Honey and Clover, Vol. 5

by Chica Umino

Book Overview

Love Triangles--who says you don't learn math in Art School? Takemoto, a sophomore art student in Tokyo, thinks his greatest worries in life are finding ways to eat more meat and getting to class on time. But with friends like his, life is never going to be that tame. Takemoto is nearing graduation, but he doesn't have a job lined up--he doesn't even know what he wants to do with his life. His friends try to be supportive, but they have their own...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421523663
• ISBN13: 9781421523668
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Viz Media
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

This volume gets a little more serious!

The character that I like most is takemoto, besides being down-to-earth is the character that I can relate to. In this volume, he starts to wonder about his future and job. Mayama goes berserk because Nomiya get more closer to Ayu, Hagu wants to go back to the country and paint, and Morita may not graduate!

Again...Excellent! Everyone is back together in this awesome fifth volume!

Four years have passed since Yuta Takemoto has entered the art school and now it's his time to graduate and finish his final project. Everyone has moved on but for Yuta, the stress of not knowing what is going to happen after he graduates is enormous. "honey and clover" vol. 5 focuses on the moment before graduating and trying to know about one's own self, their path that would lead them to the next step in their lives. With Mayama now working for Rika, Ayumi still working at the school, her parents store and selling her own vase sculptures, Morita is still in Los Angeles, Yuta is planning his final project and Hagu is there for support and a year left of school before graduating. Here is what to expect from volume 5: Chapter 29 - Mayama's job at Fujiwara gets complicated as the twin brothers Mario and Luigi have a falling out and one group will be moving to Tottori and the other stays in Tokyo. For Mayama, he is selected to move to Tottori. But is he willing to move so far away from his friends, most of all, far from Rika? Chapter 30 - The professors evaluate Takemoto's final project, meanwhile Ayumi finally understands why Mayama doesn' love her after many of her guy friends propose to her. Meanwhile, Ayumi finds out from Nomiya about what Mayama has chosen to do with work. Chapter 31 - It's Christmas time and everyone is a bit depressed that things aren't the same anymore among the friends. But Professor Hanamoto tries to liven up the party. Chapter 32 - Takemoto becomes so stressed about his future and graduation that he coughs up blood and collapses in front of Hagu and Ayumi and taken to the hospital. Will Takemoto be OK? Chapter 33 - It is revealed what Morita has been doing in Los Angeles and to make things more interesting, unknown to the others, Morita has returned back to Japan. Just in time because he still has time to submit his final project to graduate or repeat a ninth year in college. Chapter 34 - Takemoto is not so sure about how he feels of Morita returning back to Japan. Meanwhile, Mayama confronts Nomiya about his feelings towards Ayumi. Also, included is "Challenge Club", a story about seashells; another episode of "Umino and Her Friends" and discovering that their otaku-ness may force them to make another name change for their segment; "Honey and Clover Study Guide" with glossary of terms used in vol. 5. JUDGMENT CALL: Vol. 5 of "honey and clover" is excellent! Well-written, well-drawn and I was truly impressed with this latest volume! It was great to see everyone together again but things are much more tense and dramatic as Takemoto stresses about graduation and career, Mayama stresses about work and Nomiya getting closer to Ayumi and also, will Morita finally graduate? What I love about this manga is that it's realistic. Emotions and everyday situations that can happen to anyone (well, Morita's life is a bit farfetched but that's his character). But anyone stressing about their friends dating so