-> Hanazakari no kimitachi E / Hana Kimi (1996-2004). Author: Hisaya Nakajo.

Hana-Kimi Vol 3

One of the first mangas I read that just became The Manga for me was Hanazakari no Kimitachi e by Nakajo Hisaya (Published as Hana Kimi in english). It's a 90s shojou manga with all that entails, long long legs, blooming flowers behind every character, an over the top plot. I loved it. I must have checked out all 22 volumes from the library a dozen times at least.

It follows Ashiya Mizuki, a girl who enrolls in an all boys school in order to get closer to her hero, high jumper Sano Izumi. She disguises herself as a boy and moves from America to Japan because his high jumping is the most beautiful thing she's ever seen. It was funny, it was focused on interpersonal relationships and how the characters grew as people and accepted themselves and I loved the art. I couldnt get enough of it. One of many things I was obsessed with as a youth that hit different now that I know I'm transmasc. Like, hmmm I wonder why I obsessively read and reread a story where a girl disguises herself as a boy and lives as a man for several years (distant sound of eggshells cracking)

Hana Kimi meant a lot to me and I'm gaining a deeper appreciation of why as I reread it. If you like 90s shojous it comes heartily reccomended.

Hana Kimi was one of the first things I read with gay characters who weren't a punchline. One of the main characters has a crisis of sexuality and ends it by deciding it was fine if he liked boys and girls! It felt fucking revolutionary for me as a queer kid in the 2000s. Mizuki didn't act like being a boy was impossible or a burden, or that being a girl was awful and being a boy was her only escape, she enjoyed being both genders! It meant so much to me to have a story where gender and sexuality were somewhat, if not fully, fluid.

Sano Izumi x Ashiya Mizuki

episode 4

Transmasc Ashiya Mizuki and pan Nakatsu Shuichi

Little master study/tribute of one of my favorite manga, hana-kimi~

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Hanazakari no Kimitachi e

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Hi!!! I hope your doing well!!! You answered a question about tropes and I wanted to know what your favorite trope is?

Thank you! I hope you’re doing well as well.

I have to say that my favourite trope is probably “There was only one bed”. I love bed-sharing because when the characters are lying awake at night, side by side, they tend to talk about important things and get to know one another better. I’m a huge sucker for conversations and sharing and vulnerability.

I also enjoy stories where one character cross-dresses, and the love interest, despite having previously identified as straight, still falls in love with them. I like this trope because it’s about falling for who someone is as a person. I really like when it’s not about physical attraction but about who a person really is on the inside. I like when characters are like, “I mean, I didn’t think I liked girls/guys, but this person is really special. I want to be with them, even if it won’t be easy.” Accepting and loving someone for who they are is really important to me, so I like stories that highlight those features. Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and Hana Kimi are two examples I like.

I also really like rivals to lovers. In my previous fandom, Detective Conan/Magic Kaito, my favourite pairings involved a vigilante thief and the detectives matching wits with him. I love that dynamic. Squabbling and bantering and snide remarks and unexpected sweet gestures are just fun. I like when they have to work together and gradually develop a new understanding and appreciation of each other.

Thanks for the ask! ^.^

This show is golden i swear

Hana-Kimi Vol 2

1 Nakatsu Shuichi pls 🙏🏼✌🏼💕 🥺💘

Endless Favorite Manga ↳ Hanazakari no Kimitachi e | Hanakimi Endless Favorite Relationships ↳ Sano Izumi & Ashiya Mizuki

30 favorite manga || [2/5] shoujo/josei  » Hanazakari no Kimitachi e

Jdrama: Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (Season 1) (2007)