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花より男子 [Hana Yori Dango] #9
Boys Over Flowers: Hana Yori Dango, Vol. 9
Tsukasa is headed for New York to break away from his Tokyo life, but just before leaving Rui whispers something to him. When this news finally sinks in Tsukasa goes into another one of his frenzies. Financial troubles weigh heavy on the Makino family as Tsukushi's father is out of a job. It becomes clear that they are completely dependent on her marrying a rich boy from Eitoku Academy. A new boy enters the scene! He is a bit of a nut, but is determined to help Tsukushi.
200 pages, Paperback
First published January 25, 1995
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About the author
Yōko Kamio
295 books325 followersYōko Kamio (神尾葉子) is a popular Japanese manga artist and writer. She is most famous for Boys Over Flowers (花より男子, Hana Yori Dango?), for which she received the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1996. Her work has been translated and distributed in Asia, Europe, and North America.
Yōko Kamio readily admits that she had no intention of becoming a professional manga artist when she was young. Kamio originally went to secretarial school, but her love of drawing soon led her astray. She then eventually entered the professional mangaka field in 1989. In the following years, Kamio published Suki Suki Daisuki, Ano Hi ni Aitai, and Meri-san no Hijitsu in Margaret before she finally created Hana Yori Dango in 1992.
The Hana Yori Dango manga became established relatively quickly in Japan. Many people commended Kamio for her realistic portrayal of high school life and everyday violence through the Hana Yori Dango series. Although Kamio was initially surprised by the confessions of high school violence stated in fan letters, she realized that Tsukushi's fiery character served as a role model for much of Japan's youth and helped others cope with school violence.
Kamio watched as the success of Hana Yori Dango's 1992 début followed through with many more months on the best-sellers list. Voice CDs by SMAP and a live action movie about Hanadan charted the series success in the mid-1990s. By 1995, an animated series for Hana Yori Dango was already in progress and Kamio had also helped pick main leads for the anime show.
Hana Yori Dango ran in the Japanese Margaret magazine as well as the Korean Wink. The series has also been published in Japanese, Chinese, Cantonese, Thai, Korean, French, and English. The anime series has been broadcasted in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Italy, and has also been licensed and released in the United States. Additionally, it was also recreated in a Game Boy Color game (only released in Japan) during the summer of 2001. With its ever-increasing popularity, Hana Yori Dango was then made into a popular live action TV series in Taiwan titled Meteor Garden. The manga series finally ended in Margaret's August 2003 issue, and the 36th tankōbon which included the Akira special "Night of the Crescent Moon" was released in January 2004 as the manga's final volume.
While Yoko Kamio initially wanted Hanazawa Rui to be the main hero of Hana Yori Dango, due to the outstanding personality of Domyoji Tsukasa (and Domyoji also becoming more popular than Rui) she changed the hero role to Domyoji.
Despite Hana Yori Dango's success, Kamio had originally planned to end the series by Spring 2000. However, in February 2000, at a mangaka conference in Taipei, Taiwan Kamio announced that she would continue writing Hana Yori Dango. At one point, she got so wrapped up in the Hana Yori Dango storyline, that she confessed to having dreams about Doumyouji. Of course, she said that "Falling in love with a character that I created is just disgusting..."
Yōko Kamio readily admits that she had no intention of becoming a professional manga artist when she was young. Kamio originally went to secretarial school, but her love of drawing soon led her astray. She then eventually entered the professional mangaka field in 1989. In the following years, Kamio published Suki Suki Daisuki, Ano Hi ni Aitai, and Meri-san no Hijitsu in Margaret before she finally created Hana Yori Dango in 1992.
The Hana Yori Dango manga became established relatively quickly in Japan. Many people commended Kamio for her realistic portrayal of high school life and everyday violence through the Hana Yori Dango series. Although Kamio was initially surprised by the confessions of high school violence stated in fan letters, she realized that Tsukushi's fiery character served as a role model for much of Japan's youth and helped others cope with school violence.
