For the purposes of this wiki, Boys Over Flowers and its adaptations have been split into different "universes" and "hubs." Read below for details on the various universes and why this decision was made:
Explanation of universes and hubs
- The manga and its various adaptations were split into universes for the following reasons:
- Timeline: the original manga has a confusing timeline. Despite it originally taking place on a fixed time, the series gradually developed a semi-floating timeline. This means that it does not take place in the time it was published though it reflected contemporary trends, such as going from pagers to cell phones (and eventually smart phones in Season 2). Unlike the manga and its sequel, the adaptations all take place on a fixed timeline.
- Plot differences: as with all adaptations, there are some notable differences even in the anime and Japanese drama. For example, the anime skips the "T.O.J arc" and the final six episodes are an original storyline. In the Japanese drama, Thomas is replaced with Ryuji and an original character named Ken Uchida plays an important part in Hana Yori Dango Returns.
- Cultural differences: Meteor Garden (Taiwan), Boys Over Flowers (South Korea), Meteor Garden (China), and F4 Thailand (Thailand) all take place in different countries. The most obvious difference is the character names. Tsukushi Makino, for example, has been renamed Dong Shan Cai, Geum Jan-di, and Gorya. Cultural differences also influence the plot in some ways.
- Manual of style: due to the Wiki's established style of writing character pages, there was little room for discussing the anime and Japanese drama versions of characters. Pages for the Taiwanese and Korean drama characters were already in use at the time, so it was decided to further separate the character pages (e.g. Tsukushi Makino (anime) and Tsukushi Makino (drama)).
- Hubs: an umbrella category for universes as well as a home for "hubs" that do not fit into universes.
- For example, the 1995 film only has one short piece of media and therefore does not have enough story information to be split into its own universe (i.e. have its own character pages and such). However, there are still a lot of pages dedicated to the film so it gets a "hub" page instead.
List of universes and hubs
The current "universes" are as follows:
The other "hubs" are:
- Hana Yori Dango (1995)
- Hana Yori Dango: Koi Seyo Otome!
- Hana Yori Dango: The Musical (2016)
- Boys Over Flowers: The Musical (2017)
- Hana Yori Dango (2019)
Notes on universe pages
Tabber
- Character connect the universes by using the tabber below. To simplify it, the universes are labeled "Manga," "Anime," and then the dramas are named for their respective country.
- To avoid confusion, characters exclusive to the Hana Nochi Hare drama are given their own tab which is simply labeled "Drama."
- {{TabHeader}} examples:
Tsukushi Makino
Oto Edogawa
Non-character pages
The universe system only effects character pages for the most part. City pages like Tokyo utilize a tabber to separate the manga, anime, and drama locations. Other location pages like Eitoku Academy do not mention the anime or drama in the main body of work, instead being listed in the "Behind the scenes" section. Object pages, such as Red card or Homemade cookies, work in a similar way. Their different portrayals are also shown in the "Behind the scenes" section.
One reason for not splitting these pages is that some locations and objects are not changed much from the manga to the adaptation. Eitoku Academy, for instance, is changed very little in the anime and Japanese drama. However, there are big differences in the international adaptations, leading to the page creations of Ying De Academy, Shinhwa School, etc.
Other
- Extremely minor characters are not split into separate pages, such as Akira Mimasaka's mother. Her appearance in the manga and other adaptations are too minor to warrant more than one page.
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