Hana Kimi - 花样少年少女
I mention I will write an entry on this show when I am free. So I am spaced out for about 20 min while I drink my milo..so I shall write it..hahaha
Hanazakarino Kimitachihe (Hana Kimi for short) - 花样少年少女
This is once again another Taiwan drama serial that have created a storm across various asian countries like Taiwan itself, Hong Kong, M'sia, Singapore, even in China and Japan as well. It just ended its run in Taiwan last Sunday to a a high record of 8 million viewers (if I nv rem wrongly..)..and now it is still being aired in Singapore on Channel U during weekdays at 7pm.
I haven't been watching the show that faithfully on tv due to constant meetings that eat into my 7pm timeslot. But I do watch a few episodes once in a while on youtube when I am in the mood to wait for it to stream. Basically the storyline was read off the net, through some of the episodes I watched and...glancing across to Huai Fong's laptop during Monetary Economics class a few days ago (coz she was watching the final episode during class! and of coz, Hama Kimi was more interesting than the reduction in societal burdens with financial intermediaries lesson prof was going through! But then again, I read that before class le, so it was boring.)
So what is the show about? Let's go through it. And me being me, I am never that brief..ahhaha..So let's go!
Character 1: Lu Ruixi (卢瑞希) acted by S.H.E's Ella
Lu Ruixi is a bubbly 17 year old girl (Duh) who admires the talented high-jumper Zuo YiQuan (左以泉). When news reports and magazines reviews could no longer satisfy her desire to know more about this boy, she decided to leave USA (where she was staying) and got herself transferred to Ekcope High School (樱开男子学院) which was in Taiwan, so she could get a step closer her idol. The problem? Ekcope High School is a boys school and she is a girl. The only way out? Snip her long locks,pose as a boy, and get enrolled. Lucky for her, she was posted to the same class as Zuo YiQuan (Class 1C) and even staying in the same hostel room, Number 205.
Video 1: Introduction ot Lu Ruixi
Her admiration soon turned to love as they shared most of their high school life together in the same class, same group of friends and in the same room. But how can she confess her love, when she is a "he"?
I kinda think Ella is the best choice for this role because this character is very cheerful and Ella convincingly pose as a pretty boyish character in the show. At least it doesn't make the viewers feel that, "hey I believe someone can do better than her."
Character 2: Zuo YiQuan (左以泉) acted by Fahrenheit's Wu Zun (飞轮海 - 吴尊)
Ok I couldn't find a photo of him in the uniform, so heck la. But can I say something...He has gotta be the prettiest/handsome/watever chinese actor I ever seen man. I will so write an entire blog entry on him one of these days...coz he's the perfect example of what I call "Heaven is unfair la..." case. Even my guy frens are praising that he is truly handsome. That's rare. Or should I say nv happened before..I gotta try my hand at 4D these days..
As mentioned in the description above, 17 year old Zuo YiQuan is a talented high-jumper and was expected to be the next up and rising star in the sports world. But a car accident made him believe his bright future was ruined and that he could never jump again.
Ruixi was a pain in the ass at first because she made a pretty big fuss after knowing that Zuo YiQuan has given up high jumping (oh well she dressed as a boy ,came all the way to Taiwan to see him jump! Did have slightly of a right to make a fuss la..) But her relentless efforts in encouraging him to go back to high-jumping finally gave him to courage to return to his favourite sport.
Video 2: Introduction of Zuo YiQuan
Ruixi always thought she hid her identity as a girl pretty well but in actual fact Zuo YiQuan found out about her female status soon after she got transferred. She was knocked out cold during a soccer match with Jin XiuYi (金秀伊) and it was when Zuo YiQuan carried her to the clinic then her female identity was uncovered. Zuo YiQuan kept mum about it because he wanted to find out the reason behind why she went through so much trouble posing as a boy and stuff. Not even Ruixi knows that Zuo YiQuan already knows that she is a girl.
But Ruixi is a careless girl, and always in the attempts to prove that she is very "MAN" to the boys, she always engage in activities that expose her to the risk of her blowing her cover. This gave Zuo YiQuan a lot of work in protecting her and keeping her away from risky ventures.
And it was before long, that protecting Ruixi became part of his life and love starts to blossom. But how can he confess his love when Ruixi doesn't know her cover has been blown and that both of them will not face expulsion from the school if everything gets uncovered?
I kinda think he made a pretty good candidate for this role too since in real life, he was a fitness instructor before becoming an actor by accident. I mean, seriously, that kind of looks is quite difficult to miss out even in a crowd of people..ahhaa..Although his mandarin sounded a bit funny in the first few episodes (since he is from Brunei, let's all be kind here..), overall I think it's pretty good la.
