Seriously, DC Comics barely got that many shows out of Superman. It’s like Superman suddenly becoming unrecognizable when he wears Clark Kent’s bifocals, but if Superman could sell so well, what’s stopping Hana Kimi? Originally starting as a manga in 1996, the series loosely inspired a Taiwanese drama in 2002, then became a Chinese drama four years later, a Japanese drama a year after that, another Japanese drama four years after that, and yet another (starring SHINee’s ) to top it off. Hana Kimi, like way too many manga that came before it and have come since, is built around the concept that if a girl dresses up like a guy and infiltrates a male school, no one will notice. 5) Hana Kimi (To the Beautiful You) It just wouldn’t be a list of manga romance titles if we didn’t eventually come across something where a main character is required to change her gender in order to be closer to the guy she loves. It’s not as gratuitous as some of the other examples on here, but it’s still interesting to see so many interpretations of a story that was already as involved as Umino’s original work. Two anime television series were followed up by a live-action film, and, if that wasn’t enough, fans also got two more television dramas. Which might explain why, even after the manga, fans still asked for more.and they most certainly got more. It's also clear that she - as our viewpoint character - has no clear idea why the fact that she earnestly begged the teacher to give the mobile back (and he then collected hers, too,because she annoyed him.sigh for bad teacher stereotype.) surprised and amuses Koga-kun who had waited for her.īut underneath the happy surface is a moving story that deals with everything from broken families to lost loved ones, all while keeping an utterly positive outlook in this slice of life tale. Nina herself is earnest and impulsive, it is clear from the start. He calls her Kasuga-san, though, but seems to be very kind and caring, going so far as to get out his mobile, although that's forbidden, when Nina manages to feel she was too forward in asking for his phone number.
You can see that this mangaka has quite a few volumes under her belt, because the pacing is impeccable: we get introduced to the love confession on the first page (before we know who these people are) and then it's days later on a school trip where Nina's friends are totally amazed that she replies in the affirmative that she's together with Koga-kun (Can I just say thank you, dear German translator and editor, that you decided to keep the honorifics? It's pretty rare in German manga).
This is isn't a reinvention of the shoujo school romance, or one of its superior examples, like Kimi ni Todoke, but it is a charming story, which gives itself time to slowly develop connections between the characters, after the initial set-up.
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