Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun: 5 Ways It’s Different From The Manga

Toilet-bound Iro Aida’s dark fantasy manga series Hanako-kun is written and illustrated by him. It was adapted into an anime by Lerche and aired from January 9, 2020, to March 26, 2020. Nene Yashiro, a freshman high school student, chooses to summon the seventh mystery “Hanako-san of the Toilet,” who turns out to be a boy.

She becomes his assistant after a series of events, and the plot follows them as they unravel the other mysteries of Kamome Academy as well as other mysterious happenings. The Toilet-bound Hanako-kun anime differs from the manga in five ways.

The Fast Pacing

The anime’s quick speed was one of the most common criticisms among fans of Toilet-bound Hanako-kun. Lerche, the anime adaptation’s animation studio, would sometimes jam a lot of chapters into a single episode. Because Toilet-bound Hakano-kun is a monthly manga published in Monthly G Fantasy, it takes a long time for the chapters to be released.

However, due to the large number of chapters they had to alter in order to fit it into 12 episodes, the pacing was occasionally frantic.

The Early Character Cameos

Nene Yashiro and Hanako were the only characters presented to the audience at the start of Toilet-bound Hanako-kun. However, a couple of the characters appeared in the first episode of the anime.

Kou and Teru Minamoto were the first two characters to appear alongside Nene and Hanako. They were walking along the corridor talking to each other as Hanako was assisting Nene with her request.

They Skipped A Few Important Arcs

Toilet-bound Hanako-kun is a monthly manga with a large number of chapters that would be impossible to condense into a 12-episode anime series, as previously mentioned in this page. A lot of important arcs were deleted from the final production due to time constraints and production. Arcs that contained particular people or important scenes were instead wiped out totally in order for an antagonist to be presented early and get the ball moving.

The Art Is More Detailed In The Manga

The stunning art is the most eye-catching aspect of Toilet-bound Hanako-kun. While the anime does a fantastic job of incorporating the artist’s colors and unique style, nothing compares to the manga’s art.

Although the anime’s colors sparkle spectacularly, most fans feel that the manga’s stills and concepts far transcend the anime. In certain cases, the proportions are better in the manga.

The Arrangement Of Chapters

This is one of the most common criticisms of the anime adaptation of Toilet-bound Hanako-kun. While they skipped certain chapters, they also shuffled the order of others.

The first episode is a good illustration of this, as Nene’s meeting with Hanako was a separate chapter, and the mermaid arc came later in the chapters. In the final episode, an additional chapter was added at the end rather than in the middle.

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