Emo-ish (just realized it only when I re-read it)

Ok…so… while I get my blog together, brace yourselves for a couple of major changes. (so vast you would probably not even recognize it anymore) Still trying to get a hang of the system. But anyways, I have been watching an anime and I believe it is too good to be kept to myself. Title?

Honey and Clover

[Boys gasp] Danny watches such a…girly show? Well…it’s not a girly show. [But…but…but…] It is NOT a girly show. Although the name sounds it all. If you are looking for fighting scenes…hmm… They’re not your Bleach or Naruto usuals. If you are looking for eye candy, this isn’t really the show for it either (I think such shows are called bishonen and bishojo or something along those lines). If you are looking for graphics, the graphics are softer and not your solid coloured anime, giving the show a lighter mood although it handles hard issues very well.

So WHAT is in this show then? Simple.

It is the one show I have seen which reflects life itself. Well I probably like it so much because the issues raised are really what is going through my life as well. Things like needing to grow up in college, friends who really go all out for each other and are just the craziest bunch of people you have ever met, thinking about future plans and what job one should pick, love triangles, friends who might be leaving or the group splitting up because they have work at different places and a host of crazy problems.

Why is this show so special?

There is NO MAIN CHARACTER.

[Pause for effect]

Cool huh? I repeat. There is no main character. (Not really at any rate. The show really throws the focus around but still manages to keep us steady without flooding us with knowledge). And the anime also actually goes through a period of three years. (I haven’t finished it yet but that’s the length so far I believe although the first series is only 24 episodes) But that’s not the whole point. The thing is this show is so well rounded that every single character in the team is well developed and delved into giving you a sense of wholeness. But seriously, the issues I pointed above are really the things that pull you into the show and the way they over-portray the characters’ antics and reactions. (I have never heard so many screams or seen so many popping eyeballs in my life)

It is just the sort of show that you wish you were in. One which anyone going into college life or starting work can relate to. Sigh… I guess it has always been my dream to be able to leave school together with ‘me’ friends and start working together in some huge multinational company started by us. But lately they seem to be drifting away; my school group that is. Honey and clover really reflects what I went through in my secondary years and that is probably why it touches me so badly.

Most of us were librarians (Before moving to other clubs in Form Four) and we really just met up whenever we could. Assembly, recess, after school, holidays, study breaks…Whew! Sigh…I miss those days and I wished the future would be like that too…

But…

Life goes on and there is nothing we can do about it. I only hope and pray to the God Almighty that we meet together in Heaven and there we will be able to accompany each other for all eternity. Father…hear my simple prayer…and draw them to you…

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Amen.