Boys Over Flowers - Recommendations

kamirura says...

Oh my Peach girl is an exact copy of HYD, well not exact but almost ;p Got the same kind of plot with guys fighting over one girl. I would just say that Peach girl is a new format of HYD so if you like some more love triangles you better watch this one and it's a long one too ;)

icyglaze says...

The two female leads in their respective animes are highly similar in many ways. Both attract the attention of numerous and most popular males, as well as many jealous females. Comic relief is present in both animes throughout the series. Plots are centered around the love life of the female leads and finding their true love.

JeadiX says...

These are two fun and dramatic series, each one surrounding a girl with a loud and up-front personality with her mind set on one man, but her heart falling for another. If you liked watching one you would undoubtedly enjoy the other.

superprettytia says...

Both of the lead characters are strong girls who aren't afraid to fight! Both animes take place in a school setting. Peach Girl as well as Hana Yori Dango (Boys over Flowers) involve the characters working through love triangles and betrayal of friendships.

wolfangel87 says...

Girls get your claws out because that is exactly what they do to the two main heroines in the story.  Both Peach girl and Hana Yori Dango are filled with romance and heartbreak and misunderstandings galore!  With love just around the corner for both heroines it is quite a journey to actually make it to the finish line, that however is the most entertaining part.  Filled with romance the characters will catch your heart up with in seconds of watching.

Deer50 says...

A girl is is torn between two men, finding hard to decide about her true feelings. Schoolmates bully the main character alot in each. Over the top drama.

MatteHanaymeY3 says...

DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA! These two animes are just teaming with fake friends, wacky situations and an all-around feeling of relief that you're not living Momo or Makino's life. Both of these are really good shows and wonderful stories :)

Lel0uchViBritannia says...

Both of the lead characters are strong girls who aren't afraid to fight! Both animes take place in a school setting. Peach Girl as well as Hana Yori Dango (Boys over Flowers) involve the characters working through love triangles and betrayal of friendships. 

SleepySpaceCowboy says...

verry simular animes                                                                                                                                                                            

xoSushi says...

If you liked Hana Yori Dango, you'd also like Ouran High School Host Club, because they're both about a female character entering an elite private school that is full of rich kids. There are harems and reverse harems in both.

soccerdory says...

Both animes are based on reverse harems. Even more than that, each series is based on a teenage girl who is poor, yet somehow ends up attending a high school for the super rich and elite. As such, they both face a lot of obstacles, and their strong spirits and wills to continue ultimately lead to their success. Both series provides us with laughs and of course a little bit of romance. Hana Yori Dango has a little bit more romance, and at times can be sad, which is a little different from the always hilarious and comedic Ouran. I'd say that if you liked one, you'll the love the other as well! ^^

redfire389 says...

both series show us the difficult life of the rich people, and how their lifes affect their love lifes, not being able to decide by themselves. While Ouran is more funny and less dramatic than HYD they treat the same problems and have the same twists between the realationship of the main characters. They show greatly the differences between two different kind of lifes, the rich and the poor, differences like the food, the houses, marriages, etc. And all of this in a high school atmosphere. You'll surely like on if you liked the other.

MariJine says...

Both heroines in each anime are very identifiable in their desire to lead a normal high school life. However, that wish is changed when they, unfortunately at first, encounter the schools groups of rich boys. Although their personalities and values are total opposites of eachother, the changes brought about through their interactions provide an interestingly comedic story. As romance develops as well, girls would find themselves desiring to be one of the brave heroines!

fairygump13 says...

Both animes have the same type of main female character who has financial issues but for some reason or the other is in a school with very rich students. It's pretty much a reverse harem. Even though Hana Yori Dango is a much older anime they both have wholesome and heartfelt characters. Be prepared to have a marathon because once you start watching you can't stop xD 

sabutaatti says...

Welcome to the whealty school my dear countrypumpkin. Here you can see people who are coming from very very rich families and some of them don't like you because they know that you are from the poor family but what you care about the richeness: studying is the only thing which you know and maybe enjoying your highschooldays keeping low profile but be prepared....you maybe are strong-willed and handy in the tight situations but one thing there is which you cannot avoid: In this school theres group of the boys which steals every girls heart - maybe yours too or you them...

unicornconspiracy says...

