HYD vs. BBF >>> Domyouji/Makino vs. Junpyo/Jandi (chemistry)

domyouji/makino vs. junpyo/jandi (chemistry)

Hey guys!!! So sorry i wasn’t able to update last week…i’ve been busy re-watching these dramas. I feel like I can’t really accurately analyze and critisize these dramas when I haven’t watched either in a while. I just got finished with re-watching HYD and i’m going to be moving on to BBF soon, but this post just can’t wait. I’ve been waiting soooo long to do this analysis and now it’s finally here 😀 Drumroll please! This week I’ll be comparing…the CHEMISTRY of domyouji (mastumoto jun)/makino (inoue mao) and junpyo (lee min ho)/jandi (koo hye sun).

Some of you I think already know my views on this comparison, but let me tell you…to me, there’s a CLEAR winner. And after you start reading my comments, you probably know who i’m going to choose, but let me just share why i think the things i do for each drama.

So first, let me talk about BBF.

hmmmm….where do i begin.

So for me, most of the chemistry between junpyo/jandi was mostly junpyo showing that he’s completely in love with jandi. There wasn’t so much of that the other way around. Sure there were many moments during the “second season” of BBF where Jandi would be bawling and crying because Junpyo is starting to ignore her, but in terms of chemistry with them together on screen, I didn’t feel a lot of that. For example…

I don’t ever recall Jandi saying the she ever loved Junpyo. I know junpyo said it in episode 22 after he broke up with jae kyung at the alter (lol), but i don’t ever remember hearing Jandi saying it (correct me if I’m wrong.) the closest she ever got to tell him that she loved him was here…

This is episode 23 where Junpyo’s kinda like “tell me that you like me” kinda thing ( i don’t recall his exact words…) so basically she was kinda forced to say she liked him. When I say forced, I don’t mean that she had to say it even though she didn’t really mean it; she definitely did love junpyo, but i think it would’ve just been so much more meaningful if she said it by herself and didn’t have to be prompted to say it.

(and just to back it up, because i know some of you BBF fans will comment and rag me about it, Makino did say she loved Domyouji in season 2 when she was talking to Domyouji’s sister. She was crying soooo hard because she missed him that much and she was like “I really really really really really love Domyouji!”. No kidding. she said really, just about that many times.)

And since I have a picture up of one of the BBF kisses, let’s talk about that, shall we. BBF had more kiss than HYD (4 more, i think), but the quality of the kisses weren’t too great. I mean, great job, lee min ho for looking like you’re into the kiss, but HYE SUN?!?!?! REALLY? you’re kissing an EXTREMELY handsome man and that’s the best you can do?!?!?!?! and I remember reading that on set, these two were extremely shy about filming the kissing scenes.

I think the relationship between lee min ho and hye sun is more like a brother/sister relationship. He comes and supports her at like her little gallery/art openings and stuff like that, but at this point, I think none of them are really wanting a relationship and they don’t show that at all. All of their chemistry, I believe, is strictly acting.

Not to mention, I don’t think they really look like a couple…

HOWEVER, I think what really made this couple work was the scenes they filmed when they weren’t acting with eachother. that might not make much sense….what I mean is like…there are many scenes where Junpyo is just crying when he thinks about Jandi (example: when he’s looking at pictures of them together in the conference room) and that really deserved an “awwww” from me because it’s like “wow, he really loves her.” And then there are the scenes where Jandi will be with the F3 and all of a sudden Junpyo pops into her head and she starts tearing up. THOSE kinds of scenes really made this couple work, I think.

Otherwise, I think a lot of their “lovey dovey” scenes were really carried by lee min ho. Junpyo is always giving Jandi cute little gifts and acting all giddy and protective and that’s kind of like the “dawww” moments in BBF. Just to get an idea of this couple, here’s one of my favorite BBF fanvids ( i should’ve posted this when i recap’d the remember scenes but oh well…)

On to HYD.

For me, this couple really made the drama. I don’t think I would’ve been as into HYD if it wasn’t for matsumoto jun and inoue mao and the MAJOR chemistry they have between each other. I strongly believe that they have a thing with each other because when you have THAT much chemistry with a co-star, it’s kinda obvious and undeniable that there’s not some sort of feelings there.

But first, let me talk about Domyouji and Makino before i get to matsujun and inoue mao.

So I first fell in love with this couple when I saw them at Shizuka’s Party and in the elevator scene. I’ve already recap’d both of these scenes, but let me just share some pictures anyways.

 

 

Of course this is around the time when their characters started falling in love with each othe. I think just the looks they have between each other are so….perfect. It’s like time stops (ESPECIALLY during the rain scene ^)

BREAKTIME! (kinda ish not really)

So as i mentioned earlier, i spent the past week or two re-watching HYD. while i was watching, I took note of some of my favorite Dom/Mak quotes that I thought I’d share for your viewing pleasure 🙂

Hana Yori Dango

• Episode 4 – F3 are talking about M and D suddenly says “I’m not going to hurt her.”
• Episode 5 – F3 trying to get D to let them come with him to meet Sakurako who has M. He says, “If I do, I won’t be able to protect Makino.”
• Episode 6 – At the zoo, D is beating up Yuki’s bf saying “How is Makino to pretty?! Her eyes are outta this world!”
• Episode 8 – Domyouji: “You and I are a partnership of destiny.”
• Episode 9 (I love everything said during the airport scene, but one of my favs…) D: “Even now, even way in the future, you’ll still be the only girl I’ll every approve of. I’m going to be with you, Makino.”

