Introduction
Studying at the Yamabuki Arts High School has been a dream-come-true for Yuno, and she's learned so much already! And not just from her instructors, but from her friends and neighbors who've become her second family and made the Hidamari Apartments such a safe and nurturing home. But as the day of her "big sisters" Sae and Hiro's graduation draws slowly closer, it's time for Yuno to start seriously taking on the same role for Nazuna, Nori and the other budding young artists who've entered Hidamari's protective cocoon. And it's also time to tackle some really challenging artistic assignments. That doesn't mean there won't still be time for fun with Miyako and all the others, but it's definitely time to pencil in her plans for the future. And sometimes that means you have to put the art before the course!
(Source: Sentai Filmworks)
Audience reviews
7 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
moe_sama
Hidamari Sketch has been a series I've had fun watching and after viewing its final season and OVAs it's decidedly made its way into one of my favorite series.
Each season attempts to improve something about Sketch, and with this final season the depth established in 365 goes from a mile wide and an inch deep to a riverbed with rocks waiting to hit you with more wholesome moments than the human psyche can possibly handle.
Honeycomb and the two OVAs that follow it are the best installments to the Hidamari Sketch series and I could not have been happier with the way they were handled.
Story 7/10
By now viewers of Sketch should be familiar with how the general flow of the series works, it's cute girls doing cute things. The students face problems and their friends are there to support th…
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"Don't you girls have any restraint?"
"It's not in our vocabulary."
In case anyone hasn't noticed in my other 3 reviews of this series, I'm a big fan of Hidamari Sketch and its author, Ume Aoki (who also became character designer for the Madoka Magica series). Season 4, "Honeycomb", takes everything that was great and special about Hidamari and polishes it to near-perfection.
It's around this time frame that Shaft began to step up its animation delivery game. While there have been filler frames in a later production (Sasami-san@Ganbaranai a year later), as far as I can tell there haven't been any in Honeycomb. Looking for filler frames in place of complex animation has been something of an Easter egg hunt for Shaft fans. As a consequence, the opening animation, which was incomplete in se…
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EDIT: Changed the score to 8.80 because as much as I enjoyed it, I don't think it's worthy enough to get past that 9 barrier.
This show's done it. It's finally done it.
It has taken everything good about the previous seasons and improves on everything it failed at, finally getting its own appeal. From the greater focus on character dynamics the first season gave, to the intensely crazy directing x365 gave (although I find that they didn't really use this to its greatest extent), to the melancholy vibes the very first episode gave, to finally giving Nori and Nazuna screen time. This show finally got what was so great about itself. This season gave me everything I wanted from this show and more. It gave me more time to spend with all the other characters besides Yuno. It permitted me to en…
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Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb
Another fantastic season with the Hidamari girls. This season sees the most growth of all the girls and is a little emotional too. The upcoming graduation for Sae and Hiro is something all the girls are apprehensive about, but at the same time, very excited to see Hiro and Sae become something and live their lives successfully.
I honestly can't add much about how I feel for this series, after reviewing the past three seasons, all those words and feelings can carry over to Honeycomb perfectly. I love Yuno-chi and Nazuna, they're absolutely adorable. Nori and Nazuna, Miya-chan and Yuno-chi, and Hiro with Sae are all incredibly cute friends to one another and when the whole gang gets together, the cuteness they exude escalates far beyond the reaches of the stars.…
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With a long-running manga series, three anime adaptations, and internet memes derived from its distinctive art style, it's hard not to recognize Hidamari Sketch as one of the more prominent slice of life titles. After so many episodes, though, one can't help but worry that the formula might start to turn stale. Thankfully, Honeycomb is not a victim of this pattern. This is Hidamari Sketch in its most complete and perfected form, and considering the high standard already set by the series, that is commendable indeed.
Taking place during Yuno and Miyako's second year of high school, Honeycomb is a loose continuation of the previous season. Rather than jumping between past and present in a purely episodic format, this is the first time where there is a clear and consistent progression in th…
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Studio Shaft is an eccentric animation studio that likes being weird for the sake of being weird. Take a look in the HidaSketch franchise: if you read the original yonkoma, you will know how much original material Shaft included. They have also added their own eccentricities like adding pictures of actual food onto clips of animation.
And it’s freaking cute.
Now, it’s the time for Shaft to mature. Shaft has always played on the seesaw of seriousness and absurdity, especially in Bakemonogatari. HidaSketch was created for people who indulge in the heinous genre known as slice-of-life. When the protagonist, Yuno, appears, I have succumbed to the evils of the Ume Aoki wideface. The series is diabetic-inducing antics.
But Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb is not just the fourth season to the HidaS…
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Do you have nutbladder insurance?
I ask this because you might need to get some if you're heading into the 4th season of Hidamari Sketch.
To my extent of knowledge, Hidamari is one of those "under the radar" Slice of Life shows, which is a shame because it really is a great show. The show continues on with the girls' everyday lives at Hidamari Apartments and Yamabuki High School. Chatting, spending time with each other, going to school. This is pretty much what happens throughout the series. You might think, "Wow, that's boring," but it's the characters personalities that make each episode fun to watch. But with a 4th season of a SoL show, you would think there's at least some kind of plot to Hidamari Sketch, right? Nope. But as far as plot goes, if you've been fervently watching the ser…
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