Hanako Hakase

* 1989
* 1994

**Hanako Hakase** (**葉加瀬 華子**, *Hakase Hanako*) is the ultimate scientific beauty. She dedicates her life to research and is the brains of the Busters.

She is a character introduced in the spin-off manga Zombie Land Saga Gaiden: The First Zombie.

## Appearance

Hanako wears a red dress and a lab coat over it. Her hair is voluminous and pink with a streak of purple. Her eyes are blue. She also wears various accessories such as heart-shaped earrings and welding glasses made of copper.

## Personality

Her introduction of the Busters to Eikichi is incredibly extravagant and colorful, with “*legendary*” titles for all of them. She is the friendliest of the Busters towards Eikichi, almost the opposite of Tae's stern demeanor.

She is very cheerful, cutesy, and prefers more of a supporting role for the Busters. She always supports the others and especially Eikichi, whom she considers as her “little brother”. Hanako is cheerful and likes to show off some of her inventions to the other team members. Her eccentricity shows up in the form of excitement when she tells them about how a certain invention works and does something. She is also very proud of her work and is attentive to how the group works. Thanks to her intellect, she detects when something is not right. She's jovial, awkward, and has a hard time picking up on Tae's frustrations, but she's a brilliant inventor nonetheless.

As an inventor, she can create “wacky” inventions for the Busters, and they serve her purpose in the group. Furthermore, she is a very intelligent person which always does experiments and research that brings the group forward. She also likes to do experiments on humans or use them as guinea pigs.

## Abilities

### Skillset

* **Inventing**—She is very fanatical about creating many things, like the Del-Height that she used with Eikichi to stretch it 20 centimeters more or the love potion that she was still developing. She was also delighted when Anna quickly adapted to her inventions.
	+ **Weapon creation**—With her abilities, she can create useful items to fight against Sagako.

### Natural Abilities

* **Wide Intellect**—Thanks to her extensive knowledge in science and machinery, she is responsible for the group's weapons and creating inventions that are useful for battles against the Sagakos. In addition to guiding the team with useful tools to track down Sagakos, she also does research on her own.

### Unique Abilities

* **Curses containment**—With her weapons and inventions, she helps the Busters contain the curses before the sealing process.

## Etymology

* The name **Hanako** means “flower” (華) (**hana**) and “child” (子) (**ko**).
* Hanako's surname **Hakase** means “leaf” (葉) (**ha**), “add, increase” (加) (**ka**) and “swift current, rapids” (瀬) (**se**).

## Trivia

* Without Anna in the group, she was prone to fighting with Tae over some decisions because she's a bit of an extremist with her “simple solutions” against Sagako.
* Her eye color varies between pink and navy blue.
* She tends to see Sagakos as cute pets that she can collect, somewhat similar to Pokémon.
* After being a member of Sagako Busters, she now focuses on her research and is a world-famous scientist. She has even won awards for her research and inventions.
	+ It is also revealed in the last chapter of the manga that she is studying a mysterious silhouette reminiscent of Mew from Pokémon.

## References

1. ↑  Zombie Land Saga Gaiden: The First Zombie Chapter 17, page 2