Honey & Clover is said to epitomise the ambiguous "slice of life" genre - a typically slow, ambling style of story telling with no true narrative direction. Indeed, Takemoto's impulsive journey around Japan is all about finding a definitive meaning to his existence only to discover that ultimately, there is no set path for us all to follow; that life and youth is random and fleeting; about searching and wondering, rather than knowing it all.If Honey & Clover was thick with such philosophical commentary but lackin..
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