#Hisaya Nakajo

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Huge news! - Hisaya Nakajo's 90s shoujo manga, Hana-Kimi, will be getting it's first-ever anime adaptation! The series has been in production, and before Hisaya Nakajo's unfortunate passing last year, she had been "watching over the rough drafts of the characters and the scenario", according to the official announcement.

The official announcement also stated that the series will start "right around the 20th anniversary of when the manga ended", which would insinuate sometime in August of 2024. While no official date has been set yet, Crunchyroll has stated they will be streaming the show in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS and India. I'll update with more info as soon as it's released!

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Series: Hanazakari no Kimitachi e Artist: Nakajou Hisaya Publication: Hana to Yume #1 (01/2000) Details: Hanayume 2000 Calendar - Super 15 Characters (April) Source: Scanned from my personal collection

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"You're the one...who I want to keep...by my side."

Thank you Hisaya Nakajo.

2023.10.12

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Hana-Kimi Vol 2

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I made a mistake so don't look closer

I'll post this later on my ig

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Manga Creator Hisaya Nakajo Passes Away

Manga creator Hisaya Nakajo passed away on October 12, 2023 due to a heart condition. She was 50 years old at the time of her passing. Nakajo was born in Osaka on September 12, 1973. She won the Hakusensha Athena Newcomers’ Awards in 1993 for her Manatsu no Hanzaisha manga. Her first major manga serialization was Heart no Kajitsu, which debuted in Hakusensha’s Hana to Yume magazine in…

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HANAZAKARI NO KIMITACHI E 花ざかりの君たちへ —  ch.144 ⌊ 1996 - 2004 | nakajo hisaya ⌉  

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Sugar Princess

2 volumes

Licensed by Viz Media

When Maya Kurinoki takes her little brother to the local ice-skating rink for the first time, she's got her hands full just trying to get him to let go of the bar. To inspire a bit of bravery in him, she attempts a double axel--and lands it! Maya never imagined that this jump would change her life...or that a coach named Eishi Todo would vow to make her a figure skating "princess"! Now all Maya has to do is convince famous skater Shun Kano to become her partner. Too bad Shun doesn't want to have anything to do with her.

Status in Country of Origin 

2 Volumes (Complete)

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Cheerful Female Lead

Dead Family Member/s

Ice Skating

Older Male Younger Female

Optimistic Protagonist

Prodigy

Rushed Ending / Axed

Talented Female Lead

Talented Male Lead

Winter Sport/s

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Hanazakari no Kimitachi e / Hana Kimi - For You in Full Blossom (1996-2004),  by Hisaya Nakajo.

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Some sad news to share - Shoujo mangaka Hisaya Nakajo, best known for her long-running series Hana-Kimi (For You In Full Blossom) has passed away at the age of 50 due to a heart condition. Hana-Kimi ran from 1996 to 2004 in Japanese shoujo magazine Hana to Yume, and was officially released in English in the US by Viz Media. The series revolved around a girl named Mizuki, who becomes so infatuated with high-jump competitor Izumi that she disguises herself as a boy to attend his all-boy high school to meet him. The series was popular enough to get multiple live-action dramas, including in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. While Hana-Kimi was her only big hit, it was popular not just in Japan, but overseas as well. RIP to a beloved shoujo manga creator.

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Series: Hanazakari no Kimitachi e Artist: Nakajou Hisaya Publication: Hana to Yume #7 (03/1997) Details: E-Combi Desk Calendar (April) Source: Scanned from my personal collection

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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.

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Hana-Kimi Vol 7

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“Hanazakari no Kimitachi e” The Manga For Gets Anime

The production studio Aniplex unveiled a teaser image (shown above) on the official website for the anime adaptation of Hisaya Nakajo's manga series Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom).

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