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Hana Kimi was my first drama, I found it really great and it's what led me to watch other dramas :)

I dunno, I found it really good. It was extremely stupidly funny and Nakatsu really made almost every episode! I thought Horikitty was too pretty to be a guy but it added to a reason why Nakatsu would like her in the first place?
Oguri looked good too, sort of like his Rui role in HYD.

I don't think anyone would have watched through this if they weren't in love with Jun. Uhm yeah, it was actually okay. It's just that at many times it moved painfully slow and boring. I liked the story and all, and in the end there was no romance and it was based solely on cooking.
For me personally, watching Jun in that amazingly sexy hair of his and cooking this delicious spaghetti (YUMMY) caught most of my attention... maybe that's why I got through this drama and even rated it quite high. Don't keel me though, I thought the story was quite good, and guiltily, my ranking went up after Bambi quit smoking.

I thought Honey and Clover was INCREDIBLY slow to watch at some points. The story itself was pretty good and I'd heard a lot about the manga so I decided to watch this (and the fact Toma was in it).

Things really started picking up the last half of the series and especially enjoyed seeing things between Ayumi, Mayama and Nomiya pick up.
Toma did a good just as Takemoto, a contradictive character as opposed to his role as Nakatsu in Hana Kimi. Personally I think the Nakatsu side suits him more because he has a nice smile.
The rest of the cast did VERY well. My favourite character was Nomiya.. though I don't know why I like him the most XD

Overall the drama was okay, though the manga would probably have been better. I watched through this mainly because of Ayumi and Nomiya, and also because Toma was in it. Personally I wanted to stop watching during the first few episodes becuase it was so slow, but the end definitely improved from the beginning.

Worth watching because of high expectations from the manga and for the characters, but I'd say not worth buying.

Very good drama played by very good actors/actresses and very good story.

This drama was not as predictable as people say it is. I would say that when I first watched episode 1-3 I thought FOR SURE Rui and Makino would get together. As the series went on I felt it seemed it was impossible for Makino to like Domyouji.

The music was pretty good although I prefer season two's music.
I loved the comedy and how Domyouji sucks at japanese. (how attractive ne?) Well produced and very cute story!

The ending left me greedy for more. Watch season two! It's just as great with lots more drama.

[WARNING - SPOILERS]

I felt Season two was just as good as one, but I really didn't like how there were just so many coincidences and caused so much conflict out of sheer misfortune. In season one there was more comedy as well as a better storyline, and in season two it involves a lot more drama and serious parts.

The cast played very well as always, though I felt that Jun and Mao acted better in season one because of the fact that they seemed much more cheerful and funny. I like how we get to see more of Rui, Akira and Nishikada.

The music is great as always, I REALLY loved Flavor of Life, whenever I listen to it I feel the emotions rushing back to me from the episodes where I cried since the song always played then.

The story was pretty good (excluding the coincidences). Shigeru added a lot of BANG to the season because of the conflict - I'm sorry to say but I didn't like her as a character; she was super crazy, then all lovey-dovey, then all evil and back to goody-goody. I think that she caused too much miscommunication for Makino and Domyouji.

I would also have to say to people who claim this drama was very predictible, that I disagree. This is because there were many characters that could possibly have gotten together with Makino and Domyouji. At several points into the drama I really thought that Makino would get together with Rui and Domyouji with Shigeru. Also because of the coincidences it was hard to predict what would happen.

Overall season two was really good. The only person I reallllly HATED was Umi. Totally pissed me off when she stole Domyouji AND almost killed Makino. My favourite parts would be when Domyouji went all tense and started making dumb jokes - shakePEER LOL,(I think ep4 or so), the part when they see Shigeru off and Domyouji and Makino hold hands (SO CUTE FOR LIKE 5 SECONDS ;_;), and a bunch of other parts with Makino and Domyouji together.

The ending was beautiful; I felt very satisfied after watching it and I would have to say it is a very good drama - Makino and Domyouji FOREVER. <3