any character. The author doesn't put a heavy bias on any character and they all have their good points and bad points. I automatically had not attachment for Sewa from her spoiled behavior in the beginning and SeJun's gloomy aura didn't exactly have me cheering for him either. Therefore, it was easy to read the manhwa without becoming to attached to a certain plot, aka, a happy ending with butterflies and rainbows. Therefore, I was completely up for any kind of ending as long as I felt it resolved the issues. And I actually thought it did. I'll try to be as vague as possible; some people hated the ending/felt it was rushed etc etc, I actually thought it was an ok ending. It doesn't have me jumping for joy but I couldn't see how a super fantastic cliche ending would pick up the slack for the rest of story, which was not at ALL super fantastic cliche. That's one of the charms of the story, anything could happen and it always intrueged me to read further.

I really do love Gihoon. It's the first time I've ever liked the second male lead more than the first, perhaps because I never liked Sejun. The only flaw I find with the ending is the ambiguity about Sejun's character. Sewa in the manhwa is always called the "psychotic" one, and yet she's the one that does what she wants freely, while Sejun goes off to be bipolar about everything. He really confused me. In the end, I was still confused with what kind of love had budded between the two, especially from Sewa's point of view. While she felt "love" for her brother, it felt more like a pained dependency. Literally, we could put this into a metaphor - a person who is addicted to a drug and can't stop even if they want to. When she got to feel what it was like to lean less on him, she actually liked what she felt. Furthermore, when she told her mom that her heart hurt because she saw Gihoon with another woman, she didn't know that feeling, which just makes the love that she felt for him much more real that all the clingyness she's shown around Sejun. That's why, I do believe that Gihoon is her first love. But then again, the charm of this story is that you can freely interpret the relationships between the people. It might be that I just simply have a more bias towards Gihoon, as I do feel he was the kindest and most forgiving (not to mention non-insane) person in the series. Overall, I'm really happy I read this manhwa, the art is amazing and the pacing is perfect.

... Last updated 14 years ago

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A masterpiece.

by Loliconlubbin
14 years ago

Rating: N/A

So beautiful, heart-clenching, insane, disturbing...omfg. I didn't think a manga could make me feel so many emotions. I RECOMMEND X 10. Read it til' the end. You will remain in a state of shock.

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wow. if only : P

by wintermelon
14 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

amazing drama, heartwrenching twists..and beautiful art

i was rooting for se-joon the whole time...they look so good together!! not to forget they love each other so much...the fake sung-chan was so creepy and fake. lol..it was thanks to him that se-joon broke out of his shell though, but he brought their downfall too, so i cant complain about him too much!~ sigh~ i love this manga ;A;.. (still dont like Gi Hoon though -_- haha)
beautiful art..and i do think the characters develop a lot. the only thing i would have wanted, was a mutual love between them other than one chasing after the other all the time..
but what can you expect from a taboo incest story? incest being regarded as the most taboo of relationships in general...
i guess that this great barrier (incest nature) could have made their love twisted into their obsession..

another thing is the realistic level... hm i thought that jealousy could make people go to such lengths, and so it was very realistic.. but everyone in this manhwa was driven by some twisted desire, none of the love was pure love..so that made the world seem really complicated! It has a lot of rare occurrences stuffed together too - stalkers, twins, taboo love, murder for another.. but actually, i think Se-Wa's mother and Gi Hoon's father were the only ones who had rather purer emotions 😛 but they were kinda side-characters...
the manhwa leaves me with a bittersweet taste. xP

Hm...most people are thinking that Se Wa loved GiHoon in the end...but i think thats not right .__. she loved SeJoon so strongly...AND they even had sex in the end! ;A; and she was happy, they held hands the next day to sleep too =.=;; so i truly think they love each other. I think she only sees GiHoon as her one and only friend that is fully there for her other than SeJoon..so you can interpret that Se-Wa was only in shock that her one and only "friend" sung-chan was dead/injured, and cant believe it, so she was constantly calling him in the end...it makes sense! its too painful to think that se-joon's love was totally unrequited......plus, the last name she thought of was Se-Joon~ andd, i think that was her ghost in the end XD

... Last updated 14 years ago

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Excellent Manhwa

by WarriorKalia
14 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

Obviously if you managed to make it onto this page, you were probably either recommended this by an acquaintance or you searched the tags and came up with this.

