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dangermousieI am continuing with my watch of the Hana Yori Dango jdorama. Relax, I am not really going to go into in-depth character analysis, because I think I've already wrote up pages and pages of character analysis on the anime and the Taiwanese live action (Meteor Garden) versions, and the characters and the story are basically the same.
I do like both anime and the Taiwanese mini better, because they have a lot more room to develop the characters (anime being 50+ eps and MG being around 20 or so hours). Character transitions feel somewhat abrupt in the jdorama as a LOT of stuff has been left out. Still, this is definitely very entertaining, though I have no idea how I would have found this if I haven't seen the anime and MG. I think the girl who plays Makino Tsukushi is super adorable and though I found the actor who plays Doumyouji nothing like my image of him at first, he's certainly grown on me and I really like him now. And they have good chemistry. I love it whenever he is so proud of her being bossy and cool and everything.
Kaede creeps me the hell out. She is the scariest one yet (if I were Tsukushi, I'd never marry into that family because I'd have to see that woman from time to time). I adore the soundrack (anyone knows what's on it. It's really good. I especially like the song playing when Domyouji rushes to rescue Tsukushi). I also find it interesting that this version made explicit the connection between Doumyouji's violence and his alienation.
This actually made me browse the manga shelf in the bookstore today, and HYD (called Boys Over Flowers) is up to volume 19. It's up to the part where Tsukushi ends up being a maid in Doumyouji's house (and has to wake him up in the morning. Hey, she better feel grateful she doesn't have to wake ME) which I remember from MG. Cuteness and hilarity abounds: gosh, they are so teenagerish. Make out session follows this pattern. She: hey, don't touch my breasts, they are mine. He: so what am I to do? She: you are supposed to ask permission He: 'So if I ask 'can I touch them?' that's OK? She: that's not what I meant *headdesk.* (This is paraphrased but pretty close to the gist). And she 'orders' him on a poor person date and it's all pretty cool but I wonder why these characters are never drawn with any teeth. Didn't they get enough citrus as children? I am also wondering what on earth happens in that manga later because it went for 36 volumes and it's getting pretty close to where MG ended (I think 5-6 volumes tops) so what on earth happens after? Funnily, as I was leaving the store, I saw a girl sit on the floor and grab a volume and start reading. Heh.
This is actually making me want to rewatch MG. Or even better, Mars, which is the one that started my Asian live action series obsession. Yeah, actually I am going to rewatch that next.
I do like both anime and the Taiwanese mini better, because they have a lot more room to develop the characters (anime being 50+ eps and MG being around 20 or so hours). Character transitions feel somewhat abrupt in the jdorama as a LOT of stuff has been left out. Still, this is definitely very entertaining, though I have no idea how I would have found this if I haven't seen the anime and MG. I think the girl who plays Makino Tsukushi is super adorable and though I found the actor who plays Doumyouji nothing like my image of him at first, he's certainly grown on me and I really like him now. And they have good chemistry. I love it whenever he is so proud of her being bossy and cool and everything.
Kaede creeps me the hell out. She is the scariest one yet (if I were Tsukushi, I'd never marry into that family because I'd have to see that woman from time to time). I adore the soundrack (anyone knows what's on it. It's really good. I especially like the song playing when Domyouji rushes to rescue Tsukushi). I also find it interesting that this version made explicit the connection between Doumyouji's violence and his alienation.
This actually made me browse the manga shelf in the bookstore today, and HYD (called Boys Over Flowers) is up to volume 19. It's up to the part where Tsukushi ends up being a maid in Doumyouji's house (and has to wake him up in the morning. Hey, she better feel grateful she doesn't have to wake ME) which I remember from MG. Cuteness and hilarity abounds: gosh, they are so teenagerish. Make out session follows this pattern. She: hey, don't touch my breasts, they are mine. He: so what am I to do? She: you are supposed to ask permission He: 'So if I ask 'can I touch them?' that's OK? She: that's not what I meant *headdesk.* (This is paraphrased but pretty close to the gist). And she 'orders' him on a poor person date and it's all pretty cool but I wonder why these characters are never drawn with any teeth. Didn't they get enough citrus as children? I am also wondering what on earth happens in that manga later because it went for 36 volumes and it's getting pretty close to where MG ended (I think 5-6 volumes tops) so what on earth happens after? Funnily, as I was leaving the store, I saw a girl sit on the floor and grab a volume and start reading. Heh.
This is actually making me want to rewatch MG. Or even better, Mars, which is the one that started my Asian live action series obsession. Yeah, actually I am going to rewatch that next.
