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Honey and Clover

  • 2005–2006
  • 2 seasons
  • Animation, Comedy
  • 8.0

Yuuta Takemoto, Takumi Mayama, and Shinobu Morita are college students who share the small apartment. Even though they live in poverty, the three of them are able to obtain pleasure through small things in life. The story follows these characters' life stories as poor college students, as well as their love lives when a short but talented 18 year old girl called Hagumi Hanamoto appears.

Episodes

Yuuta Takemoto, a sophomore at an arts college, shares a cheap apartment with two seniors—the eccentric Shinobu Morita, who keeps failing to graduate due to his absenteeism, and the sensible Takumi Mayama, who acts as a proper senior to Takemoto, often looking out for him.

24 episodes
  1. 1The Day It All Began

    23 minApr 15, 2005

    An unusual transfer student arrives at the art school Takemoto attends and attracts the attention of Morita, causing him to go on a photo-taking spree on her. Mayama, Takemoto and Yamada soon discover her artistic talents.

  2. 2Two Loves Start Turning

    23 minApr 22, 2005

    Morita's motive for his terrible treatment on Hagumi is revealed in his website, and the stressed out Hagumi is enraged by what but he did. However, Morita soon repays her for her troubles.

  3. 3Two Loves, Unrequited

    23 minApr 29, 2005

    Takemoto, Morita and Mayama are invited over to the Hanamoto's for a dinner party after Hagumi brings back some soba from her summer vacation in Nagano.

  4. 4He and She Sway Slowly

    23 minMay 6, 2005

    Mayama's love life still remains difficult. Hagumi feels the stress of being different from everyone. And Morita organises a Christmas party for the Christmas Eve.

  5. 5Thinking of Mother Back Home

    23 minMay 13, 2005

    Takemoto reluctantly returns home for the New Year and meets Kazuo, his step-father.

  6. 6The Past, the Tears and the Confession

    23 minMay 20, 2005

    The group visits a rather eerie zoo. Shuuji reveals to Mayamoto his history with Rika and her husband.

  7. 7We're Searching for a Miracle

    23 minMay 27, 2005

    Shuuji Hanamoto has to be away for a year for a job assignment and he worries about whether he should bring his niece, Hagumi, along with him.

  8. 8I Couldn't Leave You Alone

    23 minJun 3, 2005

    Hagumi and Ayama hold a dinner party and invite the guys over but it soon turns out that it's a special day for one of them.

  9. 9That Brooch Was So Heavy

    23 minJun 10, 2005

    Everyone is working late preparing their exhibits for the school festival including Hagumi, who has trouble with her wax work.

  10. 10Crossing the Sky

    23 minJun 24, 2005

    The five friends decide to take a ferry ride over the Sumida river and visit the Kasai Seaside Park.

  11. 11Pushed Around by Love

    23 minJul 1, 2005

    Shuuji returns unexpectedly from Mongolia. And Hagumi goes on a shopping trip with Morita.

  12. 12The Sudden Kiss… the Sudden Parting

    23 minJul 8, 2005

    It's the sakura season and the gang are absorbed in the array of activities celebrating the sakura festival. Hagumi catches one of her wisdom fevers. And Takemoto meets Morita's brother, Kaoru, and learns of news regarding Morita.

  13. 13That One Thing Was All I Wanted to Hear

    23 minJul 15, 2005

    The episode starts with Takamoto feelings about what he wanted Hagu to answer for her wanting Morita to come back or not.

  14. 14I Touched Her in a Dream

    23 minJul 22, 2005

    Mayama dreamed of Rika-san. His co-worker said when one dreamed of another, that was because the person in the dream wanted them to meet so much that the soul escaped the body and came to the dream.

  15. 15My Cowardly Self Starts Running

    23 minJul 29, 2005

    Mayama's work is going well, but he still misses Rika-san. Her current assistant suddenly has health problem and needs to stay in hospital.

  16. 16The Moon Is Calling Her

    23 minAug 5, 2005

    The firm Mayama was about to be apart. For some intentional purpose, his boss put him into the group of people who have to leave Tokyo to another place. At the same time, Rika-san's assistant was is hospital and she hasn't been able to find a replacement.

  17. 17I Don't Understand My Own Feelings

    23 minAug 12, 2005

    Having lost Mayama from the Fujiwara Design Office, Miwako expresses her depression by buying a massage chair for their new office.

  18. 18He Came Back

    23 minAug 19, 2005

    On his first new project, Takumi must collaborate Fujiwara Design Office - the design company where he just resigned. When he visits the office for a meeting, he is surprised to run into Ayumi.

  19. 19Time Begins to Move Forward Again

    23 minAug 26, 2005

    Mayama arrives at the Fujiwara Design Office, only to found out that Yamada is there. After she leaves abruptly, Mayama mistakes Nomiya's business interest with Yamada for his love interest.

  20. 20I Said a Prayer to the Moon Above Us

    23 minSep 2, 2005

    Nomiya calls Yamazaki and Miwako to the office early in the morning to assist a drunken Yamada to her father's house.

  21. 21I'd Always Been Afraid

    23 minSep 9, 2005

    Takemoto meets with Professor Hanamoto and a businessman. The businessman offers Takemoto a job, and Takemoto quickly accepts the job. Takemoto celebrates this occasion with Morita, Mayama, Hagu, Professor Hanamoto, and Yamada.

  22. 22Like a Flower Wet with Rain

    23 minSep 16, 2005

    Takemoto travels to many houses to get water to drink. Miwako text messages for Yamada to Nomiya, as she wonders how he is doing. Hagu believes that she is selfish for not displaying her paintings.

  23. 23Now, I Start Running

    23 minSep 23, 2005

    Yuta begins to travel by bike again. The bike, map and traveling gear he's borrowed from Shin are very reliable. The people he meets along the way, scenery he sees for the first time in his life, new experiences and even the many difficulties he encounters make him think differently about his life.

  24. 24We're a Ferris Wheel That Keeps on Turning

    23 minSep 27, 2005

    Takemoto views the map the night before he starts traveling the next morning. He comes across a store near a school, and ends up eating sweet rolls.

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Series cast

Hiroshi KamiyaYuuta Takemoto (voice)36 episodes
Haruka KudouHagumi Hanamoto (voice)36 episodes
Mikako TakahashiAyumi Yamada (voice)36 episodes
Tomokazu SugitaTakumi Mayama (voice)36 episodes
Keiji FujiwaraShuuji Hanamoto (voice)36 episodes
Mugihito(voice)3 episodes
Emi Shinohara(voice)2 episodes
Natsuko Kuwatani(voice)2 episodes
Daisuke Ono(voice)2 episodes
Youko Honda(voice)2 episodes
Ayaka Saito(voice)1 episode
Kenta Miyake(voice)1 episode
Ryoko Ono(voice)1 episode

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