Split

時が過ぎて
何もかもが　思い出になる日は　きっとくる。。。
でも
僕がいて
君がいて
みんながいて
たったひとつのものを探した
あの奇跡のような日々は　
いつまでも　甘い　痛みとともに　
胸の中の　遠い場所で　ずっと
なつかしく　まわりつずけるんだ。。。

"Although time will pass and the day when everything will become a mere memory will come, I was there, you were there, everyone was there, looking for only one thing under those miraculous days. No matter when, it feels sweet and painful at the same time. It will remain in that distant place in my heart. Always feels nostalgic, always turning". - Honey & Clover 12 [End]

My hat's off to mangaka Umino Chika and the Hachikuro production & animation team.
Hachimitsu to Kuroba is truly a wonderful story unparalled by many others of the similar genre. It is probably the only series that could make me laugh and cry over the lives of the individuals so wonderfully portrayed in the story.

The end of Honey & Clover season 2 at such a serene yet bittersweet note gave a powerful meaning to the ending theme of Honey & Clover II by Suneohair - Split.

Honey & Clover II ED: SPLIT
By Suneohair

ありふれている 気持ちなんてさ
何も言わずにいっそ
消えてしまえば楽になれるのに

見つめ合ってた君の瞳に
映る自分が揺れてる
とぼけた様に口を開けたまま

それぞれの道を行く
その分かれ道
もう二度と逢う事の無い
出会いは悲しすぎる

足りない気持ちを持ち寄って
温めた先から冷えていって
そんなはずないって信じてる
一体いつまで同じ言葉を
抱え込んでんだ 抱え込んでんだ

見つめ続ける君の瞳に
映る景色が変わった
僕の知らない新しいヒカリ

それぞれに道を行く
今、分かれ道
もう二度と振り返らない
気持ちが走り過ぎる

消えそうな夜に抱き合って
冷えきった体で縺れたって
何か足りないって感じてる
一体いつから嘘もため息も
抱え込んだんだ 支えきれない程

足りない気持ちを持ち寄って
温めた先から冷えていって
こんなはずないって信じてる
一体いつまで同じ言葉を
抱え込んでんだ 抱え込んでんだ

(If these dull emotions could just
Disappear sooner without a word
It would have been easier

When I gazed at you
I saw myself trembling in your eyes
My lips parted as though I had a blank expression

We went on our separate paths
At that crossroad
It pains me so much that
We may never meet again

Gathering emotions which are lacking
Things that were warmed just a while ago have grown cold
I couldn’t believe something like that
Just how long am I going to hold on to the same words
How long am I going to hold on…

When I continue to gaze at you
The seasons changed in your eyes
My new light which I’ve not known before

We will walk our separate paths
Now, at that crossroad
I can never look back again
My feelings are too overwhelming

You embrace me in the night that is about to disappear
Entangling me with your body which has grown cold
I feel that something is lacking
Just how long have I been holding on to
Lies and sighs to the point of falling apart

Gathering emotions which are lacking
Things that were warmed just a while ago have grown cold
I couldn’t believe something like this
Just how long am I going to hold on to the same words
How long am I going to hold on… )


～みはる～

Lyrics from Gendou anime music