Toilet-bound Hanako-kun: First Stall: Volume 1 (Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun Boxed Installments)

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Hey, do you know about the Seven Mysteries in this school……? Rumours abound at Kamome Academy, about the most famous of the Seven Mysteries. An anime television series adaptation was announced in the April issue of Monthly GFantasy magazine on March 18, 2019. [23] The series is animated by Lerche and directed by Masaomi Andō, with Yasuhiro Nakanishi handling series composition, and Mayuka Itou designing the characters. [24] Hiroshi Takaki composed the music. [25] It aired from January 10 to March 27, 2020, on TBS, SUN, CBC, and BS-TBS. [a] Jibaku Shōnen Band performed the series' opening theme song "No.7", while Akari Kitō performed the series' ending theme song "Tiny Light." [13] The series has run for 12 episodes. [26] Funimation had licensed the series for a simuldub. [27] [28] Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll. [29]

Hanako: "I'm a supernatural, the 7th of the school's 7 mysteries: Hanako-san of the Toilet. Nice to meet you!" Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun ( Japanese: 地縛少年花子くん, Hepburn: Jibaku Shōnen Hanako-kun) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by AidaIro. It has been serialized in Square Enix's magazine Monthly GFantasy since 2014. It has been collected in twenty tankōbon volumes as of August 2023. 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. Mateo, Alex (November 9, 2023). "Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun Anime Gets 2nd Season". Anime News Network . Retrieved November 9, 2023. Alex, Jones (October 2021). Cox, Gemma (ed.). "Anime Review: Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun Complete Series". NEO. No.212. Uncooked Media. p.89. On November 9, 2019, the voice cast for the main 3 characters were revealed, with comments from each of them. Additional voice casts were revealed on a later date.In December 2022, a new anime project was announced, and was subsequently described as a "restart" of the series. [30] In August 2023, a short anime television series adaptation of After-School Hanako-kun was announced, and is labeled as the "first installment" of the project. It is produced by Lerche and directed by Masaki Kitamura, with scripts written by Kazuma Nagatomo, character designs handled by Aya Higami, who also served as chief animation director, and music composed by Hiroshi Takaki. The series aired on TBS from October 13 to November 3, 2023, and is composed of 10-minute episodes that aired for four weeks. [b] Akari Kitō, Yuri Yoshida, Chitose Morinaga, and Mai Kanazawa performed the ending theme song "Koi! Koi Koi" ( 来い！濃い恋, "Come to Me, Deep Love!"). [32] Crunchyroll licensed the series. [33]

Stay Cozy with Funimation's Winter 2020 Lineup". Funimation. December 26, 2019 . Retrieved January 2, 2020.The animation was also a letdown as it’s basically nonexistent most of the time. Still shots take up the majority of each episode, and when it doesn’t it’s quite stiff and lifeless. It doesn’t take away how good the show still looks otherwise, slightly on par with the manga I would presume. I do however think it's unjustified to make an adaptation if the animation is only as good as the comic it’s based on. Young Exorcist is an important arc. Without it in its natural place, Kou's development gets axed, Teru no longer has plot relevance nor is he ambiguously scary or morally gray, and Hanako seems invincible, cutting down everything in his way with one slash of his knife. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (September 13, 2023). "After-School Hanako-kun Anime's Video Reveals Ending Theme Song". Anime News Network . Retrieved September 13, 2023.

Nene gets involved in all sorts of supernatural stories by Hanako-kun, who's sadistic and slightly-- perverted despite being a ghost. Will Nene ever be able to lead a peaceful school life again? A heartwarming comedy that no one has ever seen before begins now...UPDATE: Funimation Titles Now Available on Crunchyroll (3/16)". Crunchyroll. March 1, 2022 . Retrieved March 21, 2022. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (December 23, 2019). "Funimation Adds Toilet-bound Hanako-kun, Isekai Quartet 2, 'If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die' Anime to Winter Lineup". Anime News Network . Retrieved January 2, 2020. The main thing about this anime is that the adaptation is a play by play high-budget animatic of the manga. A good adaptation should add onto the original, but it follows it to a T; there's no new shots, no new content to really balance out what was removed and

