HONEY CANON ♠ Haruya Takamiya

Bad Luck
Size/Page: B5/24
Language: Japanese
Published: 2007.05.04
Pairing(s): None. 10 squad, Orihime, and Hinamori
Rate/Genre: G - General, fluff

Caramelo Familia
Size/Page: B5/18
Language: Japanese
Published: 2006.08.12
Pairing(s): none. Arrancar-centric
Rate/Genre: G - General

I already liked the look of the Arrancar in the series before I decided to buy this one, but WOW. Arrancar (GRIMMJOW. YUM.) backed with the insane abilities of Honey Canon and you get this. My only complaint is that the doujinshi is positively tiny at 18 pages. More please!

Double Star
Size/Page: B5/22
Language: Japanese
Published: 2006.05.03
Pairing(s): Renji x Rukia, Byakuya
Rate/Genre: G - Fluff, romance

Ghost Heart
Size/Page: B5/14
Language: Japanese
Published: 2005.02.20
Pairing(s): None. Third Division only
Rate/Genre: G - General

Ginsenka
Size/Page: B5/26
Language: Japanese
Published: 2006.03.19
Pairing(s): Gin x Rangiku
Rate/Genre: G - General

Hakka
Size/Page: B5/18
Language: Japanese
Published: 2005.05.04
Pairing(s): Hitsugaya x Hinamori
Rate/Genre: G - Serious

Harujion
Size/Page: B5/40
Language: Japanese
Published: 2004.08.13
Pairing(s): Renji x Rukia
Rate/Genre: G - Serious, drama

Last Eden
Size/Page: B5/18
Language: Japanese
Published: 2005.08.13
Pairing(s): Hitsugaya x Hinamori
Rate/Genre: G - Slight angst, slight romance

Marionette Lab
Size/Page: B5/18
Language: Japanese
Published: 2004.10.24
Pairing(s): Mayuri x Nemi, Akon x ?
Rate/Genre: G - General, slight humour

I'm not trying to be mysterious. I've either forgotten or never bothered to learn the name of the girl holding the broom and standing beside Akon on the cover. Whoever she is, that is who Akon is "paired" with. If anyone knows her name, please drop me a line in the shoutbox, and I'll fix up this post right away :)

Natsukaze
Size/Page: B5/42
Language: Japanese
Published: 2007.08.18
Pairing(s): Gin x Rangiku
Rate/Genre: G - General, romance

Non
Size/Page: B5/48
Language: Japanese
Published: 2008.05.04
Pairing(s): Nnoitra x Nell
Rate/Genre: G - Humour, general

This doujinshi has 2 colour pages with—and I have to mention it—a randomly hot almost tongue in mouth scene between Nnoitra and Nell.

Petit
Size/Page: A5/16
Language: Japanese
Published: 2008.03.16
Pairing(s): Renji x Rukia
Rate/Genre: G - General

Rest
Size/Page: B5/38
Language: Japanese
Published: 2007.01.07
Pairing(s): Renji x Rukia
Rate/Genre: R - Soft H, romance, some humour

Ah, just the way I like Renji--with his hair down ♥ And he has it down for the entire doujinshi too. Can we say SCORE?

More on this doujinshi later, as soon as I recover from Honey Canon's gorgeous art.

Runaway
Size/Page: B5/18
Language: Japanese
Published: 2004.12.29
Pairing(s): Renji x Rukia
Rate/Genre: G - General, slight humour

Slow Match
Size/Page: B5/18
Language: Japanese
Published: 2006.09.24
Pairing(s): Renji x Rukia
Rate/Genre: G - Romance, slight humour

Sumi
Size/Page: B5/34
Language: Japanese
Published: 2007.12.30
Pairing(s): Renji x Rukia
Rate/Genre: G - Romance, romance, humour

Renji and Rukia spend some time doodling and ultimately cuddling ♥

Syuku
Size/Page: B5/38
Language: Japanese
Published: 2007.08.18
Pairing(s): Renji x Rukia, Byakuya
Rate/Genre: G - Fluff, romance, some humour

I forget which episode and manga chapter it's referencing, but Syuku is about how Renji and Rukia ge tthe cloaks they were to Hueco Mundo. I remember that Ichigo asks where Rukia got her cloak, and she mentions that Byakuya gave the cloaks to them. And I also remember the blush she had when she said it ♥ Quite funny and sweet, and who doesn't love an over-protective Byakuya?

