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Winter 2020

 

 

Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun
Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun

The Seven Wonders of Kamome High School are famous among its students. The most famous is the seventh story concerning 'Hanako of the bathroom', a girl who supposedly died there many years ago. In the third stall of the girl's bathroom on the third floor of the old building, Hanako will grant a wish to anyone who summons her - but at a price. First year student Nene Yashiro is desperate to get a boyfriend and to her own surprise Hanako actually appears, but is much different than the legend describes.

OP: No.7 by Jibaku Shounen Band 
ED: Tiny Light. by Akari Kitou

Availability: English Dub by FUNimation

1. Hanako-san of the Bathroom 2020.01.09
Nene Yashiro successfully summons Hanako in the girls' bathroom, but she's shocked to find out he's actually a boy. Despite this surprise, her main wish is to find success in love with Minamoto, a second-year student. Expecting a supernatural display, she is disappointed when Hanako hands her a self-help book on human relationships; if she wants magical assistance, the price is much steeper. With all her attempts to win over Minamoto ending in failure, Nene stumbles upon a magical Mermaid's Scale. Ignoring Hanako's warning, she succumbs to the curse but is narrowly saved by him in the end, becoming his new servant.
hanako summoned in the girl's bathroom hanako match-making yashiro with the mermaid scales hanako swallowing a mermaid's scale
2. Yousei-san 2020.01.16
As Hanako's new servant, Nene has the daily responsibility of cleaning the girls' bathroom. For a girl who is supposed to be blossoming in love, spending her after-school hours cleaning toilets is far too cruel. Meanwhile, there are an increasing number of incidents involving things going missing around the school. Aoi Akane, Nene's best friend, tells her about a rumor concerning Yousei-san, terrifying fairies who steal from humans. When Nene unexpectedly gets splashed with water, she quickly rushes to the old building, hoping to stay out of sight, and discovers all the missing items—along with the frightening Yousei! Suddenly, Hanako shows up and "scatters" the Yousei, revealing that it's made up of mischievous pranksters called Mokke. Since these apparitions are compelled to conform to any rumors about them, they were forced to act against their own nature. Hanako then asks Nene to change the rumors surrounding them.
nene cleaning hanako's bathroom nene's friend aoi mokke kou vs hanako
3. The Misaki Stairs - Part 1 2020.01.23
Nene learns from Aoi about the second of the Seven Wonders, the Misaki Stairs. Rumor has it that anyone who steps on the fourth stair will be dragged off to the world of the dead. The next day, Aoi goes missing, and the exorcist Kou Minamoto suddenly bursts into the bathroom, accusing Hanako of abducting students who are also missing from his class. Hanako reveals that there are seven places in the school, like the stairs, that connect to the spirit world, suggesting that the students must have been taken there. Hanako says he will take care of it since it's his duty to maintain order between the worlds, but Kou's pride as an exorcist won't let him go alone. As the three of them step on the fourth stair together, a mysterious otherworldly scavenger hunt is about to unfold.
cleaning hanako's bathroom misaki stairs misaki's spirit realm
4. The Misaki Stairs - Part 2 2020.01.30
All of the collected parts are assembled to form a grotesque-looking doll. Misaki arrives to breathe life into it, but it fails like all the others before it and suddenly attacks the trio. In a desperate move, Hanako throws Nene over the edge of the waterfall to find Misaki's yorishiro while they hold off the doll. Below, Nene discovers an old journal that reveals Misaki is actually a male teacher who watched over one of his students, gifting her a set of hair-cutting scissors one day. He taught her at the shrine every day but tragically fell down the stairs and died. Now, in this place, the girl works tirelessly to remake her teacher from various doll parts so they can finally be reunited.
scissor attack hanako using a rope on nene hanako tying up the second wonder fox spirit yako
5. The Confession Tree 2020.02.06
Nene is still flustered after being kissed. After talking with Aoi, she concludes that Hanako really likes her. With so many couples popping up around school, Aoi shares the story of the Confession Tree, which seems to be the cause of it all. Suddenly, Hanako asks to meet her under that very tree, confessing his feelings on the spot. He surprisingly tells her to reject him, and when she does, the tree reveals itself to be a kodama, which he easily defeats. While still reeling from her emotions, Nene encounters a mysterious girl in the library who advises her to visit the fifth Wonder if she wants to learn more about Hanako. After asking Aoi about it, Nene discovers the 4 o'Clock Library, a special repository that contains books about everyone at the academy, detailing their pasts, presents, and futures.
the confession tree love spell from the confession tree hanako apologizing minamoto brothers kou and teru
6. The 4 O'Clock Library 2020.02.13
