This community has been pretty bleak and/or dead ever since the news that there was no use in speculating over a HK 2 unless GTV came out with the official word. So I thought I'd spruce things up by inciting our first battle. But a mature battle. You all knew it would come up, maybe some felt it was inappropriate to post their thoughts, but as the mod I am officially opening the doors for this sensitive-for-some topic.

Which live-action Hana Kimi series, Taiwanese or Japanese, do you think is better and why?

You can either gush about one series or compare and contrast them, or focus your argument on why one of them failed while the other succeeded (or maybe you didn't like either). You can make your reasoning character centric, plot centric, even music centric, whatever element it was that made one better than the other. But before you allow your fingers to scramble over your keyboard with unbridled passion, lemme lay down a few rules. This may be a battle, but we don't want anyone reeeeally getting hurt.

1. You must have seen ALL of the episodes of both series. As in, all 15 of Hua Yang Shao Nian Shao Nu, and all 12 of Ikemen Paradise.
2. You can compare series to the manga only if you've read the manga. Describing one version's Sano as "out of character" when you've only read a couple chapters of the manga is ridiculous.
3. DO NOT SWEAR UNLESS QUOTING A CHARACTER. Swearing tends to incite people. You may use damn and hell.
4. Don't take things personally. People will disagree with you no matter what you say. Take it in stride.
5. No straight out bashing. If you don't like something, explain it. Don't just say "I hate Maki as Mizuki." or "Quan sucks.".
6. Speaking of bashing, no personal attacks on people who have a differing opinion. Respect each other!

If your opinion is longer than comment allowance, please write as much as you want in your journal and link it back. Otherwise, just post your thoughts in a comment. 1, 2, 3... GO!

Subtitles up! http://d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic_50354.htm (not to toot my own horn too much but I'm amazed that I got 99% of my translation right!!! YAHOOOOOO!)

I'll post my thoughts soon enough; school got quite insane right after I translated the final episode (how lucky!)

However I wanted to open up a discussion on something I've read a lot, concerning the JP Hana Kimi:

Everyone wants a second season

My question is: Why??
( spoilers within )

It's finally up, sorry for the delay.
Please tell everyone who's interested that they can find the summary here. I put a loooot of work into it. ;) Oh and it had to be divided into two parts. The second part is here: http://pajama-lllama.livejournal.com/14613.html


( Final episode summary and extensive dialogue translation-- part I )

( Final episode summary-- part II )

Hey guys, I know there were promises of the summary being up tonight (it's currently 10pm tuesday night where I am), but because of some major internet fritzes on my end, it'll be up tomorrow instead. So sorry for the delay, I hope you will forgive me. It's going to be a long summary, that's for sure, so remember to bring snacks, and most importantly some tissues for those heartbreaking or heartbreakingly sweet moments. Thanks for your support! See you soon! ^_~

Episode 11 is here!



Sorry this is a bit later than the last one. I got so excited while I was downloading the torrent that I gulped down an entire can of Diet Coke in about 30 seconds. Aspartame in uneven doses does rotten things to my stomach, and the shock of caffeine makes me shaky, so needless to say I ended up pretty sick all night and well into this morning. Despite this, with the 2 hour special coming up next week, I will do everything in my mortal power to ensure it’s as early as possible.

EDIT: I am sick of the stuff that goes on at the Ikemen Paradise community. Week after week I keep trying to post summaries for people, only to find myself repeatedly blocked and any indication of my existence deleted (such as my summaries). I will not be posting there anymore-- for summary purposes, please update your bookmarks to http://pajama_lllama.livejournal.com. That is where I will post the summary and translation for the final episode, available the morning of Sept 18.

Thanks.

( Follow the link )

It's a bit long because I translated a few scenes fully and there were a LOT of scenes in this one.
( Summary/Translation for Hana Kimi ep 10 )

Hey guys
I don't have access to the internet at home (I'm in a cafe right now) so my summary won't appear till Saturday night (and by then I'm sure you'll have seen the subs, but I feel like it anyway :P).

In the meantime, quick summary from what I can rememeber amd my own thoughts.

( Peej's thoughts and summary. Spoilery. )

It's finally here!
HANAZAKARI NO KIMITACHI E EPISODE 8!!

First of all, let me say that this was a much better episode than I expected it to be. Sorry it took me a little longer than usual to translate; I had some massive deadlines at work and this episode used some cultural references and also, more annoyingly, Kanji subtitles for certain scenes. So, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank my wonderful roommate Akiko, for helping me with the Kanji I did't know and a couple cultural things I didn't get. Japanese is not my first language so if I make mistakes please correct me.

As always, Hana Kimi is (c) Hisaya Nakajo, but the words and this translation is totally mine, so do not take or post anywhere else without first getting the go-ahead from me, ok? Thanks and ENJOY!

( Episode 8 )

Hana Kimi episode 8!

Hey guys!
If you're here you've probably been redirected by raining_nina, so a big thanks to her to leading you all here!

This episode was a toughie, lot of dialogue, lot of singing, lot of kanji, so it's taking me a little bit longer than usual. But it's totally worth the wait because (to me anyway), it was the best episode so far. Got some long-awaited Sano Mizuki going on, loads of "Can Nakatsu get any MORE awesome?", some hot guys in a photoshoot, and of course, some crazy dorm antics and catchy music. I have work so the summary will be up this evening when I get back. Thanks for your support!

~Peej

Anything non-Hana Kimi related is Friends Only.
Thanks! :)