¿Que la vea otra vez dice? ¡LA AMÉ!
Hana Kimi cuenta la historia de Ashiya Mizuki, una chica que viaja a Japón (ella vive en EEUU) para inscribirse en la misma escuela para hombres a la que asiste Sano Izumi, un ex atleta de salto de altura a quien ella admira mucho, con el objetivo de hacer que él vuelva a saltar.Si la trama les suena de algo, es porque To The Beautiful You (dorama coreano) está basado en el mismo manga que este jdrama, pero les puedo asegurar que en realidad no tienen nada que ver.
Antes que nada tengo que pedirles que ignoren por completo el póster, porque hace que esta serie parezca súper seria y nada que ver, es de las cosas más locas que vi en mi vida (en el buen sentido). Si bien hay un conflicto principal (el de Mizuki y Sano), cada capítulo cuenta con tramas episódicas protagonizadas por el enorme elenco de personajes secundarios, lo que resulta en que todo el tiempo estén pasando cosas exageradas, graciosas y muy bizarras. Real que los capítulos son un 20% de trama principal (que es principal solo por ser lineal) y un 80% de lo que sea que estén haciendo los personajes secundarios (puntazo a favor, porque los llegué a amar a todos con mucha intensidad jaja).
Otra cosa que quiero destacar es que al principio lo que menos me interesaba era todo lo que se relacionaba con Sano, pero la realidad es que con el correr de los capítulos, el protagonista masculino me terminó de gustar (eso no suele pasarme, así que estoy contenta). Y no hablo del second lead porque quiero que lo conozcan ustedes, es todo lo que está bien en esta vida (al igual que los secundarios, a los que no me voy a cansar de alabar, porque incluso los que no tienen ni nombre se roban algunas escenas con lo que hacen en el fondo jaja).
En fin; una serie dinámica, extremadamente graciosa y cero conflictiva (contra todo pronóstico, siendo del 2007, nada me molestó). Tiene personajes buenísimos que es imposible no querer (los vínculos que forman son hermosos y súper creíbles), una protagonista simpática y un ritmo único. Recomiendo x1000.
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Uno de los jdramas más graciosos que existen
Al principio me pareció una serie entretenida pero no la estaba maratoneando. Para el quinto capítulo más o menos, empecé a querer ver uno tras otro, tras otro, y cuando me quise dar cuenta había llegado al último, y no quería que se termine. No hubo una razón en particular, sino una suma de cosas: el first lead, que al principio me parecía un ortiva, tiene un cambio muy positivo que hizo que me terminase cayendo súper bien y me empezara a importar su trama; el second lead es todo lo que está bien, es un estallo y aunque al principio no me convencía, es de esos personajes que se hacen querer mucho. Ni hablar de todo el cast secundario, es decir todos los compañeros de campus de Mizuki: ¡este dorama tiene uno de los mejores grupos de personajes secundarios! Me encariñé un montón con ellos.Si bien hay una trama lineal, que es la historia de Sano y el objetivo de Mizuki de ayudarlo, la serie tiene también un formato episódico, cada capítulo se centra en un asunto que tiene que ver con todo el grupo de compañeros de Mizuki (y el second lead suele estar metido siempre), y esta es definitivamente la mejor parte de la serie, porque estas partes son comedia pura y, por fortuna, tienen tanto tiempo en cámara o incluso más que lo que acontece con la trama principal.
Aparte del humor, la producción es buena, las actuaciones están bien para el tono de la serie y que sea una serie vieja no le afecta en nada, resiste muy bien al tiempo y el final me encantó. Un jdrama sencillo pero hilarante y MUY lindo.
