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happy" target="_blank">Happy happy" target="_blank">Happy Clover (はぴはぴクローバー, Hapi Hapi Kurōbā) is a Japanese Slice of life manga series created and illustrated by Sayuri Tatsuyama, serialized in Shogakukan's shōjo magazine Ciao from August 2005 to November 2008. Five tankōbon volumes were serialized in April 2006 to November 2008. Viz Media currently holds the license for the manga series. An anime adaptation by Group TAC officially aired on TV Aichi from July 6, 2007 to 28 September 2007, adapting some of the chapters from the first three volumes.
Summary
Chima is a young female rabbit who lives in the Crescent Moon Forest, a forest untouched by humans. Being friends with Gaku and Haru, she lives a rather good life but she desires to travel with Tabi-Usagi San, a male rabbit she adores but is deemed too young. One day when she is late for school, Gaku makes fun of her for being late. The same time, Professor Hoot announces the arrival of a new student: Meru. The four explore the forest they live in, getting in and out of trouble and learning things as they grow up while at the same time, Chima setting her goals to convince Tabi-Usagi San to take her along to his travels.
Characters
Note: Characters' names in English are shown on the right
= Main characters
=Chima (ちま, Chima) / Clover
Voiced by: Sayaka Narita
The main protagonist of the series, a white rabbit with a heart-shaped puff of fur at her neckline and purple eyes, she wears a four leaf clover (given from a human) next to her left ear. Chima is a lively, happy" target="_blank">happy bunny, who sometimes gets into trouble, dragging her friends along. She isn't very responsible sometimes and often her mistakes can escalate into bigger troubles in which she needs to resolve. She is also shown to be a scatterbrained, usually good at cooking and bad in sewing. In the epilogue, she ends up leaving Crescent Moon Forest to travel alongside Tabi-Usagi San.
Meru (メル, Meru) / Mallow
Voiced by: Tae Okajima
Chima's best friend, a light pink rabbit, with dark pink markings on her right eye all the way down to her right ear. With brown eyes and a big heart, Haru fell in love with her. She's calm, sweet, kind, and extremely intelligent. In the epilogue, she is married to Haru and had two children.
Gaku (ガク, Gaku) / Kale
Voiced by: Yumiko Kobayashi
A strong brown hare with amazing green eyes. Older brother to the sextuplets, who has to help his parents take care of them. He's friendly and loyal, but a little mysterious. He secretly has a crush on Thistle and sticks up for his friend Haru. In the end, he marries Luka (ルカ, Ruka, Thistle) and they had a son named Taka (タカ, Taka, Chard).
Haru (ハル, Haru) / Shallot
Voiced by: Akeno Watanabe
A yellowish-orange rabbit with glasses. He is extremely smart and always seen with a book. Chima calls him a nerd; in other words, a bookworm. He has a secret side, which isn't all about knowledge and books. He supports his best friend Kale and has a crush on Meru. In the end of the series, he marries Meru and has a daughter named Miru (ミル, Miru, Yarrow) and a son named Arl (アル, Aru, Bergamot).
Tabi-Usagi San/Raul (旅うさぎさん/ラウル, Tabi-Usagi San/Rauru) / Rambler/Bramble
Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu
A male rabbit who often travels to different forests, and tells the other animals stories about his adventures. He is quite a bit older than all the other rabbits and may have a crush on Chima. Chima is supposed to travel with him when she gets older, but he always refuses. Later chapters reveals about his past when he was young, as when he was playing outside the forest he witnessed a fire caused by Humans that destroyed his home and killed off his parents. Since that incident, he has been traveling ever since and later told everything to Chima about his past suffering.
Professor Hoot (ホッホー先生, Hohhō Sensei)
Voiced by: Chō
Professor Hoot is the teacher of the kids in the Crescent Moon Forest. A brown-horned owl who is Gruff, but secretly nice. Known for his dreaded invitations to his home, which usually includes bitter health tea which all his students hate, and his long stories about his youth. His father is named Rouhohhoo.
