Hanazakari no Kimitachi e • Hana-Kimi - Episode 5 discussion

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[*This is so much, it doesn't even seem real.*](https://i.imgur.com/mgxOAIM.jpeg)

[I actually though it wasn't going to be Nakao, but here we are.](https://i.imgur.com/C6ZLRJA.jpeg)

Dang, I didn't expect Mizuki to straight up slug Sano for that kiss! Even she's surprised how she's reacting to it. This is probably not how she expected her first kiss with Sano to happen.

Sano's got quite the shiner, even if he can't remember what happened is none the wiser when Mizuki is offering to support him. Though she's still got her own worries about her feelings to deal with. Though Nanba is always there to lend an ear and flirt with her...though only jokingly. So long as he doesn't know she's a girl.

Umeda straight up has the best seat in the house to watch all this drama with the boys and the girl dressing up AS a boy.

Mizuki is starting to get bullied!? Though thank goodness she has friends who can actually read Kanji or else she'd have no idea what this was about.

Mizuki can't even talk about her big (half-)brother from another American mother without Nakao calling her out and being a hater. Is it any surprise that HE was the bully? But it's because HE likes Nanba and was jealous...and Mizuki, in her admiration and love for Sano, relates to those feelings and thinks she and Nakao can be pals. I guess that's very Mizuki. Don't dwell on the negative and just move forward with gusto.

Kagurazaka is still way too handsy with Mizuki, but he knows that and his new jumping record is enough to rile up Sano. On the plus side, Sano can finally jump over the bar again, and Mizuki is there to watch and cheer him on even through winder break.

Ah yes, Valentine's Day...a day for girls to give chocolate to the boys they like and admire. And Mizuki is on the receiving end because people think she's a girl, but she also has to watch another girl be open about her feelings to Sano. On the one hand, she wishes it was her, on the other hand...she's also happy Sano rejected the girl. Cross-dressing can be complicated.

I have to wonder about whatever guy is so twisted that Umeda was in love with him. They sound like the perfect pair.

Mizuki's big brother is coming to Japan? I'm sure he won't make her already precarious situation more messy.

Mizuki did pretty well in diffusing that whole Nakao situation. Let’s see how she handles her brother coming to visit. I have a feeling he doesn’t know lil sis is pretending to be a guy…

Big bro is coming to town. This'll be fun seeing as he had no idea about Mizuki masquerading as a boy. I'm sure she'd inform him beforehand and he'd have no intention of letting her secret out, but he might slip at times. She's sure to get a heart attack by the time he flew back to the States.

**Episode 5 Mizuki count**
\-- first kiss
\-- 3 guys decked
\-- 1 bullying arc

Mizuki unsurprisingly left flustered by that drunken kiss, even after finding out about the alcohol and concluding Sano is the type to kiss people randomly when drunk. Shame he forgot about it all and is yet to find out, would love to see his reaction.

Mizuki misreading the notes in her locker made me laugh, reminded me that even if fluent in Japanese her first language is still English. But how has she been faring in her classes all this time? (For those wondering, she didn't recognise the kanji characters and mistook them for regular katakana/hiragana characters randomly mashed together: I'll kill you 殺 -> メホルヌ,　die 死ね　-> ノタヒね)

Nakao the classic shoujo manga bully-turn-friend except instead of your stock mean girl he's a very jealous boy in love with the playboy senpai.

Umeda casually dropping his toxic yaoi lore.

A sudden visit from the nii-chan because of course the plot demands hijinks re: hiding your crossdressing from your unsuspecting family member + hiding you're a crossdresser from your unsuspecting classmates. A glance at the credits tells me the brother is voiced by Tachibana Shinnosuke!

Bonk. Ouch...

She's blushing!

He tripped. And fell.

Gee I wonder who...

That's the Doc's nephew?

Who's that lurking in the shadows?

That's a lot of thumbtacks...

Oh gee you don't say...

Seems his black eye has recovered mostly.

Right. Nothing this time?

Nevermind...

So, that's her story.

So, there's the tw@ from earlier.

Gee you don't say...

Yep. And so she finally caught him in the act.

And that's why.

Oh, he overheard that bit.

Lmao he's completely ignoring her. About one step away from using one hand to hold her head while she tries to charge at him.

Ok...

Yeah that's called schadenfreude.

Oh, her brother is coming over?

One thing I like about this adaptation is that it almost feels like a scavenger hunt finding where they put the episode title in each episode.

As an angry chihuahua, Mizuki likes to let her anger write checks she can't actually cash. But at least pink dude being her own size was an easy opponent to befriend.

Somewhat surprising number of gay people at this school. Well, it's probably a perfectly normal amount but actually seeing it in an anime is the weird part. Or maybe that's a shoujo thing I'm not used to yet.

Mizuki’s scarf makes me hungry for bacon

Umeda really the scene stealer every time he’s on screen.

Hope we get to see Umeda's toxic yaoi romance someday

Mizuki really coming in with that friendship of magic type shi hahaha. I love that about her tho.

I’m excited to see her big brother!!

You think the twink in a toxic yaoi subplot used enough thumbtacks? Feel like he had room for more in the infinite shoe locker.

This anime really gives me the old school shojo feels. Its inspired me to rewatch Ouran High School Host Club xD

I’m so confused how I like and dislike this series at the same time. If anyone can help me figure it out it would be great.

At first I was into the idea, it’s a fun and silly premise. Mizuki came off as a very motivated female mc.

Then I realized she kind of just rushed the situation without taking it through. Which has its own charm.

Like when she kept getting closer to Sano and eventually, the dog pushed him over but still. What if someone had seen her? The same with when she was running away from the sports groups and then she saw him sleeping and she almost kissed him. In another series, the character would be a little more aware, but she doesn’t seem to care about the consequences despite very much caring about them

I don’t know if these are addressed better in the source material. Lastly, eps 2.5-4 with Rika and Sano. Both times she experienced to something negative with them they become the “bad guys”. Rika to Sano, and Sano is a bad guy for all the guys who are starting to fall for Mizuki. At times like this it feels like poorly written fanfiction…BUT then you get all these well-timed comedic moments. The situational setups, from womanizing characters to guys who can’t figure out if they are gay or not and it has its own charm.

So the great moments really increases the expectations in the middle of an episode, but then some of the really low ones make me judge why this was even an animated.

All that to say, I’m a sucker for a good romcom so I’m staying but if someone can clarify these things from me or tell me that the source material shows more that would be great

I do wonder how it worked with papers about the enrollment here, like they would need to get records from her middle school, which would include her gender and likely her picture (with long hair and female uniform), but the teachers didn't know that she's a girl. Was it different in 90s?

Shenanigans galore! Kissy kiss, and fisty fists and a comical amount of thumbtacks! Seriously how did he manage to shove them all in the locker without spilling? 


Umeda. He's lived a fun life hasn't he? 


Big brother time! 

I could tell it was coming from a mile away. But I absolutely hate it when the bully gets off scot-free.

Bro put 5 billion tacks in the locker, drenched the shoes, and even vandalized the desk and wasn't going to stop if they weren't caught.

I really hate the trope of forgiving them so easily and they get to be a part of the gang. It's so annoying.

How did the bully have infinite thumbtacks? Must have been hoarding them for the day an enemy appeared!