Hana-Kimi : for you in full blossom

Format:

Book

Title:

Hana-Kimi : for you in full blossom

Other title(s):

For you in full blossom

Uniform Title:

Hanazakari no kimitachi e. English

Author:

Nakajō, Hisaya author illustrator

ISBN:

9781591163299

9781591163985

9781591163992

9781591164586

9781591164975

9781591164982

9781591164999

9781421500072

9781421501383

9781421502649

9781421503943

9781421505428

9781421505435

9781421505442

9781421505459

9781421509914

9781421509921

9781421509938

9781421509945

9781421509952

9781421509969

9781421515342

9781421517216

Publication:

San Francisco, Calif. : VIZ, 2004-2008.

Physical Description:

23 volumes : illustrations ; 19 cm.

Series title(s):

Viz graphic novel.

General Note:

"This book has been printed in the original Japanese format in order to preserve the orientation of the original artwork"--Colophon

Contents:

Volume 1. The prettiest boy in school ... isn't a boy -- Volume 2. Personal best -- Volume 3. Men at work -- Volume 4. Clothes make the man -- Volume 5. Drag race -- Volume 6. Private eyes -- Volume 7. American girl -- Volume 8. Male models -- Volume 9. High fashion -- Volume 10. Strike a pose! -- Volume 11. "Girls" and ghosts! -- Volume 12. Shall we dance? -- Volume 13. Diva by design -- Volume 14. Closer quarters -- Volume 15. Kiss is just a kiss -- Volume 16. Brothers -- Volume 17. One track mind -- Volume 18. Psychic cafeteria showdown -- Volume 19. Raising the bar -- Volume 20. Chasing dreams -- Volume 21. Chasing dreams -- Volume 22. Out of the closet? -- Volume 23. Goodbye, high school days

Summary:

Mizuki, a girl who pretends to be a boy at an all-boys school, finds it hard to keep her secret with such distractions as a snoopy reporter, a cross-dressing contest, a persistent photographer, and visits by friends who know the truth.

Reading Level:

Rated T+ for older teens.

Subject(s):

Schools, Japanese -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Students -- Comic books, strips, etc.

High schools -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Disguise -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Comic books, strips, etc. -- Japan -- Translations into English.

Schools, Japanese.

Disguise -- Fiction.

High schools -- Fiction.

Schools -- Fiction.

Dating (Social customs) -- Fiction.

Cartoons and comics.

Geographic Term:

Japan

Genre:

Graphic novels, Japanese.

comic books.

comic strips.

Translations

Comics (Graphic works)

Added Author:

Holds:

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Summary

What happens when the hottest guy in school is a girl?!?

The Prettiest Boy In School...Isn't A Boy! Japanese-American track-and-field star Mizuki has transferred to a high school in Japan...but not just any school! To be close to her idol, high jumper Izumi Sano, she's going to an all-guys' high school...and disguising herself as a boy! But as fate would have it, they're more than classmates...they're roommates! Now, Mizuki must keep her secret in the classroom, the locker room, and her own bedroom. And her classmates--and the school nurse--must cope with a new transfer student who may make them question their own orientation...

The Prettiest Boy In School...Isn't A Boy!

Japanese-American track-and-field star Mizuki has gotten herself to transfer to a high school in Japan...but not just any school! To be close to her idol, high jumper Izumi Sano, she's going to an all-guys' high school...and disguising herself as a boy! But as fate would have it, they're more than classmates...they're roommates! Now, Mizuki must keep her secret in the classroom, the locker room, and her own bedroom. And her classmates--and the school nurse--must cope with a new transfer student who may make them question their own orientation...

Plus a bonus story, The Cage of Summer!

Author Notes

Hisaya Nakajo's manga series Hanazakari no Kimitachi he (For You in Full Blossom, casually known as Hana-Kimi ) has been a hit since it first appeared in 1997 in the shojo manga magazine Hana to Yume (Flowers and Dreams). In Japan, a Hana-Kimi art book and several drama CDs have been released. Her other manga series include Missing Piece (two volumes) and Yumemiru Happa (The Dreaming Leaf, one volume).

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Nakajo bases his shojo manga (Japanese girls' comic) on the common manga plot device of a girl dressed as a boy. Thirteen-year-old Mizuki Ashiya idolizes high-jump champion Izumi Sano. She somehow manages to transfer to his all-boys' school by masquerading as a boy, and becomes Izumi's roommate. Mizuki wants to see Izumi do the high jump, but is shocked to learn he quit the sport because he couldn't stand the pressure. Mizuki believes Izumi still loves high jumping and wants to high jump with him. Readers will be impatient for Mizuki to take Psychology 101 so she'll figure out what "high jumping" is a euphemism for. The story founders on its own absurdities. When Izumi sees Mizuki's back in the shower, she deludes herself that Izumi still thinks she's a boy, while he knows the truth but acts as if he does not. In a side story, a boy named Kaede comes to live with his second cousin Toko, who is outraged by Kaede's womanizing, until Kaede genuinely falls in love with Toko. Nakajo's visual storytelling is often cramped and confusing, and his drawing style is mediocre, although he does create attractive love scenes. This tale panders to the illusions of sexually na?ve young girls who, one hopes, can discern that misogynists are not Prince Charmings and Mizuki is really an obsessed stalker. (June) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved