Hanadan rocks again!
I have finally started watching the subbed version of the Hana Yori Dango movie and eeee! Barely 15 minutes in, I remembered all over again why I adore Hanadan so. Awww, the bickering, thick-as-two-planks, adorable darlings are back!
This is such a fanservice movie. I mean, they spend 10 minutes on the wedding! (Yes, I cheated and watched the end first). I can't imagine anyone not into Hanadan liking it but I am a Hanadan junkie so yay!
So goooood!
Who would have thought the story of two oddballs: the barely-functional before meeting her, snobby, violent, yet a bit dim and very dorky rich boy and a plucky resilient thick-headed darling of a heroine would get me so much! But how could I not love it when they meet when he tries to haze her and she punches him in the face knocking him down! It was love at first sight both for Mr. Dysfunction and myself.
One of the most fun things about the Hanadan movie is to see how functional they are together. If Mommy Kaede wasn't so fixated on prestige and control in Hanadan series, she so would have let them get together much sooner. Heck, she should have given Makino a thank-you letter and invited her over for tea and pushed her to date her son in hopes they would hook up sooner, because let's face it, Domyouji was heading for jail or a loony bin or somewhere else unpleasant before he had someone to fixate on in a healthy manner as an emotional outlet. The only reason he ultimately emotionally grew up, and grew up fairly OK was because of Makino and his feelings for her.
Oh, and any excuse to post my fave Hanadan vid:
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