When the Chameleon Flowers Bloom
When the Chameleon Flowers Bloom is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shiho Kido. It has been serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Monthly Afternoon since November 2023.
Publication
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. It started serialization in Kodansha's manga magazine Monthly Afternoon on November 25, 2023. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual volumes, with the first one released on May 22, 2024. As of December 23, 2025, four volumes have been released.In February 2025, Kodansha began publishing the series in English on its K Manga digital service.