JDrama Hana Kimi Screenshots

Japanese Drama Hana Kimi screenshots for episode 1 with captions! Enjoy!
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Ashiya starts her new life in Osaka High School



Fan girls flock to Osaka High School to view the good-looking students



Osaka High school is an all-boys school with only one criterion for entering



Their appearance.



Fan girls are loving the beautiful scenery



Also here



The Hibari Four. A group of girls who belong to St. Blossoms, Osaka High School's sister school.



Osaka High students are all excited to see the transfer student from America (but they are later on disappointed to see a Japanese-looking guy - Mizuki - instead)



Mizuki's first encounter with Sano, the sole reason she was dressing up as a guy and attending Osaka High School, wasn't a very nice one.



Sano's graceful high jump, which has been Mizuki's inspiration.



Acting like a guy can be quite tricky especially in sticky situations such as this one.



News goes around of Mizuki's skills in running, so all the dorms fight over her to gain a better chance at winning dorm competitions



Later on, she learns that winners of dorm competitions get rewards








Mizuki meets Nanba, playboy and dorm head of dorm 2



And meets the adorable dog of dorm 2



As well as this creepy fellow (who will grow on you most definitely)




Sano has an attitude



Mizuki runs at the dorm competition despite her injury




Flashback: Mizuki cut her hair to look like a guy, attend Osaka High and convince Sano to jump again.




Sano takes care of Mizuki



Nakatsu and his brilliant display of selflessness makes his late grandma proud

Ikuta Toma and Oguri Shun star in Hana Kimi

What could possibly be better than a hilarious JDrama with Ikuta Toma and Oguri Shun starring on it, and a couple of other good-looking guys? Absolutely nothing.

Hana Kimi is about a girl named Ashiya, who wishes to place a smile back on a high-jump record holder who goes by the name of Sano (played by Oguri Shun). After an incident with thugs, Sano had quit high-jumping, and Ashiya feels responsible for what happened.

The catch? Sano studies at an all-boys high school in Osaka. Determined to achieve her mission, Ashiya cuts her hair short, leaves her family in the US and goes to Osaka posing as another male student, hopeful that she can rekindle Sano's desire to do the high-jump, and return him his happiness.

With a high school whose only requirement for those applying is to be good-looking, a flurry of competitions against the three dorms of the school, and the stubborn loner ex-high-jumper, what has a girl like Ashiya gotten herself into?

This is exactly the kind of Jdrama that could act as Ikuta Toma's springboard to popularity, as he plays Nakatsu, a hilarious student from Dorm 2 who finds himself falling for Ashiya in some weird way and despising himself for it. Ikuta Toma is both hilarious and endearing in this show, as he has some rather touching scenes in the show. Oguri Shun's performance was as perfect as ever. As the versatile chameleon he is, he is able to act as the serious loner, with a heavy burden on his shoulders, but can also play scenes as the kissing drunken fool, who had one too many Nara pickles. Ashiya, played by Horikita Maki, is a good choice for the role, as she can pass as a boy, without losing her feminine identity.

The other characters in the show are not to be forgotten, as their contribution to the drama is essential. They provide more color to the show, from the boy with the third eye, the playboy, the drama king, the overly zealous Taekwondo leader, the questionable nurse... the list goes on. This show must be on your playlist.

I'll be having episode synopses in the later posts :)