Drama: Boys Before Flowers/Hana Yori Dango/Meteor Garden

Three series (there's even an anime and manga) with basically the same story, but it is quite a beloved story. The story funny and interesting and quite popular. It is about a normal girl who is thrust into the world of luxury. She ends up attending a school for the socially elite. This school has a group of guys who rule the school - F4. F4 is made up of the four richest and most powerful family's sons. Anybody who offends F4 become targets of the whole school's bullying. The main girl attracts the attention of F4 and that is when her troubles begin.

Notes: I am considering embedding one of these series. Any suggestions on which one?


Boys Before Flowers (Korean version)
Rating: 10/10
Pros: Well developed characters and plot story. The romance of the love triangle is more developed and it feels more passionate. Oh, and the guys are cute! (^_^)
Cons: None that I can think of xD
Main Cast (courtesy of DramaWiki)

• Koo Hye Sun  as Geum Jan Di
• Lee Min Ho  as Goo Joon Pyo
• Kim Hyun Joong  as Yoon Ji Hoo
• Kim Bum  as So Yi Jung
• Kim Joon  as Song Woo Bin

Hana Yori Dango (Japanese version)
Rating: 7/10
Pros: Not too many episodes - however, to achieve this, they had to squish a lot of things together.
Cons: A bit too extreme. Season 2 and 3 sucked.
Main Cast (courtesy of DramaWiki)

• Inoue Mao  as Makino Tsukushi
• Matsumoto Jun  as Domyoji Tsukasa
• Oguri Shun  as Hanazawa Rui
• Matsuda Shota  as Nishikado Sojiro
• Abe Tsuyoshi  as Mimasaka Akira

Meteor Garden (Chinese version)
Rating: 6/10
Pros: I enjoyed the story - this was the first version I watched.
Cons: Too long. Season 2 was horrible.
Main Cast (courtesy of DramaWiki)

• Barbie Hsu  as Shan Cai
• Jerry Yan  as Dao Ming Si
• Vic Zhou  as Hua Ze Lei
• Ken Zhu  as Xi Men
• Van Ness Wu  as Mei Zuo