Honey and Clover

Honey and Clover (Japanese: ハチミツとクローバー, Hepburn: Hachimitsu to Kurōbā)[lower-alpha 1] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Chica Umino. It was serialized in Takarajimasha's shōjo manga magazine Cutie Comic from 2000 to 2001, before being transferred to Shueisha's josei (aimed at younger adult women) manga magazines Young You (2001–2005) and Chorus (2005–2006); its chapters were collected in ten tankōbon volumes. The series depicts the lives and relationships of a group of art school students who live in the same apartment building.

Honey and Clover
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Hagumi "Hagu" Hanamoto
ハチミツとクローバー
(Hachimitsu to Kurōbā)
Genre
Manga
Written byChica Umino
Published by
English publisher
Magazine
  • Cutie Comic (2000–01)
  • Young You (2001–05)
  • Chorus (2005–06)
English magazine
DemographicShōjo, josei
Original run2000 – 2006
Volumes10
Anime television series
Directed byKen'ichi Kasai
Written byYōsuke Kuroda
Music byYuzo Hayashi
StudioJ.C.Staff
Licensed by
Original networkFuji TV (Noitamina)
English network
Original run April 15, 2005 – September 30, 2005
Episodes24 + 2 OVAs
Anime television series
Honey and Clover II
Directed byTatsuyuki Nagai
Written byYōsuke Kuroda
Music by
StudioJ.C.Staff
Licensed by
Madman Entertainment
Discotek Media
Original networkFuji TV (Noitamina)
English network
Animax Asia
Funimation Channel
Original run June 30, 2006 – September 15, 2006
Episodes12
Live-action film
Directed byMasahiro Takada
Written by
  • Masahiro Takada
  • Masahiko Kawahara
StudioAsmik Ace Entertainment
ReleasedJuly 22, 2006
Runtime116 minutes
Television drama
Directed by
Written byShigeki Kaneko
StudioFuji TV Drama Seisaku Centre
Original networkFuji TV
Original run January 8, 2008 – March 18, 2008
Episodes11
Television drama
Directed byLi Yun Chan
Original networkChinese Television System
Original run May 25, 2008 – August 31, 2008
Episodes14

The series was adapted into an anime television series by J.C.Staff, initially broadcast on Fuji TV in two seasons from April to September 2005 and June to September 2006. The series was also adapted as a live action movie, which was released in theaters in Japan in July 2006, and two separate live-action television dramas in 2008, one broadcast in Japan on Fuji TV from January to March 2008 and the other broadcast in Taiwan on CTS from May to August of the same year.

In 2003, Honey and Clover won the 27th Kodansha Manga Award for the shōjo category. The manga topped the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list for female readers in 2006 and 2007.

Plot
Main article: List of Honey and Clover characters

Yūta Takemoto, Takumi Mayama and Shinobu Morita are three young men who live in the same apartment complex and are students at an art college in Tokyo. One day, they are introduced to Hagumi "Hagu" Hanamoto, the daughter of a cousin of Shūji Hanamoto, an art professor, who has come to live with Hanamoto and has become a first year art student at the art school that everyone attends. Yuta and Shinobu both fall in love with Hagu, but Yuta hides his feelings and tries to be a friend to Hagu while Shinobu expresses his love in ways that seem only to scare Hagu, such as calling her "Mousey" and constantly photographing her. Hagu herself, though initially timid and afraid of company, gradually warms up to the three.

