Title: 花ざかりの君たちへ Hanazakari no Kimitachi e
English Title: For You in Full Blossom
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Year: 2007
Episode: 12
Cast:
- 堀北真希 Horikita Maki
- 小栗旬 Oguri Shun
- 生田斗真 Ikuta Tōma
- 水嶋ヒロ Mizushima Hiro
- 石垣佑磨 Ishigaki Yuma
- 姜暢雄 Kyō Nobuo
- 木村了 Kimura Ryo
- 山本裕典 Yamamoto Yusuke
- 岡田将生 Okada Masaki
- 溝端淳平 Mizobata Junpei
- 五十嵐隼士 Igarashi Shunji
- 鈴木亮平 Suzuki Ryohei
- 松田聖子 Matsuda Seiko
- 宇梶剛士 Ukaji Takashi
- 上川隆也 Kamikawa Takaya
- 紺野まひる Konno Mahiru
- 小林すすむ Kobayashi Susumu
- 城田優 Shirota Yu
- 岩佐真悠子 Iwasa Mayuko
- 松田まどか Matsuda Madoka
- 平愛梨 Taira Airi
- 桐谷美玲 Kiritani Mirei
- 黒瀬真奈美 Kurose Manami
- 岡田義徳 Okada Yoshinori
- 原田夏希 Harada Natsuki
SYNOPSIS
オレンジレンジ Orange Range - イケナイ太陽 Ikenai Taiyo (Naughty Sun)Ashiya Mizuki is a Japanese girl who lives in the United States. Mizuki idolizes Sano Izumi, a young athlete who competes in high jump. While Izumi is in the US for a competition, he sees Mizuki being chased by gangsters and he gets injured as he helps Mizuki escape.
Although Izumi's injuries have healed completely, he hasn't undergone any training ever since the incident. Mizuki decides to go to Japan ,and attend Izumi's school so she encourage him to compete again.
The thing is, Izumi studies in Osaka Gakuen, an exclusive school for boys, and Mizuki would have to pretend to be a guy so she can enroll there.
REVIEW
大塚愛 Otsuka Ai - PeachHanazakari no Kimitachi e is a great drama to watch if you want to see a lot of good-looking guys since the setting is an all-boys school. It has an amazing ensemble cast, and I think the scenes where all the characters are together are the best parts of the drama.
My favorite character is Nakatsu Shuichi. He is a wacky, happy-go-lucky guy who finds himself attracted to his classmate Ashiya Mizuki, whom he thinks is also a guy. Most of the funny moments in the drama can be attributed to Shuichi as he tries to deal with his feelings and entertain the idea that he may be gay.
Anyway, I don't find cross-dressing as a very interesting concept, to be honest. I can't believe Mizuki went to great lengths to be with Izumi, and it's not actually believable that Mizuki managed to conceal her identity for as long as she did.
Related:
jp - 花ざかりの君たちへ Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (2008)
Alike:
jp - 花ざかりの君たちへ Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (2011)
kr - 아름다운 그대에게 To the Beautiful You
tw - 花樣少年少女 Huāyàng Shàonián Shàonǚ
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花ざかりの君たちへ Hanazakari no Kimitachi e