Hyakka Ryōran (song)

"Hyakka Ryōran"
Single by Lilas Ikuta
from the album Laugh
LanguageJapanese
English title"In Bloom"
B-side"Dreamer"
ReleasedJanuary 10, 2025
GenrePop
Length2:59
Label
SongwriterLilas Ikuta
ProducerKOHD
Lilas Ikuta singles chronology
"Shinsekai yori"
(2024) 		"Hyakka Ryōran"
(2025) 		"Dreamer"
(2025)
Music video
"Hyakka Ryōran" on YouTube

"Hyakka Ryōran" (Japanese: 百花繚乱; lit. 'various flowers blooming together'), alternatively titled "In Bloom" in English, is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter Lilas Ikuta, taken from her second studio album Laugh (2025). It was released as a single through Echoes and Sony Music Entertainment Japan on January 10, 2025. Written by Ikuta, the song served as an opening theme for the second season of the anime series The Apothecary Diaries. Commercially, "Hyakka Ryōran" peaked at number 11 on the Oricon Singles Chart and number 25 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.

Background and release

On December 10, 2024, it was announced that the opening theme for the second season of anime series The Apothecary Diaries, to premiere on January 10, 2025, would be "Hyakka Ryōran", performed by Lilas Ikuta. It is Ikuta's first solo work to accompany the television anime series. The snippet of the song was first teased in the anime's main trailer, uploaded on the same day.[1] "Hyakka Ryōran" was released digitally on January 10, 2025, coincided with the anime's second-season premiere.[2]

The CD single of "Hyakka Ryōran" was released later on March 10. It includes her self-cover of "Dreamer" as a B-side, originally written for the television drama series Ya Boy Kongming! (2023) and sung by Moka Kamishiraishi, who portrayed the character Eiko Tsukimi. It came in three editions: complete limited, first press limited, and standard. The medicine cabinet-packaged complete limited edition includes the original illustrations from The Apothecary Diaries on a digipack, and its Blu-ray features the anime's season two opening sequence without credits. The first press limited edition's Blu-ray includes the performance of Ikuta's first concert tour, Sketch, in Kanagawa, in July 2023.[3] The English version, "In Bloom", translated by Konnie Aoki, was released on September 5, 2025. It was recorded at Metropolis Studios, London.[4]

Composition and production

A pop track, Ikuta solely wrote the lyrics and composed the music for "Hyakka Ryōran" and KOHD handles the song's arrangement.[5] According to the press release, the song was created to "express the whimsical and charming side of the protagonist Maomao, the glittering and glamorous world of the inner palace, and the mystery that unfolds there."[6] To write the song, Ikuta read all of The Apothecary Diaries light novel and manga, and watched its anime series before writing down similarities between herself and Maomao.[7]

Critical reception

Noboru Nagase from Rockin'On Japan praised the "fast BPM and dizzying arrangement giving a colorful and gorgeous impression," the lyrics that are "carefully written to follow the story but not get too involved," and "only the essential information" that is extracted. These make "this extremely pure pop song both overwhelmingly immediate and addictive. It's as if a thin layer is being peeled away with each work, toward the core of today's perfect form of pop."[8]

Promotion

An accompanying music video for "Hyakka Ryōran" premiered on March 7, 2025. It was directed by Mika Ninagawa and shot at Ninagawa's exhibition Ninagawa Mika with EIM: Lights of the Beyond, Shadows of This World at Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto.[9] Ikuta debuted the live performance of the song at With Music on March 8, featuring footages from The Apothecary Diaries anime and music video on the background.[10] The animated music video for the song's English version was released through Toho Animation Studio's YouTube channel on December 16.[11]

Accolades

Awards and nominations for "Hyakka Ryōran"
Ceremony Year Award Result Ref.
Fan ga Atsui, Anime Manga Awards 2025 Best Theme Song Won [12]

Track listing

  • Digital download and streaming
  1. "Hyakka Ryōran" (百花繚乱) – 2:59
  • CD single
  1. "Hyakka Ryōran" – 2:59
  2. "Dreamer" – 4:06
  3. "Hyakka Ryōran" (anime edit) – 1:29
  4. "Hyakka Ryōran" (instrumental) – 2:59
  5. "Dreamer" (instrumental) – 4:06
  • Blu-ray (first press limited) – Sketch One Man Tour: Kanagawa Performance
  1. "Sparkle" – 3:50
  2. "Circle" – 3:09
  3. "Omokage" – 3:32
  4. "Kichijōji" – 2:57
  5. "Midnight Talk" – 3:52
  6. "Lens" – 4:02
  7. "Tanpopo" – 3:18
  8. "Senko Hanabi" – 3:28
  9. "Hōseki" – 5:09
  10. "Romance no Yakusoku" – 3:55
  11. "Hikari" – 4:19
  12. "Free Free Free" – 4:39
  13. "Jump" – 5:03
  14. "Answer" – 4:44
  15. "P.S" (encore) – 2:49
  • Blu-ray (complete limited)
  1. "TV Anime The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 First Opening 'Hyakka Ryōran' Non-Credit Video" – 1:31
  • Digital download and streaming – English version
  1. "In Bloom" – 2:59

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Hyakka Ryōran"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Streaming
Japan (RIAJ)[23] Gold 50,000,000†

† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Hyakka Ryōran"
Region Date Format Version Label Ref.
Various January 10, 2025
One-track single
[24]
Japan March 10, 2025 CD + Blu-ray
  • First press limited
  • complete limited
 [25]
CD Standard
Various September 5, 2025
  • Digital download
  • streaming
 English [26]

References

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  2. ^ "幾田りら、新曲「百花繚乱」のジャケット写真公開 蜷川実花が撮り下ろし 『薬屋のひとりごと』2期オープニング". Oricon (in Japanese). January 5, 2025. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
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  25. ^ "「百花繚乱」(TVアニメ『薬屋のひとりごと』第2期オープニングテーマ)のCDリリースが決定!<仕様3形態> 初回生産限定盤Blu-rayには、自身初のツアー神奈川公演を収録。 さらに、TikTok企画『薬屋のひとりごと』×幾田りら「百花繚乱」再投稿キャンペーンもスタート!". Lilas Ikuta Official Website (in Japanese). January 10, 2025. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
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