Honey and Clover
On Fuji TV
A warm, character-driven slice-of-life comedy about poor art students navigating friendship, unrequited love, and the small joys of shared life.
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.
Questions people ask
Is Honey and Clover violent? Barely. Less violent than 88% of series.
Is Honey and Clover easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 87% of series.
Does Honey and Clover leave you hopeful? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of series.
Is Honey and Clover scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of series.
Is Honey and Clover sad? Somewhat. More sad than 72% of series.
These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Cinnamon Score
How much this series gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
You have seen this shape before.
How unlike any other series this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like Honey and Clover
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as Honey and Clover
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Honey and Clover, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like Honey and Clover, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like Honey and Clover, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
