Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun Season 2 New Trailer Reveals Release Date

Summary

The premiere date for the second season ofToilet-Bound Hanako-kunhas finally been revealed. Aprevious announcementconfirmed that the series would return sometime in January. The new season was announced in 2023, four years after the first season finished airing. A spin-off series,After-School Hanako-kun,aired in 2023, and awith additional episodes airing from August to October of this year.

The new trailer reveals a January 12 debut and previews The Three Clock Keepers (that’s also the video’s title): Kako, Mirai, and Akane Aoi. It also shows the main characters Hanako-kun, Nene Yashiro, and Kou Minamoto.

A Flipped New Opening Theme

It was also revealed that the opening theme is titled“L’oN”,performed by Masayoshi Ōishi. The title is a reference to the season one opening theme,“No. 7”(“L’oN' is supposed to look like an upside-down version of “No. 7”). The second season features areturning cast and main staff.

Wishes and Hanako-kun

Toilet-Bound Hanako-kunis set in the fictitious Kamome Academy, famous for the rumors about supernatural incidents and the Seven Wonders. One of the wonders regards Hanako-san of the Toilet, the academy’s version of a famous Japanese urban legend regarding a spirit (Hanako-san, supposedly a girl) haunting the girls' restroom, who would grant wishes for a price.

Nene Yashiro, one of the students, is not very lucky in love, and she tries to summon Hanako-san to wish for a boyfriend. Then she discovers Hanako is very different from the legend… to start with, Hanako is a boy! And he also refuses to grant her wish! Nene ends up spiritually bound to Hanako-kun, becoming his assistant in supernatural events. Soon they meet Kou Minamoto, who is trying to exorcise all the Seven Wonders.

Hanako-kunis a manga by duo AidaIro, serialized in Square Enix’sMonthly GFantasysince 2015, with 22 volumes so far. Yen Press licenses it in the US. TheAfter-School Hanako-kunspinoff is also penned by the creators and has been running inPixiv Comic(underPFantapyimprint) since 2018, with 2 volumes so far. It is also published in the US by Yen Press.

BothToilet-Bound Hanako-kunandAfter-School Hanako-kunanime are available on Crunchyroll, subbed and dubbed.

Source:AnimeTV