Hanako-San is a yokai found in legends around Japan. She is a little girl who lives inside the third bathroom of the schools.
Personality[]
Hanako's personality vary depending of the person who is telling, However she is be known to be mostly either a benevolent spirit or rather playful, Furthermore in Japanese media, Hanako is depicted mostly as a tragic but ultimately innocent figure.
Appearance[]
Hanako has a red and white uniform who was used frequently in the 50's, She sport a bob haircut and has red beautiful eyes.
History[]
Hanako is mostly see around the third toilet in any institute of japan, If some touch the door three times and ask "Are you there, Hanako", She will respond with "Yes, I am here", Variations of the story said that, She will appear as a little girl, or otherwise if you are a good student she just will disappear.
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Yo-kai Watch[]
- Main article: Toiletta
Toiletta is based around Hanako herself, She was found by Nathan Adams and Whisper.
GeGeGe no Kitaro[]
Hanako appears along with Yōsuke-kun in the tenth episode of the sixth anime adaptation, Vanishing! The Seven School Mysteries.
When Mana calls Neko-Musume for help because of strange occurrences happening to her, Neko-Musume speculates that it could be one the yōkai haunting her school. Which Mana lists her school's seven mysteries, among them is Hanako-san who can found on the third floor's girl's bathroom. Neko-Musume mentions that she is a friend of hers, and decides to ask her about this. When they reach her stall however she isn't there. She appears in person at the hotsprings where Kitarō and Medama-Oyajiare, who take note of her presence and asks what she is doing far away from her stall. She explains to them that she was being stalked by Yōsuke-kun, because he got the wrong idea of her being nice to him. After he was defeated by Neko-Musume, she returns to her stall.
Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun[]
Hanako is the titular protagonist of the anime and manga series Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun. In the series, Hanako-san is potrayed as a boy. Nene Yashiro is a first-year high-school student who attends in Kamome Academy, which is famous for its rumors regarding its Seven Wonders and supernatural occurrences. When she enters the bathroom and summons Hanako-san, who's also the Seventh and most famous Wonder, in hopes of wishing for a boyfriend, she finds out that Hanako-san is a boy. Before becoming Hanako-san, he was a human named Amane Yugi (柚木 普, Yugi Amane) and he also attended Kamome Academy. A second-year middle school student in 1969, he often came to school with bruises and cuts, having been repeatedly abused by someone he refused to reveal the identity of. He harbored a deep passion for astronomy and had dreams of becoming an astronaut and going to the moon. According to Tsuchigomori, the Fifth Wonder and his homeroom teacher at the time, Hanako was destined to become a science teacher, until his fate changed for unknown reasons. He killed his younger twin brother, Tsukasa Yugi, and died young. Hanako is the only known person to ever have altered his fate.
By inflicting himself with the Mermaid's Curse, he bound his and Yashiro's souls together. Though he often teases her, Hanako comes to deeply cherish Yashiro and will go to extreme lengths to help her when she is in need.
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