Honey and Clover

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Honey and Clover ( Japanese ハ チ ミ ツ と ク ロ ー バ ー Hachimitsu to Kurōbā , translated "honey and clover"), also known as Hachikuro ( ハ チ ク ロ ), is a manga series by Chika Umino . The manga was published from 2000 to 2006 and comprises 1700 pages, in which the everyday and love life of five art students who are friends is described. The comic was commercially successful in Japan and was filmed as an anime . The series can be assigned to the Josei genre, so it was originally aimed primarily at adult women.

action

Yūta Takemoto ( 竹 本 祐 太 ), Takumi Mayama ( 真 山 巧 ) and Shinobu Morita ( 森田 忍 ) study at an art school in Tokyo (based on the Musashino Art School ) and share the same dormitory.

One day the art teacher Shūji Hanamoto ( 花 本 修 司 ) introduces them to 18-year-old Hagumi Hanamoto ( 花 本 は ぐ み ), a relative of his. She is quite small and very talented and Morita falls in love at first sight. But Takemoto also has feelings for her. “Hagu”, as she is called by her friends, lives with Shūji during her studies.

Ayumi Yamada ( 山田 あ ゆ み ), another student, is in love with Mayama, who does not return her love. Mayama, for his part, is unhappily in love with Rika Harada ( 原田 理 花 ), a former classmate of art teacher Hanamoto and widowed since a fatal traffic accident. Still mourning her late husband Harada, she cannot reciprocate her feelings towards Mayama either. Hagu, Takemoto, Morita, Mayama and Ayumi become friends and live a happy study life.

When Morita disappeared for a while, Takemoto succeeds in building a close friendship with Hagu. However, this soon returns and it becomes clear that Hagu also has feelings for Morita. After that, Takemoto takes a bike tour from Tokyo to the northernmost point of Japan in Hokkaidō to find himself. After returning home, he confesses his love to Hagu. However, she is confused by Takemoto's confession.

Mayama has entered professional life and works in an architecture office. He also has more frequent contact with Rika. Mayama succeeds in getting Rika to open up to him.

Takemoto and Morita continue to study with Hagu. She seriously injured her hand in an accident with a pane of glass and is then in the hospital. There is a risk that she will never be able to paint again. Now they want to support Shūji, Takemoto and Morita with their rehabilitation and encourage them. But they have to realize that they cannot all help her.

In the end, Hagu stays with Shūji, who promises to take care of her forever. When she and Takemoto have finished their studies and Takemoto takes the train to his new job, Hagu gives him a honey bread with four-leaf clovers in it.

Publications of the manga

The first chapter of the manga appeared in the June 2000 issue of the Japanese manga magazine CUTiE Comic by Takarajimasha Publishing. Kiriko Nananan and Moyoco Anno also worked for this magazine at the time . After the 14th chapter was published in the July 2001 issue of the CUTiE comic , the series moved to the Young You magazine of the Shūeisha publishing house. Chapters 15 to 56 were published in this until the magazine was discontinued in autumn 2005. The last chapters (57 to 64) finally appeared by July 2006 in a sister magazine of Young You , Chorus . The Shūeisha-Verlag brought out the 64 individual chapters that had previously been published in the three magazines, also in ten anthologies. These were sold over eight million times in Japan. On March 19, 2008, an artbook on the series was published in Japan under the title Hachimitsu to Clover - Artbook: Illustrations .

The manga is also published in North America, France, Italy, Germany, Hong Kong, South Korea, and the Republic of China. Tokyopop has been publishing the German translation of the anthologies since September 2006. Ten volumes are currently available in German.

Film adaptations

Television broadcast
Original title ハ チ ミ ツ と ク ロ ー バ ー
Hachimitsu to Kurōbā
Country of production Japan
original language Japanese
year 2005
length 25 minutes
Episodes 38 in 2 seasons
genre Comedy , romance , drama
idea Chika Umino
production Atsuya Takase (Fuji TV), Hiroaki Nakane, Masarō Toyoshima, Nobuhiro Osawa
music Yuzo Hayashi
First broadcast April 14, 2005 on Fuji TV

First series

Under the direction of the animation studio JCStaff , a 24-episode cartoon series of the same name was created based on the comic book by Chica Umino. Kenichi Kasai worked as a director , and Yōsuke Kuroda wrote the scripts . Fuji TV first aired the 24 episodes on Japanese television from April 14 to September 29, 2005. The series ran on the noitaminA ( ノ イ タ ミ ナ ) channel , which broadcasts anime series for young and adult female viewers.

After it aired on television, the anime came out on nine DVDs. In addition to the regular episodes, the fifth and seventh DVD each contained a special episode that had not previously been broadcast on television. The two special episodes titled one chapter L and Chapter F .

The series extends over a plot period of several years, which is why the seasons change frequently from one episode to another. The series ends with Takemoto's return from the bike tour.

Second series

Since the first anime series is not a film adaptation of the entire manga series, a 12-episode sequel came out the following year. This received the title Honey and Clover II ( ハ チ ミ ツ と ク ロ ー バ ー II , Hachimitsu to Kurōbā II ). She completes the act.

Also produced by JCStaff, it ran on Fuji TV from June 29th to September 14th, 2006, after which it was released on four DVDs. This series was no longer directed by Kasai, but by Tatsuyuki Nagai .

