Audience reviews
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AkiraMiyazaki17
Extremely hard to talk about a series like this. It’s rough around the edges, with plot lines that often don’t feel like they fit into the whole, and relationships that are left far too open-ended, but then—in a series so interested in the natural course of life—it feels reductive to hold these issues against it. People grow apart, love both blossoms and fades, personalities change, but the memories will always remain. Nothing that happens is meaningless; in times like these, I always find myself coming back to that quote from Tamako Love Story…
“To be young is to rush. Anything can happen before a spoonful of sugar melts. The bitterness of regret is proof you tried. It all adds up, building character”
Such a personal, evocative story from start to finish. It’s funny, heartbreaking, and…
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HIII BARBIE HERE >.<!!!!
Another review by me into the perspective of a woman.
YES i loved the soundtrack theme in general, the photography, the patrons and the following of the story, the great director and creative dude who helped in princess tutu and evangelion and my fave karekano did that labor, the talented and incredible CHIKA UMINO, did this well put it.
My trouble is something more social focused, I liked the characters but my female girls DESERVED better, idk why the fascination of women in asia writing about man, what she did with morita and takemoto she could do it with hagu or ayama, but she did'nt and this is something why it's lack for me, I couldn't connect with the men protagonists, they were so boring to me, I wanted more of hagu, rika, and ayama, even miwako, I understan…
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I felt mostly the same about this season of Honey and Clover as I did the first, except it somehow worse in a couple ways. It seemed like most Yuuki's development evaporated; It's like he regressed back to early 1st season self for most of the season. The handling of Shinobu's arc was odd, the guy himself hardly seemed interested what was going on in comparison to his brother. The biggest offenders however are easily the love lives of Hagu and Ayumi. (Mostly Hagu). If you've seen Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu or have heard of what happens in Usagi Drop's timeskip, you might have an idea of what I'm referring to.
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It's hard to explain just bad Hagu's romance is without spoiling it. Shinobu's arc closes with the romance him and Hagu being reignited, just for to immedi…
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Hello there fellow watcher,
( Im am really sorry if ı made a typo or any mistake while writing)
H&C was an amazing anime and it felt much like it completed for storyline but not for character relationships. 1st season's big part was takemoto and ı loved it but this season doesnt have inpact at all and there are just stuff that comes out of no where but lets talk about them part by part.
Music: It is better and you will here musics which are funny in episodes.
Art: I cant really say much about it but it feels same and ı am totally ok with it at the end. The main diffrence is scenes and diffrent than few scenes rest is pretty normal. Inumoto is pretty fun though XD.
Story: Here we go ... So after first season we see takemoto needs a job and others are pretty much in really good state a…
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NOTE, SPOILERS BELOW:
This is when the series finally ties down it's themes with each of the characters:
Takemoto: the poor, average-skilled artist accepting a love that never existed and cherishing it, letting it push him to follow another passion. The wheel of his bicycle is the wheel of the memory of him and his friends searching for a four leaf clover. This memory is the vehicle that pushes him forward.
Mayama: Finally consummates his love with Rika and she accepts him. He finds his place with her, her protector, friend, occasional lover, but is still left in that gray area. He's ok with that.
Ayu (Yamada): She learns to accept that she loves Mayama, but he doesn't love her. Eventually she opens herself up to letting another love her, someone she grows to love.
Hagu: The boxes, wa…
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I will be spoiling pretty much this entire show so be warned.
You know this is not the review I wanted to write. After finishing and loving the first season of honey and clover, I wanted nothing than to watch, and write a review of why Umino Chika did the unthinkable again, and managed to keep the spectacular quality of last season, and her other work, 3-gatsu no lion. Unfortunately, this is not the review I will be writing right now, I will try to portray my honest impression of this season, and how it managed to be an interesting disappointment.
On the positive side, this series definitely had some strong aspects. The relation between rika and Mayama actually works quite well, forming the stronger emotional aspect of this season. It is kind of easy to understand why both characters sta…
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There are enough 10/10 reviews on MAL regarding Hachimitsu to Clover (HC), so this is
just another one of them. HC can be summarized into reality. It attempts to join the concept of reality, first love, use-to-bes, sacrifice etc and apply these elements onto our casts and their daily lives. This is a slice-of-life anime, this is a romance anime but do not expect fluffy, happy go lucky theme but it is not dark, it is just rough.
