Hana to Yume is the Best Manga Magazine

[@nekame]

Series mentioned in the Hana to Yume Rap: 1. Kamisama Kiss 2. Hana-Kimi 3. God Child 4. Wild Ones 5. Voice Over! Seiyuu Academy 6. Skip Beat 7. Golden Days 8. Oresama Teacher 9. New York, New York 10. Animal Doctors 11. Fruits Basket 12. Furare Girl 13. Gakuen Alice 14. Happy Cafe 15. Tokyo Crazy Paradise 16. Ani Tomo 17. Jiu Jiu 18. Bloody Kiss 19. Here is Greenwood 20. Tea Prince 21. The Empty Empire 22. Sukeban Deka 23. Never Give Up 24. Hana to Akuma 25. Please Save My Earth 26. Patalliro 27. Arabesque Dai 2-bu 28. Shanimuni GO 29. Yona of the Dawn 30. Fairy Cube 31. Karakuri Odette 32. The World is Still Beautiful 33. W-Juliet 34. Love So Life 35. Colette Decides to Die 36. The Cursed Prince's Servant 37. Tamon's B-Side 38. Nin Koi 39. Cyboy: Kaizou Shounen 40. Furou Kyoudai 41. Tsuiraku JK to Kaijin Kyoushi 42. Warau Michael 43. Baby & Me 44. Dragon Knight 45. Hikikomori Princess and Dokuzetsu Knight 46. Descendants of Darkness 47. Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts 48. Sugar Princess: Skatin to Win 49. Touring Express 50. Pochama ni 51. Glass Mask 52. Pygmalio 53. It Takes More Than a Pretty Face to Fall in Love

[@demanciafletcher6029]

And you've forgotten Akai Kiba: Blue Sonnet in your list!!!💖💖💖

[@mistersilver2932]

the fact that fruits basket, kamisama kiss and yona of the dawn are all from the same magazine is truly iconic

[@raisajannati]

and skip beat!

[@moonlightm2328]

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[@teebin1727]

My childhood was truly reformed by hana to yume without me even knowing

[@pandalo1172]

I never thought the day would come where I'd be watching a Hana to Yume rap song

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

Dreams can come true

[@SariaSchala]

Hana to Yume >>>>>>>>>>>> Weekly Shonen Jump

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

so true bestie

[@onetrickponysona2613]

hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby

[@starcrossedbooks2917]

That song is going to live in my head rent free longer than I care to admit 😂

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

believe me its been stuck in my head since creating that abomination

[@colonylaser4860]

As a male person and not a targeted demographic, I do dip into shoujo manga occasionally because sometimes shoujo has the FUNNIEST shit. Ther are tracks of shoujo (or josei) humor that simply do not cross over into a male person's brain, cognitive or otherwise. The insanely funny but criminally under-appreciated "My Heavenly Hockey Club" (how dare they only released 8 volumes in English?) The anime "3-Nen D-Gumi Glass no Kamen" almost sent me to the hospital (the Helen Keller episode KILLED). But my personal favorite shoujo mangaka is still Azuki Yuu ("Shouwa Aho Akanuke Ichiban", "Iga no Kabamaru", some of her dirty josei shorts)... The woman may not be a 49er, but she also started in the late 70s and is now in her 70s.... might still be working in fact. It's not just the goofy faces of her casts, male or female young or old human or animal (especially them horses), there's just something deeply subversive and disturbing about her humor, her stories, her drawing style, yet without sloping into the dark. Just cracks me the hell up.

[@gracequeeney3399]

As a fellow fan of comedy, I thank you for the recommendation🙏

[@zukosfangirl11]

you described hana kimi and i went "huh that sounds kinda familiar maybe its just a common trope now" and then you mentioned choi minho and a huge lighbulb went off in my head i LOVED To the Beautiful You!!!

[@suzelsmanga]

You're such a phenomenal advocate for the shojosei community Colleen, each of these deep dives makes me sad that I don't have enough time to check out all the titles you're getting me excited about! (And I run a Blue Lock channel lol)

[@Trotoloko]

I needed a lot this kind of works in my life, and I just recently got into it! Men and boys should read more shojosei than anything else regarding manga, since it's the only mainstream media where it treats people as people! As fucking people!

[@hanahashi]

The poke- I mean the shoujorap was like Shoujo speedrun Hana to Yume%

[@localtoothfairy]

I'm obsessed with Please Save My Earth, so I'm excited to look into series that took it's space as being the fantasy/sci fi series!

[@JD-yk4cw]

A video about the mangazine publishing some of my favourite series, I am so happy!!! AND YES... I started chanting "gotta rec 'em all" in my head as the rap kept going, might be cursed/blessed now, not sorry, enjoyed it very much!

