I didn't find anything likable about the live action version of Hana Yori Dango. I didn't like the acting at all. The actors tried to act like anime characters with exaggerated mannerisms and conversations. It looked really stupid for normal people to behave that way.The love story is extremely superficial and uninspiring. There is no chemistry between Tsukasa and Makino. It seems that they fell in love because the scrip said so. What happened to the passion and heart wrenching confessions? Even their bickering doesn't look convincing. Tsukasa's and Rui's characters are almost completely switched around. It wasn't Tsukasa who comes to Makino's rescue anymore, but Rui. And instead of being emotionally unavailable, he is turned into a warm and caring guy.
A lot of important parts of the story are taken out, most of which are where Tsukasa comes to Makino's rescue. There are only two scenes where he actually helps her. The first was combined with Sakurako's and Junpei's incident. And the snowstorm rescue is absolutely ridiculous. The writers suddenly decide to create their own plot where Tsukasa loses his memory of Makino (only) and throw in the annoying character of Umi for a few episodes who suddenly falls in love with Tsukasa after knowing him for what...one day? She sends Makino to look for Yuki in the snow storm. Tsukasa rushes to her rescue while still having amnesia, because their bond is supposedly that strong. Talk about the overdose of cheese and cliches. The ridiculous character of Umi has absolutely no place in the series, why didn't the writers stick to the original idea that made a whole more sense?
The girls getting slapped around is beyond disgusting. It didn't look good in the anime, it looked even dumber in the live action. Tsukasa constantly slaps and pushes everyone around him. He was noticeably violent in the anime, here he is just disgustingly annoying. I was actually hoping that Makino would dump him and go with Rui.
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