Handa-kun

Hated by everyone around him, Sei Handa goes about his high school life regarded as an outcast—or at least that is what he believes. In reality, Handa is the most popular student on campus, revered by all for his incomparable calligraphy skills, good looks, and cool personality. However, due to an endless series of misunderstandings, Handa perceives the worship he receives from his legions of fans as bullying, leading the school's idol to shut himself off from the rest of his classmates.

But distancing himself from his peers does not deter them from adoring him; in fact, his attempts at drawing attention away from himself often end up unintentionally converting even the most skeptical of students into believers. Fashion models, shut-in delinquents, obsessive fangirls, and more—none can stand against the brilliance that is Sei Handa.

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Handa, Sei Main

Shimazaki, Nobunaga Japanese

Kondou, Yukio Main

Yamashita, Daiki Japanese

Tsutsui, Akane Main

Hosoya, Yoshimasa Japanese

Nikaidou, Reo Main

Kakihara, Tetsuya Japanese

Aizawa, Junichi Main

Hirose, Yuuya Japanese

Handa, Emi Supporting

Kuwatani, Natsuko Japanese

Kinjou, Miyoko Supporting

Hondo, Kaede Japanese

Kawafuji, Takao Supporting

Okitsu, Kazuyuki Japanese

Hirayama, Kasumi Supporting

Kugimiya, Rie Japanese

Mori, Maiko Supporting

Itou, Miku Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Suzuki, Megumi Producer

Eriguchi, Takeshi Producer

Shinjuku, Gorou Producer, Planning

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Jan 18, 2025

LegionIscariot

Recommended

Handa-kun is a story about a guy named Handa.

Handa is the least popular guy in school. Everyone hates him. No one wants to be around him or talk to him. Some even want to hurt him... Or at least that's what Handa thinks.

In reality Handa is seen as the coolest guy in school. The guys admire him. The girls love him. But everyone is too afraid to approach him.

Handa is really shy and paranoid. So misinterprets everyone's actions towards him.

He always unknowingly transforms the lives of all the people he encounters for the better. And so is worshiped by many as divinity.

Its a very ... funny anime with a very funny setup.

The characters are all entertaining. The hijinks are fun.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Aug 9, 2024

tjhyy

Mixed Feelings

I went into this anime, not knowing it was a prequel to Barakamon. I never watched the anime, but on social media, its fans were in despair at their main character falling for the kid when they grow up?? Like everyone loved this story, only to end up feeling betrayed by the author for letting this happen??? So it lowered my star rating by 1 since I didn't watch the series after all.

But other than that, without knowing it was connected to that show, I decided to watch this for Tsutsui because I saw a short of his backstory and thought he would be ... hilarious which he kinda was. But my favorite ended up being Yukio Kondou because he may be ordinary, but in the crowd, he really is the sweetest and most sincere type of guy. I won't lie that I kinda wanted to ship him and Handa together, and I'm so sad that he doesn't get enough love from the fans.

However, the story isn't all that funny to me (¬_¬") Which is why it got such a low score, and it further doesn't motivate me to watch the main story. The characters are charming, but the jokes are really basic.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Dec 27, 2024

tripping_hazard

Not Recommended

I laughed a few times but I feel like I couldn’t take my attention away from how toxic the relationship between the entire school and Handa is

Handa has multiple people who stalk him, and obsess over him like a god. None of them actually know who he really is and assume he’s perfect in every way. I could get into more specifics but I don’t want to type it all out right now.

Other than that, I feel like the show gets boring over time as the gimmick, “i think everyone hates me, but they actually love me (too much)”, gets old quick. by the ... last few episodes I was just trying to finish the series so I could move on.

I also feel like many of the characters were just underdeveloped.

Anyways, wouldn’t really recommend it. I’m just gonna go rewatch Saiki K for the 5th time.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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