Audience reviews
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elumizu
Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun starts with a premise that sounds playful and almost absurd. A school rumor says that if someone knocks three times on the third stall of the girls’ bathroom, the mysterious spirit known as Hanako will appear and grant a wish. What initially feels like a typical supernatural urban legend quickly turns into something far more layered once a student named Nene Yashiro actually summons him. Instead of finding a terrifying ghost, Nene encounters a mischievous boy spirit who acts more like a chaotic trickster than a traditional horror figure. Hanako is revealed to be one of the Seven Mysteries that govern the supernatural balance inside Kamome Academy. Each of these mysteries represents a powerful spirit connected to a specific rumor circulating among the students. The r…
Read at the sourceAnaxii
Great show, even though Nene Yashiro is absolutely the stupidest anime character ever from A to Z - why is she like this, I wanna punch her so bad every time she's being idiotic
Apart from that, the story is quite interesting knowing the fact that there are a lot of references to Yokai , which made me want to finish the anime. The style is also cute and straightforward. Characters are usually cool or silly (except Nene, she's just a dumb little daikon) and it's good to see their relationships evolving as episodes go by
You will like this if you like horror and relationships!
Read at the sourceLastdeadn1
This anime is using the same recycle theme of Seven wonders but seems to not go for any character growth, meaningful lessons or feeling of progression towards a goal. This is a slice of life with tint of humor, horror and some supernatural.
The only memorable aspect was the unique art style of the show. A unique color palette and style of framing was the only salvation of the show.
The animation is very limited and subpar, the character are quite forgettable and their goals or motivation are absolutely weak.
The movement are very stiff, they put a lot of still frames which are okay but when your show is half still frames, I am watching a visual novel or manga with some little tit-bit of animation.
We are presented with Nene the main protagonist which has a desire to be in a romantic relat…
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As much as I enjoyed the artstyle I would say this series is pretty average and doesn't really present anything original. The fight scenes were anticlimactic because of the animation style, and for me personally it was hard to get emotionally invested in any of the characters since the show either presented the characters backgrounds, personalities and lives too fast or too slow. Like with Mitsuba. It just killed any form of emotional reaction to anything that happened in the show.
This is however just the first season. I haven't read the manga so if the characters show more substance in the future maybe I'll give it a go.
As of right now the anime was just... Plain
Read at the sourcetadanoKanashimi
I'll make this a short review, since I just want to note why I'd give this anime an 8.4 or 8. So without any summary, I'll just get into it
Story: 7/10
It does not give any goal for the anime, or where it was going. It just solved some mystery that the viewer might have. Nevertheless, in each encounter with different apparition has their own story. Where in every story has their own unique and dark, appealing way. And I enjoyed and some of them sympathize with every story that is given.
Art: 10/10
What eager me the most to watch this anime it is its animation or art style. Since I think it seems very intriguing and unique. And when I watch the anime, it is indeed flawless in a way, where I think none of the scene has any awkward or somewhat errors in the animation nor art. I'd dare to s…
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I was kind of disappointed in this anime. I heard great things about it but when I watched the show it felt... flat almost? And not because of the art style haha.
There wasn't nearly as much comical value as viewers claimed, points of supposed humor were almost ribald, less in speech and more in actions. I found the main female character stereotypical and annoying, a damsel in distress too common in the anime scene. It would have been more bearable if it were actually humorous, but it really wasn't, so I wish they had gone deeper with character and plot.
Read at the sourcemonxbon
i thought this anime was horrendous, but before i slander it i think that i should at least put some things i enjoyed about it:
- the art was unique
- there were many interesting side characters
- it is comedic at times
(thats it)
nene, the female lead was one of the worst i've seen of the last few years. she is completly reliant on hanako-kun. whenever they get into danger, nene gets into danger and just as shes going to die hanako comes and saves her as his damsel in distress. it happens in every episode. nene shows no desire to grow stronger. her only characteristic is being attracted to hanako kun.
the writing is much good either; like i said that same plot repeats every episode, but the author also doesn't seem to understand what she wants her work to be. it switches between a comedy…
Read at the sourceRenanGRM
As a fan of any work that has ghosts, powers or unusual things going on in schools and with unique features and styles of animation I think it took me too long to see "Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun".