Note that this is in fact a 'real' incest manga- the two are not half-siblings or anything of the sort. They are blood twins, which I find refreshing more than disgusting, personally. I hate it when mangaka try to get around the taboo subject of incest by saying, "Oh, but they aren't REALLY brother and sister!"

The story, without going into too much detail, begins with a scene that most of us accept without question- the boy is normal and looking for love, while his sister is clingy and manipulative. Over time, Se-Joon's girlfriend is introduced, along with a 'childhood friend' character who begins to try to date Se-Wa after she huffily begins to try to make Se-Joon jealous. Over time, the picture we once took for granted is slowly twisted and inverted until barely recognizable. This manhwa is definitely not straightforward, but it pictures the relationships between the twins and their prospective lovers [as what I would imagine would be] fairly realistic, given the characters.

If you are uptight and immediately turned-off by the tags and this description, then by all means read a different shoujo series or something. This definitely isn't for everyone.

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Incest sminchest!!

by czartchiee
15 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Okay so some incest manga completely bore me and or freak me out. However, the way the author wove the story it was as if it was completely natural for the twins to love each other. And the dark feel in the plot made it kind of like a thriller (a good one, not like 'Prom Night' LOL)
I read this in one whole sitting it was so damn good! I do admit, the ending was really sad, and it would have saved me a whole box of tissues if it didn't turn out the way it did.
But seriously? I've gotten fed up with all the typical shoujo-style happy endings. The end made it feel like a modern day 'Romeo and Juliet', except in my opinon, this was SOOOOO much better!

... Last updated 15 years ago

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beaaautiful art!!!

by elalendi
16 years ago

Rating: N/A

Um, I so do not like incest. Actually, I avoid it like the plague. But this manga has the MOST beautiful artwork ever (I could tell from the cover) so I had to try it out... and it's actually very interesting!! Disturbing, yes, at some parts but interesting. Very very good. I recommend it! (If you can stand the intensely weird/creepy incest-implications)

edit: well it turned out to be one of those mangas that are so addictive in the beginning but sort of get crazy and stupid later... sigh. Se-joon makes me so maad!! And the ending was so pointless. I won't spoil anything here but yeah... it definitely gets super dramatic and complicated later on.

... Last updated 16 years ago

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beautiful & addicting [OMG XD]

by countingwounds
17 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

i am SO EXCITED. i'm addicted like a lot of other people. it's so different and interesting and just draws you in. this has to be one of my favorites if not my all time. i haven't gotten bored once. although i have gotten PO'd at Se-Joon. urgh.

the scans are coming out faster! [or is it just me] which is also exciting! reading raws also, since i can't wait. ahh. :]

IT'S FINALLY DONE?!?! it seems like i've always been waiting and waiting for the series all the time, it was the highlight of releases. [about the only time i remembered what the story was about when releases were slow haha].

EDIT;; WHOA-OH the ending. it was like BAMMMMM. i shall sit here in shock.

i knew it couldn't be a happy ending. uh-uh. but whoa. seh-wa.. poor thing.. gi-hoona nd seh-wah didn't even get to share their feelings. especially seh-wah! it was her first love, and she loved him so much, and he didn't even know. but i wouldn't have ended it any other way. especially ending with the flashback. that gave me shivers and pierced me through the heart.

if you're looking for a manga that is beautiful, twisted, interesting, twisted, and heart breaking, really. READ IT.

... Last updated 16 years ago

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woah

by bluesonnet
17 years ago

Rating: N/A

Oh gosh, I don't really know if I'm supposed to say this...but...

Is Se-Wa a guy?! There've been too many clues and hints that she may be a guy (like Gi-Hoon trying to undress her to see, and when she was in the bathroom, SHE HAD NO BOOBS). I don't really know what to think. It just puts too many "why's" in the story.

Ugh. I'm getting really confused but at the same time, getting really addicted. This is one good manhwa.

... Last updated 17 years ago

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