Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun (地縛少年花子くん?), or Toilet-bound Hanako-kun in its English release, is a manga series written and illustrated by AidaIro. The manga started in July 2014 and runs in the monthly GFantasy magazine. The Japanese release is currently being published by Square Enix and the English release is published by Yen Press.
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| 1 | May 22, 2015[1] | ISBN 978-4-7575-4662-2 | August 27, 2017[2] | ISBN 978-1-9753-3287-7 |
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| 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! | ||||
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| 2 | November 21, 2015[3] | ISBN 978-4-7575-4819-0 | October 31, 2017[4] | ISBN 978-1-9753-9957-3 |
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| Synopsis: Nene Yashiro has made a pact with “Hanako-san of the Toilet” aka Hanako-kun to hold off the curse that has been placed on her. To rescue her friend from the clutches of one of the school's infamous Seven Mysteries, she and Hanako-kun infiltrate the Misaki Stairs. Presenting the second volume of the retro horror romantic comedy--about an occult girl and an inhuman supernatural boy! | ||||
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| 3 | May 27, 2016[5] | ISBN 978-4-7575-5000-1 | December 26, 2017[6] | ISBN 978-0-3165-1717-1 |
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| Synopsis: Nene and Kou want to learn more about their mysterious friend, Hanako-kun―and what better way to do that than school mystery number five, The 4pm Bookstacks! The rumors say that a secret door in the library leads the way to a supernaturally special collection. The Bookstacks know everything about everyone who's ever attended Kamome Academy―past, present, AND future! But whatever you do, don't read the red books...or your future will be drenched in blood! | ||||
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| 4 | September 27, 2016[7] | ISBN 978-4-7575-5112-1 | February 27, 2018[8] | ISBN 978-0-3165-1719-5 |
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| Synopsis: Nene steps into the spotlight! The mermaid kingdom hasn't forgotten her, and they're back to claim what's theirs! Can Hanako protect her from becoming permanently fishy? Meanwhile, Kou makes friends with an odd ghost haunting the entrance to the middle school division. Kou has no idea who this guy was when he was alive, but that doesn't mean he can't help him solve his unfinished business! Will the junior exorcist be able to help this friendly ghost pass on...? | ||||
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| 5 | February 27, 2017[9] | ISBN 978-4-7575-5259-3 | April 24, 2018[10] | ISBN 978-1-9753-5472-5 |
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| Synopsis: Nene Yashiro serves as the assistant to the School Mystery Hanako-kun. When she is invited by enigmatic playboy Natsuhiko to a mysterious tea party, she meets Hanako-kun's “girlfriend” and his “little brother”...!? On top of that, she learns that one of the Seven Mysteries is mixed in with her classmates... | ||||
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| 6 | July 27, 2017[11] | ISBN 978-4-7575-5427-6 | June 26, 2018[12] | ISBN 978-1-9753-0281-8 |
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| Synopsis: Through the workings of the School Mystery Clock Keepers, Kamome Academy's entire student body is covered in wrinkles!? To restore peace to the school, Hanako-kun teams up with a certain someone. Just when they thought the case was headed to its conclusion, the secret of Hanako-kun's assistant Nene is brought to light! What could it possibly be!? | ||||
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| 7 | December 27, 2017[13] | ISBN 978-4-7575-5572-3 | August 28, 2018[14] | ISBN 978-1-9753-2794-1 |
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| Synopsis: Hanako-kun's assistant Nene has suddenly been dragged inside a mirror. Through the looking glass, she meets the spirit of a young boy calling himself Mitsuba. They try to escape the mirrors together, but the threat of Number Three of the Seven Mysteries, the Hell of Mirrors, draws nearer. Who is it that saves them just in the nick of time...!? | ||||
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| 8 | May 26, 2018[15] | ISBN 978-4-7575-5732-1 | October 30, 2018[16] | ISBN 978-1-9753-5630-9 |
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| Synopsis: It's been three days since they returned from the School Mystery Three, the Hell of Mirrors. To cheer up the depressed Kou, Nene heads to the Boundaries' Tanabata festival. She was supposed to be enjoying the festival with Hanako-kun and Kou, but suddenly she finds herself in the world 50 years in the past. And who should she meet there but Hanako-kun when he was alive!? | ||||
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| 9 | October 26, 2018[17] | ISBN 978-4-7575-5900-4 | January 29, 2019[18] | ISBN 978-1-9753-5748-1 |
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| Synopsis: That day, Nene went to school as usual, but found Hanako-kun acting like one of her normal classmates...!? She seems to be the only one who notices anything amiss, seeing as Hanako-kun was supposed to be a ghost...! Hunting for the truth, she heads to a mysterious tower. Fact and fiction clash in this Seven School Mysteries ghost story! | ||||
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| 10 | March 27, 2019[19] | ISBN 978-4-7575-6078-9 | April 28, 2020[20] | ISBN 978-1-9753-1142-1 |
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| Synopsis: If Nene and Kou want to return to their own world, they have to kill "Amane Yugi" and "Sousuke Mitsuba"—or rather, the versions of them living within the canvas of Number Four's boundary. Faced with that cruel choice, Nene instead proposes a way to escape from this fake world to the boy she can't help but call "Hanako-kun." At the same time, Kou tries to win over Mitsuba as well—but just who exactly is this "Mitsuba"?! | ||||
