Boys Over Flowers (2005 Japanese TV series)

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Boys Over Flowers (2005 Japanese TV series)

Tsukushi Makino (Mao Inoue), a quiet student at the elite Eitoku Academy, clashes with Tsukasa Domyouji (Jun Matsumoto), a key member of the “Flower Four” or “F4” gang, made up of devilishly handsome bullies sons of some of Japan’s richest businesspeople. The F4 orchestrates bullying campaigns aimed at forcing students they don’t like out of the academy. However, Tsukushi refuses to be pushed around and berates Tsukasa. This has unexpected consequences, leading both Tsukasa and his fellow F4 member Rui Hanazawa (Shun Oguri) to fall for her. Will love save the day – and might romance help teach F4 the error of its ways?

Streaming Services:

Available with English subtitles.

Series Details:

Title (Japanese)花より男子
Episode Count9 episodes
Episode Length46 minutes each
Original LanguageJapanese
Original Japanese Air DateOctober – December 2005

Sequels:

Following this adaptation, there is an 11-episode sequel titled Boys Over Flowers 2 that aired in Japan in 2007. A sequel movie to that second season titled Boys Over Flowers the Movie released in 2008.

Other Adaptations:

The franchise has multiple different adaptations with similar names.

  • Boys Over Flowers (1995 Japanese movie)
  • Meteor Garden (2001 Taiwanese TV series)
    • Meteor Rain (2001 Taiwanese Mini series)
    • Meteor Garden 2 (2002 Taiwanese TV series)
  • Boys Over Flowers (2009 Korean TV series)
  • Meteor Garden (2018 Chinese TV series)
  • F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers (2021 Thai TV series)

Manga Details:

A TV adaptation of the Boys Over Flowers manga. The series sometimes goes under its Japanese title Hana Yori Dango (花より男子).

AuthorYoko Kamio (神尾 葉子)
Manga Length37 volumes
Availability in EnglishThe entire original series has been released in English Print and Digital editions from Viz Media. The sequel series, Boys Over Flowers Season 2 is available in English Digital editions from Viz as well.

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