I was exposed to this work by Meteor Garden(2001). I watched Meteor Garden I & II, and I loved both of them. Sanchoi was very cute and fit very well with Mangxi Do. Even though Sanchoi's aversion to physical intimaticy was weird, and sometimes she's just off the wall, most of the relationships and occurances are believable, the story had excellent flow, and the progression was engaging, exciting, and satisifying.
I've started Boys over Flowers and Hana Yori Dango before, and had dropped the latter after season 1, possibly due to the style of Japanese family dramas. But I just plain didn't like Boys over Flowers.
With Flowers being on Netflix, I gave it another go, rewatching Meteor Garden first. I got through Meteor Garden quickly, and I discovered that I really hate Flowers. I dropped this series multiple times mid episode and basically have to force myself to return to it. Right now, I'm only at 17. Here are some issues that are prominent on my mind: 1. Jan Di is just plain annoying. I hate her hair. She has 3 modes: tantrum yelling, emo sad, and sometimes she's just a robot that stares at you because she doesn't know how to act dumbfound, so she just makes you dumbfound. 2. Scenes are erratic and don't make sense. The story jumps all over the place, and instead of having a linear flow, it feels like each instance is a separate filler episode. Jun Pyo's mother doesn't consistently harass Jan Di even though she was just mad as f at her in the previous instance. Then all of a sudden, we are going to vacation somewhere. 3. It's repetitive and boring. They may have been trying to stretch episodes because literally one whole episode was spent on Jan Di feeling sorry for herself over Jun Pyo rejecting her with basically nothing else happening; and they love to show scenes of characters feeling sorry for themselves, and it's redundant and boring. 4. Jun Pyo shouldn't even like Jan Di. She basically has no characteristics to like. See #1. The show also doesn't show any reason for them to like each other. Basically, it's Jun Pyo doing things for her. And they like each other just because the actors say so. It's as believable as Jun Pyo liking Ga Eul, whom he doesn't even interact with.
I've also tried to read Flowers(manga) and I got turned off by the art on the first page. Being that Flowers is based on the manga, and I also dropped Hana Yori Dango. Maybe the fault doesn't actually lie with Flowers(drama), but that Flowers(manga) isn't good in the first place. For comparison, I've read(not watched) Lovely Complex and My Little Monster and enjoyed those.
I've started Boys over Flowers and Hana Yori Dango before, and had dropped the latter after season 1, possibly due to the style of Japanese family dramas. But I just plain didn't like Boys over Flowers.
With Flowers being on Netflix, I gave it another go, rewatching Meteor Garden first. I got through Meteor Garden quickly, and I discovered that I really hate Flowers. I dropped this series multiple times mid episode and basically have to force myself to return to it. Right now, I'm only at 17. Here are some issues that are prominent on my mind: 1. Jan Di is just plain annoying. I hate her hair. She has 3 modes: tantrum yelling, emo sad, and sometimes she's just a robot that stares at you because she doesn't know how to act dumbfound, so she just makes you dumbfound. 2. Scenes are erratic and don't make sense. The story jumps all over the place, and instead of having a linear flow, it feels like each instance is a separate filler episode. Jun Pyo's mother doesn't consistently harass Jan Di even though she was just mad as f at her in the previous instance. Then all of a sudden, we are going to vacation somewhere. 3. It's repetitive and boring. They may have been trying to stretch episodes because literally one whole episode was spent on Jan Di feeling sorry for herself over Jun Pyo rejecting her with basically nothing else happening; and they love to show scenes of characters feeling sorry for themselves, and it's redundant and boring. 4. Jun Pyo shouldn't even like Jan Di. She basically has no characteristics to like. See #1. The show also doesn't show any reason for them to like each other. Basically, it's Jun Pyo doing things for her. And they like each other just because the actors say so. It's as believable as Jun Pyo liking Ga Eul, whom he doesn't even interact with.
I've also tried to read Flowers(manga) and I got turned off by the art on the first page. Being that Flowers is based on the manga, and I also dropped Hana Yori Dango. Maybe the fault doesn't actually lie with Flowers(drama), but that Flowers(manga) isn't good in the first place. For comparison, I've read(not watched) Lovely Complex and My Little Monster and enjoyed those.