The group comes to include Ayumi Yamada, a master of pottery who is well known by her nickname "Tetsujin" (Iron Lady), who becomes very close to Hagu. When not at school, she helps run the family liquor store. While Ayumi is popular with many young men, she falls in love with Takumi, who does not reciprocate her feelings and considers her a very dear friend. Instead, Takumi pursues an older woman, Rika Harada, a widowed friend of Professor Hanamoto who runs an architecture studio she founded with her late husband. The story follows these five characters in their love triangles, unrequited love, graduating from college, finding jobs, and learning more about themselves.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Chika Umino, Honey and Clover was first serialized in Takarajimasha's shōjo manga magazine[4] Cutie Comic from 2000 to 2001;[5][6] Takarajimasha released a collected volume on January 29, 2001.[7] The series was transferred to Shueisha's josei manga magazine Young You, where it ran from October 6, 2001,[8] to October 8, 2005, when the magazine ceased its publication.[9] It was then transferred to Shueisha's Chorus magazine, where it ran from December 28, 2005,[10] to July 28, 2006.[11] The 64 chapters were collected in ten tankōbon, released from August 19, 2002,[12] to September 8, 2006.[13] A box set collecting the ten volumes was released on May 10, 2007.[14] Two spin-off chapters were published in Chorus on November 28, 2006,[15] and October 28, 2008.[16]

The manga is licensed in North America by Viz Media, which began serializing it in Shojo Beat magazine in August 2007.[17] Viz Media released the ten volumes from March 4, 2008,[18] to June 1, 2010.[19]

Volume list
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 August 19, 2002[12]4-08-865079-4March 4, 2008[18]978-1-4215-1504-5
  • Chapters 1–9
  • Umino's Manga Diary
  • Study Guide
2 August 19, 2002[20]4-08-865080-8June 10, 2008[21]978-1-4215-1505-2
  • Chapters 10–15
  • Honey & Clover: The Story So Far
  • A Little Extra
  • Story Guide
3 January 17, 2003[22]4-08-865107-3September 2, 2008[23]978-1-4215-1506-9
  • Chapters 16–21
  • Bonus Chapter—Pukkun & Milky Tea
  • A Little Extra
  • Study Guide
4 February 19, 2003[24]4-08-865111-1December 2, 2008[25]978-1-4215-1507-6
  • Chapters 22–28
  • A Little Extra
  • Study Guide
5 August 19, 2003[26]4-08-865139-1March 3, 2009[27]978-1-4215-2366-8
  • Chapters 29–34
  • Challenge Club (Part 1)
  • A Little Extra
  • Study Guide
6 May 19, 2004[28]4-08-865203-7June 2, 2009[29]978-1-4215-2367-5
  • Chapters 35–40
  • Bonus Chapter
  • Challenge Club (Part 2)
  • A Little Extra
  • Study Guide
7 March 18, 2005[30]4-08-865273-8September 1, 2009[31]978-1-4215-2368-2
  • Chapters 41–46
  • Bonus Chapter - The Legendary Hero Nyanzaburo
  • A Little Extra
  • Study Guide
8 July 19, 2005[32]4-08-865297-5December 1, 2009[33]978-1-4215-2380-4
  • Chapters 47–53
  • A Little Extra
  • Study Guide
9 July 14, 2006[34]4-08-865352-1March 2, 2010[35]978-1-4215-2381-1
  • Chapters 54–60
  • A Little Extra
  • Study Guide
10 September 8, 2006[13]4-08-865358-0June 1, 2010[19]978-1-4215-2382-8
  • Chapters 61–64
  • Umino and Her Fun Friends
  • Birds in the Sky
  • Mini Bonus Episode: Valentine's Day Memory
  • Bonus Episode
  • Opera of the Stars
  • A Little Extra
  • Study Guide

Anime
Main article: List of Honey and Clover episodes

An anime television series adaptation, animated by J.C.Staff, was broadcast for two seasons on Fuji TV's then-new Noitamina block. The first season was directed by Ken'ichi Kasai, and consisted of 24 episodes that aired from April 15 to September 30, 2005,[36][lower-alpha 2] plus two DVD-only episodes, released on December 14, 2005, and February 24, 2006.[36] For the first season, the opening theme is "Dramatic" (ドラマチック, Doramachikku), performed by Yuki. The first ending theme is "Waltz" (ワルツ, Warutsu), performed by SuneoHair, and the second ending theme is "Mistake", performed by The Band Has No Name. The season features insert songs performed by Shikao Suga and Spitz.[36]