Real film

A feature film of the same name based on the manga series was produced under the direction of Masahiro Takada . The music for the 115-minute film was written by the well-known composer Yōko Kanno . The five main roles were played by Yū Aoi (as Hagu ), Shō Sakurai (as Takemoto ), Yusuke Iseya (as Morita ), Ryo Kase (as Mayama ) and Megumi Seki (as Ayumi ).

The film was released in Japanese cinemas on July 23, 2006. On the first two weekends, it placed eighth and tenth in the Japanese cinema charts. In the first two weeks, the film grossed about $ 1.53 million.

Television drama

From January 8 to March 18, 2008, an 11-part drama was shown on Fuji TV . Directed by Masaki Tanamura and Hiroaki Matsuyama, the script is by Shigeki Kaneko.

synchronization

role Seiyū (voice actor)
Yūta Takemoto Hiroshi Kamiya
Hagumi Hanamoto Haruka Kudo
Takumi Mayama Tomokazu Sugita
Shinobu Morita Yūji Ueda
Ayumi Yamada Mikako Takahashi
Shūji Hanamoto Keiji Fujiwara
Rika Harada Sayaka Ōhara

music

For the opening credits of the first series, "Dramatic" ( ド ラ マ チ ッ ク ) by Yuki Isoya and Kōichi Tsutaya was used. The end credits were accompanied by “Waltz” ( ワ ル ツ ) in the first twelve and the last episode , the text and music are by Kenji Watanabe , the title was sung by Suneohair . The other episodes ended with "Mistake" by The Band has no name .

The episodes of the second series begin with "Fugainaiya" ( ふ が い な い や ) by Kōichi Tsutaya, Kenji Tamai, Atsushi Yuasa and Yuki Isoya. The final title is "Split" ( ス プ リ ッ ト ) by Suneohair and Kenji Watanabe.

Songs with vocals are often recorded during the episodes, which is unusual. For the first series these are:

  • Episode 1: "Hachimitsu" ( ハ チ ミ ツ ) by Spitz
  • Episode 2: “8-gatsu no Serenade” ( ８ 月 の セ レ ナ ー デ ) by Suga Shikao
  • Episode 3: "Tsuki to Knife" ( 月 と ナ イ フ ) by Suga Shikao
  • Episode 4: "Hakō" ( 波光 ) by Suga Shikao
  • Episode 7: "Tamagawa" ( 多摩川 ) by Spitz
  • Episode 10: "Sakana" ( 魚 ) by Spitz
  • Episode 13: "Sorosoro Ikanakucha" ( そ ろ そ ろ い か な く ち ゃ ) by Suga Shikao
  • Episode 14: "Y" by Spitz
  • Episode 15: "Yoru wo Kakeru" ( 夜 を 駆 け る ) by Spitz
  • Episode 18: "Yubikiri" ( ユ ビ キ リ ) by Suga Shikao
  • Episode 19: "Ōgon no Tsuki" ( 黄金 の 月 ) by Suga Shikao
  • Episode 22: "Tsuki ni Kaeru" ( 月 に 帰 る ) by Spitz
  • Episode 23: "Room 201" by Suga Shikao
  • Episode 24: "Spica" ( ス ピ カ ) by Spitz

In the second series:

  • Episode 1: "Nakayoshi" ( 仲良 し ) by Spitz
  • Episode 2: "Pool" ( プ ー ル ) by Spitz
  • Episode 3: "Koko ni Iru Koto" ( コ コ ニ イ ル コ ト ) by Suga Shikao
  • Episode 4: "Honoho" ( ほ の ほ ) by Spitz
  • Episode 5: “Je t'aime” ( ジ ュ テ ー ム ) by Spitz
  • Episode 6: "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" by Suga Shikao
  • Episode 7: "Natsukage" ( 夏 陰 ～ な つ か げ ～ ) by Suga Shikao
  • Episode 8: "Ringo Juice" ( リ ン ゴ ・ ジ ュ ー ス ) by Suga Shikao
  • Episode 9: "Kazenagi" ( 風 な ぎ ) by Suga Shikao
  • Episode 10: "Namida" ( 涙 ) by Spitz
  • Episode 11: "Futari no Kage" ( ふ た り の か げ ) by Suga Shikao
  • Episode 12: "Inaka no Seikatsu" ( 田 舎 の 生活 ) by Spitz

For the opening credits of the film, Spitz recorded the song "Mahō no Kotoba" ( 魔法 の コ ト バ ). During the film, “Aozora Pedal” by Arashi and Suga Shikao and “Sayonara, Furasato no ie yo” ( さ よ な ら ふ る さ と の 家 よ ) from La Wally by Alfredo Catalani are played.

Awards

In 2003 Honey and Clover received the 27th Kōdansha Manga Prize in the Shōjo category . In 2004 the manga was nominated for the Osamu Tezuka Culture Prize, but could not prevail against Kyōko Okazaki's Helter Skelter .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fuji TV's website for the Hachimitsu to Clover II anime
  2. ^ Nouvelle Manga Manifesto , accessed February 23, 2014
  3. ↑ Francais Manga , accessed February 23, 2014
  4. ^ Box Office Mojo