Handa-kun (2016)

Everyone loves him...but him.

Set six years prior to the events of Barakamon, detailing the life of Seishuu Handa as a high school student—and a very interesting life it is. In Handa-kun, Seishuu Handa is admired by his peers as a calligraphy genius and given the utmost respect, but Handa-kun himself is under the mistaken impression that the deference and attention he receives from the other students is actually bullying. Handa just wants to live a quiet life, but hilarity ensues as one character after another challenges his position as the school idol, and somehow comes away as a fan all while Handa is horrified and clueless.

• First Air Date: 2016-07-08
• Last Air Date: 2016-09-23
• Total Seasons: 1
• Total Episodes: 12
• Episode Runtime: 24 min.
• Network: BS-TBS, TBS, MBS, CBC