Hana-Kimi Ep 1-2: Normal Things to Say

About this episode

The hosts introduce a new show discussing the anime Hana-Kimi and its themes of identity and change.

This week we start a brand new show. We attempt to reintroduce ourselves but find that our lives are kind of boring right now. Hm, maybe it’s just the changing of the seasons… And speaking of change, in HanaKimi our protagonist Mizuki decides to move to Japan and go undercover to attend an all-boys school and for her totally-not-romantic admiration of high jump star Izumi Sano. Or maybe I should say, FORMER high jump star dramatic music plays because he’s quit. Mizuki now has to navigate pretending to be a boy in the school for pretty boys while convincing Izumi to get back to what really matters, jumping real high.

People in this episode

Hosts: Joe, Sarah

Topics covered

• anime
• Hana-Kimi
• coming of age
• identity
• high school
• Japan

Keywords

• Hana-Kimi
• anime
• Mizuki
• Izumi Sano
• high jump
• all-boys school
• Japan

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