Whether the drama world is deserving or not, we finally have a near universally beloved breakout star in 2018 in the form of the dynamic and still very young and inexperienced Dylan Wang (Wang He Di). I’ll leave it to the fans of Hana Yori Dango drama adaptations to fight out who broke out the biggest – Dylan in Meteor Garden 2018, Jerry Yan in original MG, Matsumoto Jun in HanaDan, or is it Lee Min Ho thanks to Boys Before Flowers. I sorta lost interest in MG2018 after around 12-episodes and it wasn’t because I didn’t love Dylan or actually I liked the entire cast and found the directing to be decent enough. I think I am finally saturated with the HanaDan story but clearly this version was fresh enough and with the added lure of finding the treasure that is Dylan to keep me watching for even a dozen episodes. The drama ended it’s run last week right as summer ended, making a nice bookend for a drama that provided just the right amount of cute entertainment to escape the scorching heat outside. Continue reading →