is a shōjo manga series by Miki Aihara, originally published in Japan by Shogakukan. The series began serialization in the manga magazine Cheese! in December 2006, with the first tankobon published on June 26, 2007, and the latest volume, the 6th volume, on December 24, 2009.
Honey Hunt is licensed for English language publication in North America by Viz Media. It premiered in Viz's monthly manga anthology Shojo Beat in the September 2008 issue. The first volume was published on April 7, 2009. In 2009, Honey Hunt went on hiatus.
Plot
Quiet and unassuming Yura Onozuka lives in the shadow of her famous parents - Yukari, a beautiful and talented actress, and Takayuki, the first Japanese composer to win an Academy Award. When Yukari coldly announces that she and Takayuki are getting divorced, and Yura learns that Yukari has been sleeping with her best friend and crush, Shinsuke, Yura feels abandoned and left alone by everyone around her.
Yura decides to become an actress with the goal of becoming better than Yukari so that she can show everyone that she is worth something as an individual, and not be judged a disappointment because she is continuously compared to her parents. Keiichi Mizorogi, a professional manager formerly employed by Takayuki, scouts Yura and aids her in her quest.
Yura gradually develops the confidence to land the lead role in an upcoming television drama series. Along the way, she also gains the interest of two rising male idols - composer Q-Ta Minamitani, who first meets Yura when she is running away from her hotel during her parents' divorce, and his twin brother Haruka, a member of popular band Knights and the male lead of the drama Yura will star in.
Characters
The protagonist of the series, Yura is a quiet and unassuming third-year high schooler. She is used to people trying to get close to her because of her famous parents. She is betrayed by her neighbor, best friend, and first love, Shinsuke, who she thought was the only one on her side, when she learns he is sleeping with Yukari. With some help from others, she decides to embark into the entertainment industry to get back at Yukari. As Yura follows through with her journey as an actress, it is then when her previously unknown potential becomes evident.
Yukari is Yura's mother, a talented actress whose beauty conceals a selfish and cold personality. Though she publicly says that she and Yura are close and often spend time together, she is rarely at home and is very distant toward her daughter. She and her husband have mutually agreed to remain together only for their careers and divorce only when their extramarital affairs are exposed. She expresses no interest in being Yura's mother and belittles Yura's efforts to become an actress. It is eventually revealed that Yukari actually loves Takayuki and had been confident in her own beauty. After Yura's birth, Yukari became extremely jealous of how Takayuki gave all his attention to their daughter. She began to emotionally invest in remaining beautiful so that her daughter would never upstage her. When Takayuki only wanted bring Yura with him to New York, Yukari is deeply hurt and prevented him from taking Yura. She extends her efforts to keep Takayuki away from his daughter by lying to Yura that her father stayed away from home because he hated Yura.
Keiichi Mizorogi is Yura's manager, who used to manage her father. He is young, but he knows what he's doing as a manager. He knows show business like the back of his hand, and has the big production company, "Baisho Entertainment", behind him. While at the same time, he's the president of the "Meteorite Productions". He has managed many award-winning celebrities, such as Yura's father. Because of his vast knowledge of the show-biz world, he knows exactly what he needs to do to have his talents go to the top. Yura likes to call him "Shachou", meaning "Boss". It is later revealed that Keiichi's feelings for Yura might be more than just a manager/employee relationship. This becomes evident when he starts to forbid the relationship between Q-Ta and Yura, claiming that it will hurt her future career, though he also secretly wants Yura to himself. He denies being jealous of Q-Ta, or having feelings for Yura, but his actions prove otherwise.