Hana Yori mo Hana no Gotoku

• Name — Hana Yori mo Hana no Gotoku • Ja Kanji — 花よりも花の如く

• Type — manga • Author — Minako Narita • Publisher — Hakusensha • Magazine — Melody • First — 2001 • Last — 2025 • Volumes — 24 Hana Yori mo Hana no Gotoku is a manga series written and illustrated by Minako Narita. The individual chapters were collected into twenty-four tankōbon volumes, which were published by Hakusensha from July 5, 2003 to February 5, 2026.

The story follows Norito Sakakibara, a young man who apprentices as a Noh performer with the aim of eventually becoming a Noh master.

• Volume 6 has sold 84,443 copies (as of November 17, 2008) • Volume 7 has sold 77,390 copies (as of May 10, 2009) • Volume 8 has sold 68,782 copies (as of July 11, 2010) • Volume 9 has sold 66,575 (as of July 10, 2011) • Volume 10 had sold 67,085 copies (as of March 11, 2012) • Volume 11 has sold 79,762 copies (as of January 13, 2013) • As of February 28, 2017, the series has over 2 million copies in circulation.