When the Chameleon Flowers Bloom
| When the Chameleon Flowers Bloom | |
| File:Dokudami no Hanasaku Koro 1.png First tankōbon volume cover | |
| どくだみの花咲くころ (Dokudami no Hanasaku Koro) | |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Shiho Kido |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | Kodansha |
| Imprint | Afternoon KC |
| Magazine | Monthly Afternoon |
| Original run | November 25, 2023 – present |
| Volumes | 3 |
When the Chameleon Flowers Bloom (どくだみの花咲くころ, Dokudami no Hanasaku Koro; lit. "When the Dokudami Flowers Bloom") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shiho Kido. It has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon since November 2023.
Publication
[edit | edit source]Written and illustrated by Shiho Kido, When the Chameleon Flowers Bloom was first posted on Twitter on October 25, 2022, where it was well received by readers and won the grand prize of the Afternoon Four Seasons Award Autumn 2022.[1] It started serialization in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon on November 25, 2023.[2] Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes, with the first one released on May 22, 2024.[3] As of June 23, 2025, three volumes have been released.[4]
In February 2025, Kodansha began publishing the series in English on its K Manga digital service.[5]
Volumes
[edit | edit source]| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
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| 3 | June 23, 2025[4] | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
| 4 | December 23, 2025 | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
Reception
[edit | edit source]The manga ranked second at the 3rd Late Night Manga Awards in 2024 hosted by Bungeishunjū's Crea magazine.[8] The manga ranked third on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga of 2025 for male readers.[9] It was nominated for the 18th Manga Taishō in 2025 and ranked fifth with 51 points.[10][11] It received the 29th annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's New Creator Prize in 2025.[12]
References
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Further reading
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website at Monthly Afternoon (in Japanese)
- When the Chameleon Flowers Bloom (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia