Hachimitsu to Clover or Honey and Clover is at least for me, the anime that gets closest to the reality. Literally there will be here one character that you will identify with .. personally i think i'm like the main character of this show .. and this is why this show can be so interesting.
I mean .. in the normal romance we see the main characters getting in love and everything seems so easy, so unreal .. that doesn´t make them bad, but you know .. it does not fit with the reality.
This show in the other hand, represents pretty well those things. The action feels real, everything runs so natural, so smooth and at the same time it is inspiring.
BUT... there is a huge fucking problem ... it's boring as hell. Yeah .. i took 2 weeks to watch 36 episodes..
Story: 8/10. It is just a slice life, but as i said, it looks so natural that i can´t give less than 8/10. The pace is kinda slow, since the evolution of the characters takes a while even though the actual time in the anime moves pretty fast, the entire action if i'm not in mistake takes 4 years, instead of the classical 1 year. But this is a josei, so it's more like a comedy/romance for adults. I felt while i was watching this show, that some of the themes talked about there were just to complicated for me, because i'm just 17 years old and i didn´t even started my life yet, so if you are in the same position, get ready because some parts may be confusing(i mean we can´t understand well what is going on, or i'm just dumb..) I believe, for those who seek mature themes, this is the ONE !
Art: 6/10. WHAT A PAIN ! The characters look extremely bad... like really bad. Usually i always find a character that draws my attention.. like Akame in Akame Ga Kill .. here i did not find such thing. The characters look rough and their own design for me, it´s not well made. I've seen a lot better from older animes. So there is no excuse.
Although the background saves the day, it is not detailed, but when it comes to represent the feelings of the characters, or to make a nice mood, does it extremely well.
Sound: 8/10. The openings are okay. What really calls my attention is the musics that they use in the episodes .. yes musics not OST(OST for who doesn´t know, is the music to fill the silence..) here we actually have like endings in the middle of the shows .. some of them are brilliant, makes the end of the scene much more better.
Character: 9/10. One thing my friends .. DEPTH .. like the depth of the ocean , it goes even further. I mean, there are 5 main characters here. Each one gets a nice development, and we get to know everything about them. Usually i only see this kind of thing in 2 characters at top.. here there are 5. But the payment is extremely high, i will explain later on.
Back to the characters, like i said at the beginning, i almost grant you that you will find one character that fits with your personality.. all of them are great characters and it's nice seeing their "evolution" throughout the show.
The supportive characters also get a nice development.. the one that works with our main character at his job? Well she gets development .. technically, everyone that gets with one of our main characters has some kind of development... really impressive seeing how far this anime goes in terms of development.
Enjoyment: 7/10. The first season is really slow because of the development. I mean the development is good but at the same time it makes the anime really boring at some times.. the rest is nice. The romance is good, it sounds natural you know .. and that is really a important thing. The drama is also great so as the inspiring lessons about life that this anime gives to us.
Overall : For the first season: 6.5/10. For the second season : 8/10. For who likes romances, give this one a try. For who likes romances, but only those cute romances like toradora or so .. well this one is not the right for you. I would say that while toradora is too childish, this one is too mature so it may not be of your satisfaction.