The slightly episodic nature where each episode shows a ghost or apparition (sometimes having 2 parts), makes this anime extremely light and fun to watch. The extremely charismatic characters manage to sustain the series well, being a really important point (special focus on the episode of Mitsuba's appearance, which is just perfect).
One thing that really makes this anime stand out is its style, both the design of the slightly cartoon characters and the animation using very stylish panels, the anime manages to bring a little praser just by looking at its visual style.
Of the story I don't have mu…
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well i started to enjoy the show 4 episodes into airing so i stared the manga.
i returned to the show to find myself disappointed with the lack of animations in some ares it was like at times they really tried but then at others they just gave up.
i'm my opinion the story line is very unique but the animation of the show just doesn't add up. i'm now one who dislikes different animation its just that i felt they hadn't tried very hard at all this the anime.
i would suggest reading the manga tho.
the characters are really unique and all the backstory to each one are very well thought out. and the story-line ans setting is magnificent. all id say is the animation disappointing.
Read at the sourcesalem999
Unfortunately, I did not like the story, as it revolves in a school, and the drawing is as bad as a colorful manga, but it is animated only and has no added sounds.
In the upcoming season, I hope to improve a good drawing, because the reality of bad and bad is bad.
I know that my comment will not be read by an author, producer or director. Unfortunately, this is a bad feeling. It is worse for you to do such a pathetic anime.
The vixen character is pretty and she is a girl in a traditional Japanese robe.
Read at the sourceSimplyMizuki
This particular anime was honestly amazing!
It was beautiful!
But,
There were many things about this show that shook me.
The first episode was an amazing work of art,
The manga was the best I've seen other than naruto & fullmetal alchemist!
Everything was ok 👌 at first!,
But, only at first,
The 2nd episode got my attention through lack of art,
I thought this was just a minor bug, but it became worse! Then they began skipping all these chapters!
Other than that I don't have any other complaints about this anime.
But,
I still can't deny this is still my favorite manga😑
Read at the sourceGatsu-chan
So to get started, I have no prior knowledge about this series before watching. I just got done watching this series and I found it to be interesting, however it is not quite for me. I think i will keep up with the series though.This series is goofy and very amazingly drawn. The art is very unique and lovely. While watching this, I did not quite enjoy the story very much. I found the story to be a bit boring and slow at times. The concept is interesting, and I hope it gets more intriguing from here on. I am mostly into action anime and such, but I heard great things about this and wanted to check it out. Finally, I do think this show is worth a quick watch, and I am sure everyone will have a different take on it. I can say I am glad to have experienced this cool anime.
Read at the sourcearipiprazole
I've noticed that those who read the manga before the show tend to have a more critical outlook on this anime's shortcomings. No spoilers here, though.
I'm glad Lerche did take the time to be as faithful as possible in adapting the unique art style and visuals, though at the cost many have pointed out, animation.
The main thing about this anime is that the adaptation is a play by play high-budget animatic of the manga. A good adaptation should add onto the original, but it follows it to a T; there's no new shots, no new content to really balance out what was removed and make the anime worthwhile over the source material. It's like it was terrified of making adaptive choices other than rearranging several arcs.
Speaking of the cut arcs, it's something many manga readers have been harpin…
Read at the sourceNisemonoDesu
Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun created high expectations at the start of the Winter 2020 anime season, and didn't deliver. Instead what we got was a dry, formulaic show with little characterization and even less animation.
To start with, the most immediately eye-catching thing about this show when scrolling through seasonals is the art style. Mayuka Itou and the rest of the staff clearly faced a decision when trying to adapt the extremely detailed source material: simplify the designs so that they're easier to animate, or stick to the level of detail of the original manga. Unfortunately, they chose the latter. While it's interesting to see a show where every individual frame is so detailed it could be a desktop wallpaper, it comes at the cost of actual animation. Simply put: the characters bar…
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Mind me, this is a biased review, so you may not agree with what rating I gave this. Although, I will talk about why this anime, in my eyes, is a masterpiece, so at least take the time to read it.
