r/hanakokun

OK, first of all I’d like to explain something.

Some of you might remember that this post was originally made by More-Stay-9315; to put it simply, that was my old account, which I’ve unfortunately lost…

As soon as I posted the first part, I saw how much fun you were having and thought you’d like it if I did this again once a month!

So here we are again. Just like in the first post, there’s only one rule: add an image to your comment.

When the continuation of the TBHK anime was announced it was called project restart. I remember everyone assuming that this meant that we would get a reboot, myself included.

Fast forward a few years and it turned out that project restart wasn't a reboot, but instead season 2 of the anime and season 1 of the spin-off.

It made me curious, whether that was always the plan or not, because giving a project the name "restart" was a very deliberate choice. At the very least the producers would have to know what kind of expectation they'd be setting, especially when complaints over season 1 were pretty well known.

Did they truly not know what people would assume about the project or did they deliberately bait the audience with this title? Or did they initially plan on a reboot, but had to give up on that and simply continue the series?

I'm genuinely curious about that, so I wanted to ask if someone knows more about the situation or if there were some interviews or even statements from Aidairo regarding the whole thing.

Or if you don't know much like myself, what are your thoughts on the matter? : D

He's actually so joyful it hurts me awhhwwhwhwhwhwhwhheh

I had some free time (and free will) to make this little chart today.

Going through the manga to collect all these honestly made me appreciate Aida's art all over again ❤️ There are so many little facial expressions that I normally wouldn't pay much attention to, and putting them all together really made me realize how much personality Aida put into every character.

Anyway, which character do you think is the most expressive?

Personally, the characters I find the most interesting and enjoyable to look at are Hanako, Nene, and Akane. These three have an expression for everything 😂 Their reactions can be so exaggerated sometimes, but somehow they always fit the situation perfectly. Like, yes, that's EXACTLY the face you should be making right now.

On the other hand, the characters I found the least expressive were Tsukasa, Hakubo, and Sakura.

Sakura wasn't too surprising since being nonchalant is basically her whole identity. Hakubo is an "oni," so it makes sense that he lacks of "human" expressions.

Tsukasa, though, is a much more interesting case. It's not that he's an unexpressive character at all. Quite the opposite, actually. Tsukasa has a lot of expressions, but they're usually chaotic, mischievous, or straight-up manipulative. What he lacks are the more ordinary or vulnerable emotions. Even when he's angry, he's often surprisingly calm about it. And trying to find a genuinely sad or devastated Tsukasa was the hardest part of making this chart. This boy didn't even cry when Kou told him that his own brother was going to kill him in the future 😭

However, I don't think that Tsukasa is incapable of being emotional. He's actually a very sensitive person who takes things to heart. The problem is that he never learned how to express those emotions properly, so he chooses to bottle them up instead. I believe there are certain "trigger buttons" that can make him finally let those emotions out.

And one of those buttons was pushed in the newest chapter, which is why we finally got to see him on the verge of tears. I was so happy to see it because we finally got to see him act like the 4yo boy he is. I really hope we get to see more of these "buttons" being pushed in the future, because I want to see more of Tsukasa's vulnerable side.

IT HAS BEEN 2 AND A HALF YEARS SINCE WEVE SEEN HANAKO.

ik hanako and amane are the same person but idk they’re js separated in my mind.

BUT OMG. ITS BEEN 21 CHAPTERS SINCE WEVE SEEN HIM. AND IM SICK OF IT. IM CRAVING HANENE CONTENT. OMG. GIVE IT TO ME.

and like don’t get me wrong i love the amane scenes. but like. it js doesn’t hit the right way. also it’s throwing me off that he’s 12. like ik hanako was maybe like 13 but at least he’s been dead 50+ years like idk.

and liek i love amane but they may have js screwed up any chances of us getting hanene permanently. i dont REALLY think this is how the story will end, it feels too predictable, but like if they save tsukasa we will never see hanako. bc he’ll be like 60 or 70 in present time 😭😭😭😭 idk. if we js have to wait 🤷‍♀️

(second image is the last time we saw hanako in a scene ;-;)