Hana no Namae
The Name of the Flower
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Japanese: 花の名前
English: The Name of the Flower
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 4
Chapters: 20
Status: Finished
Published: Feb 10, 2004 to Aug 10, 2007
Genres: Drama Drama, Romance Romance
Demographic: Shoujo Shoujo
Serialization: LaLa DX
Authors: Saitou, Ken (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.541 (scored by 30933,093 users)
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Ranked: #26752
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Popularity: #2787
Members: 7,928
Favorites: 40

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Synopsis

Devastated by the loss of both parents in a tragic accident, 18-year-old Chouko Mizushima loses her will to live. After living at the homes of several different relatives, she settles in with a handsome young writer named Kei Mizushima. Kei's a solitary, private person who is uncomfortable around most people and doesn't quite know how to deal with this emotional young woman. At first, Chouko can't seem to do anything right. But her dedication to tending the flowers in his garden leads Kei to eventually accept her presence. Will their growing mutual affection lead to something more?

(Source: CMX)

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Hana no Namae was published in English as The Name of the Flower by CMX Manga from January 13, 2009 to April 20, 2010.

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Characters

Mizushima, Kei
Mizushima, Kei
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Mizushima, Chouko
Mizushima, Chouko
Main
Akiyama, Shinichi
Akiyama, Shinichi
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3 Recommended
1 Mixed Feelings
0 Not Recommended
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Jul 30, 2011
movoning
Recommended
Hana no Namae is on the heavier side of its genre. Less about love, it's more about facing those past fears that stop people from moving forward.
The story progresses pretty quickly even though almost half of it is flashbacks. Due to a great amount of flashbacks not really in linear order, toward the end it was a bit hard to figure out what really happened. However, the narration is beautiful and flows really well nonetheless.

The story spans four years I think, from the female lead's high school years to college years. In four volume, I didn't experience any forced jump in the storyline, ...
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Feb 1, 2011
Fireal
Recommended
Hana no Namae is a really amazing story. I picked it up randomly thinking about as another typical naive shoujo story but this manga suprised me with it's deep feelings, and complicate relations between the characters. It describes how hard is to built with power something on a past you wish to forget and struggle everyday with your own feelings. I wouldn't call Hana no Namae depressing, but surely thought provoking to everyone.
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Mar 21, 2011
llama0lover
Mixed Feelings
This manga, I think the overall concept for the storyline was good, but it was not carried out correctly. The characters like Chou and Kei seem to be one dimensional, fitting into well known manga archetypes. What really bothered me about this manga, was the fact that the mangaka does not go into depth about the background of the story, its just "oh Chouko's parents are dead, oh she's living with Kei, oh she's happy now. It's like they go through 2 years in about a chapter and a half. Once this, is over with the pace of the manga turns in the exact opposite ...
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