Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun

Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Hanako
地縛少年花子くん
(Jibaku Shōnen Hanako-kun)
Genre
Manga
Written byAidaIro
Published bySquare Enix
English publisher
MagazineMonthly GFantasy
DemographicShōnen
Original runJune 18, 2014 – present
Volumes22 (List of volumes)
Manga
After-School Hanako-kun
Written byAidaIro
Published bySquare Enix
English publisher
  • NA: Yen Press
Magazinepixiv Comic (PFantapy)
DemographicShōnen
Original runFebruary 22, 2018 – present
Volumes2 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by
  • Masaomi Andō (S1)
  • Yōhei Fukui (S2)
Written byYasuhiro Nakanishi
Music byHiroshi Takaki
StudioLerche
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original network
English network
Original run January 10, 2020 – present
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
After-School Hanako-kun
Directed byMasaki Kitamura
Written byKazuma Nagatomo
Music byHiroshi Takaki
StudioLerche
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkTBS
Original run October 13, 2023 – October 28, 2024
Episodes8
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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 aired in October 2024. A second season of the original anime is set to premiere in January 2025.

As of February 2024, Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun had over 10 million copies in circulation.

  1. ^ a b Aoki, Deb (June 3, 2020). "New Manga: What's Hot Now". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on June 11, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2020. Yen Press' breakout hit of the season is Toilet-bound Hanako-kun, a supernatural comedy manga.