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EL PODER DE SHUN OGURI
La premisa de que una chica finge ser un chico y luego los dos protagonistas se enamoran es, la mayor parte del tiempo, muy molesta para mí. Especialmente si se trata de países asiáticos donde las cosas LGBTQ+ todavía son muy tabú y el matrimonio ni siquiera es legal todavía, excepto en Taiwán. La mayoría de las veces me salto adelante y nunca veo este tipo de programas, pero debido al elenco de tantos actores que ya conocía y debido a que el punto principal no tenía relación con el "feminismo" opté por darle una oportunidad a esta serie, y así es; cuando me di cuenta de que realmente me gustaba este drama.Todavía es muy de la vieja escuela y no sobrevive a los estándares actuales sobre igualdad y respeto hacia las personas LGBTQ+, pero considerando la época e ignorando ese chiste de "No soy homo" que no es nada gracioso, creo que en términos generales sigue siendo un drama bastante divertido y entretenido que te hace apoyar a los dos protagonistas para que terminen juntos desde el principio.
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This drama have it all; the story was nice, i loved the gender bender story, the cast couldn't been any better and all characters were simply awesome.
I also loved the hilarious events, there were episodes where i couldn't stop laughing, there were also moments of sadness, i remember being extremly sad when it ended. Hana Kimi is one of the dramas that need to be watched, it's one of the dramas that i would never forget about.
The best version out there !
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The opening (ikenai taiyou - orange range) and ending (peach - otsuka ai) songs are really catchy as well, and if you hear those songs for the first time while watching this show, then here either song afterwards...you'll think back and feel like watching an episode.
Overall it's a great watch, it was my first and still favourite drama and really raised the bars for others IMAO. ENJOY. :)
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And I think while Koreans are best at making dramas about love, Japanese are the best in making dramas about friendship. :)
Special credits to Nakatsu and the times when he's talking to himself with gestures. AHAHAHAHA. Gets me every single time! And the Panty-On-The-Head-I'm-Not-Homo dance. OH GOD!! Super special credits to the the dorm leaders' reaction on seeing a girl in the school. EPIC!!! xD xD xD
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Hana Kimi was one of the first dramas that I've ever saw. I've watched it complete 2 times and my favourite parts at least 10 times. It's a really must see in the drama world. It's not the best drama with the best story and the best acting, but it's really entertaining and cute. If you are in your teens, then you'll definitely enjoy it. If you are older, you'll probably won't like it because you'll think that it's way too over-the-top.
The story is not really that original in the girl-dresses-as-boy thing, the original part is how develop it and why she does it. Also the side stories are pretty funny, like the competition between the rooms and all that.
The acting is pretty good, I love Maki, she's one of my favourite actresses. The whole cast is great, you can notice that there's chemistry between them, that they really bonded and friends throughout the filming of this.
The music was good, it was funny and according to the moments, also I love the theme song, I have it as ringtone on my cell.
On the rewatch value it is definitely a 10. I've watched 2 times and will probably watch it another 20. It is a funny light drama that cheers me up when I'm down.
Overall, although it isn't extraordinary, Hana Kimi is a classic and a must see for us drama fans, it really is something.
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Where do I even begin? Hana Kimi is equal parts about building friendships, falling in love, hot boys, and over the top goofiness (the kind that's so overboard it's insane, and I don't realize how stupid it can be until I'm so stunned I can't help but giggle ridiculously hard, so that my husband comes running to see what's the matter!). This is one of the few dramas that could move me in ALL of those categories: The fuzziness, the adorableness, the pretty, and the hilarious. I was miserably sad to finish this... guess I'll have to watch it again someday... soon.
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Hana Kimi was my first ever drama and I absolutely loved it! I originally read the manga and it became one of my favorites and I stumbled across this live-version. The drama was loosely based off of the manga, but there was so many things about this drama that made me not care about it. The funny, hilarious, and random events that happened, I still rewatch those scenes over and over again. I've watched this drama twice and my favorite parts a hundred times. The story might not seem that original nowadays, but there's something special about Hana Kimi.
The acting was great, especially Ikuta Toma as Nakatsu Shuichi! He was my favorite character in the manga and he felt more real in this version, and plus he was downright funny! I loved Jiro in the Taiwan version, but Toma plays the best Nakatsu [in my opinion] (: Horikita Maki was a good Mizuki, I don't have any complaints about her. I wasn't a fan of Oguri Shun as Sano, only because his character seems a bit dark while the original Sano is more like Wu Chun in the Taiwanese version. That's my only complaint. Not that he acted his part badly, but how his character was written for this drama just didn't win me over.
