Not long ago, a famous K-drama series shook the romance and fantasy universe. Teens have gone crazy over this popular television series because it seems to be a breakthrough to a cheesier comedy, a romantic kind of Korean drama.
Fans went insane over print-outs like wallet photos and posters when it was published. Those were such a trend when the series was still popular. Beautiful photos were used as Facebook’s profile picture.
Boys Over Flowers is a mixture of romance, comedy, and drama. It was based on the original version of Boys Over Flowers manga written by Yoko Kamio – a very talented Japanese manga artist and writer.
The young love story of Gu Jun-Pyo (Lee Min-ho) and Geum Jan-di (Ku Hye-sun) is so romantic. Their story could be a typical one wherein the guy is handsome, rich, famous, and arrogant while the girl is beautiful, poor, simple, and tough.
In stories like this, love teams would meet at a bad time and eventually develop a spark. Then, they would fall in love with each other. How sweet and exciting!
It’s not boring at all. Imagine the fun and sweetness you’d feel every single episode. Viewers would look forward whenever thrills brought by antagonists are coming in the next scenes.
If you haven’t watched this famous romantic K-drama series yet, you still have time to start with it. It’s pretty fun. You will feel the emotions portrayed by each character, may it be happiness, love, excitement, sadness, sorrow, disappointment, or thrill.
It’s an all-in-one package that you will surely enjoy. Prepare food packs beside you. Don’t forget the napkins because you’re gonna cry buckets of tears. And, start the marathon now.
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About Boys Over Flowers
Boys Over Flowers is a very known K-drama series in South East Asia and other parts of the world. The first episode was published on January 5, 2009, while the last episode was published on March 31, 2009.
It was based on the original Boys Over Flowers story written by the renowned Japanese manga artist and writer, Yoko Kamio. If you watched this, you would have come across other versions like Meteor Garden (Taiwanese version) and Hanayori Dango (Japanese version).
Boys Over Flowers’ Korean version is also known as Boys Before Flowers. The main characters are Geum Jan-di (Ku Hye-sun), Gu Jun-Pyo (Lee Min-ho), Yoon Ji-hu (Kim Hyun-Joong), So Yi-Jung (Kim Bum), Song Woo-bin (Kim Joon), and Kim So-Eun as the best friend of Geum Jan-di.
There are 25 episodes for the first season. And, all are worth watching. It was published on Netflix in May 2020. The people have started craving for another season of this kind of romantic drama.
The Story
Geum Jan-di is the star of the show. She comes from an average household. Then, she meets Jun Pyo, a very wealthy teen-aged arrogant kid.
However, Jun Pyo was handsome. And when he smiles, your world would stop spinning around as it is very sweet!
The two meet in the school where both take high school. It’s the famous Shinhwa High School. Jun Pyo is a leader of a group named F4.
Did that ring the bells in your ear? Yes! It’s the famous F4 – a group of 4 bad-boy teen gangs. The teenage girls in this school have a crush on any of the F4 members. All of them are rich but bullies.
One day, a disturbing scene happens when the F4 gang bullies a kid and pushes him to commit suicide. If related in real-life today where mental health awareness is much stronger than before, you will pity that kid.
This is the heroic part. Geum Jan-di comes in and saves the kid. After that, she receives a scholarship to continue studying at this very expensive school.
She is just a poor girl whose family relies on their dry-cleaning business. It’s true for many teenage girls. She lives in a small house with her parents and younger brother.
The scenario becomes a roller coaster when she comes to school and shows not liking any of the F4. She hates bullies. Geum Jan-di is a strong-willed and very just young girl.
To cut it short, Jun Pyo realizes in the long run that he’s starting to fall for Jan-di. But, it never seems to be easy for both of them. The two started to develop feelings for each other.
If you’ve seen it, you’ve witnessed several love triangles among the teens. There are complications among friends. Emotions and friendships were tested hard.
Renewal Updates
Boys Over Flowers fans are craving for a second season. Given the super romantic excitement it gave throughout the first season, it is anticipated that viewers will be looking for another round.
A fan once expressed her speculations on Geum Jan-di. The first season ended with the main beautiful star being in a very toxic relationship. The fan wished to see better things for her.
It was how the original manga ended. It was awful and sad. The additional chapters telling about the future are excluded. All the other adaptations of Boys Over Flowers ended similarly too.
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A lot of fans talked about their wish of how the series should end. They wanted Geum Jan-di and Ji Hu to end up together. But, it didn’t happen.
Instead, it is Geum Jan-di and Jun Pyo that end up together. This couple has the kind of love and hate scenarios in the series. And, it’s also relatable to the real world.
Real lovers normally have fights. Some fight every single day even over the smallest things they could have. But at the end of the day, it’s their love for each other that prevails.
Jan-di and Jun Pyo fight every problem they encounter because they love each other. They help one another.
It’s been almost a decade since the show was released. There is no announcement yet of renewal. But some articles talk about Boys Over Flowers Season 2.
If there will ever be a second season, we’ll see. Official announcements will be made soon. Let’s just wait. But for now, it’s suggestive for you to watch from the beginning.
