Boys Over Flowers Season 2


Boys Over Flowers Season 2, also known as Hana Nochi Hare: HanaDan Next Season, is a Japanese shojo manga series written and illustrated by Yoko Kamio. It is a sequel to Kamio's Boys Over Flowers. The series takes place at Eitoku Academy, two years after the members of the F4 have graduated, and introduces a new generation of characters.
The manga began serialization with its first three chapters in Shueisha's digital online magazine Shōnen Jump+ from February 2015 to December 2019, with its chapters collected into fifteen. In North America, the manga is licensed by Viz Media.

Plot

Years after the F4 have graduated, Eitoku Academy has not been the same. Due to the recession, there has been a decline in enrollment. Contributing to this is the rise of rival school, Momonozono Academy, that has been taking in more students. A new clique called the Correct 5 now rules the school and has been targeting students whose families have not donated by making them leave school. The leader of the Correct 5, Haruto Kakuragi, is the most popular boy at Eitoku Academy. However, he secretly buys gimmicky self-help items to become strong. Oto Edogawa is a female student at Eitoku who pretends to be rich to, but in reality, she is poor. She works part-time at a convenience store, when one night she sees Haruto Kakuragi coming into the store picking up the items he had purchased. Both are shocked to see each other. The next day, they confront each other and agree to keep each other's secrets.

Characters

;Oto Edogawa
;Haruto Kaguragi
;Tenma Hase
;Kaito Taira
;Airi Maya
;Sugimaru Eibi
;Issa Narumiya

Media

Manga

Boys Over Flowers Season 2 is written and illustrated by Yoko Kamio. The manga began serialization with its first three chapters in Shueisha's digital online magazine Shōnen Jump+ from February 15, 2015, to December 22, 2019, with its chapters collected into fifteen volumes. Viz Media began publishing an English version the same day it began in Japan as part of its Jump Start initiative. It published the first four chapters in their digital magazine Weekly Shonen Jump before shifting to posting the chapters for free on their website. The manga ended on December 22, 2019, and the fifteenth volume was published on March 15, 2020.

Live-action series

A Japanese live-action drama series aired on TBS from April to June 2018. It stars Hana Sugisaki as Oto Edogawa, Sho Hirano as Haruto Kaguragi, and Taishi Nakagawa as Tenma Hase. Idol group King & Prince performed the theme song titled "Cinderella Girl".

Reception

The first volume of Boys Over Flowers Season 2 sold 28,606 copies in its first week.