First i'd like to say if you have never watched Honey and Clover before stop reading and go watch it 3nodding also yes i am aware it is also a manga but I haven't read it so i'll just refer to Honey and Clover as an anime from now on. If I do eventually read it i'll edit this in the case that the manga differs from the anime.
Honey and Clover starts out as such a simple series but expands into a wonderful story that I would recommend to anyone who will take the time to type in crunchyroll.com (youtube doesn't have them all with english subs and I don't know of any other sites sweatdrop ). Basically it's full of friendships, love, heartache, reality, moving on, finding yourself, working toward your dreams, and daily college antics. Most people classify Honey and Clover as a "Slice of Life" anime but I think it is so much more. Sure there are no flying creatures (except the birds), no sword fights (light sabers are not swords), and no mysteries powers (Hagu-chan is GIFTED not magical 3nodding ). It's so hard for me to describe how awesome this anime is without saying alot of spoilers gonk maybe i'll continue this later... But here i'll attempt a summary spoiler free eek :
Okay I tried and if I actually wrote a summary it would be 5 pages long and that's before Hagu-chan was even introduced stare but if you go to wikipedia.org and read the "Story" tab it contains no spoilers (well nothing you won't figure out after a couple episodes) but don't read the character summaries they do contain spoilers up to the last couple episodes eek
Probably no one will read this but I really felt like typing something about Honey and Clover whee mostly becuase I just watched a breathtaking AMV that pretty much sums up everything in the series. It's called "The Rose" and it's on Youtube but I recommend you've watched Honey and Clover I and II since:
1. Major spoilers
2. If you don't understand the feelings of every characters and each relationship it will seem like a very suck-y AMV
If you do watch it just listen to the lyrics and consider the characters and I swear it's amazing. But maybe I just need to stop looking for symbolism in everything... Probably not... Either way the song is beautiful and it's great whee
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