This is the Taiwanese live-action adaptation of the Japanese manga “Hanazakari no Kimitachi e” written by Hisaya Nakajo. Done in 2006, it stars Ella Chen of the girl group S.H.E. as Lu Rui Xi, and two members of the boy group Fahrenheit, Wu Zun as Zuo Yi Quan and Jiro Wang as Jin Xiu Yi. This version focuses more on the love triangle among the three characters.
The story goes…After watching a high jump competition on TV, Lu Rui Xi was so inspired by a high jumper named Zuo Yi Quan that she decided to flew all the way from the States to Taiwan to transfer to his school which happened to be all boys. So, she disguised herself as a boy to get accepted. Luckily, Rui Xi ended up being Quan’s new roommate.
But from the very first episode, he already discovered that Rui Xi was actually a girl when he accidentally touched her chest. However, he kept this secret to his self. She was also unable to hide her female identity from the school doctor Mei Tian since he is gay. Meanwhile, their other classmate Xiu Yi started to question his own sexual orientation when he found himself having feelings towards Rui Xi.
Ella did a great job as Rui Xi, showing her funny and boyish side. Contrastingly, Wu Zun didn’t give justice to the role of Quan though physically he really looks like an athlete. But I understand that this character is aloof and soft-spoken, but here, he seems to be outgoing. Jiro Wang’s personality matches well with Xiu Yi’s character but he was not that wacky here as I expected him to be. While Tang Zhi Ping as the gay school doctor Mei Tian did the excellent job portraying the feminine side of the character except for sporting the long hair wig. I think in the manga, this guy is a discreet gay so no need to put on extensions.
By and large, this series is not that amusing with the absence of crazy scenes. The storyline is great, but this TV version is dull...
The story goes…After watching a high jump competition on TV, Lu Rui Xi was so inspired by a high jumper named Zuo Yi Quan that she decided to flew all the way from the States to Taiwan to transfer to his school which happened to be all boys. So, she disguised herself as a boy to get accepted. Luckily, Rui Xi ended up being Quan’s new roommate.
But from the very first episode, he already discovered that Rui Xi was actually a girl when he accidentally touched her chest. However, he kept this secret to his self. She was also unable to hide her female identity from the school doctor Mei Tian since he is gay. Meanwhile, their other classmate Xiu Yi started to question his own sexual orientation when he found himself having feelings towards Rui Xi.
Ella did a great job as Rui Xi, showing her funny and boyish side. Contrastingly, Wu Zun didn’t give justice to the role of Quan though physically he really looks like an athlete. But I understand that this character is aloof and soft-spoken, but here, he seems to be outgoing. Jiro Wang’s personality matches well with Xiu Yi’s character but he was not that wacky here as I expected him to be. While Tang Zhi Ping as the gay school doctor Mei Tian did the excellent job portraying the feminine side of the character except for sporting the long hair wig. I think in the manga, this guy is a discreet gay so no need to put on extensions.
By and large, this series is not that amusing with the absence of crazy scenes. The storyline is great, but this TV version is dull...
* photo credit to AF
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