[@livsis]

So glad to see more Sukeban Deka representation. I immediately loved it ever since I first read it, and the live action show is even more amazing. It's crazy to me how unknown it is in the West considering its popularity in Japan. Some parts of the later story would not go well today but I really hope it gets its well deserved official english release one day along with Glass Mask (who btw also had a crossover chapter with Sukeban Deka, Suzue Miuchi in the role of the antagonist hahah)!

[@kanyanko]

this video took me back to my middle school days when i somehow stumbled upon the kamisama kiss manga (then ongoing), binged it in a day, and then thoroughly researched the wikipedia page of hana to yume to find and read more shoujo manga. i think more than half of the shoujo manga i've read are from hana to yume alone!

[@hbanana7]

Indeed!! From Glass no Kamen, Doubutsu no Oisha-san, Baby and Me, all the way to Yona of the Dawn and Skip Beat. Koucha Ouji was one of my all time favorite!! So many great series that never got animated.

[@chibizero81]

Hana to yume and LALA are fav shojo magazines. :D

[@cristinastefan7009]

Same here ❤

[@pokemongirl5674]

indeed my favorite shojo manga (and manga in general) came from this magazine. I love many titles from Hana to Yume (but I don't wanna list them as otherwise this comment would be very long :])

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

just like this video lol

[@strawberrysunshines8020]

Finished the video! Hana to Yume has always been my favorite manga magazine, it was great to see such an in-depth look at its styles and influence!

[@nosuperwoman79]

Colleen, thank you for another deep dive into the history of a worthwhile publication that has brought access to diverse shoujo and has emboldened mangaka within the genre. I actually laughed at anecdote about the Please Save My Earth author having to add a disclaimer about it being a work of fiction. 😂 It was definitely an impactful story for me in terms of its sci-fi and fantasy elements.

[@elizabethmcfadden3615]

Honestly a perfect video for the 50th anniversary and I’ve loved your others so even 5 minutes in I can tell this is gonna be good (funny skit your sacrifice will not go unnoticed), thanks for this!

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

yeahhhh I totallyyyyyy didn't do a skit or anything..... 😶

[@elizabethmcfadden3615]

@@ColleensMangaRecs was there one and I missed it? 😅🤡 regardless great work! EDIT: ok I just got to the end and the rap was priceless 😂 my b

[@camilas468]

Loved this video! I've been reading some HanaYume series for its 50th anniversary, the ones I liked the most so far were Baby and Me and Hana-Kimi. It's always a struggle to pick between lala and hana to yume as my favorite shoujo manga magazine cause they have so many bangers (also, thanks for the non-skit that had a tons of recs~)

[@KingyofSpades]

When I was a kid and thought that all manga are for kids, I read God Child (Earl Cain series), and let me tell you that it explains so much why I am the way I am today. Kaori Yuki is the goat of problematic themes.

[@carinameyer4156]

Hana Kimi is going to have an anime! It was just announced! Also Yami No Matsuei... I'm still bitter about it never being completed

[@moooooooon2nite]

i LOVED the rap why is it unironically a banger omg

[@princessjellyfish98]

WHAT!? I had no idea To The Beautiful You was a shojo manga adaptation?? I was OBSESSED with that drama as a kid. From one Minho enjoyer to another, I CANNOT recommend it ENOUGH!

[@adorabell4253]

Check out the Taiwanese adaptation. The gags are amazing.

[@lizzychurro7701]

I loved the little singing number at the end, truly appreciated it

[@cerulean1003]

Everyones talking about the rap (rightfully so) but the Property Brothers joke killed me i did not expect that Anyways, yaaaaayyyy i was hoping youd do a video on Hana to Yume!!! I love this magazine, its a hard tie between this and LaLa for my favorite shoujo magazine (makes sense theyre sister magazines) they have so many good and iconic series. I agree with you that its variety is one of its best attributes, not everything has to be a traditional romance or even have a female lead. It can have fantasy stuff, comedies with child protagonists, BL (New York New York being in this magazine AND sharing a mangaka with Baby & Me was a geniune shock to me), supernatural romcoms etc......theres a little bit for everyone which allows it to have a wide appeal. Probably the best variety of all the major shoujo magazines, maaaybe all current shoujo magazines? Asukas pretty good too and i havent looked enough into some of the lesser known ones like Princess and Bonita. I agree that it does a great job at multi mediarizing its big properties (Hana-Kimi JUST got an anime announced and im very excited!) but another big thing is that a lot from the magazine is avaliable in english! Not everything sadly (im hoping someone rescues Gakuen Alice or releases physicals for the Comikey exclusive series) but a good amount and i think that also helps get eyes on their stuff and keeps them releavent. Its just overall a fantastic magaazine and i hope it continues to grow strong and keep going! Great video as always, cant wait for the next magazine retrospective! (since you mentioned it briefly maaaybe Nakayoshi next?)