Togirenu Ito
Size/Page: B5/32
Language: Japanese
Published: 2005.05.04
Pairing(s): Renji x Rukia
Rate/Genre: R - Soft H, romance, light drama

Ultra-Vitality
Size/Page: B5/22
Language: Japanese
Published: 2004.09.12
Pairing(s): None. Death side only
Rate/Genre: G - Gag, humour

Unbalance
Size/Page: B5/28
Language: Japanese
Published: 2004.12.29
Pairing(s): Slight Gin x Rangiku, light Hitsugaya x Rangiku
Rate/Genre: G - General, some humour

Hitsugaya indulges in some under-age drinking here, but oh, does he do it so sweetly ♥

My favourite part of this doujinshi has to be the dynamic that you see between the division 10 captain and his vice-captain. I think that Hitsugaya and Matsumoto's relationship is unique in all of Soul Society, and Haruya Takamiya captured their playful and serious sides very well.

And if you do not like either pairing, then buy it for the cover alone. Simple but beautiful.

Urara
Size/Page: B5/18
Language: Japanese
Published: 2005.08.13
Pairing(s): Renji x Rukia, slight Byakuya x Rukia
Rate/Genre: G - General

Yuki Asobi
Size/Page: B5/34
Language: Japanese
Published: 2006.12.30
Pairing(s): Gin x Rangiku
Rate/Genre: G - General, slight romance, humour

Young GinRan, from when they have only been in Soul Society for a bit--when Gin isn't a captain yet but a vice captain to Aizen and Rangiku hasn't been assigned to Hitsugaya.

There is also a story of them when they are younger and still struggling to survive. It's winter and little Rangiku is sleeping away on her futon when Gin sneaks up. One moment, he's just watching her sleep and the next he's whipped the cover off her. Rangiku, of course, is not pleased. After blasting him, she turns away and falls back asleep. The next time she wakes up, she turns to find that Gin is gone and nowhere to be seen.

She finds him outside, playing in the snow. And like the cover shows, he's making a snowman. Rangiku watches him for a while before drawing a face on the top most ball of snow. It looks like Gin! Gin retaliates by adding extra bits of snow to the snowman--breasts. And you know there's only one person with assets like that...

Rangiku ends up mercilessly kicking the snowman apart, much to the disappointment of Gin. He wants to rebuild but finds that his hands are too cold to do so. Rangiku watches him blow on his hands to warm them up and remembers back to when she first meets Gin. He took care of her then, so she would take care of him now. Taking the scarf from around her neck, Rangiku puts it on Gin. She turns away, embarrassed, but he catches her from behind and hugs her.

And being Gin, he goes further and lifts up the throw that Rangiku has on over her kimono and they end up sharing the jacket together. This scene is definitely a sweet GinRan moment--especially when they try and walk!

Yumemushi
Size/Page: B5/26
Language: Japanese
Published: 2007.03.18
Pairing(s): Renji x Rukia
Rate/Genre: G - Light romance, some humour

This probably has to be my favourite RenRuki doujinshi that Honey Canon has put out so far -- that is, out of the G-rated doujinshi she has produced ;) The situations that Haruya Takamiya is able to put these two in just astounds me every time.

And what's most enjoyable is how in-character they are. Renji and Rukia still have that snappy, almost competitive edge to their relationship and yet when they are alone, the soft, intimate moments come out of them too. The scene where Renji pats his knee, telling Rukia where exactly he wanted her to sit was just priceless.