キーワード Calligraphy

徳川幕府に反旗を翻す闇の集団が、公儀転覆の画策で江戸の町に再び混乱を招こうとしていた。いち早くその動きを掴んだ画仙道の長、十文字は一門のひとり、墨屋紙朗(すみやしろう)を江戸に呼び寄せる…。自分の描いた絵や字に特殊な力を持たせる秘術「画仙道術」の遣い手たちが、江戸を舞台に巨大な画獣と激しい戦いを繰り広げるアクション活劇。

After punching a famous curator in the face for criticizing his work as "textbook and lifeless," Handa Seishuu is sent to Gotō Island to calm his nerves and find new inspiration for his calligraphy. Growing up in the city all his life, though, Handa must adapt to country life while meeting an assortment of quirky people during his tenure.

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.

After a bus accident leaves high school student Yiyong in a coma for over a year, he awakens with his grandfather’s supernatural powers. His once ordinary life turns into a thrilling ghost-filled adventure alongside his school rival, Cao Guangyan, and rookie policewoman Chen Chuying.

A proud young calligrapher is punished for punching a critic by being sent to a faraway island in the east coast of Japan. But as he meets and lives with the island's friendly people, his attitude begins to improve.