Boys Over Flowers Season 2

Boys Over Flowers Season 2
Cover of the first tankōbon volume.
花のち晴れ〜花男 Next Season〜 (Hana Nochi Hare ~HanaDan Nekusuto Shīzun~)
Genre	Romantic comedy
Manga
Written by	Yoko Kamio
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA Viz Media
Demographic	Shōnen
Imprint	Jump Comics
Magazine	Shōnen Jump +
Original run	February 15, 2015 – present
Volumes	5

Boys Over Flowers Season 2, known in Japan as Hana Nochi Hare ~HanaDan Next Season~ (Japanese: 花のち晴れ〜花男 Next Season〜^?, "Sunshine After Flowers — Flower Boys Next Season"), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoko Kamio. It is a sequel to Kamio's Boys Over Flowers (1992–2003), which is the best-selling shōjo manga series of all time. The story takes place at Eitoku Academy, three years after the members of the F4 have graduated, with all new characters.

The manga began serialization with its first three chapters in Shueisha's digital online magazine Shōnen Jump+ on February 15, 2015, with its chapters collected into five tankōbon volumes as of December 2016. Viz Media began publishing an English version the same day it began in Japan as part of their Jump Start initiative. They published the first four chapters in their digital magazine Weekly Shonen Jump before shifting to posting the chapters for free on their website.

Years after the F4 have graduated, Eitoku Academy has not been the same. Due to the recession, there has been a decline in enrollment. Contributing to this is the rise of rival school, Momonozono Academy, that has been taking in more students. A new clique called the Correct 5 now rules the school and has been targeting students whose families have not donated by making them leave school. The leader of the Correct 5, Haruto Kakuragi, is the most popular boy at Eitoku Academy. However, he secretly buys gimmicky self-help items to become strong. Oto Edogawa is a female student at Eitoku who pretends to be rich in order to fit in, when in reality, she is impoverished. She works part-time at a convenience store, when one night she sees Haruto Kakuragi coming into the store picking up the items he had purchased. Both are shocked to see each other. The next day, they confront each other and agree to keep each other's secret.