CHARACTERS' PROFILE
Doumyouji Tsukasa is the leader of the F4, and the one with the shortest temper. He rules the school by intimidation. The entire student body is either afraid of him or in awe of him. Doumyouji has been known to
terrorize any poor student is who is unfortunate enough to fall in his path. What he does (with the support of the F4) is to hang a red tag in the locker of the intended victim. The red tag is a sign to the rest of the school
that the victim has somehow offended the F4 and is now a target for their abuse. The whole school unites to make the victim's life hell.
At first, i really hated this character, snobbish and looked weird with that funny curled hair. But he actually straigtened his hair for a few occasions (Ionising Perming? *Gags*) and looks not too bad (Wah!) Initially, Tsukushi caught his attention by being the only one who actually rebutted him and not being afraid of F4's declaration of war and stuff. He offers Tsukushi to be his gf (He thought Tsukushi will feel very honoured!) in one of the earlier episode but was turned down of cos. As i read through the story, i find him actually kind of cute and funny too, he definitely has a very weird way of expressing his likes for Tsukushi and i always feel like laffing whenever he blushes (it's so not him!!) Gradually he finds himself really in love with Tsukushi. Throughout the story he does alot of very sweet things for her (one will go "Aww...he is so sweet"), that's when i changed my impression of him (haha!)
Hanazawa Rui is the most aloof and cool member of F4. He doesn't really like messing things up over the limit. Always hang out alone at the emergency staircase or the school garden. (That's why Tsukushi always visits the staircase after lessons...) He doesn't smile alot and always seems drifted away in thoughts, likes being alone and often plays the violin by himself.
Being the only child, his parents were very strict with him which i guess mold his mysterious quiet character. Tsukushi finds him somehow different from the rest of the F4 although he is just as mean with his words and she falls in love with him.
It seems that Rui is attracted to Tsukushi as he finds her an interesting and weird girl but the one he really loves in his heart is Shizuka. My favourite character of the show! Cool huh! Kawaii ne! He looks even more charming when he smiles! (Kudos to the cartoonist, the characters look so alive!)I like him right from the start of the show cos he is the most kawaii of the four hee! :D~
Mimasaka Akira is the wavy brown long-haired guy of F4. (on the left) Seems like he prefers older women and he is always seen with Nishi most of the time. (finds him the most girlish of F4...must be his hair) He and Nishi seems to be in the background most of the time, after all the story mainly revolve around Doumyouji, Rui and Tsukushi. Actually he and Nishi both thinks that Doumyouji is kinda dumb when it comes to dealing with gals and so when they heard he actually started dating (with Tsu) they were like so excited and looks so consoled with tears in their eyes! Haha..so dumb ;p
Nishikado Soujiro is the typical floppy hairstyle playboy, another member of F4. Always seen around with two gals at any one time. He and Akira tend to follow Doumyouji more than Rui as i think they know his temper too well to provoke him. There was this scene where Doumyouji actually wake them up early for school to disturb Tsukushi with a caterpillar, and when Doumyouji told them that he didn't sleep a wink for one night just to think up of this plot, (need so much brain juice just to think of one caterpillar?) you shld have seen the "duhz!" look on their face. haha!
Makino Tsukushi (heroine of the anime!) is a strong-willed girl who refuses to be bullied by the people in her school. She didn't want to come to Eitoku Garden to study but was forced by circumstances that her family being poor and her parents wanted very
much for her to study there to mix with those really rich people (Weird!). She fought against all odds and believed that although she is a weed, she is strong. It was when she cross F4's path that makes her life totally different. Initially , she was detested and looked down upon and stuff
when F4 actually declared war with her.
But somehow her character surprises F4 and the situation changes as Doumyouji seems to pay her lotsa attention. (there are some girls who get jealous of cos and tries to get Tsukushi off their way.) Situation complicates when Rui saves her from the bullying now and then, (Rui the hero! No wonder Tsukushi is head over heels with him, he's always saving the damsel in distress, always appearing at the right time! haha typical hero eh?) of cos Doumyouji knows and gets jealous and stuff (hee!)
You wouldn't have guess the ending but its pretty cool! The ending song always has her in a white dress walking towards this guy somehow covered by the mist, cannot see his face. Very irritating! But that's her ultimate prince charming lorz ;)
Toudou Shizuka is the love of Hanazawa Rui. She is a beautiful french model (seems like a female version of Rui to me ;P), with icy cool look, who later decides to study law in france instead. Kirei ne! Although she is 2 years older than F4, she hits off very well with them since young. Rui always seems drifted from the rest and doesn't smile and it's Shizuka who is able to make him smile.
She is very nice to Tsukushi treating her like her younger sister. She actually cut her hair during her birthday party (very short until i find it kind of weird) before she goes to france. Wish i got a larger nicer pic of her :)
Doumyouji Tsubaki is the elder sister of Tsukasa. She is a well-known model in America, once a student in Eitoku Gardens, who married a very wealthy successful businessman. She has a fiery temper that intimidates Tsukasa (haha! Finally someone whom he is afraid of!) or rather almost everyone else cos no one dares to provoke her. It is funny how Tsukasa reacts in front of her sis cos he always got beaten up by her! She happened to know Tsukushi on the street when Tsukushi was disturbed by a guy passing by. I think Tsubaki finds Tsukushi quite similar to her in terms of attitude and temper, hence took an instant liking of Tsukushi.
In fact i think she is quite a violent lady cos she is always beating up Tsukasa hee! She has this authority over him and it's always funny to see how the two siblings quarrel!
Well, there are a number of very nice japanese tunes from the animation which can be found on sale at www.ebay.com. (I want to buy!) There is also the chinese version because Taiwan has decided to turn the animation into a drama. "Qing Fei De Yi" by Harlem is one of the main theme (wah!). The chinese version has just been released, so it's out on the music stores now.
1. Animenext.com
2. Emily's Hana Yori Dango
3. Place of Mystie
4. Meng's Hanadan
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