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Title (English) Honey and Clover

Title (Japanese) Hachimitsu to Clover

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Fantasy Novel

Notes A.k.a. "HachiKuro" (Jap).
Based on a manga published in the shoujo magazine "Bessatsu Young You".

Classification shoujo

Synopsis A comedy drama about the everyday life of some art college students.
The hero, Takemoto, lives in a wooden rooming house with other students. One morning he invites his housemates to share a large bag of croquettes brought back by the mysterious student Morita, who has just returned from an unexplained absence and is sleeping heavily. Morita frequently disappears, to return a week or more later, exhausted but with a wad of money in his back pocket. Morita has twice had to repeat a year because of missing lectures through late-sleeping, and now Takemoto has to wake him in time to avoid another repeat.
Morita fails to respond, till the departing and frantic Takemoto utters the word "repeat". At college, one of the lecturers introduces a new student, Haru (Hanamoto Hagumi) as the daughter of one of his cousins. Haru is small, and cute. Takemoto instantly falls in love. Morita, however, is struck by Haru in a different way and tells her to hold a large leaf, while he photographs her as a small creature from Ainu legend.
In the second episode it becomes clear that Haru is a very talented artist.

Review This has all the promise of being different and very good. Anime with college-age characters is surprisingly rare; the only other example that comes to mind being Gokinjo Monogatari. It would seem that H&C was also aimed at a college-age audience. The character designs look good and the storyline in the first episode is interesting and amusing. There are cameo appearances in the first episode of Yamada and other girls who presumably feature in the story.

Credits Series Dir: Kenichi Kasai
Script: Yousuke Kuroda
Character Design: Hidekazu Shimamura
Original Manga: Chika Umino

Episodes 26

Release

TV Showing See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.

Date 2005 April 14 -

Production

Broadcaster Fuji TV

Animation J.C. Staff

References & Help Look up the latest data on this title at:
Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or
Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) ,
or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001).
Help & further information.

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Title (English)	Honey and Clover
Title (Japanese)	Hachimitsu to Clover
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes	A.k.a. "HachiKuro" (Jap). Based on a manga published in the shoujo magazine "Bessatsu Young You".
Classification	shoujo
Synopsis	A comedy drama about the everyday life of some art college students. The hero, Takemoto, lives in a wooden rooming house with other students. One morning he invites his housemates to share a large bag of croquettes brought back by the mysterious student Morita, who has just returned from an unexplained absence and is sleeping heavily. Morita frequently disappears, to return a week or more later, exhausted but with a wad of money in his back pocket. Morita has twice had to repeat a year because of missing lectures through late-sleeping, and now Takemoto has to wake him in time to avoid another repeat. Morita fails to respond, till the departing and frantic Takemoto utters the word "repeat". At college, one of the lecturers introduces a new student, Haru (Hanamoto Hagumi) as the daughter of one of his cousins. Haru is small, and cute. Takemoto instantly falls in love. Morita, however, is struck by Haru in a different way and tells her to hold a large leaf, while he photographs her as a small creature from Ainu legend. In the second episode it becomes clear that Haru is a very talented artist.
Review	This has all the promise of being different and very good. Anime with college-age characters is surprisingly rare; the only other example that comes to mind being Gokinjo Monogatari. It would seem that H&C was also aimed at a college-age audience. The character designs look good and the storyline in the first episode is interesting and amusing. There are cameo appearances in the first episode of Yamada and other girls who presumably feature in the story.
Credits	Series Dir: Kenichi Kasai Script: Yousuke Kuroda Character Design: Hidekazu Shimamura Original Manga: Chika Umino
Episodes	26
Release
TV Showing	See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.
Date	2005 April 14 -
Production
Broadcaster	Fuji TV
Animation	J.C. Staff
References & Help	Look up the latest data on this title at: Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) , or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001). Help & further information.