Hana-Kimi

Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom (花ざかりの君たちへ, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e), is a shōjo manga series written by Hisaya Nakajo.

Hana-Kimi was published in English by Viz Media with the final volume released in the United States in April 2008.

One day, she sees a track and field competition on TV, and becomes attracted to one of the high jump competitors, Izumi Sano.

Sano attends an all-boys high school named Osaka Gakuen and Mizuki attempts to disguise herself as a boy to enter.

Mizuki Ashiya, a Japanese girl living in the United States, watches a program on TV featuring a high jumper named Izumi Sano.

To enter the school, she cuts off her long hair, disguises herself as a male, and tries her best to give hope to Sano after hearing that he no longer does the high jump.

[13] On August 20, 2009, a manga anthology was published as a tribute to the series was released under the Hana to Yume Comics Special imprint.

It was titled, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e Tribute – 35th Anniversary Hana to Yume Memorial (花ざかりの君たちへトリビュ-ト — 35周年花とゆめメモリアル) and was drawn by various manga artist including Satoshi Morie, affiliated with the magazine where Hana-Kimi was serialized.

[19][20] The English release of volume 1 and 2 of the series were nominated under the Graphic Novel category of The Quills Awards in 2005.

[27] It was later chosen as one of the series for School Library Journal's Good Comics for Kids Summer Reading Challenge in 2009.

While Lin enjoyed the art style, she found the male characters' designs at times generic.

McNeil praised the art, citing its importance in a story of deception, enjoying the "gorgeous" character designs, but appreciating the departure from strict aesthetics for humour.

[31] Liann Cooper felt that Hana-Kimi was one of Viz's most important shōjo properties due to its combination of humour, angst and the artwork, but criticised their cover design.

[32] Kat Avila, due to the fourth volume's humour and attractive male characters, found she enjoyed Hana-Kimi better than Girl Got Game.