Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun

Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun (地縛少年花子くん) is a manga series written and illustrated by AidaIro.

The manga started in July 2014. It currently runs in the monthly magazine GFantasy, and is being published by Square Enix.

Yen Press has licensed to digitally release the manga in English, with the official translated title being Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun. Elex Media has licensed the manga for an Indonesian translation, under the title Hanako Si Arwah Penasaran.

As of September 2019, the manga has 11 volumes in print in Japanese, 9 digital volumes in English (with print editions to be released in 2020), and 6 volumes in Indonesian. A special edition of Volume 11 was also published concurrently with the regular edition, with a different book jacket design and a mini booklet featuring the "Ghost Hotel's Cafe" event.

An anime adaptation by studio Lerche was announced in April 2019. It will air in 2020.

Plot Summary
"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!

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