How Does Flowers Are Bait Manhwa End?

My take on ‘Flowers Are Bait’ focuses more on the emotional closure of the characters and less on how the story was solved. After the flower-bait scheme has been exposed by the main characters, the story then revolves around the accountability of the characters and their repair of relationships rather than their imprisonment for their crimes.

Their honest conversation revealed old wounds, and authentic apologies were given. One of them had been avoiding the other for quite some time, and the other had to decide whether to forgive the other or to leave them in the past. In the end, they worked out a way of middle ground – a way of reconciliation with boundaries. As for the main antagonist’s network, all were exposed, some with the full force of law, while others were revealed to be pawns, manipulated by the others, and not as ‘bad’ as they seemed. The story ended with a gentle coda, where life simply continued as before, but with a slight twist – a new way of looking at life, in a slightly different way. Simple scenes of creating floral arrangements, sharing a simple meal together, or even tending a memorial to someone who had passed away became the closure that I felt was required to actually imagine the future of the two main characters. I finished this story feeling that two very damaged people had grown up enough to work through their issues, and to move on with their lives – in all their imperfection – but they were steady now. That was good enough for me.

I just finished reading ‘Flowers Are Bait’ by Simon Curtis, and it’s had a big impact on me. I was completely caught up in the story, and the way the mystery of the flowers was unraveled in the final chapters, and how the two leads at last came to terms with each other after all that had happened to them, was both utterly satisfying, and quietly tragic.

The climax of the book is when the truth behind the flowers is finally revealed – they were used as bait by a group of people in order to collect memories and manipulate others. The main characters finally confront the people behind the flower plot and after a very intense showdown, one of the main characters sacrifices his own safety for the others and in doing so, it finally forces the others to realize what it is that they want. The rest of the book follows the surviving main character and sets up a small flower shop. He deals with the aftermath of the villain’s plot and organizes for the others to hand over the various parts of the plan to the authorities. He works out the logistics of dismantling the rest of it. The book then jumps forward in time to an epilogue and it is a very small and very domestic scene. It is filled with warmth and honesty and finally the two leads can now have the relationship that they had been dancing around for the rest of the book. The ending is hopeful but not fairy-tale like. There are still consequences to the actions of the two leads and they still have their scars but there is hope for them. I found the end of the book to be very satisfying and it was a relief to read. It was also comfortingly small.

I was also happy to note that I smiled while reading this final scene due to several of the tiny details included in the story. I kept noticing references back to a certain flower as well as to a line of dialogue that had been spoken many chapters prior. I thought that this was a great way to reward the reader for having read the entire series and that the way in which the author wrapped up the mystery as well as the two main characters was wonderful. It was a fitting finale to both the mystery and the two leads’ journey.

The end of “Flowers Are Bait” was so surprising. It was bittersweet and so domestic compared to the rest of the story. It wasn’t some huge final battle, but rather a final confrontation followed by the details of what happened after. The conspiracy of using flowers as bait to get rid of the threats was exposed. The people responsible were exposed and in the end of it all, the danger was stopped in a tense scene where one character risked everything to protect the others.

The plot then continues in a slow and safe manner. The surviving main characters work on holding accountable those who committed crimes. They try to fix any damage and rebuild trust with others. It is very pleasant to see how the main relationship works after the plot. The story finally gives them a chance to grow and work on themselves in a healthy manner. The ending is hopeful and feels real. It does not pretend that everything is now perfect but rather provides a glimpse of hope after dealing with the pain caused by past events.