This was such a warm conclusion that worked. It never got bad and stayed sweet. I appreciated the supportive friendship, developing main relationship, and having graduation as the backdrop. This will always be one of my all time favorite mangas from my teenage years.
Cute series. I enjoyed every minute of it. The drama version seriously sucked, though. Dec 01, Leta rated it it was amazing. I want to read please. Mar 23, Samantha rated it liked it Shelves: in-classroom. It was meh. May 04, Hayley rated it it was amazing Shelves: , First read: November Second read: May Jul 31, Cheyenna Marshall added it.
I don't want it to be over Feb 04, Sara Lord rated it really liked it. I read this whole series in five days because it's too cute!! However, it came be so shojo it hurts sometimes. But, then I remember how old this series is and maybe Hana-Kimi started the cliches. Can I fault them if they started it? I let lots of stuff slide.
Like, the gay characters are hyper sexualized. Just because you have a gay character doesn't mean they are constantly a sex object. I hope series nowadays don't make the same mistakes. Aug 24, Maria Waltner rated it it was amazing.
I love this series for so many reasons and it concludes sort of in this last volume. The thing that made this last volume so heart-breaking is that the point-of-view switches from the Mizuki, our heroine, to third person observer. Everyone else is reacting to her news, deciding what they think of it and her and we just keep seeing Mizuki get sadder and sadder as she makes up her mind to leave but we don't know what exactly she is thinking.
Time after time, her friends come through for her. Naka I love this series for so many reasons and it concludes sort of in this last volume. They all wanted her to stay even though they knew she had to leave. And even though I know it is coming, I always break down when I see that picture of all of the students from all three dorms lined up waiting to see her off to the airport when they should have been at their graduation ceremony.
Makes me cry every time. Mizuki grew up a lot through this series and although her cluelessness was at times her worst enemy it was also one of the reasons everyone loved her. She didn't take anyone for granted. Jul 19, Amanda rated it really liked it. I started reading this series when I was fifteen, loved it, but never finished it. Ten years later, I picked up the first one as part of a grad school assignment and ended up finally finishing it.
Reading the first few volumes was a nostalgia trip. I read and reread them so many times that it was almost a sense memory at times. I still thought Dr. Umeda was the best part of the series and still saw in Nakatsu a high school friend I haven't seen since high school.
The storyline stays fresh, even th I started reading this series when I was fifteen, loved it, but never finished it.
The storyline stays fresh, even though it is going on twenty years old. There's a few things that are uncomfortably dated, like Mizuki's horrified reaction to Umeda's homosexuality being used as humor. But that's one panel and throughout the rest of the story there isn't anything like that. The characters are solidly written and even many of the side characters become well developed and have their own dramas to deal with.
While the main idea of it might be really unrealistic, enough detail is given as to how she does it that you can go with it. They were handled tastefully and sensitively in the end, while still adding an element of drama and humor. I wasn't overly fond of the ending. I cried when she was seen off by all the friends she made, friends she was afraid would hate her for her secret.
But I felt like the ending with Sano visiting was a little too rushed. I'd love a little bit of build up to that. Jul 06, Jasmine Rose rated it really liked it Shelves: manga , books-read. Overall, I really enjoyed Hana-Kimi.
Sure, as a shoujo series, I could see where it was headed from the start, but that doesn't really matter since the ride was enjoyable. In fact, I ended up spoiling myself a little over halfway through the series and still ended up having all of the emotions near the end. I mean, come on, Nakajo, it's so cruel to have Sano say "I want us to graduate together" and then just make Ashiya leave.
It was even worse knowing ahead of time that she wouldn't be staying. And dammit, I wanted to watch her graduate with everyone too. I feel a bit robbed. I did get a bit teary when they held her "graduation ceremony", though. It was just so freaking beautiful. The other thing that kind of disappointed me about the ending, was the lack of a close between Umeda and Ashiya. Then again, I'd just like more Umeda in general, so I'm probably a bit biased.
I would happily read stories about those two just as soon as any of the other characters. I wish Sano and Ashiya had a more drawn out conclusion, though. I mean, I did read the extra story about them three years later, but it still didn't feel like enough.
Despite my complaints, this series was great. He showed pretty good skill in previous dramas God of Study and Equator Man , and I believe he would be able to do just fine with this role.
This is comforting in the way that more skilled actors would be able to carry the show, adding a bit of credibility to this very risky, yet potentially profitable project. Choosing to adapt Hana-Kimi in Korea was surely an ambitious decision that hopefully came to with careful consideration.
This is true in the way that both the original Japanese and Taiwanese adaptations are dearly beloved by fans, meaning that there are already a fair amount of expectations and basis for comparison this drama. This means that the weaknesses this drama might have would be more evident and quickly brought up.
If those themes were or aspects were softened or outright removed, the show would most definitely lose much of its spark. And judging by the meager information currently released, it seems as if this would be the case. The Taiwanese adaptation was probably the most faithful in terms of following the manga, only changing certain aspects to add realism to the very outrageous, yet very typically manga, plot, but still remaining very comedic.
The Japanese kept that outrageous feel and instead focused on making a comedy with occasional romantic and heartwarming scenes. This did hurt both dramas as there were moments where the Taiwanese version became too plot-focused and became boring, contrasting to the Japanese version, where it was oftentimes too comedic that the serious moments seemed a bit trivial in context. But otherwise, both dramas worked and became favorites, and the little changes in mood and plot made watching both adaptations a different yet enjoyable experience.
However, the changes currently announced concerning the Korean adaptation is turning the project into something unrecognizable. While the basic concept of a girl transferring to an all boys school to meet up with her discouraged idol still remains, major changes in plot is already evident at this point. While the two main characters Goo Jae-hee and Kang Tae-joon Mizuki and Sano respectively stay roughly the same, aspects of other characters are warped.
First off, there is second male lead Nakatsu Cha Eun-gyeol. However, based on the information currently released, nothing hints at this necessary development. The difference is that he inspired her… to lose weight. The ending to this live action was also a bit weird. Overall, this was a good drama and I did enjoy watching it. Sometimes the characters seemed a bit odd, but that might be due to cultural differences between the two countries. Last, but certainly not least, the Kdrama!
I will say right now though that I have not watched the entire drama yet. However, from what I did see, it looked promising and I do have plans to watch it, just probably not right now. I may even come back to the Hana Kimi topic later and talk about this drama and how it compares with the manga and the other dramas if it inspires me to do so. Actually, I probably will write at least a little something since I did talk about everything else!
Then I thought it was a bit silly. As mean as it sounds, I think they should have tried to improve the English pronunciation a bit, since Mizuki does live in America, but oh well. That and the scene with the suitcase is probably what made me decide that I would watch this drama.
The rest will have to wait for another day. One last thing I would like to say is, why was there never an anime made!?!? Now given this introduction, 3 dramas were made out of this manga: a taiwanese, japanese and korean one.
I loathed the taiwanese one, it was really bad, but absolutely loved the japanese version.. Now onto the korean one, it was just recently made so just two episode with subs are out. My first impression was: is there really a need for a remake? Then I thought most of korean drama are awesome so why not, let's give it try. I'm glad I did it. So from that.. And she really looks cute!! Awwww, I love Sulli, she has such a bright personality and frankly, I never saw her acting, but she is pretty good!
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