Kamio watched as the success of Hana Yori Dango's 1992 début followed through with many more months on the best-sellers list. Voice CDs by SMAP and a live action movie about Hanadan charted the series success in the mid-1990s. By 1995, an animated series for Hana Yori Dango was already in progress and Kamio had also helped pick main leads for the anime show.
Hana Yori Dango ran in the Japanese Margaret magazine as well as the Korean Wink. The series has also been published in Japanese, Chinese, Cantonese, Thai, Korean, French, and English. The anime series has been broadcasted in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Italy, and has also been licensed and released in the United States. Additionally, it was also recreated in a Game Boy Color game (only released in Japan) during the summer of 2001. With its ever-increasing popularity, Hana Yori Dango was then made into a popular live action TV series in Taiwan titled Meteor Garden. The manga series finally ended in Margaret's August 2003 issue, and the 36th tankōbon which included the Akira special "Night of the Crescent Moon" was released in January 2004 as the manga's final volume.
While Yoko Kamio initially wanted Hanazawa Rui to be the main hero of Hana Yori Dango, due to the outstanding personality of Domyoji Tsukasa (and Domyoji also becoming more popular than Rui) she changed the hero role to Domyoji.
Despite Hana Yori Dango's success, Kamio had originally planned to end the series by Spring 2000. However, in February 2000, at a mangaka conference in Taipei, Taiwan Kamio announced that she would continue writing Hana Yori Dango. At one point, she got so wrapped up in the Hana Yori Dango storyline, that she confessed to having dreams about Doumyouji. Of course, she said that "Falling in love with a character that I created is just disgusting..."
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January 26, 2018
Me enamoré completamente del manga (:
August 28, 2020
I was curious to see how her parents were in the books. I've watched Boys over Flowers and Meteor Garden, and the parents are very different in each. So far, Meteor Garden parents are still the best. Her father is a terrible provider and her mother is USELESS. And I could deal with those two things if they were at least supportive of their daughter. But they are still obsessed with their daughter marrying rich for THEIR benefit. This poor teenager would have enough stress in her life just from these two idiots she calls mom and dad.
July 23, 2019
Protagonist is Tsukushi Makino. She is ordinary high school student and her family is very poor. Main secondary characters are Tsukasa Domyoji, Rui Hanazawa, Akira Mimasaka, Sojiro Nishikado. They are called F4, they are very handsome and their family is very rich. Tsukushi and F4 make the story.
They are cliched. And also, it uses rounded artwork and soft line.
They are cliched. And also, it uses rounded artwork and soft line.
September 10, 2024
Je reste vraiment sur mes gardes avec Hana Yori Dango parce que même si ce tome était plutôt sympathique, je m'attends toujours à une rechute. Pas de violence, pas d'insultes gratuites, pas de comportements désobligeants de la part d'un certain gosse de riche… Franchement, je n'y croyais pas une seule seconde. Mais si, c'est possible.
Le problème c'est qu'avec tout ce qu'il s'est passé précédemment, j'ai du mal à apprécier réellement quand les choses se passent bien. Et pourtant, il y a pas mal de choses positives dans ce tome neuf.
Déjà Domyoji se comporte de façon plus « normale ». Il décide de ne plus en vouloir à Rui et décide même de partir à New York pour laisser tout le monde respirer. Décision prise un peu sur un coup de tête, mais on ne va pas se plaindre du fait que pour une fois, il pense aux autres au lieu de sa petite personne. Ce départ met par contre plus en avant les sentiments de Tsukushi pour Domyoji. Et c'est là que je ne comprends pas trop l'idée du faux triangle amoureux, car Rui voit clairement que notre héroïne n'est pas amoureuse de lui, et il s'en moque complètement. Il a vraiment un concept très étrange des relations hommes / femmes, c'est un peu perturbant, même si ça reste mignon.
