Happiness! (visual novel)

Happiness! (はぴねす! Hapinesu!) is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Windmill released on October 21, 2005 for Windows PCs. The game was later ported to the PlayStation 2. An adult fan disc titled Happiness! Re:Lucks was developed by Windmill's sister brand Windmill Oasis and released on July 28, 2006 for Windows. A manga illustrated by Rino Fujii was serialized in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alive between 2006 and 2007. A series of novels were published by Harvest between 2006 and 2008. A 12-episode anime produced by Artland aired in Japan between October and December 2006, and an original video animation episode followed in January 2007.

Plot

Happiness! centers around Yūma Kohinata, a high school student attending Mizuhosaka Academy's regular section of the school, and his close friends Jun Watarase and Hachisuke Takamizo. The other section of the school, aptly named the magic section, was founded in order to train mages in the art of using magic. The day after Valentine's Day, a gas explosion at the magic section causes all the mages in training to transfer to the normal section for the time being. Two girls from the magic section, Haruhi Kamisaka and Anri Hiiragi, are placed in Yūma's class. Now Haruhi and her friends must adjust to the transfer into the normal section of Mizuhosaka Academy.

Le Bonheur (1965 film)

Le Bonheur ("Happiness") is a 1965 French drama film directed by Agnès Varda. The film is associated with the French New Wave and won two awards at the 15th Berlin International Film Festival, including the Jury Grand Prix. The film's notable colours resulted from the creation of a new colour negative because the original had faded during production.

Plot

François, a young carpenter working for his uncle, lives a comfortable and happy life in his marriage to his wife named Thérèse with which he has two seemingly perfect children, Pierrot and Gisou. Although finding abundant “le bonheur” in his marriage and indisputably loving his wife and children, François covetously pursues an extended happiness through an affair with a woman called Émilie whom he meets on a business trip. Émilie knows of and skeptically inquires François about his marriage to which he soothes her with charming words and continues in his infidelity. Finding love with Émilie in the afternoon and with Thérèse at night, François’ wife questions him on a family daytrip about the new level of happiness that he has experienced lately and which she has noticed. Finding himself unable to lie to his wife, François tells Thérèse the truth about his affair, but assures her that there is “more than enough happiness to go around, nothing has changed between them.” Thérèse is found dead shortly after hearing the news of her husband’s infidelity, news that essentially shatter her very character that is determined by her ability to feed her husband’s happiness. Left a widow, François responds with a short period of mourning followed by a continued pursuit of Émilie who gladly becomes his wife and the mother of his children. In completing his family with Émilie as a replacement for his late wife Thérèse, François’ life embodies a spirit of “le bonheur” once again despite his break with morality.

Happiness (2007 film)

Happiness (Hangul: 행복; RR: Haengbok) is a 2007 South Korean film, directed by Hur Jin-ho and starring Hwang Jung-min and Im Soo-jung. It is a love story about two people who meet while battling serious illnesses.

Plot

When stricken with a terminal disease, Young-su leaves his careless high life in the city, live-in girlfriend and dwindling business. He retreats to a sanatorium in the countryside in order to treat his illness, where he meets Eun-hee, a young woman who is a resident patient there. Soon they develop feelings for each other and leave the sanatorium together to live in a small but cozy farm house. Their health improves dramatically but when Young-su's friends from the city come for a visit, he starts to wonder if he should abandon mundane rural village and return to his former lifestyle.

Cast

  • Hwang Jung-min as Young-su
  • Im Soo-jung as Eun-hee
  • Kim Ki-cheon as Bu-nam
  • Yoo Seung-mok as Chae-kon
  • Gong Hyo-jin as Su-yeon
  • Lee Jae-hun as Seok-wo
  • Seo Jin-seok as Jin-seok
  • Kim Jin-ku as Yeong su's mother
  • Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Waiting For The Kid To Come Out

    by: Spoons

    This is the 'lectric
    Lounge
    No one's afraid to laugh
    So c'mon, man,
    Let me break your back
    Talk 'bout the Metalin
    And what's on tap,
    What else you come here
    What else could this be
    about?
    For me it's just
    Waiting for the kid to come
    Waiting for the kid to come
    And I'm finding out what this
    is about, yeah
    Waiting for the kid to come
    Let it be
    Seventeen years
    And the tradition, your dash
    lost track
    Everything comes back out (but you
    can't hold back)
    And this is like being alive (but
    Falls right out of your mouth, yeah
    (but you can't hold back)
    Here at the 'lectric
    Lounge
    (outside between the
    bands)
    No one's afraid to laugh
    And you get just what you come
    to expect
    You can stick a lot up your ass
    cause for me it's just
    Waiting for the kid to come
    Waiting for the kid to come
    And I'm finding out what this
    is about
    And I'm waiting for the kid to
    come out




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