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<blockquote data-quote="fabio de lunatico" data-source="post: 95532" data-attributes="member: 259">Honey &amp; Clover 1-4Decided to watch the first disc after reading ANN's review this morning.&nbsp; I kind of like it so far, I think, but I agree with the reviewer's take on the comedy.&nbsp; It's wacky and obnoxious, often surreal, and just really dumb.&nbsp; Maison Ikkoku never resorted to this kind of crap.&nbsp; And Hagu is utterly ridiculous.&nbsp; She's supposed to be 18 but looks and acts literally half that age.Then there's Viz's subtitles.&nbsp; They opted to use first names instead of how the characters are actually addresing one another, which is almost always with their last names.&nbsp; Not only is this jarring, but it removes that level of nuance that you get with Japanese naming conventions (that is, first names are generally only used when there's a certain familiarity between the speakers).&nbsp; Grr.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fabio de lunatico, post: 95532, member: 259"] [b]Honey & Clover 1-4[/b] Decided to watch the first disc after reading ANN's review this morning. I kind of like it so far, I think, but I agree with the reviewer's take on the comedy. It's wacky and obnoxious, often surreal, and just really dumb. Maison Ikkoku never resorted to this kind of crap. And Hagu is utterly ridiculous. She's supposed to be 18 but looks and acts literally half that age. Then there's Viz's subtitles. They opted to use first names instead of how the characters are actually addresing one another, which is almost always with their last names. Not only is this jarring, but it removes that level of nuance that you get with Japanese naming conventions (that is, first names are generally only used when there's a certain familiarity between the speakers). Grr. [/QUOTE]

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