Romance of Darkness (Japanese: 水に棲む花, Hepburn: Mizu ni Sumu Hana, lit.

"Water-dwelling Flower") is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Chie Shinohara.

[2][5] The series was adapted into a live-action feature film directed by Kenji Gotō and released in theaters in Japan on May 27, 2006.

She is Rikka Mizuchi, a girl who has lived for centuries with the help of a golden seed that her lover Izumi gave her every forty-nine years.

A story told to the firstborn sons of the Nikaidō family, who have dragon blood running through their veins.

As floods happen and the rain is boiling hot, Yuruzu asks if Rikka would give herself to him and she agrees.

When she learns that another seed won't expand Izumi's life, Rikka M. kills him as he yells for the white dragon to finish him.

Romance of Darkness was adapted into a live-action feature film directed by Kenji Gotō and released in theaters in Japan on May 27, 2006.