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The Best Episodes of Honey and Clover Season 1

Every episode of Honey and Clover Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Honey and Clover Season 1!

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Takemoto Yuuta, Mayama Takumi, and Morita Shinobu 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.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Honey and Clover Season 1 Episode 1 - The Day It All Began
    7.0/10(41 votes)

    #1 - The Day It All Began

    S1:E1

    An unusual transfer student arrives at the art school Takemoto attends and attracts the attention of Morita, causing him to go on a photo-taking spree on her. Mayama, Takemoto and Yamada soon discover her artistic talents.

    Director:Kenichi Kasai
    Writer:Yosuke Kuroda

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  2. Honey and Clover Season 1 Episode 2 - The Two Affections Start to Turn
    6.5/10(36 votes)

    #2 - The Two Affections Start to Turn

    S1:E2

    Morita's motive for his terrible treatment on Hagumi is revealed in his website, and the stressed out Hagumi is enraged by what but he did. However, Morita soon repays her for her troubles.

    Director:Yoshihisa Matsumoto
    Writer:Yosuke Kuroda

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  3. Honey and Clover Season 1 Episode 3 - These Were Two Unrequited Loves
    7.2/10(33 votes)

    #3 - These Were Two Unrequited Loves

    S1:E3

    Takemoto, Morita and Mayama are invited over to the Hanamoto's for a dinner party after Hagumi brings back some soba from her summer vacation in Nagano. However, Morita and Mayama fail to attend. Takemoto offers to help Hagumi with something but soon finds that he has taken on more than he can chew. And Mayama's job puts a serious strain on Yamada.

    Director:Kenichi Kasai
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Honey and Clover Season 1 Episode 4 - The Boy and Girl Are Swayed
    7.7/10(32 votes)

    #4 - The Boy and Girl Are Swayed

    S1:E4

    Mayama's love life still remains difficult. Hagumi feels the stress of being different from everyone. And Morita organises a Christmas party for the Christmas Eve.

    Director:Kenichi Kasai
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Honey and Clover Season 1 Episode 5 - I Think of My Mother in My Hometown
    7.7/10(32 votes)

    #5 - I Think of My Mother in My Hometown

    S1:E5

    Takemoto reluctantly returns home for the New Year and meets Kazuo, his step-father. In the second part of the episode, the gang takes a road trip to a hot spring using the money won from a lottery ticket.

    Director:Kazuo Yamada
    Writer:Yosuke Kuroda

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  6. Honey and Clover Season 1 Episode 6 - The Past, the Tears, the Confession
    7.7/10(31 votes)

    #6 - The Past, the Tears, the Confession

    S1:E6

    The group visits a rather eerie zoo. Shuuji reveals to Mayamoto his history with Rika and her husband. In the second half of the episode, the students are hard pressed to complete their final term art work especially Morita.

    Director:Kenichi Kasai
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Honey and Clover Season 1 Episode 7 - We Look for a Miracle
    7.9/10(32 votes)

    #7 - We Look for a Miracle

    S1:E7

    Shuuji Hanamoto has to be away for a year for a job assignment and he worries about whether he should bring his niece, Hagumi, along with him. Intending to give her uncle a good luck charm for his trip, Hagumi searches for a four-leaf clover.

    Director:Koji Masunari
    Writer:Yosuke Kuroda

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  8. Honey and Clover Season 1 Episode 8 - Because I Can't Leave You Alone
    7.5/10(30 votes)

    #8 - Because I Can't Leave You Alone

    S1:E8

    Hagumi and Ayama hold a dinner party and invite the guys over but it soon turns out that it's a special day for one of them. And in the second part of the episode, Hagumi has to spend a night alone in the apartment when Ayama has to return home to her family.

    Director:Ken Ando
    Writer:Yosuke Kuroda

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  9. Honey and Clover Season 1 Episode 9 - That Brooch Was So Heavy
    8.2/10(35 votes)

    #9 - That Brooch Was So Heavy

    S1:E9

    Everyone is working late preparing their exhibits for the school festival including Hagumi, who has trouble with her wax work. She later finds a white broach that someone had made for her. The broach is quite similar to the one she had doodled on her notebook. Hagumi also gets a job to help Yamada sell Christmas goodies at her family store but they have to compete with a new supermarket that has opened nearby.

    Director:Yoshihisa Matsumoto
    Writer:Yosuke Kuroda

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  10. Honey and Clover Season 1 Episode 10 - We Fly Across the Sky
    7.5/10(30 votes)

    #10 - We Fly Across the Sky

    S1:E10

    The five friends decide to take a ferry ride over the Sumida river and visit the Kasai Seaside Park.

