Jalapeno

well..... not the best jdrama i've seen. koyuki & matsujun are just right for their roles. plot is a bit shady and dragging as well. can't say it's matsujun's best work although he's really cute as momo. i watched this drama through youtube.com so it took me longer to finish it.

sometimes i also forget matsujun is "momo" and not "takeshi goda" in some of the scenes he has with koyuki and that made it tad harder to understand hehe. but in any case, i guess it's worth your time to watch and savor the matsujun yummyness. :P

I have never read the manga but saw the Taiwanese version "Meteor Garden". MG was ok, but I really thought Jerry Yan's acting was soooo lame. Everyone obviously was newbies to acting, except for Barbie Xu.

With HYD! OMG, it's a different story! I love how every actor was able to portray their roles well. Too bad I haven't read the manga (now I'm searching high & low for it!).

I'm not into pretty boys who can't act, (i.e, Takizawa in "Majo no Jouken") but Matsujun is really good at what he's doing. Seriously. I am very critical of my actors and Matsujun was really good at his portrayal of Domyouji. From happy to sad to mad, he was awesome. Although I'm not a fan of curly haired Matsujun but I guess that was needed in the drama.

Inoue Mao also struck me as a superb actress. She's really charming throughout the series. I can't wait to see her in more shows.

In the latter parts of the series the storyline went really fast. I wished they stretched the drama from 9 eps to 12 eps! Then they would've covered more of the manga. But it's all good. The locations, sets, etc were really thought of and perfect.

HYD is really amazing! I can't wait to see the sequel! I hope they do come out with it! And YES, it's heaps better than Meteor Garden. TRUST ME ON THIS!!! :P

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this drama is brilliantly acted by Suzuki Honami. i really believe she's the key element in this drama. if she didn't portray her character well, this could end up as a flop. Oda Yuji on the other hand is pretty good too, but it's really sad why they couldn't end up together. a real-life drama, i guess everybody can relate to Suzuki Honami's character. ^_^

very beautiful, but fukada kyoko's sobs kinda irritated me. but nevermind that, it's really good, and a very heavy drama. :)

haah... all worth the wait. although the actors themselves didn't cry (or bawl) that much, the lines said were touching enough to make you cry. very beautiful, one of the dramas i'd recommend anyone to get. inspired from the real teacher-student relationship that happened some years back in US. :) matsushima nanako's really good in this one, no wonder she's one of my favorite japanese actress. ^_^ takizawa hideaki's acting as a troubled boy is good, but he could use a bit more emotions... really nice and touching drama. :D

mukodono's a really neat drama. if you've got time (and money) to spare, you oughta watch it. the chemistry between yuko & tomoya's really cute, they're both great actors. and you should see the transition of the ubercool tomoya to really funny (and corny) tomoya. ^_~

Hero has a well-balanced story of comedy and drama. If you recently watched his other drama "Beautiful Life", this is different from it since it has a more mellow love story, unlike the latter.

KimuTaku fans might like this one since it's spiked with lots of humor, which IMO, makes up for the lack of romance. ^_____^

I have to agree with Sarafina-san that KimuTaku-san acted really well in this one, and didn't take things at a face value.

The first drama I saw Yutaka act in. He was pretty much ok, but I didn't like the plot. For me it was kinda dragging. Anyway, if you're into the movie "You've Got Mail", you might like this one, although there ain't much comedy here. ^___^