Series synopsis
Honey and Clover, also known as ハチミツとクローバー is a Japanese animation comedy drama television series that premiered on Fuji TV on April 15, 2005. It ended on September 15, 2006. It stars Hiroshi Kamiya, Haruka Kudou, Mikako Takahashi and Tomokazu Sugita.
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.
Premise
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.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Hiroshi Kamiya as Yuuta Takemoto (voice)
- Haruka Kudou as Hagumi Hanamoto (voice)
- Mikako Takahashi as Ayumi Yamada (voice)
- Tomokazu Sugita as Takumi Mayama (voice)
- Keiji Fujiwara as Shuuji Hanamoto (voice)
Guest cast
- Emi Shinohara as (voice)
- Natsuko Kuwatani as (voice)
- Daisuke Ono as (voice)
- Ayaka Saito as (voice)
- Mugihito as (voice)
- Kenta Miyake as (voice)
- Youko Honda as (voice)
- Ryoko Ono as (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 41 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 5 | December 23, 2005 | December 21, 2018 |
| Season 1 | 24 | April 15, 2005 | September 27, 2005 |
| Season 2 | 12 | June 30, 2006 | September 15, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
We Come Face to Face with a Legend Takemoto, Morita, Mayama, and Professor Hanamoto all reminisce about Lohmeyer, a friend of theirs. |
December 23, 2005 |
| 2 |
You're the Fashion Champ Miwako becomes upset to see Yamazaki in a fashion magazine. |
February 24, 2006 |
| 3 |
Midori-chan's Unaired Version KABA-chan voices jumbo-poodle Midori-chan in a way different from the version aired. |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Day It All Began 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. |
April 15, 2005 |
| 2 |
Two Loves Start Turning 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. |
April 22, 2005 |
| 3 |
Two Loves, Unrequited 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. |
April 29, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
And So, We Start Turning Once Again Takemoto reminisces about his life when he first went to art school. He recalls about rooming with Morita and Takemoto, and about meeting Hagu for the first time. |
June 30, 2006 |
| 2 |
I Couldn’t Even Say It If I Wanted To Hagu starts hiccuping and Shūji helps her stop, using a technique, but fails. However, Morita shows up, causing her to repeatedly and rapidly hiccup a lot. |
July 7, 2006 |
| 3 |
I Don't Want to See Your Tears Hagu views Ayumi's snow globe collection, given to her as souvenirs. Tamazaki discusses about Nomiya's feelings for Ayumi. At the Harada Design Office, Rika receives a fax that she will participate in a design competition in Spain for an art museum, which then agitates Takumi. Rika explains that Takumi will also participate as well. |
July 14, 2006 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Fuji TV |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 15, 2005 |
| Last aired | September 15, 2006 |
| Runtime | 23 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Thursday |