    Director:Kenichi Kasai
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Honey and Clover Season 1 Episode 11 - Love Pushes Us Around
    7.4/10(30 votes)

    #11 - Love Pushes Us Around

    S1:E11

    Shuuji returns unexpectedly from Mongolia. And Hagumi goes on a shopping trip with Morita.

    Director:Daisuke Takashima
    Writer:Yosuke Kuroda

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  12. Honey and Clover Season 1 Episode 12 - The Sudden Kiss, the Unexpected Parting
    7.6/10(30 votes)

    #12 - The Sudden Kiss, the Unexpected Parting

    S1:E12

    It's the sakura season and the gang are absorbed in the array of activities celebrating the sakura festival. Hagumi catches one of her wisdom fevers. And Takemoto meets Morita's brother, Kaoru, and learns of news regarding Morita.

    Director:Tatsuyuki Nagai
    Writer:Yosuke Kuroda

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  13. Honey and Clover Season 1 Episode 13 - All I Wanted to Hear Was That Little Thing
    7.1/10(28 votes)

    #13 - All I Wanted to Hear Was That Little Thing

    S1:E13

    The episode starts with Takamoto feelings about what he wanted Hagu to answer for her wanting Morita to come back or not. But her stern and straight forward answer before was really hurt him. The story mainly talked about Yamada and her feelings later on. To save money, Mayama asked Yamada to help making some cases for his firm's project. This fact connected her to his work and helped the story develop.

    Director:Hideki Tachibana
    Writer:Yosuke Kuroda

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  14. Honey and Clover Season 1 Episode 14 - I Touched Her in My Dream
    6.6/10(28 votes)

    #14 - I Touched Her in My Dream

    S1:E14

    Mayama dreamed of Rika-san. His co-worker said when one dreamed of another, that was because the person in the dream wanted them to meet so much that the soul escaped the body and came to the dream. Mayama was doubt about that but on the way came back from a conference, he and his co-workers passed a park where Rika-san was just behind a fountain watching him passing by. Mayama didn't notice until later on. But when he ran back to the fountain, she was not there anymore.

    Director:Kenichi Kasai
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Honey and Clover Season 1 Episode 15 - My Cowardly Self Starts Running
    7.2/10(28 votes)

    #15 - My Cowardly Self Starts Running

    S1:E15

    Mayama's work is going well, but he still misses Rika-san. Her current assistant suddenly has health problem and needs to stay in hospital. Mayama meets Rika-san in hospital and asks her if he can come back, but she rejected. Nomiya at the same time wants to meet Yamada and really gets his eyes on her. Mayama tried to protect Yamada from him (much like a mother) as he says he wants her to meet a guy who treasures and don't just hook her up for fun. Takamoto was searching for jobs and doing his final project, which later on was given name by Hanamoto-sensei. This name made the idea become clear and his work masterpiece.

    Director:Kenichi Kasai
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Honey and Clover Season 1 Episode 16 - The Moon Is Calling Her
    7.1/10(28 votes)

    #16 - The Moon Is Calling Her

    S1:E16

    The firm Mayama was about to be apart. For some intentional purpose, his boss put him into the group of people who have to leave Tokyo to another place. At the same time, Rika-san's assistant was is hospital and she hasn't been able to find a replacement. Hence, Mayama decided to leave the firm and came back to work for Rika-san, without much of asking for her permission. Yamada acknowledged about this through Nomiya (Mayama's boss) and she was really depressed after that. After that, she was proposed by four guys from the shopping arcane (they were friends since small) but she ran away. Hanamoto-sensei later on explained for her that the situation of her and Mayama was similar and in that case (loving someone who doesn't love you), people could just choose either "make some effort or give it up" and advised her to tell those guys her true feelings. After Yamada left, Hanamoto-sensei's thinking revealed that there is a third choice, but he would never speak it out.

    Director:Kenichi Kasai
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Honey and Clover Season 1 Episode 17 - I Don't Even Know How I Feel
    7.2/10(28 votes)

    #17 - I Don't Even Know How I Feel

    S1:E17

    Having lost Mayama from the Fujiwara Design Office, Miwako expresses her depression by buying a massage chair for their new office. Yamada, who was brooding over the proposal of her childhood friends, confronts them and turns them down properly, later wishing for their own happiness while selling cakes with Hagu. Meanwhile, Takemoto is being depressed from the fact that he has not realized yet what his goal in life really is, giving him trouble on his job applications. He then took down the artwork he made for the art exhibition, much to a surprise for the others. His...

    Director:Kenichi Kasai
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Honey and Clover Season 1 Episode 18 - He Came Back
    7.4/10(28 votes)

    #18 - He Came Back

    S1:E18

    On his first new project, Takumi must collaborate Fujiwara Design Office - the design company where he just resigned. When he visits the office for a meeting, he is surprised to run into Ayumi. He learns that she has been working with Nomiya. This working relationship bothers Takumi because he knows about their past...

