Aku no Hana 1-4

       If you're looking for a smart show that's kind of creepy and fun all at the same time, Aku no Hana should be your cup of tea. It's based off of Claude Baudelaire's poem anthology les fleurs du mal. Which according to Wikipedia is all about letting your inner sicko loose and committing sexy sins.

       The show follows Kasuga Takao, a book nerd with a huge crush on the cute, smart girl in class, Saeki Nanako. One fateful day, after school, he ends up stealing Saeki's gym uniform.
 It becomes a big deal the next day and Kasuga-kun freaks. In his mind he's become this complete sexual deviant and while we can't completely deny that, what we can say is that he is nothing compared to Nakamura, the weird girl in class who also happens to be the only witness to Kasuga's crime. And i have to say, she is some next level shit. In the first four episodes alone she calls the homeroom teacher a piece of shit, pushes Kasuga's face into Saeki's breasts, then tells him to write an essay about it, becomes livid when he doesn't, so she undresses him in the middle of the library and puts Saeki's gym clothes on him, makes him hang out with her after school by a river, sniffs her hands then sniffs his, goes to his house in the middle of the night (even though he never told her where he lived) and makes him wear he gym uniform under his clothes on his first date with Saeki. Plus she's got the creepiest smile.

Something to note about this show is definitely it's animation. It is beautiful to say the least. Every step, every smile, every motion each of the characters make is fully drawn and there is no such thing as a still shot in this show. The tones are dark and serious and the soundtrack only adds to it. There's nothing to pick at in this show, the plot is new and engaging, the characters are interesting the dialogue is smart, we have a protagonist who is oddly endearing and an antagonist who is nuts in the best of ways. We also have this:

Who is a girl

and this:

My favorite character