Flowers of Evil - S01

Takao Kasuga, a high school student fascinated by poetry, reveres Charles Baudelaire and even decorates his room with the poet's portrait. On an ordinary day, Takao forgets his copy of The Flowers of Evil in the classroom. When he returns to retrieve it, he steals the sports garments of Nanako Saeki, a model student he calls his muse and a femme fatale. Deeply ashamed of his act, which he sees as a sin and others see as a crime, Takao realizes with horror that Sawa Nakamura, his classmate and a social outcast, knows about his theft. Blackmailed by her, Takao is forced to take part in Sawa's disturbing fantasies, or she will reveal his deeds to everyone. Caught in a negative spiral of increasingly traumatic experiences, will Takao be able to break free from Sawa's thorns and atone for his sins?