[@mangocryptid3280]

ORESAMA TEACHER AND JIU JIU MENTIONED RAHHH 😭💕💃😭💃💕😭💃😭💕

[@techyougo]

I was literally just reading yona of the dawn before watching this lol

[@vandreadsims01]

I love Yuki Kaori's works. I genuinely think that Angel Sanctuary would have been a certified 2000s alt-kid classic if it wasn't for the main couple's little issue.

[@gracequeeney3399]

Blood related isn't just little issues tho, it fking insane concern

[@vandreadsims01]

@gracequeeney3399 I was being ironic. I'm well aware that it's a big reason people refuse to read it. Which is unfortunate because in my personal library it's a certified hood classic. And honestly, I kind of respect Kaori for cutting the bull crap that a lot of other works have. How many incest series are out there like Eromanga Sensei and My Little Sister Can't be This Cute? She just ran with it.

[@princessjellyfish98]

YESSS NEW COLLEEN MAGAZINE DEEP DIVE!! I love this style of video! You do such thorough research and your scripts are always so good! Also HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOTO HAGIO!!

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

thank youuuu!!

[@brinali_shj]

incredible video! i've seen this magazine get mentioned on twitter and now i understand why is so beloved, thank you for your hard work and also for the recommendations in the video ❤

[@javierhrndz]

0:20 in and this is already a banger! Thanks Colleen you are the best.

[@fffoxie]

Colleen, I realize you'll probably never see this comment, but I just have to thank you so so much for saying that colette decides to die got announced! You literally made my day or actually days hahahaha I am so happy T-T thank you! :D Amazing video as always!

[@onetrickponysona2613]

glass mask changed my brain chemistry

[@princessjellyfish98]

As a huge fan of New York, New York AND Gakuen Babysitters, I have to check out Baby and Me! You've mentioned it in videos before but I never realized it was Ragawa's work! It's always great to see the intertwined history of BL and Shojo in these deep dive videos. This whole deep dive really speaks to the diversity of Hana to Yume as a magazine. And speaking of queer manga, I'm SO excited for the upcoming Awajima Hyakkei anime!! It's a josei yuri manga by the mangaka of Wandering Son! Shojosei Yuri is on the rise and I couldn't be more hype!!! (Sorry I'll stop leaving comments now 😭 hopefully it feeds the algorithm monster!)

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

I saw that Takako Shimura was getting an anime and I was like no matter what it is I will be sat!!! Really need to read more of their work but I really love Even Though We're Adults.

[@Katt1721]

Loved this video!! Fruits Basket may have been my introduction to the magazine without me even knowing it at the time and one of the most formative series for me as a young girl, but Hana to Yume carries just so many of my nostalgic shojo loves alongside seminal classics. The previously mentioned Fruits Basket, but also Please Save My Earth, Glass Mask, Baby & Me, Kamisama Kiss, NG Life, Love So Life, S.A., Twinkle Stars, etc... I also remember around 2018/2019 buying the JP digital issues of the magazine on Hakusensha's e-store all the time to keep up with/support Yona of the Dawn, The World is Still Beautiful, & Collette Decides to Die specifically, while occasionally checking out some of the other titles listed at the time like Furare Girl. Clearly their efforts to expand consumer options worked on me at least haha

[@pandax9949]

Excuse me but what is S.A. ?

[@gracequeeney3399]

​@@pandax9949Special A, it had anime adaptation

[@mhrncchi]

girl hana kimi is getting an anime adaptation we won the war !!

[@Zahra1905-p2s]

That singing number was really unexpected. You really hit different Colleen😂😂😂😂

[@sarafinalights]

omg I love your magazine icebergs!!

[@yasmeennour47]

I love yoshiki nakamura for making tokyo crazy paradise a film that kyoko in skip beat will play a villain in.. These details are so good and so entertaining to be honest 😂❤

[@NaritaZaraki]

The rec song is everything!! I wish I could comment something more intelligent but putting that song at the end has emptied my brain of anything else 🤣🤣🤣

[@angelsdoexist]

This was so so good and informative!! I also loved the skit at the end

[@viviane315]

I love these magazine videos, it's really interesting learning what set them apart from each other and seeing how many amazing titles I've read from each. And thank you for mentioning Love So Life!! It was super important for teen me. If you accept video suggestions, I would like to learn more about child-rearing manga. It's a genre I've always enjoyed, although I've only recently noticed that it's an actual genre and not just a coincidence in a lot of manga that I read

[@bloodythestral]

My two favorite things (Patalliro and Choi Minho) mentioned in one video?? I WIN 💖 And also this amazing shoujo rap will live in my mind forever thank you 🙏

[@kat416]

Did Colleen just create... the song of summer?

