The summer 2025 anime season is proving itself to be one of the most exciting in years, with top-tier shows making their returns and highly anticipated new titles looking to make strong first impressions. Some of those shows have found their way intoNetflix’s growing lineup of anime, as the streaming service continues to target what is reportedlya large portion of its users.
However, not everyone in the community is entirely happy with Netflix bringing in an increasing number of exclusives every season, and the service isn’t giving them much reason to be. One of the summer’s most anticipated new romance titles,The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity,will only be streaming on Netflix.Unfortunately, fans in the U.S. will have to wait until September to actually watch it.
Netflix Is Delaying the Release of One of the Summer’s Biggest New Shows
U.S. Anime Fans Will Have to Wait to Watch The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity
The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignityhas built itself quite a following since the original manga debuted in 2021, and the announcement that an anime adaptation by CloverWorks was just around the cornerexcited fans of the romance genre. Initially, it was announced that the series would premiere in July 2025 and that Netflix would be holding exclusive streaming rights.
Unfortunately, just as the summer anime season was set to kick off, Netflix announced thatThe Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignitywould not be available on their service until September 7th, despite the series premiering on July 5th in Japan.
In this day and age when nearly all titles with any sort of following are released simultaneously in several countries around the world, fans have expressed their displeasure with Netflix, and they aren’t wrong for doing so. If the service intends to become one of the new leaders in anime streaming, delays such as these are unacceptable and near guaranteed to lead fans to findother questionable ways to watch their shows.
The Popular Streaming Service Wants In On Anime, But Hasn’t Proven Itself to Fans
This past fall, the first six episodes ofDandadanwereleaked online after a Netflix security breach, along with the entire first season of MAPPA’sRanma 1/2remake and most ofTerminator Zero. Episodes of the recently completedDragon Ball Daimacame to Netflix weeks after they premiered in Japan and on other popular streaming services.
Netflixis aiming to bolster its catalog of anime, and is jumping at the opportunity to bring shows exclusively to their service. Unfortunately, recent history has shown that the streaming giant has a number of problems handling anime, andThe Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignityis just another example of a growing trend of issues.
The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity
The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity explores the dynamics between two proximate yet contrasting educational institutions, one for elite girls and the other for troubled boys.