I loved all the music to Hana Kimi! From "Ikenai Taiyou" to "Peach" to all of the instrumentals. I absolutely love "Ikemen Boogie" and it's one of my all time favorite instrumentals.
I've watched this drama twice and I plan on watching it more than that!
Overall: If you're looking for something light and funny I recommend this drama if you haven't already seen it. There are many funny moments and you might find yourself replaying them over and over again (:
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This is probably one of the best dramas ever! At first the storyline sounded weird and childish (a girl dresses as a guy in all-male-school, please!) but after two episodes i take my words back. It was hilarious and yet somehow touching. Every minute was exciting and some parts i had to watch twice even tree times :)
The actors were incredible! They are cute and hot. One of my favorites was the dorm leader Nanba Minami (played by Mizushima Hiro). Horikita Maki was ones again great in the leading role. And Ikuta Toma was so good and funny. Every character was carefully planed and all actors did really good job.
I haven't read the manga and i probably won't, because i loved this drama and this is enough :)
One minus was the music. Well there wasn't it. Music had such a small part, which is kind of sad because japanese music is really good (not just j-pop). But on the other hand the silence was better choise.
Anyone who has any doubts about this drama, i recommend this to all of you who want to laugh out loud (and wathc some really hot guys :D). This really was extremely magnificent drama.
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This drama introduced me to Toma and Okada Masaki. But I don't like the scene when Ashiya and Sano had conversation. World turn to be slowly and boring. The most thing that I believe everyone loves is Nakatsu monologue. That's why this drama would be Toma's wave.
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STORY 7/10
This show is a crazy comedy with occassional serious moments. It has a romantic subplot (several of them actually) but in my opinion, the romance isn't particularly well-explored/well-developed here. Which is not a necessarily a bad thing, since it's a show about friendship among schoolboys, just be warned that if you expect a typical rom-com, you should probably look elsewhere.
I could go on and on about superlatives here, but I feel I should at least briefly address some of the problematic aspects of the show. There is an ever-present homophobia, despite the fact that the show has (at least) 2 canonically gay characters. On the one hand, there is Nakao with his crush on Nanba-senpai, which is more-or-less ignored by the other boys. On the other hand, there are scenes (like the one in the Special) where the boys are openly disgusted with the idea of two of them being in romantic/sexual relationship (one of the boys even says that he would lose all respect for Sano and Ashiya if they were in a homosexual relationship).
This goes hand-in-hand with bi-erasure - nobody ever in this show acknowledges the fact that it's possible to like more than one gender. If someone shows affection for a person of the same gender, he is immediately labeled as 'homo'. Not cool.
Sexual harassment is another issue. Nakao constantly harasses and stalks Nanba. Doctor Umeda, otherwise sympathetic character, often sexually harasses people he meets. And he himself is constantly harassed by his 'nemesis', photographer Akiha. It is even suggested that she forced herself on him (in other words, raped him) the only night they spent together. And all of this is played off as a joke. Ugh.
ACTING/CAST 10/10
The cast is outstanding and hilarious, especially Ikuta Toma as Nakatsu who practically steals the show for himself. His inner monologues are legendary and they make Hana Kimi a true gem among dramas.
MUSIC 10/10
I admit that the Hana Kimi soundtrack is probably one of my favorite J-drama soundtracks. Maybe its melodies are not as 'powerful' - as HYD main theme for instance - but the whole OST has such a happy, energetic feel that it never fails to cheer me up (and it's a great background music for cleaning up). The opening and ending songs are both great and the music in general is definitely one of the strongest points of the show.
REWATCH VALUE 9/10
The rewatch value is really high for this one thanks to the fast pacing, unforgettable moments and the hilarity in general.
OVERALL 9/10
WHAT KIND OF FEELS THIS SHOW GAVE ME
Hana Kimi never fails to make me laugh. It's hilarious, happy and optimistic and one of the top comedy J-dramas out there. I only wish the ending was more satisfactory in the terms of romance, but I guess it could be a lot worse too.
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