History Main / HanahakiDisease

* ''Webcomic/{{Wonderlab}}'': The Abnormality Staining Rose is based on this concept. It will only work with a sole employee that manages to satisfy its needs. However, if that employee doesn't show up to work on it for a while or if someone other than that employee works with it, it will afflict employees with a contagious disease that makes them hack up rose petals until they die.

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* The cover of Chapter 45 of [[Manga/TokyoGhoul Tokyo Ghoul:re]] shows Kanae vomiting and choking on rose petals. This is two chapters after Eto tortures him with a manipulative BreakingSpeech that exploits his unrequited love towards Tsukiyama.

* The long ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' oneshot ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/25981507works/25981507 it this is love, please don't break me]]'' has Amity suffering this illness after realizing she's in love with Luz, who tries to reciprocate the former's feelings throughout.

* The ''Series/GoodOmens'' fanfic, ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23008993/chapters/55014790 Somebody to Love]]'' embraces all the UnfortunateImplications of the trope and turns it into something horrific. It is a curse placed on all the demons by Satan and the whole "requited love cures the condition" is more of a loophole rather than the standard. The murder flowers issue is also triggered by ''[[TheFourLoves all kinds of love,'' not just romantic love. Which means that even feeling some form of affection for the nice angel that Crawley met on the walls of Eden was enough to start the process.

Hanahaki Disease originates from Japanese works. The word "hanahaki" is a fusion of the Japanese words "hana" (flower) and "hakimasu" (throw up). The first usage of the trope is unclear, but it was popularized in Japanese YaoiGenre fandoms before spreading to Korean fandoms and then other international fandoms.

Sub-trope to IncurableCoughOfDeath, HopelessSuitor, and AllLoveIsUnrequited. Related to BodyHorror and VictorianNovelDisease. If the LGBT character coughs up relevant flowers, see QueerFlowers.

Sub-trope to IncurableCoughOfDeath, HopelessSuitor, and AllLoveIsUnrequited. Related to BodyHorror and VictorianNovelDisease.

!!Examples;

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' SlashFic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13315029/1/Hanahaki-Disease-A-Co-written-Sonadow-Story Hanahaki Disease]]'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, about Sonic coughing up pink rose petals because of his crush on Shadow. Also doubles as a ComingOutStory due to Sonic being raised in a stigma around homosexuals.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' SlashFic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13315029/1/Hanahaki-Disease-A-Co-written-Sonadow-Story Hanahaki Disease]]'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, about Sonic growing pink roses in his lungs because of his crush on Shadow.

Despite how deadly Hanahaki Disease is, it can be instantly cured if it turns out the other person likes the dying person back. It can also be cured by surgery, but this cure means that the person will lose their feelings for the person they love (a double-edged sword which amps up the drama). If, for some reason, it can't be cured, it sometimes can be managed with medication (though this is not seen ''too'' often), but it never fully goes away.

Hanahaki Disease is a fictional disease where someone begins coughing up flower petals because they have unrequited feelings for someone. The flowers can grow in the stomach, lungs, or heart, though it is traditionally in the lungs. Hanahaki Disease is a painful, slow disease that often develops over months, if not years, and begins with coughing up a few petals, and growing in intensity and pain until the victim is coughing up ''entire'' flowers, at which point the disease has reached its final stages. If not treated, the disease is [[DeathByDespair fatal]]. It's primarily an online phenomenon that appears in FanWorks, but it has appeared in original works as well.

Hanahaki Disease is a fictional disease where someone begins coughing up flower petals because they have unrequited feelings for someone. The flowers can grow in the stomach, lungs, or heart, though it is traditionally in the lungs. Hanahaki Disease is a painful, slow disease that ends in DeathByDespair if not treated. It's primarily an online phenomenon that appears in FanWorks, but it has appeared in original works as well.

* The TropeCodifier is 2009's ''Manga/HanahakiOtome'', which is about a girl with unrequited feelings who begins spitting up flowers. The symptoms are: strong chest pains and flowers coming from the heart or lungs.

* The TropeCodifier is 2009's ''Hanahaki Otomi'', which is about a girl with unrequited feelings who begins spitting up flowers. The symptoms are: strong chest pains and flowers coming from the heart or lungs.

Sub-trope to IncurableCoughOfDeath, HopelessSuitor, and AllLoveIsUnrequited. Related to BodyHorror.

This trope is popular because it has a lot of melodramatic angst-potential, while also being pretty. Death by Hanahaki Disease is tragic but beautiful. The victim is killed from within by something as beautiful as flowers. Haunted by their unrequited love, the person usually [[SecretlyDying tries to cover up]] their illness. They'll leave behind trails of bloody flowers, which are both horrific and aesthetically pleasing. FlowerMotifs are often used, which adds to the symbolism.

Despite how deadly Hanahaki Disease is, it can be instantly cured if it turns out the other person likes the dying person back. It can also be cured by surgery, but this cure means that the person will lose their feelings for the person they love (a double-edged sword which amps up the drama).

* In the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' fic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/15784401/chapters/36725706 Bluebells]]'', Leafpool gets the disease because of Mothwing. She initially thinks it's greencough/pneumonia, but she begins coughing up flowers alongside blood. Eventually Leafpool begins [[BodyHorror sprouting flowers out her chest]]. Right before she dies, she confesses to Mothwing, who says that she likes her back. This curses Leafpool of her Hanahaki Disease. There is also a MultiAnimatorProject [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IOYyGe2nVg based off of the fic]].

* In the ''Warriors'' fic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/15784401/chapters/36725706 Bluebells]]'', Leafpool gets the disease because of Mothwing. She initially thinks it's greencough/pneumonia, but she begins coughing up flowers alongside blood. Eventually Leafpool begins [[BodyHorror sprouting flowers out her chest]]. Right before she dies, she confesses to Mothwing, who says that she likes her back. This curses Leafpool of her Hanahaki Disease. There is also a MultiAnimatorProject [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IOYyGe2nVg based off of the fic]].
* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/9663425 The Taste of Dirt]]'' is a ''Riverdale'' oneshot where Archie and Veronica begin vomiting and coughing up flowers because they're in love with Jughead and Betty respectively.
* The ''Splatoon'' oneshot ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/19144327 i'm so full of love i can hardly breathe]]'' is about Pearl suffering with the disease because of her feelings for her best friend Marina.