After discovering the door to the library, Nene follows the butterfly to her own white book. So absorbed in reading about her future and the true identity of Hanako, she doesn't notice the book starting to turn red. Hanako suddenly arrives to confront the creature that emerges, and the curator of the library, Tsuchigomori, appears. After conversing with his fellow Wonder, Hanako deduces that there is a traitor among their ranks who has made a pact with a human. He devises a plan to temporarily remove all Seven Wonders by destroying their Yoshiro and reappointing them once the situation is resolved. Before leaving the library, Tsuchigomori shows Nene the memories within his own Yoshiro, revealing Hanako's past as the only human who has ever changed his own future.
nene reading in the 4 o'clock library nene's imaginary exchange diary tsuchigomori in his library tsuchigomori under the moon
7. Donuts 2020.02.20
While making donuts together, Nene and Kou still aren't sure how to feel about Hanako's past.Before they can share the donuts with Hanako, Mokke sabotages them under the command of the mysterious green-haired girl, Sakura. A paper crane apparition transforms into a perfect copy of Hanako, which he is unable to fight. In the broadcast room, Nene learns that the doppelganger's name is Tsukasa, Hanako's younger twin brother. Under the orders of Sakura and a boy named Natsuhiko, he broadcasts manipulative rumors about a ghost haunting the lockers. Hearing this, Kou decides to investigate but ends up encountering a very eccentric apparition.
kou and nene making donuts sakura and a mokke dark hanako returns to sakura in the broadcast room locker spirit
8. Mitsuba 2020.02.27
Kou follows the narcissistic apparition around the school as he takes pictures of various scenery, believing there is a photo he wanted to capture. Kou's friend Yokoo recognizes Mitsuba's camera, and, searching their memories, realizes they knew him when he was alive. Mitsuba was bullied in elementary school and tried to be more agreeable in middle school, but the result was that he became forgettable. When he asks Kou if they could be friends if he were still alive, Kou responds that they could be friends now, and Mitsuba takes a photo. Suddenly, Tsukasa shows up and bends Mitsuba to his will. Just as Hanako grants wishes to the living, Tsukasa grants them to the deceased. Despite trying to corrupt him with another rumor, Mitsuba's only wish is to have friends he can stay with forever, as shown in the last shot on his camera.
mitsuba taking a photo mitsuba and kou tsukasa attacking mitsuba kou finding mitsuba's photograph
9. Tea Party 2020.03.06
One day, Nene is asked out by a mysterious, handsome guy named Natsuhiko. However, her new romance is short-lived when she is splashed with water and turned into a fish. When she wakes up, she finds herself in the middle of a tea party with Sakura, Natsuhiko, and Tsukasa. As Nene is restrained and begins sinking into the room, Hanako suddenly contacts her via radio. Since she is in "nowhere," she needs to find a door to "somewhere." Searching only for familiar doors, she knows she has found the right one when she hears a familiar melody. Surprisingly, she finds herself back in the old school building in 1969, bumping into Amane, Hanako's original identity from when he was alive.
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10. The Hell of Mirrors Part 1 2020.03.12
Looking at the gardening club's activity logs, Nene finds images of hand-shaped apparitions appearing in all of her photos. To exorcise lesser spirits, one simply needs to satisfy their desires, so Nene and Kou go around the school, playing games with them. However, one spirit still remains, suddenly pulling Nene into a mirror, where she meets Mitsuba, who takes her to one of the school's Boundaries, the Hell of Mirrors. In this place, mirrors reflect the ugliness or fear in one's own heart. When one mirror attacks Nene, Mitsuba steps in to help her, but is suddenly saved by the intervention of Tsukasa.
arm spirits appearing in nene's gardening club book mitsuba with his arm spirits mirror making fun of nene's daikon legs hell of mirrors shattered by tsukasa
11. The Hell of Mirrors Part 2 2020.03.19
While Tsukasa enacts his plan through Mitsuba, Hanako and Kou search for a way to enter the Hell of Mirrors. Using the power of the Misaki stairs, they finally gain entrance, only to find Mitsuba twisted into a monstrous new form. Tsukasa offers him the choice to seize this territory as the new third Wonder, but Mitsuba's only wish is to return to the land of the living as a normal human. Hanako can't allow this, as he is responsible for maintaining the balance between the living and spirit worlds. Even though Mitsuba attacks them as the realm begins to collapse around them, he still saves Nene from falling debris, pushing everyone out of his world at the last moment.
yako at the misaki stairs hanako and kou breaking into the hell of mirrors tsukasa bringing out mitsuba's demon form kou grabbing mitsuba
12. The Little Mermaid 2020.03.26
Days later, Nene is still confused about her relationship with Hanako, wondering if it would be easier if she were an apparition too. Suddenly, she is approached by the subjects of the mermaid spirit from earlier, declaring that she is their new ruler since she consumed the Mermaid Scale. With a potion that could finally sever her bond to Hanako, Nene seeks advice from her supernatural friends around school. Before she can reject their offer, the fish spirits pull her into an aquatic world, where they promise she can finally have the popularity she has always dreamed of. Hanako thwarts their plans, and knowing that Nene only wanted to get closer to him, he begins to open up to her.
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