The story is a 10. Good writing, good pacing and how the viewers feelings are evoke. You feel sad for the characters and you feel happy. You drift with the story which makes it truly outstanding.
The art in its time is definitely good. There are no irritating aspects of the art of the scenes nor the characters. The tears, smiles and feelings of the cast were bea…
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My first time writing a review, I stumble upon this anime while searching old anime since I thought that, most current anime are mostly fanservice.
Excluding the actual story, it have a totally (even though not direct) Life Lesson specially for those who are currently in a existencialism (did I spell that right?) crisis.
Since it is a sequel I was actualy expecting something more like Season 1 but I was wrong and totally shocked me.
Story 10/10
It's ok to judge me since I started watching anime at about 2010 so I was already used to action animes and fantasy genre, though I've watched a few normal one but this is currently one of the most wonderful story I have known this date.
Art 9/10
I can't actually put it into words but, I think it's pretty smooth or something near that word.
Soun…
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Overall
A direct sequel to the first season, and a good way to finish the story. This season takes more of a serious approach, and most of the comedy elements from the first are gone.
All in all, a really beautiful, but somewhat fractured, story which leaves you with some interesting philosophical questions to think about.
Animation
Looks very much like the first season. That is, very good.
Sound
Voice acting is good, just like season 1. The best part is that Hagu doesn't sound as annoying anymore. I didn't really like the music of Honey & Clover, and that still stands in this season. Well produced and all, but it just didn't get me hooked.
Story
To be honest there isn't really a story, in a standard western dramaturgical point of view, in Honey & Clover. It's hard to explain, but…
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Why is love so bittersweet?
Love, friendship, and jealousy: a simple love story that focuses on the growth and development of an individual from adolescence to adulthood. That is Honey and Clover in a nutshell. Honey and Clover revolves around the daily lives of five college students whose lives are changed when love gets in the way of their affairs. The story starts off, rather slow, with spontaneous comedic outbursts and a nonexistent plot. It is at this point where I wanted to drop it; however, once the fourth episode come around, the themes of this show become much more apparent, and toward the thirteenth episode of the first season, the comedy starts to fade, eventually taking a backseat in season two.
Honey and Clover truly is a slice of life show. It depicts the many hardships eve…
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A sequel is often a lackadaisical attempt to cash in on its predecessor’s success. As such, most spin offs end up being mediocre or straight out terrible. There is however, a small handful that takes the foundation its progenitor has laid out and adds another, more polished layer on top. Honey and Clover II may be a sequel, but it is by no means inferior. In fact, with the characters firmly established, the show plays out the resolutions to much of the initial conflicts, creating a product that is actually superior to the original.
Production values are once again solid with beautiful animation, heartfelt music and creative cinematography. However, these are merely the uppermost icing on this exquisite cake. The Honey and Clover franchise has always focused on its characters, shoving plot…
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okay...this took me a long time~~
* If u haven't watched the first season yet, i feel sorry for u *
Umino Chica's masterpiece,Honey and clover is a slice of life revolving around the life of 5 college students, revolving around their lives, as each search for their respective four leaf clovers.
STORY- The second season starts off right where the 1st ends, as our 5 main characters try their best to find that elusive happiness. The second season has more melodramatic aspects, the comedy got considerably toned down from the 1st season. Season 2 deals more with the emotional fallout, as they are cruelly pushed to the realm of unrequited love.
CHARACTERS- Honey and clover has always given preference to the well fleshed out characters than the plot. Takemoto's coming of age, Hagu's determina…
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What's life without those little details and subtle hints which always seem to bring people to the point where they have to second guess themselves? Probably a lot more boring. If you enjoy subtle hints and little details than Honey and Clover is for you, though I recommend you watch it from season 1 to fully understand all those subtle hints and little details.
Honey and Clover II continues the story where it left off and as you can predict from a sequel, it continues the lives of the protagonists and it intends to wrap up all of the plot lines from season 1 and introduce a few new ones.
The story is excellent, though the 1st season is much more humorous, the 2nd season makes a point by giving off a more mellow feel. However it is correct in doing so, it's like a parallel to people's li…
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*This will serve as my review for both seasons 1 and 2.
What is love? What is adulthood? What is the true meaning of life?
Those are the questions Honey and Clover tries to explore, and in my humble opinion, it definitely succeeded.
