Posts Tagged “honey and clover ii”

I finally got around to finishing the second season of Honey and Clover last night after about four months of forgetting about it and I’m glad it’s finally over. The second half was made more dramatic with Hagu’s injury and the Morita family taking back the company they lost in their childhood and seemed more morose and more introspective than the first season or the first half of the second season. Also, this is the first series I have managed to complete blogging. (Haruhi doesn’t count because I started blogging it with episode 10.) Although it was a shorter series, I still feel it’s a notable accomplishment for me to get something from my backlog done with. My next target is NHK ni Youkoso, and then maybe I’ll marathon some anime I passed up on in previous years.
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One of my favorite features of Honey and Clover is the relationship that developed between Rika, Harada, and Hanamoto when they were graduate students. This episode adds more backstory to those three characters including a scene featuring a cute albeit inebriated Rika. Also, Mayama mans up and tells her he will protect her from herself. Read the rest of this entry »

The second season starts with a renewed focus on Yamada and her wavering between Mayama and Noyima. She starts to emotionally fall apart in these two episodes and I’m wondering if she can recover before she gains weight from her anxious “food binges”. Life goes on as usual for everyone else, though. Hagu is still afraid of Morita and slightly uncomfortable around Takemoto, while Mayama continuing to “not stalk” Rika. Read the rest of this entry »