If there is one thing that all Hana Yori Dango fans learn, it is that the live actions – literally any of them (and there are many!) – are all better than the anime adaptation.
The art of Hana Yori Dango is old school shoujo, which means it looks pretty okay on paper, but looks extremely basic in anime form. However, the aesthetics aren’t the problem in the Hana Yori Dango anime, it’s that it skips tons of content.
Alternative Titles:
- Boys Over Flowers
- HYD
- 花より男子
Year Anime Premiered: 1996
Animation Studio: Toei Animation
Number of Seasons: 1 + 1 Alt Setting Movie
Source Material Country of Origin: Japan
Source Material Available: Manga
Entry Last Updated: May 8th, 2024
Where To Start The Hana Yori Dango Manga After The Anime?
If you finished the Hana Yori Dango anime and want to continue the story with the manga, you can start at Chapter 113.
The anime story diverges from the manga at Episode 44, so disregard anything in the anime after that point.
What to Expect From The Hana Yori Dango Manga?
The Hana Yori Dango anime commits all the worse sins for anime adaptations. It cuts characters, it skips full volumes worth of content, and it diverges from the manga story at the end.
As such, there is no other option than to read the Hana Yori Dango manga from the beginning.
Hana Yori Dango Manga Sequels
If you reach the end of the base Hana Yori Dango manga, you still have more to consume – although it is all optional.
You will want read Hana Yori Dango – Ore no Hanashi wo Shiyouka, which is a two-chapter sequel about what Rui does to sort out his unrequited feelings.
The true Hana Yori Dango sequel manga is called Hana Nochi Hare: Hanadan, sometimes called Boys Over Flowers: Next Season. This follows an entirely new cast at Eitoku Academy with still all that Hana Yori Dango, “poor girl at rich people school” flavor. You will also see brief cameos from characters from the first Hana Yori Dango.
Is The Hana Yori Dango Manga Over?
The Hana Yori Dango manga is complete. It ended in 2008 with Chapter 244.
Will There Be A Hana Yori Dango Season 2?
The age of Hana Yori Dango has ended. They’ve even stopped remaking the story in live actions series.
The art of Hana Yori Dango would not do well in modern anime, and changing it would feel pretty wrong. As such, there will be no Hana Yori Dango Season 2 anime.
