Hana Yori Dango 2

[lesbiassparrow]

Um, I am in a bit of a bind here. I have my traditions from seeing the lovely melodrama of Meteor Garden and reading the manga, but still Rui and Makino are a strangely attractive couple. And he has that whole 'I say little but I stand on sidelines being enigmatic'* thing going for him. And that is a very powerful thing.

I'm up to the horrid engagement dinner of Shiguri and Doumyouji, where I feel her parents should be thanking the heavens that they found a man who would want to be in the same room as her for more than five minutes. Look: you've got the most appalling daughter in the world and you can't afford to be picky. You should just thank the lord that you don't have to marry her off to the idiot son with no chin and 3 legs.

ETA: The only downside to Rui is his rather horrible taste in footwear. White patent shoes and dark trousers? Abomination!

*And helpful. Key to his appeal is that he is very helpful in a silent and probably rather emotionally scarred sort of way. But still, he would make you cups of tea and sort out taxes even as he dealt with emotional fall out in a possibly dangerous silence.

Comments

[smartylibrarian.livejournal.com]

Shiguru was too awful! She thought she could warp reality into going her way through sheer force of will. I never understood why she would want to marry a man who was obviously in love with somebody else.

And RE: Rui/Makino, my favorite part of them is the fact that he is like a foot taller than her and must bend in half to speak to her face to face.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

You should just thank the lord that you don't have to marry her off to the idiot son with no chin and 3 legs.


When I read that, I literally laughed so hard I almost choked.

Re: Rui. You know, I am very very hardcore D/M but I came dangerously close to shipping Rui and Makino in the early part of Hanadan2 (also known as 'the part before Domyouji gets his act together and starts chasing after Makino like he is supposed to.')

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

Shiguru scares me. It's as if her parents keep her locked in a box most of the time and that is why she is so demented when she is in public.

Poor Makino - I think she is a foot shorter than almost all the men in the show!

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

Rui is quite charming and he has that quiet, tortured thing going on, which is always very appealing in fiction. And no mother which gives him one up on Domyouji at the moment. Imagine living with the dragon lady!