Character 3: Jin XiuYi (金秀伊) acted by Fahrenheit's Jiro Wang (飞轮海 - 汪东城)
Jin XiuYi is a super sunshine 17 year old boy who's talented in soccer and is Zuo YiQuan's best friend. He shares the same class as both YiQuan and Ruixi but stays in Room 203 with Sima Shu (司马树), a boy who enjoys talking to spirits and freaking all his friends out.
Because he knocked Ruixi out cold in one of the soccer matches, he felt a deep sense of guilt with regards to the "vulnerable Ruixi", and so he became Ruixi's best friend and swore to protect "him" from any future harm. But the feminism that leaks out of Ruixi once in a while made XiuYi extremely attracted to "him" and it came to a stage where XiuYi was convinced he's gay and that he is willing to give up all girls just to be with Ruixi. Even if it means having to declare he is gay in front of everyone in school.
Video 3: Introduction of Jin XiuYi
The friendship between YiQuan, Ruixi and XiuYi then became a weird and hilarious triangle love relationship.
For this character, ok Jiro Wang is like the best choice I can see from the rest of the Taiwanese actors available. Although his acting is abit drama once in a while but it does add a lot of comical effects to the whole show. pretty good choice for this character.
Character 4: Liang Si Nan (梁思南) acted by Danson Tang Yu Zhe (唐禹哲)
The cool and slightly aloof hostel head of Dormitory 2, which is home to all the 3 characters mentioned above. Often called upon as 南学长 (Senior Nan) in the show. Pretty-boy Casanova with reputation of "any girl can get pregnant by just talking to him". Shows a little interest in Ruixi at first because "he" still felt like a girl to Nan.
Video 4: Introduction of Liang Si Nan
Danson Tang is indeed, once again I am gonna say, a good candidate for this character coz his eyes are so....casanova-ish..ahahha
Character 5: Mei Tian (梅田) acted by Tang Zhi Ping (唐治平)
This is one cool character man. Mei Tian is the gay school doctor and the 2nd person to know of Ruixi's female identity (1st was Zuo YiQuan). He is also the uncle of the school's Casanova, Liang Si Nan (look above). Initially he did not want to expose Ruixi because he wanted to see fun things unfold in school, and also because he believe he can be a bystander in the entire episode,just stand around and watch fun unfolds by itself. However, his promise to keep Ruixi's real identity a secret made him the first person Ruixi turns to whenever she runs into trouble. Be it loaning a dress, curing her menstrual cramps, MCs to skip swimming classes etc. Totally drives him crazy!
Tang Zhi Ping really did this character. He made Mei Tian a very cute gay without overdoing it. Love the "flip the fringe with 2 of his hands" action man...hahahah
Character 6: Sima Shu (司马 树) - acted by Ah Chord (阿 Chord)
Sima Shu (the one on extreme left, followed by Wu Zun and then another character in the show, can't rem the name..) is Jin XiuYi's room-mate and the classmate of all 3 main characters. Commonly called as Da Shu (大树) in the show. He has the ability to talk to spirits and it is common for him to talk to "nobody" all of a sudden in the show. He likes to drive everyone crazy by telling his friends that there is "some other figures" standing behind them. XiuYi is always asking around if anyone wants to trade this room-mate with him because he always lose sleep over what Da Shu says.
This character is so freaking funny and I think Ah Chord did this role really well, esp with his weird Jap hairdo with a chopstick across the bun on his head.
Character 7: Lee Cheng Yang (李承央) - acted by Yang Hao Wei (杨皓惟)
Lee Cheng Yang (left in the top picture with Jiro and right in the bottom one with Wu Zun), the "sweet-heart" idol of Ekcope High School because he is a very girlish person. Affectionately known as Yang Yang (ok he made people call him that), he is secretly in love with Liang Si Nan. Saw Ruixi as an enemy at first because "he" was cuter than him and Yang Yang thought Ruixi is interested in Liang Si Nan as well as Si Nan was very nice to Ruixi. After an incident (I can't be bothered to explain..), Ruixi and Yang Yang became pretty good friends.
Yang Yang is one irritating character to my sister coz he is so "niang" but I think he is quite cute leh..i mean not as in the gorgeous cute but the character is very cute. ahahaha
Ok! Done with the introduction of the main characters and should know the storyline by now ba..hahaha
It's a happy show, really.
There are 2 songs in this show that's especially nice..Well even my brudder Shaun finds it nice la! Even John finds it nice lo! hahaha..nv tot John listens to pop songs..hahaah..(and i still can't believe Shaun and John watch it too..)so I shall put the video here. The lyrics for Tank's song is really nice. Been listening to these songs on loop these days.
Song 1: 怎么办 by S.H.E (Theme song of show) - Starring S.H.E and Fahrenheit's Wu Zun
Song 2: 专署天使 by Tank (Ending song of show) - Starring Tank, Ella and Wu Zun
Enjoy!~!Great mood now and my breakfast is back from the market. Thanks dad! Will start on Equity Investments hmwork and then set off to school for Ethics meeting! Let's just pray I dun die off before today is over..ahahah
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