Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun | |
地縛少年花子くん (Jibaku Shōnen Hanako-kun) | |
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Genre | |
Manga | |
Written by | AidaIro |
Published by | Square Enix |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Monthly GFantasy |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | June 18, 2014 – present |
Volumes | 22 |
Manga | |
After-School Hanako-kun | |
Written by | AidaIro |
Published by | Square Enix |
English publisher |
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Magazine | pixiv Comic (PFantapy) |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | February 22, 2018 – present |
Volumes | 2 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by |
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Written by | Yasuhiro Nakanishi |
Music by | Hiroshi Takaki |
Studio | Lerche |
Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
Original network | |
English network | |
Original run | January 10, 2020 – present |
Episodes | 12 |
Anime television series | |
After-School Hanako-kun | |
Directed by | Masaki Kitamura |
Written by | Kazuma Nagatomo |
Music by | Hiroshi Takaki |
Studio | Lerche |
Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
Original network | TBS |
Original run | October 13, 2023 – present |
Episodes | 5 |
Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun (Japanese: 地縛少年花子くん, Hepburn: Jibaku Shōnen Hanako-kun) is a Japanese manga series written by Iro and illustrated by Aida, which results in their conjoined name 'AidaIro'. It has been serialized in Square Enix's magazine Monthly GFantasy since 2014. It has been collected in 22 tankōbon volumes as of July 2024. The story follows Nene Yashiro, a first-year high school student fond of occult stories, who ardently desires a boyfriend. For this, she tries to invoke Hanako-san from the toilet.
The manga is licensed in North America by Yen Press. An anime television series adaptation produced by Lerche aired from January to March 2020. A new anime project was announced in December 2022, and was subsequently described as a "restart" of the series. The "first installment" of the project, an adaptation of After-School Hanako-kun, aired from October to November 2023; a four-episode sequel is set to premiere in October 2024. A second season of the original anime is set to premiere in January 2025.
As of February 2024[update], Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun had over 10 million copies in circulation.
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