Honey Moon Marmalade

You do think when you fall in love for the first time, it would last forever, it would be sweet and leave a trail of heartwarming memories. However, this isn't the case in most first love stories. And it is hard to keep believing in true love after being rejected by your first crush.

HMM follows high schooler Kotonoha through her final years, as she chases her dreams of becoming a writer and tries to forget about her first love. On the way she meets Yukinari, another student, who is desperately in love with her novels. Trying to find joy in everyday life again, after losing trace of reality in her crush - a teacher - her darkest secret gets unveiled by literature club member Akira, her schools cross-dressing top deliquent. Fearing her secret of being a online novelist would be revealed in front of her newly found friends, she follows Akiras directions into a make-believe relationship with Yukinari. Caught up in a cat-and-mouse game, and somewhere along the lines of her first hit novel, she manages to find true love, though not where she expected.

Overall HMM is the tragic, yet amusing story of a young couple and their way through growing up, holding on and letting go. It describes the difficult times we all face. Making decisions, right and wrong that lead us to a future yet unknown.

Written in Japanese cell phone novel style, HMM combines poetry and prose, cinematic time leaps and a unique approach to everyday elements through the eyes of a poetic prodigy.