REVIEW Hana Yori Dango
Season 1Manga: Kamio Yoko
Title: Hana Yori Dango /Boys over flowers
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 9
Theme Song: Wish by Arashi
Wish - ArashiInsert Song: Planetarium by Otsuka Ai
Planetarium - Ai OtsukaSynopsis:
Makino Tsukushi is the only poor student in Eitoku Gakuen, a school for rich people which is ruled by 4 boys, calling themselves Flower 4 or F4 in short: Domyoji Tsukasa, Hanazawa Rui, Nishikado Soujiro, Mimasaka Akira. They're coming from extremely rich families, everyone has resepct for. If a student get's on F4's bad side, he or she will get a red notice and will be bullied and driven out of school.
Makino hopes to pass her school days quietly without drawing any attention to her but one day, she stands up for her friend who is bullied by F4 and on the next day she get's the red notice too.... Even though her life turns into hell now she decides to stand up against F4 and continues going to school. Her resolve gets the attention of her crush Hanazawa Rui and, to her suprise, rouses romantic Feelings in her worst enemy Domyoji Tsukasa.
Season 2Episodes: 11
Theme Song: Love so Sweet by Arashi
Love So Sweet - ARASHIInsert Song: Flavor of Life by Utada Hikaru
Flavor_Of_Life - Utada hikaruSynopsis:
The second season of Hana Yori Dango picks up right after Domyoji has left for New York. After confessing to him, Makino has not talked to him for over a year. When they meet again, Domyoji seems to have turned into an completely different person. Back in japan, Domyojis wedding is anounced. Also, Hanazawa Rui, Makino's first love starts to fall in love with her. What will Makino do?
Cast: (only main characters)
Inoue Mao- Makino Tsukushi
Matsumoto Jun- Domyoji Tsukasa
Oguri Shun- Hanazawa Rui
Matsuda Shota- Nishikado Soujiro
Abe Tsuyoshi- Mimasaka Akira
Kato Nabuki- Okawahara Shigeru
Seto Saki- Asai Yuriko
Matsuoka Emiko- Yamano Minako
Sato Megumi- Sanjou Sakurako
Sada Mayumi- Todou Shizuka
My personal opinion:
Hana Yori Dango is one of the first jdoramas i've ever watched and it's one of my favorites. It's exciting, has a good cast and the story is very nice and cute. You won't feel bored at all because not a single moment is wasted. What i really missed a bit was more romantic action between Makino and Domyoji but i think it was because of the lack of time. I was really impressed how the main chracters were played. Matusmoto Jun really did a good job, it was like he almost became this arrogant Domyoji himself. Inoue Mao was really cute as Makino. I would really recomment you this drama. It's more than worth watching =).