the Spooks are so intriguing, and creepy. but funny enough to not be scary. they ALL play parts in the overarcing plot, so AGAIN, Pineda, Rafael Antonio (December 22, 2022). "Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun Manga's Anime Project 'Restarts' ". Anime News Network . Retrieved December 22, 2022. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (March 17, 2019). "Iro Aida's Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network . Retrieved March 17, 2019.

The art is really cute and fairly easy to follow; occasionally I find the eyes a little weird because they can feel vacant... but overall, I like the art a lot! I'm really falling for the characters at two volumes in currently. On November 9, 2019, the air date for Episode 1 on TBS was announced as 1:58am on January 10, 2020 (listed as 25:58 on January 9 in official sources). An advance screening on December 29, 2019 will be held at Ikebukuro Grand Cinema Sunshine, with guest appearances from the cast for the main 3 characters.The art is... honestly only so-so in my opinion. I've seen quite a few people praising the art style, but I found that while I like how it plays with a cute style to counter some of the darker myths (which makes for some rather amusing jokes), some times it felt like there wasn't a fine balance between too little details and overworking the scenery. Cardine, Kyle (August 24, 2023). "After-school Hanako-kun Anime Announced, Streams on Crunchyroll This October". Crunchyroll . Retrieved August 24, 2023. Apart from the Seven Mysteries, there are other, less powerful supernaturals that roam the school. They rely on student rumors to gain power, unlike the Mysteries who already have theirs so popular and widespread among the student body. a b c d Hodgkins, Crystalyn (November 8, 2019). "Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun Anime's Promo Video Reveals Cast, January 9 Premiere". Anime News Network . Retrieved November 8, 2019. 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.

In this tale, one of our seven mysteries is Hanako-san. Hanako is a common enough tale in Japan, of a ghostly spirit that haunts one of the toilet stalls in the girl's bathroom. She is typically sporting a bob haircut and always the same dress, often crying. Some variations on the tale end in her murdering (or at least terrifying) those who stumble upon her.a b Hodgkins, Crystalyn (January 1, 2020). "Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun Anime Adds Chika Anzai, Takahiro Mizushima to Cast". Anime News Network . Retrieved January 1, 2020.

Synopsis: "Hanako-san, Hanako-san...are you there?" At Kamome Academy, rumors abound about the school's Seven Mysteries, one of which is Hanako-san. Said to occupy the third stall of the third floor girls' bathroom in the old school building, Hanako-san grants any wish when summoned. Nene Yashiro, an occult-loving high school girl who dreams of romance, ventures into this haunted bathroom...but the Hanako-san she meets there is nothing like she imagined! Kamome Academy's Hanako-san...is a boy! Hey, do you know about the Seven Mysteries in this school……? Rumours abound at Kamome Academy, about the most famous of the Seven Mysteries. Hanako: "I'm a supernatural, the 7th of the school's 7 mysteries: Hanako-san of the Toilet. Nice to meet you!" Characters: The human characters are as interesting as the spirits that they interact with. There's rarely a boring moment in this series. Every character development is exciting to read and as the main characters grow closer together, my heart flutters~ Enter Nene, who hears the rumor of Hanako, but that in this variation, that she will grant a wish in exchange for something of yours in return. Much to her surprise, the Hanako haunting this particular school is a boy, and also he has a few ulterior motives of his own.

a b c Hodgkins, Crystalyn (December 9, 2019). "Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun Anime Reveals 2nd Promo Video, More Cast, Theme Song Artists". Anime News Network . Retrieved December 9, 2019. 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] What I enjoyed about this first volume is how it plays with the idea of belief reshaping myths. In this case, it shows how legends get tweaked over the years and how a spirit that may have been mischievous and kindly could become violent, because that is what they tales around it have become. I find the relationship between these spirits and their powers coming from the belief of others fascinating (it's also one of the reasons I say that Candyman is probably my favorite horror movie of the 90s). shes VERY niave and is honestly extremely selfish, but she LEARNS from it a LOT. its never discarded or overlooked. the author never does anything without character development.