Both stories revolve around a female main character who finds herself surrounded by rich, mostly male, kids, plus a rather clueless, vain male main character.

trottolina says...

One line pitch for both?  Normal girl attends elevator school (up and including university) for the very rich, and gets involved with a group of privilged boys.  Romance is not very far away! 

Hana Yori Dango is a classic Shoujo anime, and in fact could be called a trope codifier for the genre.  Ouran on the other hand takes a lot of these tropes and subverts them.  Both stories have heart though, and will reward viewers who love romantic comedy anime.

taye says...

While the two do have similar plots of a 'common' girl being thrown into a super rich school full of hot guys, the similarities run a bit deeper than that.

I feel that, at the core, both stories are supremely innocent and beautiful. Tamaki and Domyouji are two completely contrasting characters as male leads, however they both have this child-like naivety about them, which complement each anime's plot. This definitely runs truer with the manga versions, however the core values are still there in the adaptations.

They also, of course, both have beautiful romances between the leads. Unfortuneatly, with only 26 episodes (that focused heavily on every other character), Ouran didn't really get to explore Tamaki and Haruhi's relatioship in a way that was true to the manga. They didn't do a bad job - it was still there - there just simply wasn't enough of it. Hana Yori Dango had the advantage of focusing on Makino and Domyouji (and Rui, I suppose), which allowed them to portray the timeless romance to (almost) its full potential.

Both are timeless Japanese classics in their own genre, and while Ouran may not be considered as 'high brow', it has it's own genius about it that viewers of Hana Yori Dango will definitely appreciate.

As for differences? Ouran, in my opinion, has better characters. All of them, especially when explored in the manga, and three-dimensional and complement each other beautifully. Hana Yori Dango, on the other hand, has the better love story of the two. There is a reason it has been, and will continue to be, adapted again and again.

Ouran also has more of that classic 'anime' comedy that is completely over-the-top. But I find that each time I rewatch the series, the funnier its silly jokes get. As you grow older, I think, you begin to appreciate the campiness of it. Hana Yori Dango, on the other hand, draws it's comedy mainly from dialogue and the conflicting nature of the leads.

As I said, though, both are classics in their own rights. If you are a lover of one, I doubt you'll be disappointed with the other.

Also, if you have not done do, I would highly recommend the live drama version of HYD (better than the anime, possibly even the manja). Watch it in Japanese, and then go to Korean adaptation. Both are very good, albeit with different strengths. Ouran's live drama attempt was....well, it was an attempt. They had a nice Kyouya scene in there for the beach episode. I'd probably be inclined to watch it just for that, if I were you.

icyglaze says...

Marmalade Boy and Hana Yori Dango share the same high school romance plot. Both animes introduce a really touching love story between the main characters. Many obstacles block the main characters' paths, but at the end true love conquers all. In Hana Yori Dango, the story stays focused on the main characters of the story and trouble seems to be caused by those main characters, but in Marmalade Boy, many new characters are introduced throughout the series as antagonists. Both animes are similar in length. Artistically, Hana Yori Dango is a bit softer in colour but both animes are pretty old.

kamirura says...

Love triangles and a confused high school student... nothing else is missing, these two series really are twins, except that I liked the art better in Marmelade boy. They are both two old series and deals with a girl who can't choose who to like. But Hana Yori Dango was abit more serious than MB. But don't let that stop you if this is the genre you like.

lovelyduckie says...

Both of these shows feature a heroine that is not considered the prettiest flower in the garden, and neither one has any other qualities to recommend themselves except their straightforward attitudes. Yet somehow they both seem to attract the attention of two of the more handsome boys at school. Both shows feature dark plot twists. Although of the two Hana Yori Dango is the darker one with the heroine occasionally being treated in a brutal manner by those that oppose her. Coincidentally both shows seem to heavily feature little electronic toys that the heroines are constantly using when reflecting on their love life, by the end of each show I wanted to throw each heroine's respective gadget out the window though.

chamomille says...

Both main characters, Makino and Miki are strong and cheerful girls who are not sure with their feelings at the beginning..and when they finally realize who they are in love with, they have to overcome many obstacles to be happy..many other characters are involved in both series, especially in Marmalade Boy which develops very slowly..but still, if you liked one, I think you would like the other.

inbee2in says...