[@tansjord]

I’m so grateful for your comedy 😭🙏🏼 that rap at the end had me cackling

[@wonderlustcoffee5517]

The skip beat spread HEALED MY SOUL

[@nadiaa5083]

Love finishing work and watching your video on my commute home 😊

[@sleepypigeonart]

omg great video!! hana to yume 💖i always enjoy your deep dive videos~ the rap is gonna be stuck in my head for a while LOL

[@Estoybien352]

GUYS it's not stopping.....rec 'em rec'em gotta rec 'em all ooh, gonna rec 'em all hana yumi.. On repeat in my mind 😂

[@nataliejennings2620]

I loooved this video so many interesting recs! And I loved your manga rec rap at the end that was unironically hilarious! You reproduced the pokérap style so perfectly! Amazing and hilarious! 🤣❤

[@giogi1591]

The video is fantastic...but the ending??!!! the rap song!!! BEST VIDEO EVER!

[@disneybunny45]

I love Glass Mask so much, despite the controversial age gap. It sucks that it is still on hiatus.

[@origamipapercut4682]

Colleen jokes are borderline analogus to dad jokes. 😂 JK Colleen.

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

Now I am become dad, maker of jokes

[@anikaschulz4541]

I vibed so hard to this - thanks Colleen 💃🏻

[@sarahtachibana1333]

YES THE TWIST AT THE END YES YESSSS

[@Ayelet.M]

13:53 Hanna Kimi will get an anime, is what the word on the street 🎉

[@yasmeennour47]

Baby and me animation is HUGE in the MENA region We saw the dubbed version 20 years ago and it is still huge here

[@Misa.misato]

Wake up babe, Colleen posted!

[@fullmetalmasify]

I honestly had no idea that my manga reading journey would start from Hana to Yume (things like Fruits Basket and Gakuen Alice give me nostalgic feelings even if I read them in high school). Also I really enjoyed the rap at the end even if it's going to be living rent free in my head now 😅

[@MonshiSol182]

ahhhh, Minho

[@katarinaclaes96]

Great video today I'll check out this Magazine 😁👍

[@MichealsTochter]

Please dedicated a Video to Flowers or Dessert .love this to Magazine

[@gracequeeney3399]

I second this! Mangas from Dessert are all banger

[@thatsnotmyname321]

Oresama teacher is my favorite series!! It deserves an anime ❤

[@AteHoneyMaru]

no way, not the Hana to Yume rap.

[@victoriapride7575]

looking at your bookcase made me remember that the 4th omnibus of don't call it mystery is out. don't mind me opening a new tab for barnes and noble

[@PinkNymphetamine22]

Godchild mentioned! (great video, colleen!)

[@adorabell4253]

I’m pissed that the korean adaptation of Hana Kimi was mentioned over the Taiwanese one. That one is iconic.

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

One had Min-ho 🤷‍♀️

[@adorabell4253]

@@ColleensMangaRecs Wu Chun > Min-ho.

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

@@adorabell4253 thems fighting words

[@icanbwatevai1ab]

😂 lol​!!!@@ColleensMangaRecs

[@eightyyone]

Drop more mixtapes like these Colleen!! that was fire 🔥🔥

[@m.i7211]

Animal Doctor is such a good slice of life series and I would kill to have it translated to English.

[@pinku20n2]

That hana to yume song 😂 LOVED IT❤

[@Trotoloko]

I'm a soon to be mangaka that have been mostly reading gekiga, shonen and seinen, and not much of it, because it's tiresome as fuck how (with some exceptions, specially in Gekiga and post-Gekiga) how humans are treated as tropes and not humans. I found out that my favourite authors are actually fans of shojosei. And I recently started reading Sukeban Deka, and have som CLAMP read behind. I need this. I need more shojosei!

[@strawberrysunshines8020]

10:20 Lol I love this part XD

[@Giovanna-rv3gx]

Damn this magazine got me into reading manga and i didnt even know it

[@kjarakravik4837]

Gakuen Alice my beloved! Although I'm not sure I would compare it to Harry Potter given how dark the tone becomes after the first few plot twists about the school

[@JacobLlewellyn]

Hana Kimi actually had two gay characters, one whose story line and unrequited love was taken really seriously.

