Honey and Clover is a Romantic Dramatic Comedy were emotions run high, comedy hits hard and watchers may be reduced to tears (Including Me Many Times).
Story 9/10
The story seems familiar at the beginning, the main character meets a girl, who looks older than she actually looks and is coincidentally amazing at art. But everything beyond that is fresh and new including every situation within the show; you’ll never know what will happen next. The Romance has enough fuzzy feelings to carbonate the ocean 3 times over. It may progress slowly and you may feel like you have it mapped out but than it takes a completely different turn. The drama is in abundance, many main characters suffer when things don’t go their way. When The Comedy does appear it is quite well
needed and flat out, gut bustingly hilarious (THANK YOU MORITA-SAN!).
Characters 10/10
Honey and Clover produces some of the most memorable and lovable characters of all time. Every character progresses GREATLY within the show.
Takemoto is a 19 year old college student living in the some house as his best friends Morita and Mayama. He is very mellow and is quite the likable dude. He soon acts as a big-brother figure to Hagumi, always being there for her and always ready to help her.
Hagumi is a cute 18 year old girl with the appearance of a small child. She is very skilled in art but is shy and very nervous when conversing with those she does not know.
Morita is a happy go lucky 24 year old 6 time student. He is very comedic and mysterious, randomly showing up and leaving the household. 75% of all the comedy comes from Morita’s insanity or crazy situations which are very swell
Mayama is the “normal” one. Being nice and always helpful is this man’s strong suit. He is very caring towards his friends
Ayumi is a well-known ceramic artist, making fast friends with Hagumi because of her kind nature
Many more side characters come into play but all of them are well handled and lovable.
Art: 10/10
The Art is AMAZING; everything appears with a water color like hue, the character design is cute and all are reminiscent of the characters personality. The Openings especially is beyond beautiful, one being done with stop motion food and the other being animated.
Sound: 9/10
The VA cast is lively and captures characters perfectly. The Opening and background music is a well-made treat.
Overall 9/10
It may start out slowly but gains speed. If you like to Laugh, Cry, and Wonder what the Hell is coming next; HONEY AND CLOVER is the show for you.
