My newest drama addiction, Boys over Flowers (K-version)...I never really liked watching soap because I found it too dramatic & fake. The first ever Asian drama I watched is Meteor Garden and, almost immediately, I was already swooning over Dau Ming Zsu & Hua Si Lei. It doesn't matter if I strained my eyes overnight reading those English subs just to watch at least 5 episodes (& still craving for more, only if there wasn't any work the next day XD). By the way, I still couldn't stand watching any dubbed dramas.
Anyways, that started the trend for me. Every now & then, I get to watch a lot of other top-rated Asian dramas (most often, friends' highly recommended dramas only) from Taiwan, Japan & Korea. (My faves, so far, are still MNG, FTLY, FH & Princess Hours.)
Well, when the Hana Yori Dango (Japanese) came, I then realized that the original F4 was created by a Japanese manga artist (Yoko). I really loved it (it even created more series than its Taiwanese version although the first F4 still does concerts & popular in Taiwan/China). I thought Jun Matsumoto has real curly hair until I saw Lee Min Ho donning the same permed hair. I researched and found out that the leader of F4 is really supposed to have curly hair...really funny :) but it really fits LMH more.
I still find Jerry Yan the most handsome of all the leaders but as F4 as a whole ( so far) the Korean version for me is the best. Yoko even mentioned that these actors match her manga characters the best, as if they came out of the comicbook. The Korean storyline was also made better (with few modifications from the Jap version only).
Amongst the F4, I've always been drawn to the character of Rui Hanazawa (Vic Zhou/Oguri Shun/Kim Hyung Joong) because of his romantic, sensitive & shy nature. So far, KHJ is the cutest! (Well, MinHo is cute also XD...)
It's been a long time since I last watched a Korean drama and I'm glad I discovered BOF! Still craving for more....