In the 3rd stall of the female toilet on the 3rd floor of the old building, it's said that there's a supernatural who'll fulfil your wish in exchange for something important. Speaking of the cut arcs, it's something many manga readers have been harping about. Some choices are necessary occasionally and all you can do is trust Lerche to consider the new story layout, but it removes a lot of the nuance the manga did have in handling its character development and story arcs. Hanako himself was another saving grace that made the show much more watchable. But I grieve over the fact that they only scratched the surface of his character. Giving the show more time to flesh him out could've been very engaging. Sadly a lot of the focus was shifted towards other characters like Nene and Kou instead, who frankly shouldn’t have been main characters at all. Their effect on the story is rather minuscule as Nene's existence revolves around being the person who gets all the exposition dumps, as well as a damsel in distress for white knight Hanako to rescue. Kou's purpose is even smaller as he's often just one of many comic relief characters. They did set a character arc in motion for him which sadly didn't lead anywhere. With this in mind I think that they should've been taken out of the spotlight to instead shine brighter on other characters, like Hanako. The show could've been more focused and serious by doing that which I think would've been beneficial to the show overall. It’s presented as a fun, light-hearted adventure. Yet it also chooses to delve into topics such as loneliness and death. Doing so in a tonally much grimmer and dismal way. That is until it remembers that it set itself up as a comedy first and foremost and throws in some of its titular A curious question revolves around what you should really expect from the character cast. To be frank, the characters are what collectively carries the anime together. Sure, the plot itself has a lot of potential with the various arcs but it’s the characters that plays out their roles. Obviously, you have Hanako and Nene together as the main pair and the amount of development we see is evident from the beginning. As time goes on, Hanako begins to truly care for Nene and isn’t hesitant to resort to violence to protect her. Similarly, Nene’s fragile shell begins to open up the more she experiences her newfound life with Hanako. It’s a type of character bonding that naturally plays out by itself and very simple to understand. They’re not the only ones hoarding the attention either as we also have Kou Minamoto, another student that becomes an ally and friend to Hanako and Nene. Being somewhat airheaded, Kou exemplifies the personality of a teenager of his age and sometimes gets himself into trouble. That doesn’t stop him from taking risks to help others and showing acts of courage. Other cast in the series possesses a wide range of personalities such as the unpredictable Mitsuba, popular Aoi Akane, or prideful Sakura Nanamine. They fall short compared to the main cast but still gets enough screen time to be worthy of being watched.Nene is the main protagonist of the series as well as a fifteen year old high school student. In the beginning of the book she is so desperate to have a boyfriend that she throws herself at any guy who shows her attention. After she gets cursed she learns that her desire to have a boyfriend was really just her wanting someone to love her. It didn’t matter who it was, she just wanted someone to care about her. Nene continues this habit of being boycrazy throughout the series, which makes me think if she's still trying to fill that void or if she's just a hopeless romantic. I feel like this is a pretty typical thing that many people experience in their teens. They are constantly surrounded by people in relationships and media that implies that happiness comes from being in a romantic relationship. This can lead to them feeling that they have to have a significant other or they are worthless or that no one will ever love them that way. Nene thinks that her “dycon legs” is why she’ll never be in a relationship, which I’m sure many girls can relate to one way or another. That their body will never be good enough to someone to actually love them because they will find it disgusting. I think that Nene is one of the best written characters in terms of relatability. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (July 4, 2019). "Lerche Animates Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun Anime for 2020 Premiere". Anime News Network . Retrieved July 4, 2019. Synopsis:At long last, Hanako-kun reveals his plan to save Nene from her inevitable, swiftly approaching death. But even knowing his intentions, Nene is determined to return to reality-and to do that, she'll need the help of School Mystery No. 4, Mei Shijima. Can Nene overcome this ghost's regrets and self-loathing to find her way home?!" Hodgkins, Crystalyn (July 13, 2019). "Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun Anime Reveals Visual, More Staff". Anime News Network . Retrieved July 13, 2019. Digital goods, open DVDs and Blu-rays, smart art prints, mystery bundles, and final sale items are excluded from the return policy.