[@MP24685]

I enjoyed this video without the skits NGL! Educational and serious without being boring!

[@StarLord66X]

New Colleen video and I just NOW SAW IT????? Also low key I grew up with Angel Sanctuary, but I can see why its not everyone's cup of tea. But nostalgia sucks sometimes. Kaori Yuki made better manga like Godchild

[@Money_D_Luffy]

Love the magazine deep dives 🎉 Gonna check out Oresama Teacher 🙏

[@zzzly5683]

I have just read the synopsis of Angel Sanctuary, and it seems like it has all the edge I need when I want to take break from the fluff. Also, the art looks so pretty 👀Added to plan to read list.

[@nidoqueen106]

wow really Fairy Cube came form this magazine? odd but cool ^w^

[@jansydow2341]

Will you do this series about Nakayoshi?

[@annemiller1353]

Had to take a moment to squeal when you said Minho from SHINee.

[@avatarria9318]

Alice academy my first ever manga I was obsessed to kwon the ending becouse of the anime

[@kritterkitkat]

Hana to Yume Rap needs it's own video. Spotify when?

[@yasmeennour47]

YESSS I've been waiting for this video for a while now Skip beat was the first anime that made me starting reading manga And best decision ever It still ongoing and it is so good 😂 Too long and slow burn but worth it

[@talto]

Angel Sanctuary my beloved.

[@furihreunsicherheit3624]

This video is 💖PEAK💖 Now I need a meme video of Eminem from 8 Mile with your rap on top 😂

[@ingridparris488]

What was the name of the app mentioned? Manga Park?

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

Manga Park, yes!! it isn't available outside of Japan though so fingers crossed Hakusensha makes an app for english speakers some time soon

[@kineticmeow9242]

@@ColleensMangaRecsIt is available outside of Japan, but just not in english. So many Japanese manga apps are region locked but luckily Manga Park isn’t. GANMA is also not region locked, but only in Japanese as well. Would be cool to see english versions of both of these apps. ❤️

[@tweeandcute283]

Speak for yourself! My favorite manga came from Nakayoshi! (Yes, I like magical girls, why do you ask?) Seriously, though, it’s cool that you’re covering Hana to Yume. Even the name of the magazine is great. (What can sum up my manga tastes better than describing it as “flowers and dreams?”)

[@kalindhiseneviratne8247]

If you take video recs, I have a question, but it's not necessarily manga: For mobile games like The Wizard's Promise, Twisted wonderland, Thousand Noble Musketeers, and a handful of rhythm games that aren't Otome games, but get roped in with them (because of the all male cast & the empasis on the bond with the player). Could you clarify the demographics of some of these games? I'm aware of the genres, but the demographics have always confused me since most of these games target both genders, but ends up with a mostly female fanbase. And the art styles don't really help with identification. Btw: VIZ has licensed the Twisted Wonderland manga, so I highly recommend it. They change the M/C for every dorm to fit the villain's arc.

[@retroanimemike]

Just the musical entertainment I needed for this evening of boycotting Eurosong! :D

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

😤😤😤 thanks for boycotting!!

[@BreannaCummings]

Thank you for your song🤣

[@hemangchauhan2864]

COLEEN VINE BOOM

[@AliyaKhan-hm5pb]

Oh my god oresama teacher!!

[@remxoxo]

Hey, we love the funny bits!!!!!

[@itsjustme6334]

I spit up my coffee at "For shame! Japan has gone woke."

[@notmagike]

Hey, i dont know if you'll see this comment, but i was wondering if you ever made a video/yt short about cheese in the trap or manhwa recs? I think i remembered seeing a video like that. I just wanted to ask cause i feel like I've been going crazy or maybe i dreamed it or something because i can not find it anywhere.

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

No you aren't imagining it, I did!! It was an upload of a video on Tik tok I made but I privated it since then.

[@notmagike]

@ColleensMangaRecs OMG. I just wanted to say thank you for that review because before that, I didn't really understand Jung's character. I used to be one of those Cheese in The Trap readers who hated Jung, mostly being bitter that he and Seol/Sul ended up together mostly because of Inho and Sul's casualness and chemistry with eachother; I now realize was pretty dumb. It was your review that made me reread the webtoon, keeping in mind Jung's perspective and feelings and made me fall in love with the comic all over again, no longer seeing the ending as a tragedy but rather bittersweet, poetic and realistic. Thanks 😊💖

[@cadr003]

ORESAMA TEEEAAACHER DESCENDENTS OF DARKNESSSS