If you loved Honey Lemon Soda, try Honey
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Both films are directed by Kōji Shintoku, and they both carry the bittersweet, foreign gem, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Honey Lemon Soda, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Honey is
Here's a manga adaptation that leans hard into both archetypes. A timid high schooler is strong-armed into a marriage pact with her school's resident delinquent. Of course, he's secretly a softie, which makes this whole thing almost bearable.
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