At first glance, Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun seems like a normal comedy show, but when I started watching it, I was amazed. It is actually really funny, but it does have a lot of cool character writing as well. When you see the word 'toilet' in the title of an anime you may be inclined to think it's odd, but this is entirely wrong.
Story:
'Oh, Hanako's a boy! What a boring plot twist,' is what some people would think. Actually, this isn't a very important factor in the story, but this does affect Hanako and Yashiro's relationship, which I will not talk about here. The story is fantastic, as every…
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No doubt, the thing that probably caught the eye of many of us towards this show was that art style. It looked unique, stylish and intriguing. That is certainly how I felt when seeing this show. Now an anime or manga would use this as a launch point to get people into your world and story that you are trying to tell. What we get a show that carries that unique art style and expands on it into something I didn’t think I would enjoy this much.
Sit back relax, knock on the bathroom door and say “Hanako-san, Hanako-san, are you there?” As I present to you the anime review for Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun. Let begin.
Story: 7.5/10
Our story begins in Kamome Academy where Nene Yashiro is attempting to summon Hanako-san in order to to grant her a wish despite many trying and failing to summon Ha…
Read at the sourceMarinate1016
Hanako-kun is one of the shows that on the surface seems like it has no substance or actual plot. In reality, it’s got some really good writing and underneath its cutesy first few episodes, has a darker interior.
Story wise, Hanako-Kun follows a young girl who struggles to make friends at school. One day she has a chance encounter with an apparition(Hanako) and forms a contract with him. The story follows their subsequent adventures to keep the school safe from rogue apparitions. The first few episodes cover a lot of fluff cases and keep a rather lighthearted tone. A little over a third of the way through, we get a general tone shift in which the show goes from being a mindlessly fun show, to one where there’s actually pretty big stakes involved with some unnerving scenes. It doesn’t beco…
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It’s bold to try and balance tense and dramatic scenes with comedic ones. It could easily backfire and make a show less than engaging. With that said, here we have Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun, to showcase the worst outcome of this very problem. A perfect example of how not to do tonal shifts.
It’s presented as a fun, light-hearted adventure. Yet it also chooses to delve into topics such as loneliness and death. Doing so in a tonally much grimmer and dismal way. That is until it remembers that it set itself up as a comedy first and foremost and throws in some of its titular slapstick humor in the mix for good measure. The humor doesn't serve to build on the characters, it’s there just for the sake of it. It’s this forced humor that pulls one out of any potential engagement, in service of a…
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When you're looking through the seasonals and you see a title like Toilet-Bound Hanako Kun then you can have no expectations except it's going to be really weird and in a lot of cases, Hanako-Kun exceeds at that idea of weirdness it's title promises and a little bit more that genuinely surprised me in more ways than one. It's weird like I've stated but it also giving you wonderful characters and genuinely striking moments that come out of nowhere and yet sticks the landing 90% of the time.
Toilet Bound Hanko-Kun mostly centers around Hanako-Kun, a spirit that appears in the girl's bathroom and grants people wishes, Nene, a sweet, girl with daikon on her head that she calls "hair" with what she calls "fat legs" and a pretty infectious personality, in that she's very likable and Kou, a very…
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With all the negative news about the coronavirus going on this year, I figured there’s bound to be at least one or more shows to relax and indulge myself in. When I saw the English version of the title, it reminded me that people have been hoarding toilet paper. But upon finishing this supernatural gem, I found myself eager for more. Sometimes in life there comes a surprise that hits you out of nowhere. Sometimes, there’s a show out there that doesn’t seem what meets the eye. And to say that in a positive light, it’s something we need about now.
Based on the manga of the same name, Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun is a supernatural school story detailing events at Kamome Academy, a school shrouded by seven mysteries. Among these mystery is about an entity named Hanako, where a rumor goes around…
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