The second season, Honey and Clover II, consisted of 12 episodes, which aired from June 30 to September 15, 2006.[38][lower-alpha 3] For the second season, the opening theme is "Fugainaiya" (ふがいないや, "Don't Worry"), performed by Yuki, and the ending theme "Split" (スプリット, Supuritto), performed by Suneohair. Like the first season, the second season also features insert songs performed by Shikao Suga and Spitz.[38]

Both seasons were rebroadcast in Japan by the anime CS television network Animax, which also later broadcast the series across its respective networks in Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, and other regions. The series was first broadcast in English on Animax's Southeast Asia network starting August 1, 2006.[40][41]

Funimation got the broadcast rights to Viz Media's dub and it premiered on the Funimation Channel on September 19, 2009.[42] Viz Media have subsequently released the entire series across three DVD collection sets.[43] In Australia, the anime is distributed on DVD by Madman Entertainment.[44] In May 2019, Discotek Media announced the license of the series.[45]

Live-action film

The series was adapted as a live-action feature film produced by Asmik Ace Entertainment. It was directed by Masahiro Takada from a screenplay by Masahiko Kawahara and Masahiro Takada, and starred Sakurai Sho as Takemoto, Yū Aoi as Hagu, Yūsuke Iseya as Morita, Ryō Kase as Mayama, and Megumi Seki as Ayumi.[46] It was released in Japanese theaters on July 22, 2006. The film was released theatrically in the United States in fall of 2007 by Viz Media.[47] The DVD for the film was released on January 12, 2007.[48]

Songs

Opening Theme: "魔法のコトバ (Mahou no Kotoba)" by Spitz

Ending Theme: "アオゾラペダル (Aozora Pedal)" by ARASHI[49][50]

Japanese TV drama

A Japanese television drama adaptation of the series premiered on January 8, 2008. It aired every Tuesday at 21:00 JST for 11 episodes on Fuji TV until March 18, 2008. Written by Kaneko Shigeki, and directed by Masaki Tanamura and Hiroaki Matsuyama, the show starred Toma Ikuta as Takemoto, Riko Narumi as Hagumi, Hiroki Narimiya as Morita, Osamu Mukai as Mayama, and Natsuki Harada as Ayumi.[51] The music for the series was provided by Shōgo Kaida, Keiichi Miyako (SOPHIA) and Shin Kōno, while the theme song to the series was "Canvas" by the Japanese R&B singer Ken Hirai. A DVD set was released for the series on July 11, 2008.[52]

Taiwanese TV drama

The manga was adapted into a Taiwanese drama titled (Chinese: 蜂蜜幸運草; pinyin: Feng Mi Xing Yun Cao) starring Lego Lee as An Zhu Ben (Takemoto), Chiaki Ito as Hua Ben Yu (Hagumi), Eddie Peng as Ren Sen Tian (Morita), Joe Cheng as Den Zhen Shan (Mayama), and Janine Chang as He Ya Gong (Ayumi). It was produced by Huang Zhi Ming and directed by Li Yun Chan.

It was broadcast on free-to-air on Chinese Television System (CTS) (華視) from 25 May 2008 to 31 August 2008 on Sundays at 22:00.[53]

Reception

The series topped the 2006 and 2007 list of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook top 20 manga for female readers.[54] In 2003, Honey and Clover won the 27th Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo category.[55] About.com's Deb Aoki lists Honey and Clover as the best new josei manga of 2008.[56] Yū Aoi won the award for Best Actress at the 28th Yokohama Film Festival for her role as Hagumi Hanamoto in the live-action film.[57]

Notes
  1. Also known as HachiKuro (ハチクロ) and H&C.
  2. Fuji TV listed the air dates for the series on Thursday at 24:35, which is effectively Friday at 0:35 a.m. JST.[37]
  3. Fuji TV listed the air dates for the series on Thursday at 24:35, which is effectively Friday at 0:35 a.m. JST.[39]

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