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| 11 | August 27, 2019[21] | ISBN 978-4-7575-6147-2 | May 26, 2020[22] | ISBN 978-1-9753-1682-2 |
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| 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?! | ||||
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| 11 | August 27, 2019[23] | ISBN 978-4-7575-6148-9 | N/A | N/A |
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Includes GHOST HOTEL'S CAFE booklet. |
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| N/A | August 27, 2019[24] | ISBN 978-4-7575-6262-2 | April 20, 2021[25] | ISBN 978-1-9753-2435-3 |
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Houkago Shounen Hanako-kun (Spin-off) Pages:
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| Synopsis: The ghostly Hanako-kun and his mortal assistant Nene Yashiro usually have their hands full resolving various supernatural incidents in Kamome Academy, but how do they spend their time when they get a break from all that? Come and see what the characters of Toilet-bound Hanako-kun do on their laid-back afterschool days! | ||||
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| 12 | December 27, 2019[26] | ISBN 978-4-7575-6330-8 | June 30, 2020[27] | ISBN 978-1-9753-1688-4 |
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| Synopsis: Shijima-san is willing to help Nene and her friends escape from the painting, but they don't have much time to reach the distant exit. And to make matters worse, Hanako-kun is pulling out all the stops to keep them from leaving... | ||||
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| 12 | December 27, 2019[28] | ISBN 978-4-7575-6331-5 | N/A | N/A |
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| 0 | December 27, 2019[29] | ISBN 978-4-7575-6454-1 | N/A | N/A |
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| 13 | May 27, 2020[30] | ISBN 978-4-7575-6661-3 | August 18, 2020[31] | ISBN 978-1-9753-1908-3 |
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| Synopsis: Nene and Akane are rescued from the clutches of a horde of supernaturals by School Mystery No. 6...only for him to immediately kidnap Aoi?! With so many School Mystery seats unfilled and the long, dark night of Urabon approaching, she might be the only one who can save the school from disaster-but at what cost? | ||||
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| 14 | November 27, 2020[32] | ISBN 978-4-7575-6965-2 | TBA | TBA |
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Chapters not yet released in Tankōbon Volumes
Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun
- Spook 71: Severance
- Spook 72: Day Off
- Spook 73: At the Minamoto House
- Spook 74: Loss
- Spook 75: Encounter
Houkago Shounen Hanako-kun
References
- ↑ Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun Volume 1 Japanese Release on Square Enix
- ↑ Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Volume 1 English Release on Amazon
- ↑ Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun Volume 2 Japanese Release on Square Enix
- ↑ Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Volume 2 English Release on Amazon
- ↑ Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun Volume 3 Japanese Release on Square Enix
- ↑ Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Volume 3 English Release on Amazon
- ↑ Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun Volume 4 Japanese Release on Square Enix
- ↑ Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Volume 4 English Release on Amazon
- ↑ Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun Volume 5 Japanese Release on Square Enix
- ↑ Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Volume 5 English Release on Amazon
- ↑ Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun Volume 6 Japanese Release on Square Enix
- ↑ Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Volume 6 English Release on Amazon
- ↑ Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun Volume 7 Japanese Release on Square Enix
- ↑ Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Volume 7 English Release on Amazon
- ↑ Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun Volume 8 Japanese Release on Square Enix
- ↑ Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Volume 8 English Release on Amazon
- ↑ Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun Volume 9 Japanese Release on Square Enix
- ↑ Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Volume 9 English Release on Amazon
- ↑ Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun Volume 10 Japanese Release on Square Enix
- ↑ Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Volume 10 English Release on Amazon
- ↑ Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun Volume 11 Japanese Release on Square Enix
- ↑ Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Volume 11 English Release on Amazon
- ↑ Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun Volume 11 Special Edition Japanese Release on Square Enix
- ↑ Houkago Shounen Hanako-kun Japanese Release on Square Enix
- ↑ After-school Hanako-kun Volume 0 English Release on Amazon
- ↑ Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun Volume 12 Japanese Release on Square Enix
- ↑ Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Volume 12 English Release on Amazon
- ↑ Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun Volume 12 Special Edition Japanese Release on Square Enix
- ↑ Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun Volume 0 Japanese Release on Square Enix
- ↑ Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun Volume 13 Japanese Release on Square Enix
- ↑ Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Volume 13 English Release on Amazon
- ↑ Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun Volume 14 Japanese Release on Amazon
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