My sister said that I hated the Korean Boys Over Flowers after watching Hana Yori Dango but after watching BOF I'm actually complaining about HYD.

And she's right.

But I guess they're different. Same plot, but different feel.

The Japanese version has a fast tempo and as a result was short and sweet, while the Korean version, I feel, was more complete. I haven't read the manga, so I won't know if the added parts were from the manga or not, but I like the development of Ji Hoo's family background, how Jan Di reconciled him with his grandfather and the character of Jun Pyo's mother. For HYD Domyoji's mother was really mean and I felt that she accepted Makino in the end only because the old man from the fishing village made a business deal with the company, although she appears pretty nice in the movie HYD Final. On the other hand, Jun Pyo's mother came across as a woman who hardened herself to survive in the cold world of business. Though I was cursing her a lot when watching the show, there were moments when she revealed emotions (such as when Jun Pyo asked her to drop her 'kind mother' act cos it didn't suit her), especially after Jun Pyo was hospitalised. After hearing that the operation went well she had to fly to Hong Kong for an urgent meeting. Which mother wouldn't want to stay by her son's side? I could feel her struggle and misery when Jun Hee questioned her how well did she actually understand her son. I acutally cried at the part where she stopped at a roadside stall selling fishcakes. (Go watch!)

Ji Hoo was ever so kind... he's like an angel sent from heaven, always there for Jan Di when she needed support, especially after she fell out with Jun Pyo. Not that it's Jun Pyo's fault, of course, he's also suffering a lot. It makes my heart ache when Jun Pyo watched Ji Hoo and Jan Di together from afar, he seemed really pained and yet to bear the burden of Shinhwa Group there's nothing he can do.

I almost couldn't believe there's a Yumi in BOF. Argh, why did Jun Pyo have to forget Jan Di... but fortunately the Yumi part wasn't as sad as the Umi part... Maybe because they changed the soundtrack towards the end... There were lots of super sad-and-tragic music used from episode 14 to 22 that drained my tears.

I love Gu Jun Pyo!