3 posts tagged “honey and clover”

I've been listening to the Honey and Clover II OP single by Yuki, and it's great even if she is at the top of PETA's shitlist for beating the Cheshire cat mercilessly in the Fugainaiya PV. If you haven't seen it, watch it now.

The album consists of three songs: Fugainaiya, Hadako no Taiyou (The Naked Sun), and Natsu no Hero (Summer's Hero.) Fugainaiya is of course the actual intro to Hachikuro II and is appropriately awesome. If you haven't heard it, feel ashamed. Hadako no Taiyou is so-so; I wish it had a catchier beat. Yuki gets points for not butchering the English for "naked sun" though. Natsu no Hero is a really slow song, and it's not bad at all, though I do prefer Yuki's faster paced songs.

Moving on to the main point (or is it the secondary?), Yuki is completely insane. I'll post these two screencaps from the Fugainaiya PV as evidence.

When Yuki makes her appearance dressed as a chair halfway through the video, all she does is spin drunkenly and beat a cat, and I have to say, I really respect her for that. It takes a special woman to be both popular enough and have that twinge of mental instability to make a music video around an abusive Alice in Wonderland. Besides that, the video is really well done with excellent costumes and even a small maze. Yuki may be my favorite eccentric J-Pop singer.

You might also be interested in more Yuki craziness...
Dramatic PV (Honey and Clover Season I OP)
Joy
Melancholinista
Nagai Yume
Stand Up Sister
Home Sweet Home
Sony Walkman Commercial
Pocari Sweat Commercial (Yuki sings annoyingly for many commercials it seems)
There should be many more to list, but I'm lazy (and youtube won't let me go to the Yuki banned masturbation PV no matter how many times I click accept!)

Another comparison between anime and film: I'm a one trick pony. Let's begin with Ayu.

The radical difference is too heartbreaking to even comment on, so let's move on to the other love interest, Hagu.

There are no complaints to be had about Hagu's actor. She's just as asexual as the character she plays.
Rika's actor looks too healthy. Maybe they'll put some white makeup on her face. Furthermore, what is Rika doing outside?
No complaints here either. The actor is adequately cool.

I don't think I can judge Morita's actor until I actually see the movie. If he's silly enough, he'll pass.

What happened here? This guy is not allowed to be cool, and he's easily the coolest cast member in the movie. Anyways, now for the most upsetting of the cast decisions...

This post is long and sad but ultimately entertaining. And yes, these are ranked from best to worst.

• Honey and Clover II
  How could this not be at the top of my list? The second season is looking to be every bit as good as the first was. Even Yamazaki gives it a thumbs up.
  

  Nekozawa and Behlzeneev from Ouran
• Ouran High School Host Club
  Number two, and showcasing my love for shoujo style shows is Ouran. This one has everything: bishounen, cross-dressing, wonderful humor, and Nekozawa.
• Mushishi
  Slow paced and emotional, this is simply beautiful. Plus, Ginko is the best character ever.
• School Rumble 2nd Semester
  Another sequel to an insanely popular show, and I eat it up.
• Coyote Ragtime Show
  The main enemies are fighting gothlolis. I don't know if there is anything more I can say about this one.
• Zero no Tsukaima
  The concept of a human being summoned as a mage's familiar is an interesting one for a love comedy. Also, the fanservice isn't bad, and one guy has a diglet named Belldandy for his familiar. Okay, so maybe it's a mole cricket, but I can dream can't I?
• .hack//Roots
  Well, It's not better than Sign, but it's a helluva lot better than Dusk. The episodes seem to range from great to pointless.
• Sugar Sugar Rune
  As this one is meant for little girls, it's one of my guilty pleasures.
• Muteki Kanban Musume
  Perhaps a bit too much slapstick, but I'll watch it anyways for now.
• Le Chevalier D'Eon
  I'm not so sure on this yet, but I have plenty of time to think on it since the next episode doesn't air for a month.

Well, that's the end of a very long list. I might have to trim it down when school starts back. There are a couple of new shows I have yet to watch: Welcome to the NHK, Kirarin Revolution, Binbou Shimai Monogatari, Bokura Ga Ita, and the new Powerpuff Girls anime. I'm witholding judgement on those for the time being. Shows I most definitely will not watch include Tsuyokiss, and pretty much just Tsuyokiss.