Yesterday I finally finished watching Hana Yori Dango Live Action 2005. I have many things to say... Firstable, the way all characters were managed and their development was amazing 🤩 I can say that it was better than the anime and manga itself.
The biggest change was Tsukasa Doumyoji and Rui Hanazawa. Let's talk about Doumyoji, I felt his character more humanized, he was cute, dumb and funny. He showed his love, kindness and he cared about Tsukushi. I liked Doumyoji Tsukusa, he suffered for Tsukushi's love and his moments and dialogues were the best, I loved the way his character was managed and all the reasons why he couldn't be with Makino were good justified.
Now let's talk about Rui Hanazawa, in the anime and I bet the manga (I haven't read it so I may be wrong) Rui was an ice cube, he cared for Tsukushi and had great moments which made me ship them hard, but at some point he seemed to don't have enough interest for Tsukushi and at some point they extended for so long the love triangle. In the live version of 2005 he seems to be cuter, he had great moments with Tsukushi but weren't enough, however, you see that he suffers because he cannot have Tsukushi's love and he may be betraying his frind Tsukasa.
In conclusion, I love more Rui Hanazawa from this version, they managed well the love triangle, it wasn't for so long but it wasn't for too short, it was just in the right proportion. In this version I didn't shipp them so hard but they seemed cute.
Now let's talk about Makino Tsukushi, I think the actress fit perfectly for this character. Her performance made me cry, laugh, get angry, get happy and excited. Mao Inoue could resemble perfectly my beloved and innocent Tsukushi.
Some aspects of her attitude made me feel stressed but that's how the character is in anime and manga. Something I thank on this version is that she doesn't seem to be betraying Doumyoji because she was most of the time sure about her feelings.
The ending was absolutely beautiful, I loved how they managed all the situations ❤ the fact that the last picture was with all the actors and a draw made by Yoko Kamio (the mangaka) was conpletely amazing!!!!!