Honey and Clover
Seen it?2005 | 2 seasons | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a short run with a modest audience and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh and animation lovers. If you loved Moonlighting, start here.
- The mood
- Funny with heart, feel-good.
- The pace
- 2 seasons: a few weeks of evenings, short, snackable episodes, about 14 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Ran for 2 seasons and reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 42K people sought it out in the past year
Season by season
The show overall is a Weeknight Watch. Here's how each season stacks up; Season 2 is the high point.
Season 12005 · 24 episodes · 7.5 out of 10Sunday
Season 22006 · 12 episodes · 7.7 out of 10Saturday
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Cast & crew
- Hiroshi KamiyaYuuta Takemoto (voice)
- Haruka KudouHagumi Hanamoto (voice)
- Mikako TakahashiAyumi Yamada (voice)
- Tomokazu SugitaTakumi Mayama (voice)
- Keiji FujiwaraShuuji Hanamoto (voice)