Boys Over Flowers Season 2

Boys Over Flowers Season 2
花のち晴れ 花男 (Hana Nochi Hare ~HanaDan~ Next Season)
Genre	Romantic comedy
Manga
Written by	Yoko Kamio
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA: Viz Media
Magazine	Shōnen Jump +
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	February 15, 2015 – present
Volumes	4

Boys Over Flowers Season 2 (花のち晴れ 花男, Hana Nochi Hare ~HanaDan~ Next Season) is a Japanese Shoujo manga series written and illustrated by Yoko Kamio. This is a sequel to Kamio's Boys Over Flowers, which takes place at Eitoku Academy, three years after the members of the F4 have graduated, with all new characters. The first three chapters of the manga began serialization on Shueisha's digital online magazine Shōnen Jump+ on February 15, 2015, as well as in English on Viz Media's manga website as part of their Jump Start initiative.

Plot overview

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 in order to fit in, when in reality, she is impoverished. She works part-time at a convenience store, when one night she sees Haruto Kakuragi coming in to 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 secret.

Characters

• Oto Edogawa
  • A girl who attends Eitoku Academy who pretends to be rich in order to fit in. However, her family is poor and has to work at a convenience store in order to make ends meet. She doesn't like the Correct 5 and their ways. While she doesn't like Haruto at first, she slowly warms up to him, when he saved her from an attempted kidnapping from one of her co-workers. In chapter six, it is revealed the reason she is at Eitoku is because she is engaged to someone and will be married when she turns 18. Her fiance is revealed to be Tenma Hase.
• Haruto Kakuragi
  • The leader of the Correct 5. He is the most handsome and popular boy at Eitoku Academy. Secretly, he worries about being scrawny and usually orders items from magazines and home shopping that never work. When he was younger, he was saved from bullies by Tsukasa Domyoji and has since aimed to be just like him. This also motivates him to rebuild the reputation of Eitoku Acaddemy. He realizes he is in love with Oto, after going on a date with her and finding out about her engagement.
• Kaito Taira
  • The right-hand man and best friend to Haruto, he is the only one who knows about his secret. He is the intelligent member of the Correct 5.
• Airi Maya
  • The sole female member of the Correct 5. Her father owns a shopping mall, and like any rich girl, she is spoiled. She is jealous of Oto hanging around Haruto.
• Sugumaru Ebisu
  • The athletic member of the Correct 5.
• Issa Narumiya
• Tenma Hase
  • A student from Momonozono Academy and the student body president. He is considered a star pupil at Momonozono and the reason why many students are applying there instead of Eitoku. He is also Oto's fiance.

External links

• Boys Over Flowers Season 2 (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia