The official website for the anime adaptation of Iro Aida’s Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun (Jibaku Shōnen Hanako-kun) manga has announced that Ryōka Yuzuki will voice the character Sumire in the series’ second season. This casting news was revealed on Sunday for the second part of the second season.
Season 2 Details
The second part of the anime’s second season began airing on TBS and its affiliates on July 6, with new episodes broadcast on Sundays at 4:30 p.m. JST. For international viewers, Crunchyroll is streaming the new season as it airs in Japan, and is also providing an English dub. Masayoshi Ōishi performs the opening theme song “Kagome Kagome,” while Akari Kitō performs the ending theme song “mo∞ent.”
The second season of Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun initially premiered on January 12. Yōhei Fukui, who previously served as an episode director for the first season, is directing the main second season at studio Lerche, taking over from the first season’s director, Masaomi Andō. Yasuhiro Nakanishi, responsible for series scripts, and Mayuka Itou, the character designer, have both returned from the anime’s inaugural season.
About Sumire
Sumire Akane is a character introduced in Chapter 66 of the Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun manga. She is a part of the Akane family, a lineage noted for having children offered to a deity. Nene Yashiro suspects Sumire’s full name to be Akane Sumire, a family name later confirmed by Teru in Chapter 70 of the manga. While her connection as an ancestor to Aoi has not been definitively confirmed, she is indeed part of the Akane family line. Sumire possesses long black hair similar to Aoi’s, pale blue eyes, and pale skin. Her personality has been described as cheerful, helpful, and lighthearted, akin to Aoi’s demeanor, but she also exhibits a manipulative and somewhat sadistic side. Sumire also has a strong infatuation with keeping Nene and Hanako-kun as her “pets.”