Tsukushi par contre, la pauvre, continue à toucher le fond. Son père ayant perdu son travail, sa situation est de plus en plus précaire. Elle doit donc trouver un travail pour aider le reste de la famille. Elle en trouve un très rapidement (et on se demande pourquoi son père ne fait d'ailleurs pas la même chose en attendant de trouver mieux… mais passons), et se fait même un nouvel ami. L'idée en soi était intéressante, car ce nouveau personnage ouvre les yeux à notre héroïne, et on la sent apaisée pendant un bon moment. le hic, c'est que ça donne l'impression d'une énième relation « romantique » alors qu'elle est avec Rui, et qu'elle aime Domyoji… mais là encore, passons… et que le garçon n'est pas ce qu'il semble être… Alors deux choses l'une. Soit la mangaka la joue intelligemment (j'ai des doutes…) et nous prouve que les riches ne sont pas tous pourris jusqu'à la moelle, soit, la pauvre Tsukushi va encore se retrouver dans une situation déplaisante… Croisons les doigts pour la première solution ! Je pense que je ne survivrais pas autrement…
Un tome sympathique donc, et ce n'est pas trop tôt, mais, j'attends de voir la suite. Et autant vous dire que je suis plus que sur mes gardes.
Le problème c'est qu'avec tout ce qu'il s'est passé précédemment, j'ai du mal à apprécier réellement quand les choses se passent bien. Et pourtant, il y a pas mal de choses positives dans ce tome neuf.
Déjà Domyoji se comporte de façon plus « normale ». Il décide de ne plus en vouloir à Rui et décide même de partir à New York pour laisser tout le monde respirer. Décision prise un peu sur un coup de tête, mais on ne va pas se plaindre du fait que pour une fois, il pense aux autres au lieu de sa petite personne. Ce départ met par contre plus en avant les sentiments de Tsukushi pour Domyoji. Et c'est là que je ne comprends pas trop l'idée du faux triangle amoureux, car Rui voit clairement que notre héroïne n'est pas amoureuse de lui, et il s'en moque complètement. Il a vraiment un concept très étrange des relations hommes / femmes, c'est un peu perturbant, même si ça reste mignon.
Tsukushi par contre, la pauvre, continue à toucher le fond. Son père ayant perdu son travail, sa situation est de plus en plus précaire. Elle doit donc trouver un travail pour aider le reste de la famille. Elle en trouve un très rapidement (et on se demande pourquoi son père ne fait d'ailleurs pas la même chose en attendant de trouver mieux… mais passons), et se fait même un nouvel ami. L'idée en soi était intéressante, car ce nouveau personnage ouvre les yeux à notre héroïne, et on la sent apaisée pendant un bon moment. le hic, c'est que ça donne l'impression d'une énième relation « romantique » alors qu'elle est avec Rui, et qu'elle aime Domyoji… mais là encore, passons… et que le garçon n'est pas ce qu'il semble être… Alors deux choses l'une. Soit la mangaka la joue intelligemment (j'ai des doutes…) et nous prouve que les riches ne sont pas tous pourris jusqu'à la moelle, soit, la pauvre Tsukushi va encore se retrouver dans une situation déplaisante… Croisons les doigts pour la première solution ! Je pense que je ne survivrais pas autrement…
Un tome sympathique donc, et ce n'est pas trop tôt, mais, j'attends de voir la suite. Et autant vous dire que je suis plus que sur mes gardes.
May 3, 2013
There was something in the way all of the characters came together that I found irresistibly compelling about this series. It did remind me a lot of Ouran while I was reading it and maybe that is why I liked it so much. Tsukushi is an interesting protagonist, I loved when she started taking action and sticking up for herself.
While I wasn’t overly fond of the artwork style I was able to get past it because I my love for the storyline. This is an honest story with twists and turns, ups and downs, but then again that is real life.
I would really recommend watching the anime too!
