Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago

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This May is the 50th anniversary of one of the most popular shoujo manga magazines in Japan, Hana to Yume. To celebrate I took a deep dive into what makes this magazine so different from the rest and how so many of it's series shaped both shoujo and manga as a whole.
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0:00 Opening
1:12 What is Hana to Yume?
3:08 The Magazine's Origins
5:22 The Turning Point
6:29 Sukeban Deka
7:51 Glass Mask
9:09 Patalliro!
10:32 A Wonderfully Weird Manga Magazine
11:25 Comedy Manga
12:54 Hana Kimi
14:41 Queer Themes
15:23 Oresama Teacher
16:14 Fantasy Manga
18:04 Sponsor
18:34 Please Save My Earth
19:27 Whimsical Stories
20:27 Gakuen Alice
21:11 The Media Mix
22:41 Tamon's B-Side (Rumored Anime)
23:54 Anything Goes
24:20 The Current Series
27:22 My Biggest Gripe
29:24 Better Than Ever
30:40 The Iceberg
31:40 The HanaYume Rap