Honey and Clover

For Yuta and his fellow art students, spring brings a new school year - and new feelings, with the appearance of adorable new student Hagumi.

Sophomore Yuta and senior Shinobu are both enamored with the talented sculptress Hagu, but Shinobu chooses odd ways to show his affection.

While Yuta gets to know Hagu better, he also learns of his friend Takumi's complicated relationship with older woman Rika; meanwhile, fellow student Ayumi pours our her feelings for Takumi to Shinobu.

A Christmas party hosted by Hagu and Professor Hanamoto brings the gang together, and alleviates (or triggers) some of their worries.

Yuta visits his mother for New Year's, and remembers his late father; then, the gang have a fun trip to a hot springs resort.

During a wintertime trip to the zoo, Professor Hanamoto tells Takumi more about Rika's past; then, the clock is ticking for Ayumi, Takumi, and Shinobu to finish their senior graduation projects.

After Professor Hanamoto announces that he will be gone for a year on a major project, his cousin Hagu has to make a difficult decision.

Yuta's birthday party devolves into a horrific game of art-student Twister; afterwards, Takumi and Ayumi anguish over how to give up their unrequited loves.

Hagu joins Ayumi in selling Christmas cakes, and finds her own unique way to contribute.

As the friends share a Tokyo-Bay boat ride, they think back over the past two years and their feelings for each other.

Professor Hanamoto returns from Mongolia; then, a shopping trip alone with Shinobu has Hagu flustered - and Yuta and the professor worried.

Hagu and Yuta are each adrift in melancholy, until an impulsive act by Shinobu leaves them both distraught.

After Shinobu suddenly goes abroad, Hagu throws herself into her work; for a break, Ayumi suggests dressing up to see the fireworks.

Though Takumi has settled into his new job at Fujiwara Design, he can't stop thinking about Rika - and yet, he can't help getting worried over his supervisor Nomiya's interest in Ayumi...

After wrestling with his feelings over Ayumi and Rika - and Nomiya's competition - Takumi finally makes a move.

As the school festival begins, Ayumi must face the fact that her cozy non-relationship cannot last forever.

Stressed over finishing his graduation project and finding a job, Yuta pushes himself to the point of collapse.

After winning a Mocademy Award, Shinobu is finally back in Japan - just in time for his very last chance to graduate, as an 8th-year student.

Ayumi's spontaneous decision to run away from the flower-viewing party with Nomiya has everyone talking.

Everyone has mixed feelings: Ayumi about Takumi, Takumi about his similarity to Nomiya, and Hagu about her future in the art world.

After an especially dramatic up and down in his job search, Yuta heads out on his bike - and keeps going.

Yuta faces a variety of challenges on his impromptu bike trip, and Ayumi meets Rika in person for the first time.

Needing to buy a replacement bike, Yuta takes a temporary job with a temple repair crew, which he finds almost satisfying enough to make him forget about his journey.

Rejuvenated, Yuta sets his sights on Hokkaido and the northernmost tip of Japan.