It was somewhat mentioned in the Hotties and Hunks thread, so I thought I would give it a shot.

All I gotta say is that this show is silly.

A good mix of comedy and drama, and I noticed more actors than I thought I would in the series. I knew Hiro Mizushima (Tendo) and Yusuke Yamamoto (Tsurugi) were gonna be in it, but I didn't expect actors like Kouhei Takeda (Otoya), Shunji Igarashi (Ultraman Mebius), and Mitsuomi Takahashi (BoukenRed) in there as well (and damn, do they look different O_o)

So far, I like it...

The only reason I watched this series until the end was because Hiro Mizushima and Tsurugi (forgot the actor's name already ) was in this series~

But I was truly stunned on the first episode... Tendou kissed with someone! My idol of monster kicking, kabuto-licious, man become a playboy (or he truly is?).

Anyway, like the series till the end but i was sometime wondering if Sato (Oguri Shun) have a role in a Kamen Rider series... WOW! Then maybe every female would be addicted to Toku

And yeah, if I havent check it in d-addict or wiki, I never know that KR actors (Otoya, ), Sentai (BoukenRed, Go-OnRed) is apart of this amazing series.

This was a well-constructed series. Well done! They should have made Ryotaro's actor, Sato Takeru act as the girl, but tough luck. He was off acting as the king of trains.

it's a good drama, i love it huahaaa


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HanaKimi is one of my favorite Dramas ever. Since I had heard that there will be drama version of one of my fave manga I had been looking forward to it.

I was really glad to see that Oguri Shun, Horikita Maki and Toma were the main cast. I loved this truly till the end.

If you want to watch a kind of silly version of this drama you have to watch the taiwanese HanaKimi. Its story is more based on the Manga and the gags are hilarious.

After reading Hana Kimi years ago, I was so excited that they were finally going to do a Japanese dramatization of it. I loved the Taiwanese version (as annoying as ELLA was in the Mizuki-role) and had high expectations for the Japanese version. Unfortunately, not even the pull of Mizushima Hiro and Oguri Shun could keep me hooked. I have finished the series... but only in bits and pieces.

I think that I didn't like it so much because it diverged from the manga too much. As well, I didn't like Oguri's take on Sano... he made Sano a very petulant and immature character, I think. Umeda-sensei and Kagurazaka are the other characters I wasn't too impressed with. Umeda I felt wasn't flirty and flamboyant enough -- as the J-version of Umeda had zippo flamboyance, I found; as wel, I thought he was cast too old. And Kagurazaka... well, I don't like Shirota Yuu, so I kind of wrote him off within the first two minutes of being introduced to that character.

On the other hand, I loved Mizushima's Nanpba-sempai. I thought that he did a terrific job (and much better than the Taiwanese version). And Ikuta Touma really shone in the role of Nakatsu. Actually, I think Nakatsu is my favourite character in the J-version.

yup. me too. nakatsu is my fav for jap ver. although i liked taiwanese mizuki.
anyway, the live action ver of hanakimi kinda fail me. i skip some episodes. i try to watch all but most of them arent really interesting.