Hana yori dango

Hana yori dango (花より男子) is a Shōjo manga signed Yōkō Kamio, which will count with final 36 volumes (the prepublication finished recently in the Magazine Margaret ). This shōjo manga met a certain success, so that he saw himself adapted in series animated TV of 51 episodes, in a series live TV Taiwanese under the title Meteor Garden (of the name of the manga in Chinese) like in series Japanese live TV.

The title is a pun on the Japanese proverb " Hana yori Dango " (花より団子), literally " of the rice pellets rather than of the flowers ". The direction is that people prefer the practical side (pellets) with the esthetics of the things (flowers). In the title of the manga, dango (the rice pellet) is written 男子, which is read usually danshi but can be also read dango , and wants to say the young man.

Synopsis

Hana yori dango tells the history of Tsukushi Makino, sixteen years, whose parents sacrificed very to send it to Eitoku, the private school par excellence, in the hope to collect beautiful and rich son-in-law.

The vision of Makino is not really the same one. It should be said that the environment which reign over there is execrable. The pupils are bad to the bone (truths rich kids what) and especially: Whoever is opposed to F4 (the four richest boys of the school) finishes persecuted by all the pupils. Makino, however strong on character, thus decides “to purge” the two years which remain to him without being pointed out. But here is that a day, the friend of Makino stumbles on Doumyouji, the leader of F4. This one beseeches forgiveness but the boys do not seem very with listening. At this point in time Makino takes its courage with two hands and defends his/her friend. The tension goes up until the declaration of war! The Domyoji, most dangerous of the 4, sees its ridiculed pride and works out all kinds of plans “to torture” Makino.

Disavowed by all the school, Makino finds comfort at Hanazawa Rui, calm and reserved member of F4. Soon under the charm of this one, Makino resists and gives wire has retordre to the three others. It is given not to be let make and does not hesitate to position back Doumyouji, which does not leave it indifferent. Indeed, the untameable aspect of Makino points out his/her Tsubaki sister to him, who saw has Los Angeles. Who would have believed that the strong character of Makino would enable him to be integrated within F4? Poorest of the college which trails with richest and most popular… This situation is not long in attracting the spite of the pupils towards Makino. The tests are hard but our heroin is raised stronger each time. Doumyouji falls little by little passionately in love with Makino but does not think before acting. He does not know anything with the love and solves all by violence or the intimidation… Its awkwardness makes that she hates it always more.

Rui is with the eyes of Makino the ideal man while it really does not take it with the serious one.

Card-index

  • Author: Yōkō Kamio
  • Many volumes: 36 (finished series)
  • Many volumes published in France: 26 (in August 2007)
  • Japanese Editor: Shueisha (edition collector)
  • French Editor: Glénat

Adaptation in animates

  • Many episodes: 51
  • Date of the series: 1996 - 1997
  • Studio of production: Producing Tōei animation
  • : Tetsu Kotake (ABC), Yasuo Kameyama (ASATSU), Takashi Horiuchi (ASATSU), Hiromi Seki
  • Directing: Shigeyasu Yamauchi
  • Animation of the characters: artistic Yoshihiko Umakoshi
  • Director: Shinzo Yuki and Yukie Yuki
  • Music: Michiru Oshima
  • Seiyuu :
    • Tsukushi : Maki Mochida
    • Tsukasa : Naoki Miyashita
    • Rui : Kouji Yamamoto

Adaptation in drama

Hana Yori Dango season 1 (2005)

Hana Yori Dango season 2 (2007)

It is the Japanese group Arashi (to which belonged Jun Matsumoto) which interprets the two titles of the credits of the drama, “Wish” for season 1 and “Coils so sweet” for the second season.

The tube “Planetarium” of Have Otsuka figure in Ost of the first season. As for the second season, Utada Hikaru interprets off the song “Flavor Life”

Others Derived

Infos

Yōkō Kamio announced in the last number of Margaret (Japanese magazine) which it would make a continuation of Hana Yori Dango in 2006.

External bonds

File of analysis, description and critical

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