This is only my opinion about the two dramas I was once hooked into.If I would choose between the two, it would probably be HANA YORI DANGO! (sorry to the solid Meteor Garden fans there). I was also a fan of Meteor Garden before and maybe until now! I’m still watching MG in GMA. But for me, HANADAN is really great than Meteor Garden. You may wonder why I’m in favor with Hanadan even if we all knew that the two dramas have the same story. Guys, I’m only pointing out the best one for me.
Actually, the original one was a shouju manga or comics. It was a Japanese comics but then I don’t know why Taiwan were the first one who aired the live action of the manga starring their local actors and entitled the drama Meteor Garden. It was in 1999 back then. In 2005, the Japanese version with the same name of the manga was aired. It was continued with a season two just on the first months on this year and was already finished. I haven’t seen the season 2 but if I have time, I’ll surely watch it and share with you my insights about the second season.
About the characters: I would also choose the Japanese stars because I do love Matsumoto Jun (Doumyouji Tsukasa) than Jerry Yan (Dao Ming Zi), Inoue Mao (Makino Tsukushi) than Barbie Xu ( San Chai), Oguri Shun (Hanazawa Rui) than Vic Zhou (Lei) and the two members of F4 in the Japanese version, Abe Tsuyoshi (Mimasaka Akira) and Matsuda Shota ( Nishikada Soujiroh) than Ken and Vaness.
