“Near-blind student repeatedly dreams of stranger, then confesses love after finally seeing him clearly.”
Only the Flower Knows
花のみぞ知る
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Synopsis
Near-blind student repeatedly dreams of stranger, then confesses love after finally seeing him clearly.
In a series of chance encounters, university students Youichi Arikawa and Shouta Misaki are brought together. When they meet very briefly for the first and second time, Arikawa is not wearing the proper lenses needed to correct his terrible eyesight. All he has to remember Misaki by is a fuzzy impression of his figure and a necklace with a glass flower pendant that he dropped before hurrying away. Even though they never introduced themselves, Arikawa dreams of Misaki repeatedly, somehow knowing what name to call out in his sleep. When he meets Misaki for a third time, now with clear vision, Arikawa finally sees his face and confirms his name. Although Arikawa is unsure why he is so strongly infatuated by this person, he knows for certain that he cherishes the man in his dreams, so he candidly confesses to Misaki! Can love at first sight strike as strangely as this?
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 10 sampled reviews
What 10 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.49 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 1.30
Running avg · Feb 2011 → Jul 2025
- 10 “Okay- I admit that my review is slightly biased by my love for Rihito Takarai's art (I am an art junky) but, it really was a great story- and sweet. It's one of those stories that makes you go "aw"...”
- 10 “100% I’m gonna be the worst review person ever, though I can only go by art. So the story part I can only do the plot. Along with that, deal with my worst spelling NA! Story - 9 It haves a really...”
- 10 “So this is my first review (hopefully it's good might by slightly biased). so to start off I didn't really know what to expect since I had just started reading yaoi. But this manga was so...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 13 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 44m approx
- Published Oct 2009 – Jul 2012
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M11915 catalog