    Director:Kenichi Kasai
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Honey and Clover Season 1 Episode 19 - Time Begins to Move Again
    7.2/10(29 votes)

    #19 - Time Begins to Move Again

    S1:E19

    Mayama arrives at the Fujiwara Design Office, only to found out that Yamada is there. After she leaves abruptly, Mayama mistakes Nomiya's business interest with Yamada for his love interest. Mayama then goes to the apartment to meet up with Takemoto and Morita. When the three gather to eat dinner prepared by Morita, Takemoto reminisces over the time when Morita departed to America. The following night, Mayama meets up with Takemoto, Morita, Yamada, Professor Hanamoto, Yamazaki, and Miwako at the annual school festival. Later after the festival, Yamada agrees to go ...

    Director:Kenichi Kasai
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Honey and Clover Season 1 Episode 20 - I Pray to the Moon Hovering in the Night Sky
    6.9/10(28 votes)

    #20 - I Pray to the Moon Hovering in the Night Sky

    S1:E20

    Nomiya calls Yamazaki and Miwako to the office early in the morning to assist a drunken Yamada to her father's house. Later on, Morita meets up with Mayama, and Morita tells Mayama that he wants to visit the office again sometime. Mayama views pictures of Ferris wheels taken by Nomiya, noticing how much Ferris wheels meant to Nomiya. Morita finds Yamada, having great concern over her. Morita then walks her to her house. The next day, Professor Hanamoto explains to Takemoto how he became a teacher. Takemoto then tells Professor Hanamoto that everyone except him has ...

    Director:Kenichi Kasai
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Honey and Clover Season 1 Episode 21 - I've Always Been Scared
    7.6/10(31 votes)

    #21 - I've Always Been Scared

    S1:E21

    Takemoto meets with Professor Hanamoto and a businessman. The businessman offers Takemoto a job, and Takemoto quickly accepts the job. Takemoto celebrates this occasion with Morita, Mayama, Hagu, Professor Hanamoto, and Yamada. However, the businessman had declared bankruptcy. Meanwhile, the Tottori firm joins back with the Tokyo firm, resulting in some unfinished work in the Fujiwara Design Office. Yamada catches Nomiya before he walks out, dropping off some pottery at the office. Miwako tells Yamada that Nomiya is headed over to the Tottori firm, which surprises ...

    Director:Kenichi Kasai
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Honey and Clover Season 1 Episode 22 - Like a Flower Getting Wet in the Rain
    8.6/10(47 votes)

    #22 - Like a Flower Getting Wet in the Rain

    S1:E22

    Takemoto travels to many houses to get water to drink. Miwako text messages for Yamada to Nomiya, as she wonders how he is doing. Hagu believes that she is selfish for not displaying her paintings. Takemoto is uncertain to return to the apartment. Unfortunately, his bicycle breaks down when he passes by a temple. He meets with carpenters who restore temples and shrines. He decides to help them until he is able to buy a new bicycle. Professor Hanamoto reveals to Hagu that Takemoto reminds him when he was younger. Yamada meets Rika for the first time, and she eventually...

    Director:Kenichi Kasai
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Honey and Clover Season 1 Episode 23 - And So, I Begin to Run
    7.7/10(33 votes)

    #23 - And So, I Begin to Run

    S1:E23

    Yuta begins to travel by bike again. The bike, map and traveling gear he's borrowed from Shin are very reliable. The people he meets along the way, scenery he sees for the first time in his life, new experiences and even the many difficulties he encounters make him think differently about his life: about his deceased father, his education, his future and...

    Director:Kenichi Kasai
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Honey and Clover Season 1 Episode 24 - We're a Continuously Spinning Ferris Wheel
    8.0/10(34 votes)

    #24 - We're a Continuously Spinning Ferris Wheel

    S1:E24

    Takemoto views the map the night before he starts traveling the next morning. He comes across a store near a school, and ends up eating sweet rolls. The store owner talks to him about her time in America, offering him some corn for the trip afterward. Takemoto reminisces about the time he wished he could go to America with his father. Not paying attention, he falls off his bicycle, but manages to get back on and continues on his journey back to the apartment. When he arrives home, he goes to see Hagu. Professor Hanamoto goes to see Hagu shortly after, but finds out ...

    Director:Kenichi Kasai
    Writer:Yosuke Kuroda

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Day It All Began" is the best rated episode of "Honey and Clover" season 1. It scored 7/10 based on 41 votes. Directed by Kenichi Kasai and written by Yosuke Kuroda, it aired on 4/15/2005. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "The Two Affections Start to Turn".