Comments on: Starting Honey and Clover

By: Willie

Willie — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:24:21 +0000

i love this anime ALL TIME FAVORITE no joke .-= Willie´s last blog: drunk punk =-.

By: super rats

super rats — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:20:06 +0000

H&C probably benefits from going through the college student life. I know when I’m watching, it triggers a lot of nostalgia for me, which is good every once in a while.

By: usagijen

usagijen — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:39:44 +0000

Just started rewatching this recently, and boy is it so ‘powerful’ now that I’m in the right state of mind (and experience?) to savor this for all its worth. Glad you’re watching this! :3

By: mssunshine

mssunshine — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:13:24 +0000

I love both Nodame Cantabile and Honey & Clover. Have to agree that it is rather refreshing.

Any more recommendation that is similar to these 2?

By: Jubbz

Jubbz — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:38:53 +0000

I still have yet to see Honey and Clover, so i don’t know what’s so good about it.

I’ll probably get around to seeing it one day…
maybe

By: ETERNAL

ETERNAL — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:22:26 +0000

I’m glad to see you watching this. It was one of my favourite anime when I first watched it 3 years ago, and it was solidified as my favourite favourite when I rewatched it this year.

I’m not sure how to address the live action issue since I’ve only seen 2 episodes of any Japanese live action in my entire life, but the appeal of H&C goes deeper than the fact that it’s different. It’s a very hit-and-miss show IMO, but I think its strength is in how simple yet realistic it is. I don’t really know how they did it, but as the episodes roll by, the viewer naturally makes connections with the characters, relating them to our own lives. There have been a few blog posts written on it, and from what I’ve noticed, everyone wrote about it based on their own experiences in life. I think that’s what makes the show good, whether it works on you or not: it’s almost like looking in a mirror.

And hey, at the very least, it’s still a spectacular romance/slife-of-life

By: anonymous_object

anonymous_object — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:34:00 +0000

Honey & Clover was a great series, one of my favorites. Not many anime cover real-life issues as well as in Honey & Clover. Sure, relationships like in HachiKuro aren’t unique in anime, but HachiKuro does a more convincing stab at it. I thoroughly enjoyed the first season, but have not had a chance to watch the second one (yet).

By: scottfrye

scottfrye — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:40:05 +0000

Honey and Clover is an excellent series and I’m glad that Viz finally released the series on DVD. I think the series gets better as it progresses.

I would love to see Nodame Cantabile to released as well but not sure that will happen. It’s another series that’s different and similar to Honey and Clover, in that it’s an anime not for otaku.

By: super rats

super rats — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:16:46 +0000

I don’t know what happens, but I do know that it goes more dramatic than the relatively light opening episodes. Sometimes it’s good to know what you’re getting into from others who’ve seen the show, but I think H&C has telegraphed it pretty well from the beginning.

By: u_nick

u_nick — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:34:29 +0000

I’m a big fan.

I know a lot of people get turned off about half way through, when they get heavy in tot he drama. The ‘triangle’ that develops is somewhat frustrating, and I think people didn’t care for the end. And if you make it through to season 2, I think people hated that ending even more.

The awkwardness of Hagu’s look definitely effects people too. I think she’s just supposed to be short/small, but people cant seem to get around that she looks like a gradeschooler, in comparison with most other anime.

But by the end, as an overall piece I decided I loved it. And I’d go so far as to say Takemoto I can count as one of my top favorite anime characters in general.