Hana Yori Dango Season 2

• Episode 5 – Domyouji: “I can’t imagine being with any other girl.”
• Episode 6 – At the bridge when M gives back the necklace “I DON’T WANT ANYONE BUT YOU, MAKINO!”
• Episode 7 – Domyouji: “I’ll risk my life for you.”
• Episode 7 – M telling D she’s going to see Rui tomorrow “I’m going to tell him that he’s not the person I want to care most about right now.”
• Episode 10 – D coming to see M at the fishing villiage “I’m just a guy who came to see the girl he’s in love with.”
• Episode 11 – during the proposal scene (which i recap’d) “We’ve taken so many detours. I’ve put you through so much pain. But I still want to be with you. So marry me.”

Now that I look back on it, I think i missed a lot of good quotes… my bad. If you have any quotes you want to share, please comment 😀 I’d love to hear em.

Okay, breaktime over. Sorry for the random-ness, just had to include my quotes 😀

So, for me, I think I really became obsessed with this couple and really started loving them was actually during the second season when they weren’t even together. You know the quote “Abscence makes the heart grow fonder” ? I think it was one of those instances between D and M. For example…

The scene where Makino calls Domyouji on “their” phone is SOOOO SUPER HEARTBREAKING! and to me, that’s chemistry. It wouldn’t really be heartbreaking if there wasn’t something to begin with. Also, the time in New York when the see each other for the first time in a long time (I recap’d it already ^_^), that had A LOT OF CHEMISTRY as well. Another one of my favorite scenes…

When Nishida tells Domyouji during his engagement dinner that Makino is at the hospital. Spur the moment, he stands up and runs out of the dinner, because he’s THAT worried about Makino. It really shows that he still loves her and cares about her (i wanted to get a screen cap of him running, but it’s hard cuz there’s so much motion when he runs! lol).

And then there’s all of the moments where Domyouji is thinking about the old times with Makino and how much he misses her. Like he’ll be staring at the box of cookies she gave him once upon a time and be thinking about her and stuff like that. Matsumoto Jun pulled those kinds of scenes really well; you could really get the sense that he misses her so much, but can’t be with her and because of that, he’s extremely frustrated.

I think you guys get the gist of what i’m trying to say, I mean, you guys have [most likely] seen HYD and if you have, you MUST have been able to see what i’m talking about. But just so you get a better idea, here’s one of my favorite Hana Yori Dango fanvids

ohhhhhkakkkkkkkkayyyyy now onto my FAVORITE FAVORITE FAVORITE part of the review…MAOTSUJUN!!! (aka, Jun and Mao…maotsujun is their couple name XD)

I’ve always had a thing for on and off screen couples. Because if 2 co-stars are on/off screen couples, it means the stuff on screen wasn’t really acting, there was really something between them. I like to think this is the situation of jun and mao. During Season 1, I think it was kind of Jun and Mao starting to know each other…but then BAM! second season, they were all flirty and stuff and then SUPER BAM! in the movie they were like ALL OVER EACH OTHER! For those of you who don’t really know what I’m talking about, here are some pictures of the wonderful maotsujun.

(please credit me if you decide to use this collage elsewhere :D)

All of these pictures were taken behind the scenes; aka, THEY’RE NOT ACTING! You can see by a lot of the pictures, they’re literally in their own little world half the time. I know there are so much more pictures of them, but I didn’t want to spend too much time look for a bunch of pictures.

Next, there are A LOT of interviews where the chemistry between mao and jun is just crazy…one of my favorites is this one 😀 (you hhhhaaaavvve to watch 2:20-2:25 . If you want to watch as little as possible of this video, AT LEAST watch that part.)

 There’s also a lot of maotsujun fanvids on the internet, and here’s just one of em.

Alright, so to avoid this post getting any longer than it already is, i’m going to probably make a Maotsujun Special Post or something like that, which will include a lot of the information gathered from my friends at LSS 🙂 (Love So Sweet = forum dedicated to evverrryyything maotsujun, aka the best website everrr!)

So, in case you haven’t already guessed…In my opinion…

maotsujun wins 😉

(love that picture, btw) Domyouji/Makino (more like jun/mao) and their chemistry win!!!! This means the current score in the HYD vs. BBF battle is 11 to 9. Most likely, my next post will be the Maotsujun special where i’ll go more in depth about the evidence we’ve (we meaning us maotsujun shippers) found that inoue mao and matsujun are a real life couple (it hasn’t been confirmed, but we have MAJOR evidence, like couples accessories that have been found on both mao and jun, sightings, and much more!). But my next post in HYD vs. BBF will probably be either the girl break up scene (lol, i’ve said that for like the last 4 posts >.>) or makino/inoue mao vs. jan di/koo hye sun (oooooo, getting into the bigger reviews now).

Thanks for reading this lengthy post. I hope it was as fun for you to read as it was for me to write 😀 i’m terribly sorry lee min ho/hye sun shippers. I know this is probably a little contraverisal, so please leave your comments of what you think I’d really love to hear your thoughts on this one (no flaming though!) Once again thanks for reading and comment pease (they’re my motivaters!)

peace, hydandbbfanalyst

~ by jcstoy on October 25, 2009.