While I wasn’t overly fond of the artwork style I was able to get past it because I my love for the storyline. This is an honest story with twists and turns, ups and downs, but then again that is real life.
I would really recommend watching the anime too!
August 11, 2025
In Volume 9, the drama intensifies with obstacles that test Tsukushi’s resilience and Tsukasa’s sincerity. Emotional confrontations are balanced with brief moments of levity, showcasing the push-pull dynamic that defines their relationship. The pacing moves quickly, but the reliance on similar plot twists as earlier volumes can make the narrative feel slightly repetitive. Still, the art delivers strong emotional resonance, making even familiar scenes feel visually fresh.
September 20, 2008
this one too!!!
February 8, 2016
Rui's my hero!
These kids are seriously idiotic! College students are supposed to be grown up people and not so childish.
These kids are seriously idiotic! College students are supposed to be grown up people and not so childish.
May 17, 2016
The artwork style is so not my thing.
May 4, 2020
i should hate tsukasa but i cant.
December 9, 2022
This is probably the least problematic volume so far😂
September 2, 2018
Rui shows some of his playful nature in the volume. We find out that he tells Domyoji that nothing happened between him and Makino during the night they spent together, but he waits to tell him until just before Domyoji leaves for New York. Rui waits as a way to get back at Domyoji for tearing up his teddy bear when they were kids. (Wow! Passive-aggressive nature at its best? worst?!)
Makino's father has lost his job and her family is in dire financial straits. They move from the company housing to a dreary one-bedroom apartment, and Makino is determined to find another part-time job to help out with expenses. Out job-hunting she meets a sketchy character who offers to pay her money to take a few pictures. Yes, it is as sketchy as she thinks, but she's so desperate, she agrees to go with him. Stupid girl. She knew and STILL went with the guy. She's rescued by a delivery guy who sees the situation in a glance and won't ignore it. After this, Makino and Kinsan begin a sort of friendship where he helps her, but there is something he's hiding from Makino.
Domyoji can't seem to stay away from Makino. He's tried, but he worries about her too much. When he hears about Kinsan, he gets back to Japan ASAP. Makino misses him and can't seem to concentrate on her job, because she's thinking of him. We are seeing Makino fall for Domyoji right before our eyes. It's a slow process, but it's happening.
I absolutely despise how Makino's family puts the entire weight of their financial troubles on Makino's shoulders. Who is the adult here? Why is it her responsibility to pull them out of their woes? Why can't her parents both take on extra jobs? Why does she have to do this? Ugh. I know she feels responsible, but, duh!, she only feels that way because they put that pressure on her. Sigh. I know her parents are weak characters, but I still can't help but wish they would step up at least once in her life! Ack!
On to volume 10 where Makino learns Kinsan's true identity!
Makino's father has lost his job and her family is in dire financial straits. They move from the company housing to a dreary one-bedroom apartment, and Makino is determined to find another part-time job to help out with expenses. Out job-hunting she meets a sketchy character who offers to pay her money to take a few pictures. Yes, it is as sketchy as she thinks, but she's so desperate, she agrees to go with him. Stupid girl. She knew and STILL went with the guy. She's rescued by a delivery guy who sees the situation in a glance and won't ignore it. After this, Makino and Kinsan begin a sort of friendship where he helps her, but there is something he's hiding from Makino.
Domyoji can't seem to stay away from Makino. He's tried, but he worries about her too much. When he hears about Kinsan, he gets back to Japan ASAP. Makino misses him and can't seem to concentrate on her job, because she's thinking of him. We are seeing Makino fall for Domyoji right before our eyes. It's a slow process, but it's happening.
I absolutely despise how Makino's family puts the entire weight of their financial troubles on Makino's shoulders. Who is the adult here? Why is it her responsibility to pull them out of their woes? Why can't her parents both take on extra jobs? Why does she have to do this? Ugh. I know she feels responsible, but, duh!, she only feels that way because they put that pressure on her. Sigh. I know her parents are weak characters, but I still can't help but wish they would step up at least once in her life! Ack!