Both have a great love story that is developed with characters you will fall in love with.

There is a struggle and triumph that isn't so forthcoming...it lasts until you've gone through sadness, anger, tears, laughter, frustration and more.

Both will engulf you into their stories and characters from episode to episode like a warm embrace.

My all time favorites Hana Yori Dango, Itazura na Kiss & Marmalade Boy. All three have the same air of longingness and fulfillment that is hard to find in fiction or in life.

Enjoy one and you'll want to see the others.

The characters are rich, entricate and complex. There some you'll love, some you'll hate, some you'll love to hate and others you'll hate to love but will..and still you'll be left wanting more...

wolfangel87 says...

Marmalade Boy and Hana Yori Dango have the exact same high school romance feelings to them.  The plot revolves around a female character that is just trying to make it through her high school years.  In both these series it is not so easy for our heroine.  There of course has to be a lot of romance, drama, and confused events taking place to effect how the main characters see each other.  Miki and Makino (Marmalade Boy and Hana Yori Dango respectively) demonstrate their strong willed natures and ability to make it through any situation even when they are not seen as the most popular or prettiest girl among the school.

Kio says...

The main theme of these anime is not quite a simple love-story. Both series have dramatic and humorous parts always make you feel the situation and leave in hopes that everything's gonna be alright. Here is also the school theme.

XMrNiceguyX says...

Both anime are high school dramas, though while Kare Kano goes really deep, Hana Yori Dango isn't that deep, but contains more "action". Sometimes Kare Kano shows art directly from the manga in the anime. This is done (though less often) in Hana Yori Dango as well. The characters in Kare Kano are alot different from the ones in Hana Yori Dango. In Kare Kano, it are perfect students, while in Hana Yori Dango, it are average students. Both enjoyable for everyon who likes high school romances.

tolone says...

Both are the only 2 romantic animes that I can see actually happening, very real situations when most romantic animes feel so fake. Also both are hilarious.

tetra says...

Kare Kano and Hana Yori Dango are both high school romances with a twist. Neither is new but I have not seen any other anime that have used any of the ideas behind these two. And no, it is not the same twist.

If you are looking for a unique high school series (not an easy thing to find), after having watched one of these, try the other.

palefox says...

Both Hana Yori Dango and Kare Kano are funny at times but also know when to be serious, so they aren't harem anime or anything. Also they are both set in a school environment with lots of angst and romance too!

redfire389 says...

These both series have in common the status of the characters, a rich boy and a average woman born in a poor family. the series tells about how they fell in love and the difficulties they have because of their differences, there's always someone that fells in love and then the other person doesn't have the same feelings, this and the appearance of more characters that get between their relationship makes it all more difficult. If you liked the growing up relationships and all the twists on hana yori dango, you'll sure like itazura na kiss, and viceversa.

inbee2in says...

Both have a great love story that is developed with characters you will fall in love with.

There is a struggle and triumph that isn't so forthcoming...it lasts until you've gone through sadness, anger, tears, laughter, frustration and more.

Both will engulf you into their stories and characters from episode to episode like a warm embrace.

My all time favorites Hana Yori Dango, Itazura na Kiss & Marmalade Boy. All three have the same air of longingness and fulfillment that is hard to find in fiction or in life.

Enjoy one and you'll want to see the others.

The characters are rich, entricate and complex. There some you'll love, some you'll hate, some you'll love to hate and others you'll hate to love but will..and still you'll be left wanting more...

wolfangel87 says...

With priviledged males and slightly clumsy heroines Itazura na Kiss and Hana Yori Dango are made for each other!  The romantic stories of crossing the boundaries of class status and skill are far reach in both of these series.  The main characters struggle to create the perfect relationship but they is something that always intercedes between them making their struggle all the more magical in the end.

Alove321 says...

If you liked Itakiss, you may like boys over flowers because of the throwback animation and the hard to get MC. 

althought boys over flowers is not as full hearted and romance fulfilling as Itakiss it does give a nice charisma. The characters are developed well, you see their personal growth. As well as the relationship between the official couple develop through many trials. It is a completed! Romance! Which is so hard to find!! Not left with an assumption. 

tolone says...

Kimi ga Nozomu Eien is very similar to this in that it's not the usual people too shy to even kiss each other for 20+ eps romantic anime. The characters feel real in both, plus they both have great stories.

