Honey and Clover II, ep. 08-09
Wed, Jan. 24th, 2007 01:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oyceterI was actually going to try to finish watching tonight, except homework took longer than expected =(. I'm not even done yet! Oh well, will try to do more on Thursday.
And oh... I want to draw this out, because there are only three more episodes left, and they keep getting better.
Oh Hagu. Oh. I was so scared she would hurt herself, especially after that "I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't paint" teaser, and I thought it would be too emo. Except, the show never puts a foot wrong, and it's an awful accident. It works because they don't show it, because all we see are the moments leading up to it and the scattered pieces right after.
And instead of concentrating on the big gaping hole of angst that is Hagu not being able to paint again, there's that focus on the small moments -- Hagu trying to stay awake, her father's back silhouetted in a doorframe, on his way out with someone else, matching bruises on Hagu and Hanamoto-sensei's hands. I also love that while there is the romantic focus on Takemoto and Hagu, equal importance is placed on Hagu's relationship with Hanamoto-sensei and Hagu's friendship with Yamada. I also love that the Nomiya-Yamada sort-of romance takes second-place here; Nomiya isn't the main focus, he's there to tell Yamada to stay by Hagu.
Though I was still totally amused by Miwako and Yamazaki's reactions. Oh Nomiya. That veneer of cool is really just not working anymore, is it? And you are so much more awesome when you can't do anything but mock yourself.
I'm glad we got to see snippets of Mayama and Morita as well, though I have to say, Kaoru's emotional pain is really taking a veeeeeerrrrry small slice of my attention right now. I wonder if Morita even knows?
Also... *hugs Hagu*
I liked her before, but I love her now: the way she's not being chipper like a normal shoujo heroine would, her determination, her quiet strength, the snippets of her just looking at things like gingko leaves against blue sky and knowing that she's seeing something in a different way.
And oh... I want to draw this out, because there are only three more episodes left, and they keep getting better.
Oh Hagu. Oh. I was so scared she would hurt herself, especially after that "I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't paint" teaser, and I thought it would be too emo. Except, the show never puts a foot wrong, and it's an awful accident. It works because they don't show it, because all we see are the moments leading up to it and the scattered pieces right after.
And instead of concentrating on the big gaping hole of angst that is Hagu not being able to paint again, there's that focus on the small moments -- Hagu trying to stay awake, her father's back silhouetted in a doorframe, on his way out with someone else, matching bruises on Hagu and Hanamoto-sensei's hands. I also love that while there is the romantic focus on Takemoto and Hagu, equal importance is placed on Hagu's relationship with Hanamoto-sensei and Hagu's friendship with Yamada. I also love that the Nomiya-Yamada sort-of romance takes second-place here; Nomiya isn't the main focus, he's there to tell Yamada to stay by Hagu.
Though I was still totally amused by Miwako and Yamazaki's reactions. Oh Nomiya. That veneer of cool is really just not working anymore, is it? And you are so much more awesome when you can't do anything but mock yourself.
I'm glad we got to see snippets of Mayama and Morita as well, though I have to say, Kaoru's emotional pain is really taking a veeeeeerrrrry small slice of my attention right now. I wonder if Morita even knows?
Also... *hugs Hagu*
I liked her before, but I love her now: the way she's not being chipper like a normal shoujo heroine would, her determination, her quiet strength, the snippets of her just looking at things like gingko leaves against blue sky and knowing that she's seeing something in a different way.
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