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“Poor college student Takemoto and eccentric friends navigate adulthood, self-discovery, and life's challenges together.”
Honey and Clover
ハチミツとクローバー
8.27
388 rank · 27,175 readers · 975 favorites
Josei
Love Polygon
Visual Arts
Award Winning
Comedy
Drama
Romance
Slice of Life
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Synopsis
Poor college student Takemoto and eccentric friends navigate adulthood, self-discovery, and life's challenges together.
Takemoto lives in a run down student apartment, where his greatest worry is when he'll next be able to afford to eat meat and whether he'll get to class on time. Although he's away from home and living on his own, Takemoto is far from finished growing up. Along with his crazy cast of friends, Morita, Mayama, Yamada, and Hagumi, Takemoto sets out to discover life and his true self. (Source: VIZ Media) Included one-shots: Volume 10: Sora no Kotori, Hoshi no Opera
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
7.9
/10
What 8 readers settled on.
86%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8.5
mode 10
σ 2.20
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.20 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.0 pts
Recommenders 9.0 · others 4.0
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Score over time
↓ 2.13
Running avg · Apr 2010 → Feb 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “This is an oddly enjoyable manga. It's very simple and basic, the drawings just plain, clean lines, But something addicts you to reading it. It's a fun manga, barely any deep feelings, But then,...”
- 9 “one of my favorite manga and my biggest inspiration! story - it's not just typical slice of life, every chapter left something for us to learn and the story is realistic, especially when you are...”
- 10 “The first great work by the author of 3-gatsu no Lion, Honey and Clover is a triumph of slice of life and josei romance. If you are an artist yourself, or a fan of the mangaka's other stories,...”
Verbosity
Short · 38%
Medium · 50%
Long · 13%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 71 × 10 ch × vol
- Total read 9h 28m approx
- Published Apr 2000 – Jul 2006
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0932 catalog