{"id":340,"date":"2006-01-22T16:29:57","date_gmt":"2006-01-23T00:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/batrock.net\/anime\/?p=340"},"modified":"2006-01-22T16:29:57","modified_gmt":"2006-01-23T00:29:57","slug":"honey-and-clover-chapter-l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/batrock.net\/anime\/?p=340","title":{"rendered":"Honey and Clover – Chapter L"},"content":{"rendered":"

“I face a legend”<\/p>\n

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I thought it would be weird to see more Honey & Clover<\/I> outside of the context of the series, and damn if I wasn’t right. Chapter L is a certifiably insane story of kindness and ham that exists as episode “11.5” of Honey & Clover<\/i> (judging by its placement on the DVDs).
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\nOne night, Takemoto tells Hagu-chan of Lohmeyer-sempai, a kind and benevolent man who used to live in their apartment building. Lohmeyer-sempai worked as a meat delivery man, and each night he would bring his fellow apartment dwellers free ham. For this reason, they loved him … but one day, he went away.
\nThe second half of the episode sees Mayama tells Takemoto of Nyanzaburo, the mascot of the local theme park. For the two years that Nyanzaburo was portrayed by Lohmeyer-sempai, a man of two metres, the business at the park skyrocketed. Strangely, the biggest clientele was male students and old men …<\/p>\n

There’s not really much I can say about this tale of juicy, exploding ham. When Honey & Clover<\/I> is in super-comedy mode, it’s not overflowing with meaning. Amazingly Takemoto manages to make a fairly profound insight into the very nature of Lohmeyer-sempai, but he’s drowned out by the patently hilarious repeated use of the word “juicy” all throughought the episode.<\/p>\n

My bittersweet memories of Honey & Clover<\/I> were washed away by the gleeful yet nostalgic insanity of “Chapter L”. What a good place for a story: right before the series’ explosion. <\/p>\n

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