Hana Yori Dango Season 2

The second season was seriously marred by the use of negative stereotyping of African Americans in the first episode.If it wasn't for this the season would have rated higher for me.

The music for the most part was regurgitated from the first season down to the Harry Potter style music motifs which actually isn't a bad thing in itself, my only real complaint as regards the music was that I soon got fed up of hearing Utada Hikaru's Flavor of Life drowning out the dialogue every 35 - 40 minutes into each episode.Matsumoto Jun's acting was ok for the most part except when he was trying to hide something from his fellow F4 members, then it looked a little hammy. On the plus side, Matsuda Shota and Ogori Shun were good, however Kato Natsuki was even better and was the highlight of the show.

As expected, hyd2 was just as good if not better than the first, in my opinion of course. Though the first season was amazing, funny and had a great story line, i felt that it lacked the emotion and seriousness that season 2 was full of. sure there were moments when you wanted to just turn off the t.v (like all the beatings domyouji so frequently gives out to random guys) but the moments that make you go "awwww" and "omg" were so worth the watch. For example, the part where domyouji and makino are stuck in a cabin during a blizzard in which he regains his memory loss, or the episode where hanazawa rui confronts domyouji about his feelings towards makino. The emotion was natural. I also particularly enjoyed the fact that they also focused more on the whole cast rather than just the main protagonist. they ventured into soujirohs long lost love story and susumi's love dilemna as well as akiras family life. although i would have loved to learn more about akira, they did a pretty good job in adding more to the other characters stories. if you are a true fan of hyd this season will not disappoint you. i loved it as much as the first and it made for a wonderful watch. if you love hyd you might want to watch the final movie, which was made instead of a third season. :)

I was a bit annoyed at first because it almost seemed like all that love and effort from season 1 was brought back to square one. But having watched both seasons and the movie and now looking back, I think it was still worth watching because it was still cute and funny to watch. Its definately enjoyable and a very popular drama at that.