Back in the day I was quite disappointed that ViZ decided to issue the first season of Honey and Clover on DVD well ahead of the second half, because the story does not break into two neatly. Take it from here: no matter what Omo says, ef ~memo~ made complete sense without ef ~melo~. H&C makes no sense without H&C II. And to make it worse, ViZ clearly sat on the license longer than the realities of production dictated.

One way or the other, without much trumpeting, complete H&C is out on DVD and is safe to buy and watch. My own impression, oddly enough, was rather negative, but only because I disagreed strongly with some messages in it. It certainly was a quality production technically. H+C also induced bloging merriment. Good times.

UPDATE: Chris Beveridge twitters: "I swear, the Honey and Clover #anime must be one of the most dull and uninteresting shows ever." It wasn't my impression, but for people out there who put stock into his opinion, there you go.