Hirari (ひらり, Hirari) / Hickory
Voiced by: Rumi Shishido
Hirari is Chima's babysitter, a flying squirrel. Calm, cool, collected, and nice to everyone, he is also afraid of spiders and eats a lot, and is allergic to Yum Yum Mushrooms.
= Minor characters
=Chima's Family (ちまの家族, Chima no Kazoku) / Clover's Family
Voiced by: Kana Uetake (Chima's Mother), Tetsuharu Ōta (Chima's Father)
Chima's only parents and family. Her father is a meteorologist and inventor while her mother is a renowned cook and admirer of her husband's inventions.
Tata (タタ, Tata) / Tip, Tete (テテ, Tete) / Top, Toto (トト, Toto) / Tap, Pupu (ププ, Pupu) / Flip, Pepe (ペペ, Pepe) / Flop and Popo (ポポ, Popo) / Flap
Voiced by: Yuka Nakatsukasa
Gaku's sextuplet younger brothers.
Yuta (ゆーた, Yuta) / Blackberry
Voiced by: Yoshihisa Kawahara
A male Asian black bear cub who's a close friend of Chima and Gaku. His family specializes on making Honey.
Bina (ビーナ, Bīna) / Forsythia
Voiced by: Miho Miyagawa
A female deer fawn, who is closely friends with Chima and Meru.
Charaku (チャラク, Charaku) / Cinnamon
Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki
A fox who is one of the forest's biggest pranksters. He lies to the denizens of the forest and is often seen with Kururi with their schemes, but sometimes falls flat when Chima busts them.
Kururi (クルリ, Kururi) / Twirl
Voiced by: Ai Shimizu
Charaku's friend and partner in crime. He's a squirrel who also likes to pull pranks on the denizens of the forest, but like Charaku, he also fails when busted.
Hiyo (ヒーヨ, Hīyo) and Dori (ドリー, Dorī) /Skye and Cloud
Voiced by: Tetsuharu Ōta (Hiyo), Yoshihisa Kawahara
Also known as the "Bulbull Brothers", they're a pair of rapping Brown-eared bulbul who sometimes annoys Chima and her friends and often competes with them.
Elle (エル, Eru) /Violet
Voiced by: Kotomi Iwamura
Haru's older sister, who has a calm demeanor like him and likes flowers, especially light grass flowers. Roy, her childhood friend appears to have a crush on him. Studies the lifespan of fireflies.
Media
= Manga
=The manga was originally created by Tatsuyama Sayuri. It was first serialized in the August 2005 issue of Ciao and later collected in five tankōbon volumes. Viz Media licensed the manga in 2009 and all 5 volumes were being released in English and later released through Amazon Kindle for digital distribution. The manga later gained a French translation in 2016 where the manga is called "happy" target="_blank">Happy Clover" and is distributed by Nobi-Nobi.
Volume list
= Anime
=An Anime adaptation was aired from July 6, 2007 to September 28, 2007 on Kids Station and TV Aichi in Japan. It was directed by Kazumi Nonaka and the anime only adapts the first 3 volumes of the Manga, only lasting for 13 episodes. The opening song is titled "Shiawase no Kakera" (シアワセのカケラ, lit. Pieces of Dreams) by Marimomi, the ending theme is titled "Aiiro no Sora no Shita de" (藍色の空の下で, lit. Under the Indigo Sky) by Mikuni Shimokawa.
Episode list
Games
There are two games, both released only in Japan.
ちゃおドリームタッチ! ハッピーあにばーさりー (Ciao Dream Touch! happy" target="_blank">Happy Anniversary)
Nintendo DS
7 December 2006
Marvelous Interactive
はぴはぴクローバー (happy" target="_blank">Happy happy" target="_blank">Happy Clover)
Nintendo DS
14 February 2008
Nippon Columbia Games
Notes
References
External links
(in Japanese) Hapiclo official website
happy" target="_blank">Happy happy" target="_blank">Happy Clover (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
happy" target="_blank">Happy happy" target="_blank">Happy Clover manga Volume 1 review
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