Chapter 24

Chapter 24
Chapter information
Series	Boys Over Flowers
Volume	4
Release date	March 20, 1993
← Preceded by	Chapter 23
Followed by →	Chapter 25

Sakurako: "I've always idolized you! Oh, I hope that doesn't sound crazy. I'd just like to be your friend."

Tsukushi: "O-Of course! I'd like that."

— Tsukushi becomes friends with Sakurako

The twenty-fourth chapter (第24話 () , twenty-fourth chapter) of the manga, Boys Over Flowers by Yoko Kamio, was published in late March 1993. The chapter was first released in the magazine Margaret, before being included in the series' fourth volume.

Tsukushi Makino wakes up in an empty hotel room with no memory of how. She decides to keep it a secret to avoid being bullied at school again. Later, Tsukushi visits Sakurako Sanjo's house where she runs into the same foreigner.

Plot

Tsukushi Makino's clothes are strewn about an empty hotel room. She slowly wakes up, considering the previous night to be a dream. Tsukushi then shoots up, not recognizing her current location. Noticing that she is not wearing her clothes, Tsukushi nervously checks to make sure her underwear is still on which she confirms. She thinks back to the previous night. Tsukushi, however, cannot remember anything after sharing a drink with the handsome foreigner.

At noon, Tsukushi arrives at Eitoku Academy where she finds Tsukasa Domyoji waiting at the gate. When she questions him, he denies that he was waiting for her. They then walk to the cafeteria together, surrounded by their gossiping classmates. Tsukasa treats her to the school's special lunch. Tsukushi thinks "I could get used to this," before remembering what happened that morning. She guesses that she will be bullied again if the truth ever came out.

Sojiro Nishikado attempts to flirt with Sakurako Sanjo, which fail as she hides behind Tsukushi. Sakurako expresses her admiration for Tsukushi and asks if they can be friends. She answers "Of course!" After school, Sakurako takes Tsukushi to her house. She starts feeling guilty about not actually being Tsukasa's girlfriend. Tsukushi then reaches for a photo album. Sakurako reacts strangely, quickly putting herself in front of the bookcase. Her family's boarder, Thomas, arrives. Tsukushi is shocked to see him again.

Character appearances

• Akira Mimasaka
• Chieko Makino (Mentioned)
• Rui Hanazawa (Mentioned)
• Sakurako Sanjo
• Sakurako Sanjo's grandmother (First mentioned)
• Sojiro Nishikado
• Susumu Makino (Mentioned)
• Thomas
• Tsukasa Domyoji
• Tsukushi Makino

Notes

• Story
• References

• Tsukushi has a couple of flashbacks to Thomas in the previous chapter.
• Sakurako reveals that she attended Eitoku until her first year in elementary school and then moved to Germany for her father's job. She has lived with her grandparents since her parents died in a plane crash five years previously.
• Sakurako freaks out when Tsukushi attempts to look at her photo album. Thomas later shows it to Tsukushi in chapter thirty-two.

Tsukasa says "あしあげとんなっ" and Tsukushi corrects him with "あげあしでしょ." In the English edition, Tsukasa instead says "Quit your pick-nitting!" and Tsukushi replies "Nitpicking, you mean."

Adaptations

• Episode 13 of Boys over Flowers (anime)
• Episode 5 of Meteor Garden (2001)
• Episode 4 of Hana Yori Dango
• Episode 4 of Boys over Flowers
• Episode 6 of Meteor Garden (2018)
• Hana Yori Dango (2019 musical)

See also

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