Dahlia in Bloom

An overworked office worker is reincarnated as Dahlia, the daughter of a magic device inventor. When grown up, she is told by her fiancée Tobias that he has found his true love and wishes to annul their engagement the day before their ceremony. She complies without complaint, realizing she has no feelings of romantic love for him; instead focusing on her craft and business. While in masculine disguise, Dahlia meets an injured Wolfred on the side of the road and their relationship begins. ==Characters==

; : : A former office worker, now genius magic device craftsman, Dahlia adores inventive magic and her father. In her past life, Dahlia had her spirit crushed by overwork. After her reincarnation, she finds great enthusiasm for this new life, joy in inventing, and figuring out how to make people's lives easier. Slowly, after the announcement of her arranged marriage to Tobias, Dahlia finds herself back to hanging her head and doing as she is told. In part, this is due to Tobias's abuse and her father's death. After the annulment, in which she refuses to give Tobias a loan when he asks for it, Dahlia's friends help her start a firm under the name Rossetti. : Dahlia is seemingly immune to Wolf's magical attractiveness which makes other girls swoon. ; : : Dahlia's former fiancée and junior craftsman disciple. He left her for his true love Emilia Tullini. Tobias lacks mindset to invent magic devices himself, specializing in smooth magic application and attaching instead. Being deeply unsatisfied and jealous of Dahlia, he asks her to change herself and not to stand out so much. He also planned to steal credit for her work once they were married, and make her dependent on him. Later, Tobias learns from his brother later on that he was not entrusted with Dahlia by her father when the marriage was arranged; rather he was meant to protect Dahlia, due her genius being a target for others. ; : : A beast hunter knight whom Dahlia helped recover after he was dropped by a wyvern. He is cursed with good looks that make him easily recognizable and desirable. : An example given is when he rejects an offer of a new friend's significant other it led to a lie that he had come onto them, destroying the relationship with his friend. He cares deeply for Dahlia, but can be naïve at times at what his wealth and status really mean, even if he does not want to be treated differently. : Wolfred was born of his father's third wife, a knight, whom died protecting his elder half brother and stepmother. ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : : Dahlia's deceased father. Prior to his death, Carlo helped Dahlia create many of her earlier tools, due to her being unable to fine tune them as a child. He arranged for Tobias to marry Dahlia to keep her away from men who would take advantage of her; unfortunately, Tobias became just that due to his fragile ego. Dahlia notes that, if Carlo is aware beyond the graves, he would be heavily disappointed in Tobias; not only for how he acts, but for trying to steal credit on a patent. ;Emilia Tullini : The illegitimate daughter of a noble and a recently hired secretary at the Orlando Firm. Emilia is seemingly unkind, distributing her belongings in Dahlia's personal furniture and possibly sleeping in Dahlia's bed with Tobias, on the night of the annulment. She later loudly apologizes to Dahlia in public in an attempt to make Dahlia look bad due to feelings of jealousy towards her. Tobias tried to cover for Emilia by lying, claiming that Dahlia blamed Emilia. ==Media==

Light novel Written by Hisaya Amagishi, the series began publication on the novel posting website Shōsetsuka ni Narō on April 1, 2018. The series was later acquired by Media Factory, who began publishing the series in print with illustrations by Kei on October 25, 2018. Volumes Spin-offs Lucia and the Loom A spin-off series following Dahlia's friend Lucia, titled , with illustration by Esora Amaichi began publication on April 24, 2021. Jonas the Guardian Knight A second spin-off series titled , with illustration by Hachi Komada began publication on September 25, 2025. It completed serialization on February 26, 2020. The series' individual chapters were collected into two tankōbon volumes. As of March 2026, the series' individual chapters have been collected into nine tankōbon volumes. Volumes First series Second series Spin-offs Lucia and the Loom A manga adaptation of the spin-off series began serialization on Frontier Works' FW Comics Alter website on February 18, 2022, with Kine Usuto illustrating. The first volume was released November 18, 2022. The series' individual chapters have been collected into five volumes as of July 2025. It is produced by Typhoon Graphics and Imagica Infos, directed by Yōsuke Kubo, written by Yuichiro Higashide, character designed by Satomi Kurita, and composed by Kow Otani. The series aired from July 6 to September 21, 2024, on AT-X and other networks. The opening theme song is performed by Nako Misaki, while the ending theme song is "Glitter" performed by Marina Horiuchi. Crunchyroll is streaming the series worldwide except Asia. In April 2024, a report from 38 North revealed that material from the anime adaptation was discovered on a server being used by a North Korean animation studio, most likely SEK Studio. In June, an investigation by Typhoon Graphics confirmed that a subcontractor based in China may have subcontracted work to North Korea without informing them. They also said that any scenes suspected to have been animated in North Korea would be redone. Episodes ==Reception==

Sean Gaffney from A Case Suitable for Treatment praised the characters and romance, though he felt the story was a bit generic. Rebecca Silverman from Anime News Network praised the illustrations and main characters, though she criticized a "lack of authorial focus". In the Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! guidebook's tankōbon and novel category, the series ranked ninth in 2021 and 2022, second in 2023, and first in 2025. The series has over 3.4 million copies in circulation. ==Notes==