Hana Yori Dango: I am so in love
Aug. 11th, 2006 12:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Okay, so well the lead male is a complete bastard at the begining of the series. And yes there is no excuse for how he behaves, because I would back my car over him. But then there is a scene where he begins to regret all of his actions and is horrifically beaten up for the girl he loves and the evil false friend of girl he loves is asking why he doesn't fight back and it's all so dark and guh and it is all so trying and deeply moving.
Right, then. If you like screwed up love, you'll love this, because everyone loves the wrong person. At least they do at the moment.
ETA: Also the school uniform is a bit like mine, Except we had a better tie. And I may be misremembering the quality of talent around in my my youth, but the boys' boarding school which was near ours also had very hot boys. In uniform.
ETA 2: Evil mum goes and tries to bribe heroine's family. But her mum tells her to piss off and pours food over her head and fakes a fit where she insists that the heroine marry the rich guy but then makes fun of it and it is a great scene, and you realise how the heroine's family is all about hanging together no matter what and it is great. Really, I am sucker for family mockery of outsiders scenes.
ETA 3: And heroine works in sushi shop with completely mad boss lady who is great and has endless stories of men she was in love with. I love boss lady.
Right, then. If you like screwed up love, you'll love this, because everyone loves the wrong person. At least they do at the moment.
ETA: Also the school uniform is a bit like mine, Except we had a better tie. And I may be misremembering the quality of talent around in my my youth, but the boys' boarding school which was near ours also had very hot boys. In uniform.
ETA 2: Evil mum goes and tries to bribe heroine's family. But her mum tells her to piss off and pours food over her head and fakes a fit where she insists that the heroine marry the rich guy but then makes fun of it and it is a great scene, and you realise how the heroine's family is all about hanging together no matter what and it is great. Really, I am sucker for family mockery of outsiders scenes.
ETA 3: And heroine works in sushi shop with completely mad boss lady who is great and has endless stories of men she was in love with. I love boss lady.
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Date: 2006-08-11 05:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-12 04:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-12 04:50 am (UTC)And I realised later that it wasn't a sushi shop, but I am too lazy to change my post :p.
This one was addictive, though.
The mum is one cold lady; I suspect the charity act at the end was only because she'd won and the boy was on his way to the states.
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Date: 2006-08-12 05:04 am (UTC)she'd won and the boy was on his way to the states
Also, even Kaede wouldn't want to be stuck in a small plane with a pissed off Domyouji for 14 hours :P
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Date: 2006-08-12 06:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-12 03:35 pm (UTC)It doesn't look like any other anime I've seen, which since you don't care for anime, might be a good thing (or turn you off even more). Also, they use only classical music for soundtrack, no modern pop. Once again, good or bad.
I do love to bits though and it has great voicework and stuff that is not either in MG or the jdorama versions. The manga has art that is a bit more conventional so might be worth checking out in the bookstore :P
Here are some scans from the anime and some posters so you can see for yourself whether it's your thing or not:
http://dangermousie.livejournal.com/316073.html
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Date: 2006-08-12 10:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-13 02:37 am (UTC)Yeah, especially since this thing is 36 volumes, only 19 of which have been published stateside.
If you like the look of the anime, then by all means you should get it, as it's very very good. I've bought mine on ebay. Just be careful to get the series and not the movie (even though my series DVDs have movie pics on the cover and I almost died from the horror as the movie is an AU set in a ballet school. Yes, really). I really really love it (usually, artwork is a make or break it thing for me, in anime, and the fact that I ended up marathonning this despite never getting into the artwork is a huge thing for me).
I do remember, since this was the first version of HYD I came across, how horrified I was in the beginning that the heroine, whom I really liked, was going to end up with Domyouji :P
the look of HYD (live action)
Date: 2006-08-12 10:21 pm (UTC)Actually this is a bit off the topic of your comment but you had talked about it in another comment. I think one of the elements I like about this is the off-kilter way it looks and is written. It's got a sense of humour about itself - even though it has angst as well- which is very appealling. This I feel is one of Tokyo Juliet's problems; silly Sui is always deadly serious about her angst and they can't ever show any commentary on the inherent silliness of the plot.
Re: the look of HYD (live action)
Date: 2006-08-13 02:39 am (UTC)True. I like the self-mocking stuff. But then of course neither Domyouji nor Tsukushi are typical star-crossed angsty protagonists (a la TJ). They are both bull-headed and immature and the show both mocks them and loves them and I like that too. It's not all "ohhhh, Romeo and Juliet redux," but more realizing the silliness or flaws.
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Date: 2006-08-12 03:39 pm (UTC)http://dangermousie.livejournal.com/334989.html#cutid5