XMrNiceguyX says...

Both are intruiging and deep romantic stories, though the main difference is the ammount of humor and the naimation. I felt there was alot more humor in Hana Yori Dango, while the animation of Kimi Ga Nozomu EIen is way better.

kamirura says...

Felt that you wanted more of love triangles? then this is a good choice^^ This time it's not the girl who can't decide who she is in loved with, it's actually the guy. Which is why this is an really interesting series. It got everything you would be looking for if you liked Hana Yori Dango. And this series is also pretty new and well drawn ;) A big plus if you ask me, so be sure to check it out.

priyanthia says...

If you like Hana Yori Dango and want somthing similar than watch Bokura Ga Ita you wont be dissappointed. I reocmmend you to watch it as it teaches you a lot about love and friendship.

About Bokura ga it:

Takeuchi cherishes Yano's friendship, but at the same time, he may lose it for someone dear to him. Takahashi must search deep inside herself and find her true feelings for Yano while be able to trust and accept Yano's feelings for her as well, deciding if Yano is indeed the one for her or if someone else can provide better solace.

Kio says...

The main theme of these anime is not quite a simple love-story. Both series have dramatic and humorous parts always make you feel the situation and leave in hopes that everything's gonna be alright. But i think Bokura Ga Ita is much more sad and may be realistic.

wolfangel87 says...

You will find out just how hard relationships in a high school setting can be in both Hana Yori Dango and Bokura ga Ita.  The main characters in each are quite similar, the heroines are sweet and meek-ish types while the male leads are far more mature seeming than their years but with an distant personality and arrogant attitudes.  The couples have to strive to suvive!

Estuko says...

If you like the pretty boys, emotional rollercoasters, fear and twists of one of these shows, the other one is certain to make your heart stop and your guts twist again while watching tis one too... These series are both filled with all the extremes of love, friendship and dreams. Enjoy!

alojvm says...

Both H.Y.D and Nana have an amazing romantic plot.  And in both animes you clearly see the struggle with emotions and inner self.  

coffeebreath says...

Both are lengthy titles with similarly strong romance, comedy, and drama elements. They both have a more mature feeling about them that feels easier to relate to even though they have uncommon settings and themes - elite school/super wealth vs music industry/fame.

The characters are strong despite being very different - however, this is a good reason for me to rec these two together - since romance, shoujo or josei types are often criticised for having cliche characters. Nana and HYD feel to be an exception to this, HYD especially given its age probably set standards as opposed to ripping them off.

The difference in themes also make this a good rec for some variation as well as the conflicts that arise from them - both anime will cause you to question the decisions of the charactes or morality behind the events.

Both of them leave you wanting more after each episode, with perfectly constructed cliffhangers and a constant will-they-won't-they atmosphere that won't allow you to rest until you experience the concluding episodes.

XMrNiceguyX says...

Tenshi na Konamaiki is alot more humorous than Hana Yori Dango, though has a less deep romance aspect. n addition to that: Tenshi na Konamaii has a bit a fantasy aspect in it, which is nowhere to be found in Tenshi na Konamaiki. If you want more humor, check out Tenshi na Konamaiki. If you want more romance, though still a serious amount of humor, check out Hana Yori Dango.

Rfsancho says...

Both of these shows have a very similar setting to them. An aggressive and outspoken female lead, and a very silly and madly-but-openly in love male lead. They are each with a school settings and a great cast of primary characters. Tenchi no Konamaiki is more about adventure and a common goal, whereas Hana Yori Dango is primarily a romance.

soccerdory says...

Both series follow a young lady who has been put into a situation that has many many obstacles. Each girl has an inner strength and will to overcome, they will never give up and remain fairly positive no matter what. I find that the main character in each of these series is very spunky and won't take any crap, they both are super energetic, and at times a little over the top. Both series are reverse harems in which a group of boys surround the female protagonists. Following the reverse harem tradition, there is a lovely touch of romance that makes your heart beat a little faster. If you loved one, you will love the other!

wolfangel87 says...

The heroines in Pretear and Hana Yori Dango have the strength to overcome whatever may be in their way. While Pretear is a little more supernatural based and Hana Yori Dango is based in the reality of life the two share the common ground of inner strength and power felt between the main female leads.