Honey and Clover/Characters

The characters of the manga and anime series Honey and Clover:

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Main Characters

Yuuta Takemoto

• Anguished Declaration of Love: After Takemoto confesses his feelings for Hagu, Hagu begins to avoid him. It is only soon enough that Takemoto realizes his feelings for Hagu are unrequited.
• Betty: To Morita's Veronica.
• Brown Eyes
• Cannot Spit It Out: And when he does...
• Did Not Get the Girl
• Dogged Nice Guy
• I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
• The Hero
• Hiroshi Kamiya
  • Kenji Nojima: Darrin'd Kamiya in the final episode of the second season.
• Hopeless Suitor: For Hagu.
• Naive Newcomer
• Nice Guy
• Unlucky Everydude
• White-Haired Pretty Boy
• Yuri Lowenthal: In the English dub.

Shinobu Morita

• Brown Eyes
• Cannot Spit It Out: His feelings for Hagu.
• Cloudcuckoolander
• Did Not Get the Girl: Morita may have gotten Haru's affections, but Haru ultimately decides to stay with Shuuji because she knows he can take care of her, especially after her accident.
• Dogged Nice Guy
• Genius Ditz
• Idiot Hero
• Last Guy Wins: An interesting, subverted example. Hagu does indeed fall in love with Morita, but she chooses to stay with Shuuji instead in spite of her feelings for Morita.
• The Lancer
• Mysterious Past
• Ridiculous Procrastinator: And how!
• Sam Riegel: In the English dub.
• Troubled but Cute
• Veronica: To Takemoto's Betty.
• Yuji Ueda

Hagumi "Hagu" Hanamoto

• Adult Child: Hagu is eighteen years old, but looks and acts much like a child.
• Alliterative Name
• Blue Eyes
• The Chick
• Cloudcuckoolander
• Country Mouse
• Cutesy Dwarf
• Hair of Gold
• The Ingenue
• Lethal Chef
• Moe
• Sensei-chan: When she teaches a summer art class.
• Wife Husbandry: One possible interpretation towards Hagu staying with Shuuji, who she knows she can depend on, rather than with Morita, who she is in love with.

Takumi Mayama

• Cam Clarke: In the English dub.
• Dogged Nice Guy
• Heroines Want Redheads: Yamada and eventually Rika.
• Hopeless Suitor: For Rika.
• Megane
• Nice Guy
• The Smart Guy
• Smoking Is Cool
• Tomokazu Sugita

Ayumi Yamada

• Betty: To Rika's Veronica.
• The Big Guy
• Brainy Brunette
• Blue Eyes
• Hime Cut
• Hopeless Suitor: For Mayama.
• I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
• Julie Ann Taylor: In the English dub.
• Kick Chick
• Lethal Chef
• Mikako Takahashi
• Second Love: Possibly Nomiya.
• Ship Tease: With Nomiya.
• Tomboy
• Yamato Nadeshiko: When she's not studying she's usually helping her family run a liquor store. Offical art often depicts her in kimono.

Secondary Characters

Shuuji Hanamoto

• Brown Eyes
• The Caretaker: Of Rika in the past and presently of Hagu.
• Did Not Get the Girl: In the backstory, it is implied he was in love with Rika, who was married to his best friend Harada.
• First Guy Wins: See Wife Husbandry.
• Keiji Fujiwara
• Sensei-chan: Even if he isn't a perfect example, his students do take unusual liberties around him.
• Smoking Is Cool
• Third Option Love Interest: Possibly to Takemoto's Betty and Morita's Veronica.
• Wife Husbandry: One possible interpretation towards Hagu staying with Shuuji, who she knows she can depend on, rather than with Morita, who she is in love with.

Rika Harada

• Broken Bird: Rika and her husband Harada got into a car accident that left burn scars on Rika's back and took Harada's life.
• Defrosting Ice Queen
• Happily Married: To Harada before his death.
• Her Heart Will Go On
• Ill Girl
• Sayaka Ohara
• Second Love: Mayama.
• Sugar and Ice Personality
• Veronica: To Yamada's Betty.

Takumi Nomiya

• Brainy Brunette
• Curtains Match the Window
• Kenji Hamada
• Ladykiller in Love
• Megane
• Ship Tease: With Yamada.
• Workaholic