I moved to this new blog to avoid fanboying Honey and Clover, or to do so with at least intelligible, coherent statements. As much as I try to avoid giving praise to this series (even though it really deserves it), Umino Chika has simply given me another reason to do so. As you may know, [...]
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Arashi - Aozora Pedal (39.7MB, for PSP/Quicktime) This is a nice song that serves as the ending theme for Honey and Clover movie. The song was composed and written by Suga Shikao so while hearing the song I can't help but wonder how it'll sound had Suga Shikao sing the song himself. Having said that, the song does sound like it has been written to fit Arashi's image as a pop group and therefore it sounds less melancholic than other Suga Shikao's composition. The PV itself is a typical romantic story PV featuring Sakurai Sho in the lead role. Unfortunately the PV doesn't show anything related to Honey and Clover so it's rather disappointing for those are expecting tie-ins to the film. Although I suppose the story in the PV does resemble the Mayama/Yamada story.
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Hige reviews the latest Honey & Clover episode and votes Yamada FTW.
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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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My alternate title was “Honey & Clover 2: I vow to stalk you for all time” but I really like the Shuu killing Rika aspect of this episode. Okay, maybe I have been watching way too much violent stuff… Well the episode is really all about Rika and Mayama [...]
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Hail Miwako! Now if only somebody can cheer me up like what she did for Yamada. Working with Rika and Mayama has certainly allowed Yamada to notice a change in the relationship between the two. Like how Mayama now talks to Rika while she’s in Spain. Still Yamada is truly lucky [...]
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I’ve written this entry on paper before I transferred it to OpenOffice, and I’ve also written it on different parts of the day, so forgive the disjointedness if ever reading the entry doesn’t seem natural to you. * * * Exams pervade my entire week, as well as two four-hour laboratory classes that enervate a student efficiently [...]
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I forgot I was supposed to have a weekly quiz feature. Anyway, on the second instalment of it, I’m focusing on everyone’s most loved "life" anime, Honey and Clover! Here’s twenty questions to prove that you are a true Hachikuro psycho. Try not to cheat as this is series specific and season 1 plus specials [...]
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The last volume of Honey & Clover manga will be vol.10 and will be out on september 8th. I guess they are trying to finish the manga before they finish anime? Sigh…Its been a long ride and was a good one. Hopefully the mangaka makes it a happy ending.
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I finished episode 24 a few minutes ago and I shall do a random rant. Mannn I really love ALL the characters. Even Kouda-sensei, whose face was never shown. Takemoto, who grew up so much in the last few episodes, makes me want to go on a trip myself. I’ve never been an arty person, so [...]
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This episode basically marks the end of volume 8 of the manga and next week's episode is the beginning of volume 9. At this rate, the anime will complete the entire volume 9 by the time it reaches episode 9. I am glad that the producers decided to limit the episode count to only 12 this season because now they don't have to come up with filler materials. Story-wise, this episode marks the return of Takemoto and Morita's storylines. Now that Yamada's roller coaster ride is about to wind down, the focus will once again return to both Takemoto and Morita. As a side note, this week's insert song is 「ジュテーム」- (Je t’aime) by Spitz. The song comes from an album titled 「ハヤブサ」 (Hayabusa). And in case you're interested, included below are pictures of Honey and Clover books that I bought and the freebies that came with them. Anyway, I'll be back with the full summary soon so please check back later. No Movie, No Girl Film Book, Manga volume 9, animation guide book Clear plastic file and Midori-chan pin
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Yamada saw Mayama talking on the phone with Rika and realized that something happened between them and they are somewhat closer now. Miyako notices that Yamada is [...]
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“I won’t let you go anywhere” Mayama cries and my eyes sting. Spoilers Mayama takes Rika to visit her old home. I think that I’m much sadder for Rika than for any of the other characters in Honey & Clover. My eyes widened significantly with each new revelation about this utterly, utterly tragic character. I noticed with some disturbance [...]
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I’ve read a lot of the pertinent posts at AnimeSuki, and those made me realize that my ‘quasi-summary’ wasn’t even half as insightful as their posts. To make up for this, here’s an intensive disquisition of what ep4 of Honey and Clover II really was. I think it’s going to be somewhat long, so please [...]
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“I don’t want to see your tears” I didn’t like Nomiya last season. Now he can shed the suit of youth, stand tall and be a man! With the revelation that Rika (and Mayama) might have to go to Spain on business, Yamada secretly breaks down. Yamada can’t keep a secret from Nomiya, though, so he drives [...]
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“I want to tell you, but I can’t” Everyone cries. Takemoto reflects on the fact that Hagu has been avoiding him since his confession. Yamada, who has been working for Harada Design, discovers that the more that Rika likes a person, the less she’ll talk to them. Yamada applies this theory to Mayama and cries about it. The common [...]
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I realised that, while I was really into Honey & Clover during its initial run, I never really thought about it afterwards. Even when the Chapters L and F came out, I reflected only on their comedic nature and didn’t even attempt to consider them in relation to the series at large. With this first episode [...]
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Hagu’s back!! At least for the first part. We are treated to Shuuji’s musings and recollections. But the fun part is Hagu’s expression regarding Munch’s painting. Shuuji remembers the time when he was with Harada and Rika. Harada remembers the movie ‘Moon River’. As for me, I haven’t seen the movie, [...]
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After my initial viewing of this episode, I could not bring myself to write about this episode like I do for pretty much everything else I write about. My mind was in disarray, I had to not only take a night's rest, but I re-watched this episode again to get everything back in order -though [...]
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