Genre: School/Slice of Life/Romance/Drama/Josei Review Status: Complete (24 Episodes/24 Episodes) Licensed: Yes, this is licensed in the US by VIZ. Art/Animation: This goes for more sketch-like art and done in pastels. It’s kind of artsy itself. Most everyone and everything looks delicate, and works in so many ways. The chibis are also incredibly cute. The [...]
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With repeated lines: Resounding words echo with Their own inflection.
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I like to indulge in things that remind me of days gone by, even if the memory gets a little fluffed and imagined way better than it really was. Being able to hook into into Honey & Clover like that has made watching it more fun than I expected. What Honey & Clover does well, I [...]
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Because I need to get the image I have of Stalin dancing to 'Barbie Girl' out of my head so I can actually sleep tonight.
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After trying Honey and Clover out in Anime and Movie forms, I finally went to the roots and read the manga version. Not surprisingly, it's awesome. I should've read this a long time ago.
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Title:  Honey and Clover Vol 1 Author:  Chica Umino Publisher: Viz ISBN:  9781421515045 May Contain Spoilers This entry got scrambled like an egg when I tried to post it this weekend, so here goes another try.  Sorry for the retread - still trying to catch my breath from being out [...]
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Title:  Honey and Clover Vol 1 Author:  Chica Umino Publisher: Viz ISBN:  9781421515045 May Contain Spoilers I have been neglecting this book for a long time.  I read the first few chapters in Shojo Beat, and really enjoyed them, and I was happy when the first [...]
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The story starts out differently from the anime and manga, in the drama Takemoto Yuta played by Ikuta Toma (Hanazakari no Kimitachi e, Akihabara@Deep) meets Hanamoto Hagumi played by Narumi Riko (Ichi Rittoru no Namida, Ruri no Shima) almost as soon as the drama begins. I was a little worried before the drama began that Narumi Riko was too big to play Hagumi who looks like a middle schooler in the manga and anime and was played by the somewhat more petite Aoi Yu (Hula Girl) in the movie version, but after the opening scene I was convinced. When she gave Takemoto that Mona Lisa smile by the pond I knew that she'd be just perfect as Hagumi. I'm not going to say anymore about the plot I don't want to spoil the fun that's to come for everyone who hasn't already read the manga, watched the anime or seen the live action movie.Love Song & SARS-Fansubs released the English hardsub this afternoon for the first episode and they've done a beautiful job and very fast hardsub release. Download the bit torrent file here. The fonts look great as well as the karaoke and the video quality is excellent. If you prefer a RAW video file you can download the bit torrent file for that here., and soft subs for episode one here. Personally I like this series so much I'm grabbing both.By now I believe that she's HagumiNice use of karaoke effects and they also don't clutter the screen concealing the video.
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Warning: This is graphics-heavy, so loading may that some time. Seems like I’ve gone a bit trigger happy with the screenshots. Not an anime, but hey, this was adapted from a manga and there was an anime with 2 seasons adapted from the same source, so I think it has its place here. The dorama (drama) for [...]
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Who isn’t ready for more Honey and Clover?
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