Hana-Kimi or known originally as Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (花ざかりの君たちへ, For You in Full Blossom) in Japan, is a shōjo manga series written by Hisaya Nakajo. The manga was serialized in Japan in Hakusensha's semi-monthly shōjo manga magazine, Hana to Yume. This manga series has ended with volume 23 in August 2004 in Japan.
Hana-Kimi was published in English by Viz Media with the final volume released in the United States in April 2008.

The series centers around Mizuki Ashiya, a Japanese girl who lives in the United States. One day, she sees a track and field competition on TV, and becomes attracted to one of the high jump competitors, Izumi Sano. She begins to idolize the young athlete and eventually transfers to Japan to attend the same school that Sano attends. There is a catch, however: Sano attends an all-boys high school, named Osaka Gakuen and Mizuki must disguise herself as a boy to enter.

Hana-Kimi or known originally as Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (花ざかりの君たちへ, For You in Full Blossom) in Japan, is a shōjo manga series written by Hisaya Nakajo. The manga was serialized in Japan in Hakusensha's semi-monthly shōjo manga magazine, Hana to Yume. This manga series has ended with volume 23 in August 2004 in Japan.
Hana-Kimi was published in English by Viz Media with the final volume released in the United States in April 2008.

The series centers around Mizuki Ashiya, a Japanese girl who lives in the United States. One day, she sees a track and field competition on TV, and becomes attracted to one of the high jump competitors, Izumi Sano. She begins to idolize the young athlete and eventually transfers to Japan to attend the same school that Sano attends. There is a catch, however: Sano attends an all-boys high school, named Osaka Gakuen and Mizuki must disguise herself as a boy to enter.

A Japanese living in the United States, Mizuki Ashiya watches a program on TV featuring a high jumper named Izumi Sano. She was amazed by his performance and throughout her life, she does research on him and discovers that he is currently attending Osaka High School. The school is unfortunately an all-boys school and Mizuki convinces her parents to send her to Japan.

Oblivious to the fact that their daughter is going to attend a boys school, her parents let her go. To enter the school, she cuts off her long hair and disguises herself as a male and tries her best to give hope to Sano after hearing that he no longer do high jumping anymore. As she settles in, an accident reveals her identity to Hokuto Umeda, the school doctor and Izumi Sano. Izumi hides his knowledge of Mizuki's gender and tries to help her keep her secret, though it sure isn't easy as many situations land Mizuki in compromising positions that will reveal her true gender.

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External links

• Active Anime vol.19 review
• Anime Fringe's vol.1 review
• Anime Fringe's vol.5 review
• Comics Worth Reading series review
• Sequential Tart vol.1 review
• Sequential Tart vol.4 review
• Sequential Tart vol.23 review
• Anime News Network's Right Turn Only (Hana-Kimi vol. 2)
• Hana-Kimi (manga) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Wild Vanilla Hisaya Nakajo's Official Website