Hana Nochi Hare: HanaDan Next Season (2018)
The setting of the drama takes place 10 years after the F4 graduated from Eitoku Academy. Edogawa Oto is the daughter of a former company president. Her life completely changed after their family business went bankrupt. Her fiance is Hase Tenma, the popular student council president of the rival school. With declining enrollment due to a recession and the rise of a rival school, Eitoku Academy is now ruled by the Correct5 whose leader is Kakuragi Haruto. The group seeks out, then runs out, any students whose families haven’t made appropriate donations to the school. When Haruto and Oto discover each other’s secrets — that Haruto buys self-help items to get stronger, and that Oto is poor and works at a convenience store – they promise to keep each other’s secret.
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Episode 1 - Episode 1
Release Date: 2018-04-17Oto Edogawa has to keep her family's bankruptcy a secret in order to stay at Eitoku Academy. Her worst nightmare comes true when the C5's leader Haruto Kaguragi finds out she has a job. She has some leverage from learning his secret at the time. To keep her quiet, Haruto tries to impress her which fails miserably.
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Episode 2 - Episode 2
Release Date: 2018-04-24After saving her from a coworker, Haruto has Oto eat pancakes with him as repayment. He later takes her to Tsukasa Domyoji's house, where Oto reveals she is engaged to Tenma Hase. Haruto feels inferior next to Tenma, who is student president of Eitoku's rival Momonozono Academy.
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Episode 3 - Episode 3
Release Date: 2018-05-01Jealous of Oto, Airi Maya reveals that she is a "commoner". Oto decides to drop out of Eitoku, which would thus end her engagement. Tenma pays her donation and saves her in time from a crowd of bullies. At the hospital, he confesses his feelings to her. Haruto and Oto later become friends.
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Episode 4 - Episode 4
Release Date: 2018-05-08Airi pretends to befriend to Oto only to lock her and Tenma in a storeroom. Haruto then severs his friendship with her. Oto later becomes concerned about Airi when she goes missing. In the process of helping her, Oto earns Airi's respect and friendship.
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Episode 5 - Episode 5
Release Date: 2018-05-15Megumi Nishidome enters Haruto's life after a chance meeting. Oto starts to feel mixed-up when she sees them together. She later asks Tenma to date her officially, to which he readily agrees. Meanwhile, Megumi decides to pursue a romantic relationship with Haruto.
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Episode 6 - Episode 6
Release Date: 2018-05-22Oto and Tenma encounter Haruto and Megumi, while on a date at an amusement park. Now a double date, it becomes increasingly awkward. Tenma later alludes to being jealous of Haruto. Oto realizes she has to settle things with Haruto, which she does. He is devastated by rejection.
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Episode 7 - Episode 7
Release Date: 2018-05-29A depressed Haruto goes along with Kaito Taira's plan to start "peasant hunts" again. Oto wants to stop him, but Issa Narumiya and Sugimaru Eibi ask her to leave him alone. Haruto later feels that he has gained his father's approval, but it was only an act. His feelings come to a head, leading Haruto to make a speech that wins over some of his classmates.
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Episode 8 - Episode 8
Release Date: 2018-06-05Oto and Haruto become friends again following an attack on Eitoku. He later plans Megumi's birthday party, while Oto prepares for a dinner with Tenma's parents. She is late when a second attack happens at Megumi's party. Haruto helps convince Tenma's parents about her strong feelings for their son.
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Episode 9 - Episode 9
Release Date: 2018-06-12Oto learns that Jin Konoe is behind all of the attacks, but Tenma does not believer her. Haruto sees her upset and Megumi tells him to cheer her up thus ending their date. Later that night, he hugs her which Tenma sees and confronts him about. Haruto's father suggests a contest between the two.
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Episode 10 - Episode 10
Release Date: 2018-06-19Despite realizing her feelings for Haruto, Oto decides to support Tenma in the contest. The C5 enlist Sojiro Nishikado to train Haruto, who is hopeless at martial arts. Megumi, meanwhile, struggles with whether to support Haruto or not since their relationship will be over if he wins.
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Episode 11 - Episode 11
Release Date: 2018-06-26After easily winning the first round, Tenma's confidence is shaken when he learns the truth about Konoe. Megumi breaks up with Haruto after he wins the second round. He wins the whole competition. Afterwards, Tenma ends his engagement to Oto and encourages her to follow her feelings. She then races to meet Haruto.