Original 'Hana Kimi' aired in 2007

Based on a popular comic, this hilarious comedy follows the chaos, troubles and friendship at a boys’ boarding school after a girl-disguising-a-boy joins. Mizuki ASHIYA (Maki HORIKITA) has just come back to Japan from California where she was raised. She fell in love with a hopeful high jump hero Izumi SANO (Shun OGURI), but he has quitted after an accident. As she wants him to go back to the sport once again, she enters the same high school as a boy! With a short hair, flattened chest and lowered voice, she starts sharing the same room with Sano at the dorm. Living in a dorm at a boys’ high school is hard enough; changing clothes, bathrooms, etc., but things get even more complicated when Shuichi NAKATSU (Toma IKUTA) has a fancy feeling about Mizuki while Sano notices Mizuki is actually a girl and falls in love with her but she doesn’t notice he knows!

This Japanese drama is hilarious and adorable. Such a blast to watch, but to me, the ending felt a little empty, but it was totally worth it. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it. This drama has a Taiwanese version and recently just came out with a Remake version in Japan. There is some news that even Korea is planning on making their own 'Hana Kimi' version as well. The Taiwanese version and the Remake are really good, and more or less the same as this original Hana Kimi (this one). I'd give both this version, the Taiwanese version and the remake a 3.5 out of 5. I hope the Korean version will come out soon, I'm excited to see their take on it.

Cast List:

horikita-maki ikuta-toma kamikawa-takaya konno-mahiru oguri-shun

The actors are great, such as Horikita- Maki, and of course the lovely, handsome and talented Oguri-Shun. :)

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(Drama poster)