K-Drama 
Episode Title: Chapter One
Ying De Academy is ruled by a group of rich and powerful bullies called the F4. Middle class student, Shan Cai makes a conscious effort to avoid them until her friend is targeted. She stands up for her and gains an enemy in the F4’s leader, Si. (Source: Fandom)
- Aired: April 12, 2001
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so i have already watched hana yori dango 1 & 2 like a millions times, boys before flower (currently im writing a episode review for it) 500 times and now im re-watching this drama and writing a episode review of the show and this is my favorite show. so of course u seen one u seen em all but great episode. so onward to the next episode
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So Boys Over Flowers was the first kdrama and I loved it. Since this seems to be the original live action version, I had high hopes for the first episode and I was not disappointed. The guys are fairly cute and the lead girl is really pretty.The story so far is very similar with only slight variations. I am looking forward to completing this drama and with the number of episode it has (2 seasons yay!!!) it should be a lot more in depth than the Korean version.
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So I had told myself I'd wait a few months after watching Hana Yori Dango to watch this but here I am like 2 weeks later watching it. I'm addicted to this story. I was so bored for the past two weeks because I couldn't find anything that really caught my eye. So I decided to watch this because I really love this story. So this version has taken a lot of liberties from the original manga/anime. But then again it also has many things in it that wasn't in the Kdrama or Jdrama version like the talking bear. I was disappointed that Shancai's cry of war didn't come with a punch. I think that this version is a bit tamer than the other version. The pranks aren't as bad and the girls are obviously not the punching type. But I'm glad this one is different even though with it being the first adaption means that the Jdrama and Kdrama are different... I'm just confusing myself now. But now I won't be bored with watching this story again because it has different qualities from the other two versions. Can I just say that I loved the two girl's convo in the beginning where they brag about all the awesome things they have and finally the one girl wins because she has Julia Robert's nose. LOL!! Totally thought that was HILARIOUS! This one is just as funny as the other ones and I love the whole funky style they got going on due to this being an older drama. I LOVE IT! But Vanness, your hairstyle in this drama... wasn't your best... But Shancai is really pretty in this version... like too pretty to be considered ugly. If they mention that she's ugly in this version I will yell out in opposition because she is gorgeous. Excited to continue on and see what gems are in this version of the Boys Over Flowers story.
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