My school spirit Hanako
| My school spirit Hanako | |
|---|---|
| Original title | 地 縛 少年 花子 く ん |
| transcription | Jibaku Shonen Hanako-kun |
| genre | Comedy , horror |
| Manga | |
| country |
 Japan
|
| author | Iro Aida |
| publishing company | Square Enix |
| magazine | GFantasy |
| First publication | 2014 - ... |
| expenditure | 12 |
| Anime television series | |
| title | Toilet-bound Hanako-kun |
| Original title | 地 縛 少年 花子 く ん |
| transcription | Jibaku Shonen Hanako-kun |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2020 |
| Studio | lark |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Director | Masaomi Andō |
| music | Hiroshi Takaki |
| First broadcast | Jan 9, 2020 on TBS , BS-TBS , Sun Television , CBC |
My School Spirit Hanako ( Japanese 地 縛 少年 花子 く ん , Jibaku Shōnen Hanako-kun ) is a manga series by Iro Aida that has been published in Japan since 2014. It belongs to the genres of comedy and horror and was implemented as an anime television series in 2020 . This came out internationally as the Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun . The stories are based on Japanese horror and ghost stories, the main character on the toilet ghost Toire no Hanako-san .
content
At Kamome High School, seven school mysteries are known - supernatural apparitions that students and teachers tell stories about. One of them is the toilet spirit Hanako-san, who is supposed to fulfill wishes, but charges a high price for it. In desperation because her crush ignores her, Nene Yashiro ( 八 尋 寧 々 ) goes to the toilet in the old school wing and conjures up Hanako. Unlike in the legends, the ghost turns out not to be a girl, but a lustful, cheeky boy. At first he only helps her with mundane everyday tips, before Yashiro helps himself to his magical utensils. With this she draws the curse of a mermaid, to whose retinue she is now supposed to be in the form of a fish. But Hanako defeats the mermaid with his previously hidden powers. But to compensate, Yashiro now has to be at his service. From then on she supports him as one of the seven mysteries of the school, who watches over the other spirits. While Hanako can only transport the other spirits into the afterlife, Yashiro as a human being is able to change the rumors about the spirits and thus also their behavior.
Soon the young exorcist Kō Minamoto ( 源 光 ) joins the two, who is supposed to drive Hanako out. Since he is the ghost of a murderer - he still has the bloody knife with him and uses it as a weapon in battle - Minamoto considers him an evil ghost. However, Hanako was charged as a penance for his act of controlling the spirits of the school. In addition, it is easy for him to defeat Minamoto. But he remains a constant companion of Yashiro and the spirit and also stands by them with some tasks. In contrast to his older brother and already practiced exorcist Teru Minamoto ( 源 輝 ), who is popular at the school and who thinks all spirits are evil and wants to drive them out, Kō realizes that Hanako tries to bring about peace between spirits and people at the school to preserve. Hanako is supported in this by the other school mysteries, which, however, keep getting out of control.
After a few incidents at the school it is revealed that behind these Hanakos twin brother Tsukasa - the same one Hanako, still known as Amane, killed. Tsubasa is sadistic and brutal and instead of harmony at school he just wants everyone to be able to do what they want. He fulfills ghosts' wishes, but turns them into evil, dangerous beings. He is supported by two students: Sakura Nanamine ( 七 峰 桜 ) and Natsuhiko Hyūga ( 日 向 夏 彦 ), both in the school's radio club, about whose program they the rumors about ghosts at school. When Kō tries to guide the spirit of his former, lonely classmate Sōsuke Mitsuba ( 三葉 惣 助 ) peacefully into the afterlife, he befriends the spirit. But Tsukasa interferes, so that Sōsuke first becomes an evil spirit and then with Tsukasa's intervention even takes on the role of Mystery No. 3. From then on he accompanies the group around Tsukasa, even if he still wishes to become human again and finally to find friends.
publication
The manga has been published in GFantasy magazine by Square Enix since 2014 . He brought out the chapters in 12 volumes so far. Several of these achieved placements in the Manga sales charts. The ninth volume sold over 50,000 copies in two weeks and reached Rand 21 in the charts. An English translation of the series is published by Yen Press . The manga has been published in German by Manga Cult since August 2020 under the name Mein Schulgeist Hanako .
Anime television series
Under the direction of Masaomi Andō , Studio Lerche created a 12-part anime series on the manga. The main author was Yasuhiro Nakanishi and the character design was created by Mayuka Itou . Daiki Kuribayashi was the artistic director . The 25-minute episodes were first broadcast in Japan from January 9 to March 26, 2020 by TBS , BS-TBS , Sun Television , CBC. In the English-speaking world, the anime was published by Funimation Entertainment ; the Wakanim platform streamed it out with subtitles in German, French and Russian.
synchronization
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) |
|---|---|
| Hanako-kun | Megumi Ogata |
| Nene Yashiro | Akari Kitō |
| Ko Minamoto | Shōya Chiba |
| Sakura Nanamine | Chika Anzai |
| Mitsuba | Daiki Kobayashi |
| Tsukasa Yugi | Megumi Ogata |
| Aoi Akane | Minako Sato |
| Natsuhiko Hyūga | Takahiro Mizushima |
| Teru Minamoto | Yūma Uchida |
music
The music for the series was composed by Hiroshi Takaki . The biasing song is No.7 of Chibaku Shōnen band and the guy is backed by the song Tiny Light Akari Kito.
Web links
- Official Manga Website (Japanese)
- Anime Official Website (Japanese)
- Manga and Anime on Anime News Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, October 29-November 4th. Anime News Network, November 7, 2018, accessed April 13, 2020 .