At first glance, Honey and Clover seems like your average slice-of-life series with a little bit of romance and comedy. However, what starts out as a light-hearted story of a group of art students living and interacting with each other turns into a full blown romantic drama. And, at the heart of that drama, lies a poignant look at what it really means to grow up.
Honey and Clover follows these young protagonists as they find love, suffer tragedies, and gain wisdom. Along the way, they discover many little insights about life that most people will also find…
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Honey and Clover. My all time favorite romance anime. At first, I thought this series is not gonna be different from all chick-flick romance series.... even though I've had enough of those, I decided to gave H&C a try. And I never regretted the day when I watched the first episode.
Not gonna talk about the first season though; but this second season is definitely more serious than the first. There were lots of character developments, as well as their romance. I loved the first season, but this one is definitely the best. The art is beautiful; the sounds are amazing as well, the BGMs really fit the situations. I really enjoy watching this series, laughing over the comedy and as well weep over the dramatic scenes. I love how every characters are made-- they're so original, unique in their o…
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This review is for both of the seasons of Honey & Clover.
Overall, I think that this story is a masterpiece. I don't like "slice-of-life" genre AT ALL, but this story certainly captured me... even though I thought I would hate it.
The characters are not cardboard at all. They come to life, they have their own problems & in the end, it seems like there isn't just one "main character", but there are many. Their personal lives really suck you in. Every character develops into a new person it seems by the end of the series.
The drama is good, but it seems to take several episodes sometimes for one character to get over a certain problem. This was probably the only thing that bothered me.
The animation is pretty good. Sometimes backgrounds can seem generic & overused, but other times, the…
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Ah, Umino Chika's masterpiece, Honey and Clover. I first saw this more or less two years ago, initially thinking it was just some generic romance anime. Needless to say, I suddenly fell in love with it from the moment in season one, episode two, near the ending, when Takemoto was carrying Morita on his back. Cue. The piano stopped. And right after that, he said, "It hurts". From that point on, I knew I was watching a different kind of anime. I guess remembering that random scene from an episode proves that it had an impact.
Season one ended gracefully, you could accept it as "ending" and it can have a sequel as well. Either way, we've got a lot of questions left, like what happened to Mayama, Rika and Yamada, or is Shinobu really that much of an idiot that he couldn't fight for Hagu, as w…
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okay i finished H&C2, half-forced by my friend who says it's incredible.. honestly, i had been holding it off for a while coz i kinda knew it would disappoint me coz the genre seemed so inclined towards romance(not my pref)
Art:
the art design just doesn't appeal to me. my friend says it's the most unique art design and stuff, but it looks hideous, especially when their eyes go O.O the character design isn't too bad in a way.. lots of diversity, but i honestly thought Hagu chan was the prof's daughter in the beginning.. lol.. in fact i thought so until the love square actually developed.. and i was like "u gotta be kidding me".. the only character i liked was Yamada. The backgrounds are honestly pretty excellent, but i can recommend so many other animes with mind-blowing backgrounds.
Sto…
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Title: Honey and Clover II
Anime: Honey and Clover II was once again produced by JC Staff (famous for their work on Revolutionary Girl Utena and Excel Saga), and directed by Tatsuyuki Nagain (famous for his work on My-HiME and iDOLM@STER XENOGLOSSIA) this time around. It aired on Japanese TV from June 29th to September 14th, 2006. It has yet to be licensed Stateside.
Story: Honey and Clover II picks up where Honey and Clover left off, and finishes up the remaining manga material.
I like this follow-up. It answers questions it left unanswered last season, and resolves all the relationships that were left hanging at the end of last season. And there are some absolutely heart-breaking scenes in here.
Something just seems to be missing here, though. I just can't really put my finger on it.…
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12 episodes were not enough. I at least need 24 episodes of Honey and Clover goodness for my fill. Honey and Clover was just easy and fun to watch, and it was the same for the second season.
As for the drawing style, main plot and voice acting, not much has changed so I’ll only focus on the things that have changed.
The main plot hasn’t changed – it’s still a “coming of age” story for all of the characters, but for this season, the focus has shifted from Takemoto and Yamada’s individual stories to Hagu and Morita. Sure we still get to see the Takemoto’s struggles with his youth and Yamada’s sad love story, but this time, we learn more about Hagu and her strong passion for what she does and what Morita has been doing up until now. Plus…
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