“Ougon no Tsuki” by Suga Shikao – live and acoustic

Just another quick random music-related entry that I wanted to share. I recently stumbled upon this live acoustic version of “Ougon no Tsuki” (Golden Moon) by Suga Shikao (insert song – Honey and Clover season 1, episode 19). It’s one of my favorite Suga Shikao songs and it was played as [...]

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Honey and Clover J-drama – ep 11 [FINALE]

Final impression of this series noted in the end. =)
Episode 11: “A love to be proud of” (series finale)

BRIEF SUMMARY: Hagu is missing from the hospital causing Takemoto and Shuuji to frantically look around for her. Unbeknownst to them, it was Morita who sneaked her out. Meanwhile, Hagu and Morita have a talk whilst [...]

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Honey and Clover J-drama – ep 10

Episode 10: “Abyss of despair, the path that binds the two together”

BRIEF SUMMARY: Hagu gets involved in an accident, injuring her head and her right hand, worrying Shuuji and her friends. Takemoto tries to keep busy with his graduation piece while wondering what he can do for Hagu. Meanwhile, Rika and Mayama go on an [...]

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Honey and Clover J-drama – ep 09

Episode 09: “A miraculous confession of love, a shocking accident”

BRIEF SUMMARY: Takemoto is still on his journey. Still not sure what he’s looking for but feels he has some vague idea about it now. Hagu is painting again. Morita needs to finish his graduation piece. Yamada and Morita gets into another serious conversation. She says [...]

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Honey and Clover J-drama – ep 08

Episode 08: “Missing person! Losing sight of life and love in winter”

BRIEF SUMMARY: Mayama is at Fujiwara Design, worried about where Nomiya and Yamada might have gone to. Meanwhile, Nomiya takes Yamada to a hotel, but not for any malicious purpose. He notes that it’s relaxing to be in a one-sided relationship since the other [...]

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Honey and Clover J-drama – ep 07

Episode 07: “Forward on an unmapped road”

BRIEF SUMMARY: After everything that happened last episode, Takemoto gives up with job hunting. After realizing that he does like Hagu, Morita wants to join the International Paris Competition (which only accepts entries for painting) so he’d paint instead of scuplting, and if he wins, he thinks he [...]

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Honey and Clover J-drama – ep 06

Episode 06: “How can you become an adult”

BRIEF SUMMARY: Morita is back. Takemoto goes job hunting. He attends several interviews, feeling insecure about everything. Miwako is at the hospital because she strained her back. She forbids Mayama to tell anyone about her injury, to which he agrees… but later we see him telling Nomiya about [...]

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Honey and Clover J-drama – ep 05

Episode 05: “I don’t have to be your number one”

BRIEF SUMMARY: Hagu wins an award for her painting, saying that she considers Morita as the artist who influenced her work. Takemoto notes that Mayama has been doing his best working at Fujiwara Design, Yamada is attending grad school, Morita is working hard in New York. [...]

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