Hana-Kimi

Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom (花ざかりの君たちへ, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e), is a shōjo manga series written by Hisaya Nakajo. The manga was serialized in Japan in Hakusensha's semi-monthly shōjo manga magazine, Hana to Yume. The series was concluded with the Japanese release of volume 23 in August 2004.

Hana-Kimi
North American cover of the eighth manga volume featuring (clockwise from top) Hokuto Umeda, Shuichi Nakatsu, Minami Nanba and Izumi Sano.
花ざかりの君たちへ
(Hanazakari no Kimitachi e)
GenreRomance
Manga
Written byHisaya Nakajo
Published byHakusensha
English publisherViz Media
MagazineHana to Yume
DemographicShōjo
Original runSeptember 20, 1996August 20, 2004
Volumes23
Television drama
Hanazakarino Kimitachihe
Chinese: 花樣少年少女
Directed byMingtai Wang (王明台)
Written byQi Xi Lin
Original networkChinese Television System (CTS)
Original run November 19, 2006 March 4, 2007
Episodes15
Television drama
Hanazakari no Kimitachi e
Directed byMatsuda Hidetomo, Tsuzuki Junichi, Sato Genta
Written byMuto Shogo
Yamaura Masahiro (Ep. 8 & 10)
Original networkFuji Television
Original run July 3, 2007 September 18, 2007
Episodes12
Television drama
Hanazakari no Kimitachi e 〜Ikemen Paradise〜 2011
Directed byHidetomo Matsuda
Original networkFuji TV
Original run July 10, 2011 September 19, 2011
Episodes11
Television drama
To the Beautiful You
Korean: 아름다운 그대에게
Directed byJun Ki-sang
Written byLee Young-chul
Original networkSBS
Original run August 15, 2012 October 4, 2012
Episodes16

Hana-Kimi was published in English by Viz Media with the final volume released in the United States in April 2008.

The series centers on Mizuki Ashiya, a Japanese girl who lives in the United States. One day, she sees a track and field competition on TV, and becomes attracted to one of the high jump competitors, Izumi Sano. She begins to idolize the young athlete and eventually transfers to Japan to attend the same school that Sano attends. Sano attends an all-boys high school named Osaka Gakuen and Mizuki attempts to disguise herself as a boy to enter.

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