Honey and Clover, ep. 23-24
Tue, Jan. 16th, 2007 02:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oyceterOh, it's over =(. Well, not really, because I still have the two specials and all twelve episodes of season 2 to go, but I spent all of the last episode holding my breath, desperately wanting it not to end.
I luxuriate when watching episodes of H&C; something about it is so soothing. It's the gorgeous watercolors in the animation, the gentle voiceovers, the quiet realizations that are so close to ones that I've experienced. It makes me feel at peace with myself, even when I don't know where I'm going or what I'm doing, because that's how the characters feel as well.
Oh, Takemoto! At first, I wanted them to cut back to Mayama and Yamada and Hagu more, because I love Yamada so much, but then, Takemoto's trip won me over. Just, the sound of the bicycle wheels, the moment he falls off, finds himself unhurt, and lies back, hand reaching up toward the sky.
I loved the moment when he hit the northernmost part of Japan and the wonder of it, the feeling of coming to an end. I loved that he worked with his hands and had to learn from ground up. It seemed fitting. And when he goes back, he hasn't found himself or his path, but he's gained a new confidence along with his tan. I grinned when he stopped another disastrous haircut from Morita, and I was smiling so widely my cheeks hurt that last part, when he finally tells Hagu he's in love with her.
And, part of me is sad at the open-endedness, but the other part of me likes it (moreso for Takemoto than for Yamada though). It's fitting that he gets no real reply from Hagu; the point isn't if she returns the feeling or not. The point is that he can express his feelings in the first place. I think the only thing more that I wanted was a moment like that for Yamada -- Mayama has had his, when he quits Fujiwara Design and goes to work for Rika. You don't know if it'll work out, but that doesn't matter; the important moment is the decision itself.
I think I just wanted some choice for Yamada to make. But there are still 14 episodes to go, and I trust in this series.
But oh, it's so beautiful and heartbreaking, and I love how it references all those moments from the past -- the ferry ride, the festival, the haircut.
I luxuriate when watching episodes of H&C; something about it is so soothing. It's the gorgeous watercolors in the animation, the gentle voiceovers, the quiet realizations that are so close to ones that I've experienced. It makes me feel at peace with myself, even when I don't know where I'm going or what I'm doing, because that's how the characters feel as well.
Oh, Takemoto! At first, I wanted them to cut back to Mayama and Yamada and Hagu more, because I love Yamada so much, but then, Takemoto's trip won me over. Just, the sound of the bicycle wheels, the moment he falls off, finds himself unhurt, and lies back, hand reaching up toward the sky.
I loved the moment when he hit the northernmost part of Japan and the wonder of it, the feeling of coming to an end. I loved that he worked with his hands and had to learn from ground up. It seemed fitting. And when he goes back, he hasn't found himself or his path, but he's gained a new confidence along with his tan. I grinned when he stopped another disastrous haircut from Morita, and I was smiling so widely my cheeks hurt that last part, when he finally tells Hagu he's in love with her.
And, part of me is sad at the open-endedness, but the other part of me likes it (moreso for Takemoto than for Yamada though). It's fitting that he gets no real reply from Hagu; the point isn't if she returns the feeling or not. The point is that he can express his feelings in the first place. I think the only thing more that I wanted was a moment like that for Yamada -- Mayama has had his, when he quits Fujiwara Design and goes to work for Rika. You don't know if it'll work out, but that doesn't matter; the important moment is the decision itself.
I think I just wanted some choice for Yamada to make. But there are still 14 episodes to go, and I trust in this series.
But oh, it's so beautiful and heartbreaking, and I love how it references all those moments from the past -- the ferry ride, the festival, the haircut.
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Tue, Jan. 16th, 2007 11:51 pm (UTC)YES. That's so true. My heart hurts when I think about how much Takemoto has grown during the course of the first season; I just want to hug him. As a character, he sort of snuck up on me; I wasn't as interested in him early on, and by the end I just loved him.
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Wed, Jan. 17th, 2007 01:23 am (UTC)