On to volume 10 where Makino learns Kinsan's true identity!
July 29, 2018
Makino’s dad was laid-off so they had to move into a smaller apartment, Makino got a part-time job where she met Kin-san - a new friend, they even went out on a date. Tsukasa went to New York but came back in the end since he found out that Kin-san was deceiving Makino (in a harmless way btw). It was just another reason for him to return to Japan since Rui confessed on what happened between him and Makino when they were locked inside a bedroom.
March 21, 2021
Amo a Makino pero aquí me llegaron algunas actitudes que tuvo, como no decirle a Tsukasa que no se fuera cuando claramente quería hacerlo, y no dejar hablar a Kinsan.
Pero me encantó la actitud de Rui aquí gg y me reí mucho con Tsukasa en Nueva York.
Pero me encantó la actitud de Rui aquí gg y me reí mucho con Tsukasa en Nueva York.
January 11, 2022
Estoy confundida, alegre y con ganas de descubrir mas, me encanta ver la obra original y este final me sorprendió mucho, soy fan de Tsukasa Domyoji, lo aprendí a querer con todo y lo loco que esta, para mi se esta robando la historia.
November 3, 2017
2.2 stars
April 8, 2019
Average, not a huge fan of the new guy that is introduced.
July 6, 2019
Vuelve el tono telenovelero.
December 6, 2019
4,5 stars
May 12, 2020
Me ha hecho reír en varias escenas, es imposible no cogerles cariño a los personajes. ¡Y vaya con el nuevo que aparece en este tomo!....
March 29, 2021
God this series is so inconsistent and over the top. Compels me though.
Also, why are they snowboarding on the cover? It’s summer in the volume.
Also, why are they snowboarding on the cover? It’s summer in the volume.
May 12, 2021
Hmmm..... Rich guy No. 3 who has fallen for our poor average protagonist! Why?? >.<
April 11, 2023
les rageux diront que je reste que pour domyoji tsukasa et ils ont raison
September 30, 2023
Love this series!
September 29, 2024
Dumbfounding that I feel compelled to root for the person I'm rooting for in this manga. Is that character problematic? Yes.
I've seen similar sentiments in other reviews.
I've seen similar sentiments in other reviews.
February 25, 2022
I did not really enjoy this
October 6, 2015
Interesting volume! I'm so happy Rui broke up with her. They weren't good together and she needs to make up her mind. Doumyouji is a spoiled brat, but I feel like he wants what he wants, and I like that he tries to be better to be with Tsukushi. I never trust any of these new guys that come into the story and sure enough, this Kin-San guy is lying as well. We will see more in the next volume and I'm excited to start it!
September 6, 2025
2nd Read 2025 - 4 ⭐️
I really hate seeing Tsukushi and her family struggle financially so much, I've been in bad spots like that growing up, and it's awful.
I'm also not a massive fan of Amakusa. He's an okay character, but not terribly interesting. I much prefer the F4 and their friends and families. But it's always good to see her have a friend to lean on, I just wish she could have more reliable, helpful female ones.
1st Read 2018 - 4 ⭐️
I really hate seeing Tsukushi and her family struggle financially so much, I've been in bad spots like that growing up, and it's awful.
I'm also not a massive fan of Amakusa. He's an okay character, but not terribly interesting. I much prefer the F4 and their friends and families. But it's always good to see her have a friend to lean on, I just wish she could have more reliable, helpful female ones.
1st Read 2018 - 4 ⭐️
March 12, 2012
WOW!! A man in this manga who is actually normal!!! And who treats Tsukushi like she is sentient being capable of making her own decisions!!!
... and I think we're supposed to dislike him because he didn't immediately reveal his family history to her?
... and I think we're supposed to dislike him because he didn't immediately reveal his family history to her?
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