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Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun Manga Takes 1-Issue Break Due to Author's Sudden Illness
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Yen Press is releasing the manga, and it describes the story:
"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!
Aida launched the ongoing manga in Square Enix's G Fantasy magazine in 2014. Square Enix published the manga's 24th compiled book volume on June 26, and will publish the 25th volume on October 27. Yen Press published the 21st volume on January 21.
The first television anime adaptation of the manga premiered in Japan in January 2020. The show had 12 episodes. Funimation streamed the series with an English dub and with English subtitles. The anime's second season premiered on January 12. Crunchyroll is streaming the new season as it airs in Japan, and also streams an English dub. The second part of the second season premiered on July 6.
Aida launched the After-School Hanako-kun (Hōkago Shōnen Hanako-kun) spinoff manga in pixiv Comic in February 2018, and ended it with the 25th chapter in October 2021. Square Enix published one compiled book volume for the manga in August 2019. Yen Press published the volume in English in April 2021. A television anime adaptation of the spinoff manga premiered in October 2023. Crunchyroll streamed the anime.
Source: G Fantasy X/Twitter account
