Originally Posted by
beansprouts
I was drawn to Rui in HYD initially, same as the time I watched Meteor garden, I like Rui in all versions of the Hana Yori Dango (anime, manga, TV series). Somehow, both Vic Chou and Oguri Shun fails to accurately portray the feeling of Rui in the manga, however, I do think Vic did a much better job than Shun. Shun smiled too much and was too happy in the show, quite a stark difference from the manga Rui.
I prefer Inoue Mao as Tsukishi as well, she's definitely more kawaii than Barbie, but again I have the same problem with both portrayals of Tsukishi. Both of them don't quite match up to the poor and plain but very tough Tsukishi in the manga. And neither of them chop off their hair for the show... ah well...