Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Ghostly and Green

Toilet-bound Hanako-kun vol.22 by Aidalro

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Bingo 22: Green The cover is green. Thematically, there’s a potential sense of a potential new season of life (kind of a stretch but possible)., like spring means natural green coming back. Toilet-bound Hanako-kun (vol 22) is a weird little ghost story, sometimes going for spooky, sometimes going for cutesey. This volume jumps into one adventure, finishes the first segment, and cues up the next part of the arc. The time-keeper supernaturals have ‘arrested’ Yashiro whose been turned into a toddler along with Hanako, Amane […]

Spookiness and Secrets Coming to Light, Maybe

Toilet-bound Hanako-kun, vols. 13-14. by Aidalro

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I’m going part literal and part metaphorical with the shadows with vols. 13-14 of Toilet-bound Hanako-kun. On the literal side, a good chunk of the story in these two parts of the series take place in the spirit world which seems like a shadowy place, and the spirits who can cross into the real world are almost always popping up out of a shadow. This is also the part of the story where two shadows (ie mysteries) that have been going on for a while […]

A Decent School Ghost Story continued

Toilet-bound Hanako-kun vol.10 by Aidalro

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Imagine a good twin – evil twin story where the good twin may not be all that good; then add in the scenario of being trapped in a fantasy world where if you stay too long you lose your memories and it turns out that not everyone there is entirely fictional, including one or both of the twins. And if you want to escape you have to murder someone you don’t think deserves it, but there’s a mysterious “voice” Writing messages suggesting there’s another way […]

Spooky times at school

Toilet-bound Hanako-kun vol.9 by Aidalro

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Spooky month is here, and I’ve found a level of spooky that’s so far been my speed. Toilet-bound Hanako-kun is a manga that is a ghost story about Nene, a girl in middle school who gets drawn into the supernatural world and shenanigans of the titular ghost who haunts the girls bathroom in spite of being a boy and being able to effectively rule the school supernatural side of the world. There’s the friend who turns out to be an exorcist, and the mysterious figure […]

After School Times to Pass On

After School Hanako-kun by Aidalro

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After-School Hanako-kun feels a little like a bunch of pieces that might have been intended for the original main series but had to be cut for one reason or another. Several of the vignettes are probably supposed to be versions of standard high school manga/anime episodes like the beach day trip or main character catches a cold and has to stay out of things but is still somehow manages to be part of the story. In fairness, this collection is supposed to be a “behind […]



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