Hana Yori Dango: Boyfriends from Hell
Feb. 3rd, 2006 01:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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katranna and aliterati recommended, and WTF? The romantic interests in this one get the award for the worst choices ever. I like Tsukushi and this is her dating pool?
We have Rui, the guy she crushes on, who is not only into another woman (whatever), but is passive-agressive, unreliable (never know if he'll save you or just find it too much bother), thoughtlessly inconsiderately solipcistic ("women think only of themselves" after he basically insults the girl), with a huge Madonna/Whore complex (he gets the girl he likes into the bedroom and then freaks at her because "what kind of woman are you to be here with me?")
Aaaaand we have Doumyouji. Forget the fact that his method of wooing seems to be that of a 5 year old. Hint: when you want to treat a girl to a spa trip, you don't kidnap her and you don't insult her afterwards telling she could never afford it on her own. When you want to hang out with her, you don't tell her "we can't be seen talking in school, but when no one sees we can hang out." And you don't keep insulting her because chances are she won't see this as demonstration of affection. Fine, whatever, he is immature, snobbish, and bullies other students. But that's not even what got me wanting to get into the show and decapitate him. Hello, the object of your affections likes another guy (what a shock, and you are such a gentleman, too!) You can sulk. Or date someone else. Or even yell at her (even if you are not dating). Whatever.
What you DON'T do is to go into a literally uncontrollable rage and almost murder some offense-less underclassman by trying to beat him to death and then when a school nurse stops it you don't almost brain her by busting a window. Also, when you find the object of your affections and she has a little tacky toy which says "I love Rui" acceptable things to do? Break the toy. Sulk. Listen to emo music. Do not, and I repeat, do not, even if you are still in your horrendous temper tantrum rage, pin her to the wall and then try to hit her and bury your fist in the wall instead only because she moves. Fine, I am cutting some slack here because levels of violence in this thing are rather cartoonishly high, but even if I let this slide, you do NOT run after her when she manages to break free, and when she falls down you do not jump on top of her in the middle of the hallway and kiss her willy-nilly and start unbuttoning her clothes. Points for snapping out of it when she starts crying and pleading. Yay, you are not a rapist today. Congratulations. Now that she came home covered in bruises from this little exercise, I am sure she will look kindly on you.
You have got to be kidding me. Does it make him interesting? Heck yeah. A boyfriend? No freaking way. He better have Duncan-like blackouts when he goes mad or has some childhood trama or undergoes massive therapy because otherwise the thought of her ending up with him is horrifying, even with allowance for anime exaggeration.
katranna and aliterati recommended, and WTF? The romantic interests in this one get the award for the worst choices ever. I like Tsukushi and this is her dating pool?We have Rui, the guy she crushes on, who is not only into another woman (whatever), but is passive-agressive, unreliable (never know if he'll save you or just find it too much bother), thoughtlessly inconsiderately solipcistic ("women think only of themselves" after he basically insults the girl), with a huge Madonna/Whore complex (he gets the girl he likes into the bedroom and then freaks at her because "what kind of woman are you to be here with me?")
Aaaaand we have Doumyouji. Forget the fact that his method of wooing seems to be that of a 5 year old. Hint: when you want to treat a girl to a spa trip, you don't kidnap her and you don't insult her afterwards telling she could never afford it on her own. When you want to hang out with her, you don't tell her "we can't be seen talking in school, but when no one sees we can hang out." And you don't keep insulting her because chances are she won't see this as demonstration of affection. Fine, whatever, he is immature, snobbish, and bullies other students. But that's not even what got me wanting to get into the show and decapitate him. Hello, the object of your affections likes another guy (what a shock, and you are such a gentleman, too!) You can sulk. Or date someone else. Or even yell at her (even if you are not dating). Whatever.
What you DON'T do is to go into a literally uncontrollable rage and almost murder some offense-less underclassman by trying to beat him to death and then when a school nurse stops it you don't almost brain her by busting a window. Also, when you find the object of your affections and she has a little tacky toy which says "I love Rui" acceptable things to do? Break the toy. Sulk. Listen to emo music. Do not, and I repeat, do not, even if you are still in your horrendous temper tantrum rage, pin her to the wall and then try to hit her and bury your fist in the wall instead only because she moves. Fine, I am cutting some slack here because levels of violence in this thing are rather cartoonishly high, but even if I let this slide, you do NOT run after her when she manages to break free, and when she falls down you do not jump on top of her in the middle of the hallway and kiss her willy-nilly and start unbuttoning her clothes. Points for snapping out of it when she starts crying and pleading. Yay, you are not a rapist today. Congratulations. Now that she came home covered in bruises from this little exercise, I am sure she will look kindly on you.
You have got to be kidding me. Does it make him interesting? Heck yeah. A boyfriend? No freaking way. He better have Duncan-like blackouts when he goes mad or has some childhood trama or undergoes massive therapy because otherwise the thought of her ending up with him is horrifying, even with allowance for anime exaggeration.
