I swear to you I will not be impartial when I review his drama, it is not possible to me. Let me tell you why. Around 10 years ago there was a girl who was fan of amines/manga and went to a convention of it in her city. There while walking around with a friend comes across a room where they were exhibiting “doramas” and she decided to check it out. It was a decision that changed her like the most, changed her preference in music, movies, tv and even books. It was not changes that happened sudden, they happened during all those 10 years after entering in that room and it changed an enter person life in many ways. And in that room she watched 2 episodes of Hana Yori Dango and two episodes of Garo.

I never watched Garo again, tokusatso was never my thing. But Hana Yori Dango helped make the person I am today and it is saying a lot.
Let me tell you about Makino and her never ending fight for what she thinks is right and for the ones who are unfortunate. Captivates you in a way that few can and makes you see yourself in her place and smile with her, cry with her, hate and love with her and after 10 years still say “arienayitsuno!!” for anything that is unbelievable.

Let me tell you about Hanazawa Rui who will be your teenager dream ideal guy and make you forever see yourself as a second lead syndrome girl, even if it is in general very difficult for you to prefer second lead guys in the future (it just happened one time more in those 10 years). Who you will decide is your favorite actor and after that you will follow his career very fondly and many others of his work will became your favorite.

Let me tell about Domyoji who in Makino’s words is “stupid, selfish, self-centred” and have bad hair, and is the only main lead that in the same time is the comic relief in a drama. Can make you love and hate him as much as Makino loves and hate him. Who is a complex character that should be an example for every personage which is a bad guy turned good in storytelling. Those three together compose the best triangle love story that ever was made.

Hana Your Dango is above all a story about friendship, the relation between the F4 and how the support each other thought life is something memorable. In the first glimpse you think they are just a bunch of spoiled rick guys but each and every one of them are so much more. The complexity of Hana Yori Dango characters is what makes this amazing. And let’s agree that the F4 was the Bromance before bromance was a thing.

I think I can say that Hana Yori Dango Format was one of the best things Asia ever made. And is in the recommendation list of every drama fan in the world. Choose your poison it is Hana Yori Dango, Boys over Flower or Meteor Garden, I’ve chosen mine. I never watched the other versions, this is the one drama I can not compare, will never compare with anything, but by the popularity of the other versions is saying something it do not disappointed.
So go for it, enter the room and change your life forever. This is worth.