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“Tokyo teen Ohana is sent to work at her grandmother's rural inn after her mother flees debt collectors.”
Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow
花咲くいろは
7.89
911 rank · 346,734 viewers · 2,599 favorites
Drama
Workplace
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Synopsis
Tokyo teen Ohana is sent to work at her grandmother's rural inn after her mother flees debt collectors.
Ohana Matsumae is an energetic and wild teenager residing in Tokyo with her carefree single mother. Abruptly, her mother decides to run away with her new boyfriend from debt collectors, forcing the young girl to fend for herself—as per her mother's "rely only on yourself" philosophy—in rural Japan, where her cold grandmother runs a small inn. Driven to adapt to the tranquil lifestyle of the countryside, Ohana experiences and deals with the challenges of working as a maid, as well as meeting and making friends with enthralling people at her new school and the inn.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 115 sampled reviews
8.0
/10
What 115 viewers settled on.
92%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 9
σ 1.78
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.78 · some divergence
The polarity gap
5.2 pts
Recommenders 8.6 · others 3.4
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No
Score over time
↓ 0.01
Running avg · Apr 2011 → May 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Hanasaku Iroha is a very lovable anime. The characters of this anime are very easy to get attached to. The art is good and in some scenes it can be very beautiful. The story is kind of slow so it...”
- 9 “Hanasaku Iroha!~ I found this anime very intriguing. It kept me up late into the early hours of the next morning watching it. Me, being a teenager, I love romance dramas. Though it's not all about...”
- 9 “I genuinely enjoyed this slice-of-life anime despite the genre's typical lack of broad appeal, particularly appreciating the characters and their relationships as they navigate how others can...”
Verbosity
Short · 26%
Medium · 35%
Long · 39%
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- Format 26 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 10h 24m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2011 – Sep 2011 Spring 2011
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-5675 catalog
Produced by
- Bandai Visual Producer
- Sotsu Producer
- Yomiuri Telecasting Producer
- Lantis Producer
- Pony Canyon Producer
- Showgate Producer
- Infinite Producer
Licensed by
- NIS America, Inc. Licensor