Hana Yori Dango FF ― Flower boys x Fighting girls (花より男子FF―Flower boys×Fighting girls) is a fan book[2] that covers the characters and story of Boys Over Flowers created by Yoko Kamio. It was published by Shueisha on October 24, 2003 after the series' end in August. The book has also been published in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea.
The book features full-color illustrations, profiles on the series' major characters and seventy minor characters, summaries of the series' arcs, as well as the short story "The Bored Prince".
Content[]
- HANA-DAN Color Illustration Gallery: two galleries titled "~Welcome to the Flower's salon~" and "~Welcome to the Fighting stage~" with illustrations previously released only in Margaret.
- Chapter.1 FLOWER BOYS FILE: detailed profiles called "Graffiti" on Tsukasa Domyoji, Rui Hanazawa, Sojiro Nishikado, Akira Mimasaka, Kazuya Aoike, Seinosuke Amakusa, Junpei Oribe, and Amon Kunisawa. Afterwards, the "fighting girls" talk and "check" (grade) the boys.
- Chapter.2 FIGHTING GIRLS FILE: profiles on the series' major female characters, including Tsukushi Makino, Yuki Matsuoka, Sakurako Sanjo, Shigeru Okawahara, Tsubaki Domyoji, Kaede Domyoji, Shizuka Todo, Sara Hinata, and Umi Nakajima. Similar to the first chapter, the "flower boys" talk and "check" the girls.
- Chapter.3 HANA-DAN PERFECT GUIDE: includes an "Episode Guide" summarizing the events of all thirty-six volumes, "Hana-Dan Side Characters" profiling seventy of the minor characters featured in the series, and a key word section titled "Dangomaster".
- Chapter.4 BACKSTAGE OF HANA-DAN: an interview of creator Yoko Kamio, and stars such as Tommy february6, Asami Ishikawa, Jerry Yan, and Barbie Hsu. Also included, "HANA-DAN Media History", "World Guide", and "Character Ranking".
- Character Ranking: a poll was conducted prior to the book's publication. It also contains the first three character's ranks from the previous polls.
- Rui Hanazawa (2291pt)
- Tsukasa Domyoji (1808pt)
- Tsukushi Makino (764pt)
- Sojiro Nishikado (236pt)
- Akira Mimasaka (114pt)
- Tsubaki Domyoji (106pt)
- Tama (51pt)
- Shigeru Okawahara (47pt)
- Seinosuke Amakusa (37pt)
- Sakurako Sanjo (32pt)
- Sara Hinata
- Haruo Makino
- Kazuya Aoike (tie)
- Amon Kunisawa (tie)
- Kaede Domyoji
- Yuki Matsuoka
- Chieko Makino / Junpei Oribe
- Kiyonaga Narumiya
- Shizuka Todo
- Ayano Kurimaki / Makiko Endo / Rika / Sojiro Nishikado's mother / New York enterpriser
- "The Bored Prince": a short story about Rui Hanazawa's dream, in which he becomes a prince and saves a frog that strangely looks like Tsukushi Makino.
Illustrations
Character appearances[]
(Picture(s) only) unless marked (Mentioned):
Profiles[]
Character | Personal Data |
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Tsukasa Domyoji |
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Rui Hanazawa |
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Sojiro Nishikado |
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Akira Mimasaka |
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Tsukushi Makino |
Editions[]
- See also: Foreign editions of Boys Over Flowers
Notes[]
- All of the color illustrations in the book were later included in complete edition of the manga. Additionally, the pictures on the front and back cover were republished in the last volume.
- A character popularity poll was held by Margaret through the magazine and online. The results were revealed in this book.[6]
References[]
- ↑ https://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=4-08-847654-9 (Japanese)
- ↑ Boys Over Flowers: Jewelry Box
- ↑ http://www.tongli.com.tw/BooksDetail.aspx?Bd=JC61101 (Chinese)
- ↑ https://book.douban.com/subject/26597203/ (Chinese)
- ↑ http://webtoon.daum.net/kcomics/view/51962 (Korean)
- ↑ http://margaret.shueisha.co.jp/hanayoridango/character.html (Japanese)
See also[]
External links[]
- Hana Yori Dango FF on S-Manga (Japanese)
- Hana Yori Dango FF at Margaret (archive)