This show is a must-see. Having downloaded a couple live-action adaptation from manga that were so cheesy, I was skeptical at first, but the 1st episode really got me sold. I downloaded the scanlation for the manga, but I may start reading it after watching ep 12 (the shoujo tag stills bugs me a bit. I'm a guy after all
). Maki Horikita is really cute. I'm downloading "Nobuta wa Produce" now because I read somewhere that she's in it. For the Taiwanese version, I wouldn't bother check it out (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hua_Yang_Shao_Nian_Shao_Nu). Japaneses do the hair-thing a lot better than Taiwanese after all, and Taiwainese televisions tend to exaggeratingly dramatize whatever shows they produce. I remember the old day when my mom and her friends watching Taiwanese dramas with hankerchieves at hands
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Oh, and the OP, ED, and insert song (Boom Boom Boom) really kick ass!