Hana yori Dango ~Returns~

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This post is about this show. Just so you know.

I watched episodes nine and ten earlier this afternoon... and now I'm headed into the finale.
The upsetting thing to me is that I'm more concerned about every one else than the main plot. I don't really care about Tsukasa anymore.
I know he'll end up with Tsukishi in the end. I'm more worried about Akira and Soujirou. And Rui. /God/ I want Rui to be happy.
/He/ fucking deserves it. And I don't think I'll be content with whatever they have planned for him. There's no one there for him. No one that he's ever wanted except Makino. And since she only really wants Domyouji... *grumbles*
I pretty much hated the last arc.
I despise Umi. She is the worst type of girl and I hate her. But she's obviously going to lose, so it's hard to get worked up about it. She also doesn't have any /reason/ behind her evil... so there's no reason to forgive her.
"Love So Sweet" makes me cry now. That's kind of frustrating too.

I don't know why Tsukushi was willing to trust Umi after she /knew/ what kind of betrayal was going on... it really would have been her own damn fault if she's died of exposure out there.
Tsukasa running off to save her was nice. Though more for Jun leaping over things than any real sense of danger. It was more a sense of 'yay, they're finnaly going to stop being morons...maybe'.

Tsukasa's mother is a royal bitch, and it's tiring to me that she's not growing out of it at all. She was better in the end of the first season than she is now. Ken being alive was a nice touch, and also made her character that much more awful.

I have no pity for Umi and her crying after everything was. I was so thrilled and vindicated that Rui told her off. I agree completely. I agree completely with his attitude toward her in general, I think. 'Unrelated people should keep out of it.'


Ok... the whole business thing working out the way it did was hilariously awesome. Tsukushi saved the world, what do you know. But... again with how I feel that the Doumyouji mother deserved a little more development.

Tsukasa's proposal was perfect ore-sama insanity.
Everything else surrounding Prom and Graduation actually annoyed me... if they were going to make her go through all that lateness, then she should have at least gotten shojo magic and been beautiful with her dress and all. If she couldn't be beautiful and dance well, then they should have actually let her attend graduation and prom. Losing both is just dumb.

Anyway... the dance was sweet. If utterly ridiculous. I would have liked to have seen more of it, as it was obviously well-choreographed and they all looked like good dancers except for Tsukushi.
The only other bit of the ending that made me the least bit happy was Soujirou and Yuki. Well... Akira's was ok, I guess. He'll find a nice girl someday.

Rui's ending just pissed me off. Only I couldn't be pissed off because he looked so damn hot. But it made me mad. I knew by episode 8 that he wasn't going to get a good ending, I just kept hoping that somehow they'd come up with something... but no. Rui gets no love. What was that ending trying to imply? That by giving away his violin he was giving up angst? Or just Makino? Or what? That he'd decided to only pursue younger girls who would be stunned by his kindness and beauty? Maybe just that he'd decided to give up worldly possessions and become a monk. I don't know.


Well, that's all.
Now where will I get my gorgeous Oguri Shun fix? Hint: the answer isn't DramaKimi.

Aside from that, I spent the night chatting Rikkai. In the filthy, filthy way that makes me supremely happy.