The Flowers of Evil — Vertical Inc.
Issue: #1
The story opens as middle school student Takao Kasuga receives an F on a math test. But he doesn’t even seem to notice because he’s too engrossed in surreptitiously reading Beaudelaire’s The Flowers of Evil. And the day goes downhill from there. In a moment of weakness, he finds and takes home the gym clothes belonging to sweet, pretty Nanako Saeki on whom he has a major crush. Unfortunately for T...
First appearances: Takao Kasuga, Nanako Saeki, Ken Kojima, Shimoyama, Mayu-Mayu, Yamada, Sawa Nakamura
Creators: Nicole Dochych, Paul Tuttle Starr, Shuzo Oshimi, Hiroko Mizuno, Tomoe Tsutsumi
Characters: Takao Kasuga, Nanako Saeki, Ken Kojima, Shimoyama, Mayu-Mayu, Yamada, Sawa Nakamura