Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun (地縛少年花子くん)

Hey, have you heard?

This school has seven wonders.

You haven't?

"Four" "Five" "Six" "Seven" "One" "Two" "Three" You haven't?

"Four" "Five" "Six" "Seven" "One" "Two" "Three" Then I'll tell you about one of them.

Then I'll tell you about one of them.

The most famous story...

"Seven" The most famous story...

"Seven"

"Seven" ...is the seventh of the Seven Wonders:

Hanako-san of the Bathroom.

In the third stall in the girls' bathroom on the third floor of the old building...

"Girls' Bathroom"

"Girls' Bathroom" ...lives Hanako-san, who grants a wish to anyone who summons her.

...lives Hanako-san, who grants a wish to anyone who summons her.

But in exchange,

she takes something precious from them.

To call her, knock three times.

And then...

Hanako-san, Hanako-san,

are you there?

Here I am.

Oh, it was just my imagination.

Over here.

No!

A boy's voice?

Are you okay?

A see-through body, an old uniform, ghostly orbs...

Y-You're a...

I'm an apparition.

The seventh of the Seven Wonders of the School,

"Hanako-san of the Bathroom."

Nice to meet you.

"Toilet-bound Hanako-kun"

"Apparition 1: Hanako-san of the Bathroom"

"Girls' Bathroom"

"Girls' Bathroom" Y-You're Hanako-san?

You got it.

You're lying!

Where's your bob cut? And your red skirt?

That's stuff's out of fashion these days.

Fashion?!

You can call me Hanako-kun.

And you're a boy, too.

I am a boy, but the rest of the rumors you heard are true.

I grant a wish for whoever summons me and take one thing as payment.

You've got one, right?

Tell me your wish.

Are you really...

...not just some perverted ghost?

I'm done. Bye.

Wait! I take it back!

A boy Hanako-san is cool!

Cool...

All right, tell me your name and your wish!

He's simpler than I expected...

I'm Yashiro Nene, high school, first year, class A!

"YASHIRO: LOVE" I'm Yashiro Nene, high school, first year, class A!

"YASHIRO: LOVE" I want the person I like to return my feelings right away!

"YASHIRO: LOVE" Yashiro, huh? And you want success in love...

"YASHIRO: LOVE" Who with?

Minamoto-senpai, in second year!

He's amazing! Cool, smart, and nice to everyone.

One time I dropped my pencil case and he picked it up for me.

I see.

"Stare" I see.

Got it. I'll grant your wish.

Yes!

How do you grant wishes, Hanako-san?

"Success" How do you grant wishes, Hanako-san?

"Success" Do you use special items or something?

Yup. I've got a great one right here.

You do?!

"100 Methods of Love: This is Love"

"100 Methods of Love: This is Love" Here.

"A how-to book"

--No. --Now, now.

If you borrow my power, you need to pay a fitting price.

If you want power beyond human comprehension, the price will be that much steeper.

So, this is safer.

But... what if I said I still wanted more?

That would be...

...impossible, since I haven't got the tools for it.

What?!

But this will work out, right?

"High hopes" But this will work out, right?

"High hopes" Hanako-san is a ghost who grants wishes.

"High hopes" He must have granted love wishes lots of times before!

"High hopes" Method 78: Make the most of your special skills.

Do you have any special skills, Yashiro?

A field!

It's our school's practice garden!

I'm in the gardening club.

"TA-DA!"

"TA-DA!" My special skill is gardening!

"Dirt..." What's that look for?!

"Dirt..." I grow flowers, too! I'm plenty feminine!

I started gardening

because a boy I used to have a crush on said that he liked "feminine" girls.

I also started cooking and sewing.

I was going to tell him I liked him once I was good at all of them.

When did you start liking him?

Since right after I started junior high.

I confessed my feelings to him a month ago.

It took me three years.

But...

Huh?

You like me?

Who're you?

"SHOCK"

"SHOCK" That's creepy.

Plus, you're not my type.

I'm not into fat daikon legs.

Daikon legs... Daikon... Daikon...

But that was a month ago! I'm totally over it now!

No, you're not.

I am!

I'm totally obsessed with Minamoto-senpai now!

I'll get a wonderful person like him to return my love and prove I'm too good for that guy!

Oh?

So, anyone would do?

Of...

Of course not!

Don't be silly, Hanako-san!

You say that, but I bet you don't know much about Minamoto-senpai.

Of course I do.

Okay then, what's his first name?

Oh, a bug. I should feed it to the carp.

Yashiro...

Here.

A message card?

"Love" Yup. Give your senpai this along with something you grew.

"Love" I call it Operation: Present!

"Love" How literal.

But I've tried before and--

You won't know if it'll turn out the same until you try.

Come on, make the most of what you've got.

You've put in all this hard work.

Hanako-san...

All right! I'll give it a shot!

Yeah!

Still, I feel like confessing my feelings would be too sudden...

You dropped your pencil case.

I'll write him a thank you for picking up my pencil case the other day.

He's dazzling!

By the way, Yashiro, what do you grow here?

Those.

Let me see.

Well... I guess it's fine.

Good morning. What's up?

Minamoto, look!

There are summer vegetables on your desk!

"Thank you for the other day." There are summer vegetables on your desk!

"Thank you for the other day."

Did you save a fox or something?

No.

Huh?

It's turned into a weird mystery.

"Mermaid"

I thought Operation: Summer Vegetables was a good idea. It had the element of surprise.

It was not! It was a failure the minute they thought it was a fox returning a favor!

A daikon returning a favor.

Thank you.

That girl's been talking to herself for a while.

Maybe the heat's gotten to her?

I've had enough. I'm going to quit gardening.

Now, now, don't be hasty.

You've got other talents, so let's switch to those.

Let's go!

Enthusiasm is all well and good, but...

"Operation: Button of Love"

I found an opening and grabbed one!

Sew it back on and boost his affection!

Got it!

M-Minamoto-senp--

Minamoto-kun, you're missing a button!

Oh, you're right.

Use one of mine!

--No, mine! --No, one of mine!

I'm the one who's going to be Minamoto-kun's button!

Failure.

"Operation: Boxed Lunch"

Make him a boxed lunch with your summer vegetables!

A normal lunch would be boring, so make them look like cute characters.

Got it.

"Chop, chop"

"Chop, chop" "Sizzle"

Oh, is that from a girl? You lucky devil!

Who could have...?

I think someone forgot this. I'll bring it to the lost and found.

I overdid it! Another failure.

"Operation: Corner of Love"

Hold a piece of toast in your mouth and bump into him as he turns a corner.

Run out when I give the signal.

"Now!"

Is what I'll say to-- Huh?

Kou?! Kou!

Hey, someone just went flying!

He fell down those stairs! Is he okay?

Huh? Who did I run into?