I love the manga Hana kimi so I watched all the drama adaptation. If I had to put my opinion in a few words I would say : "Well this is a remake". It is not a bad remake. If you don't know the 2007 version, watch it. In a way the plot is better. " Hana kimi 2007" is more "crazy": The plot and the characters are caricaturals. But you really get to like the two main roles, whom are incarned by the great, amazing and perfect ( nop I am not head over hills for those two.... =P ) Horikita Maki and Oguri Shun. The good points of Hanakimi 2011 compared to 2007: -the plot rescpects more and shows other aspects of the manga than the previous one. -The secondary characters are really a good point of this version. Even thought they are less comical, they all give a really natural feeling, which makes me watch this version until the end. -Miura Shoei and Yanagishita Tomo are really amazing, they offer a really new version of "Nakatsu" and "Kayashima". The result is amazing. Now the problems with this version: The Main couple Sano /Mizuki -Those good secondary roles are also a huge challenge to this version because they are so likeable, and fun that the main couple is a bit forgotten (or moreover like completely frogotten). -If you know the old version and if you like the two main character (Sano/ Mizuki ), don't watch this version : Compared to the 2007 version their acting skills seems PLAIN. - In particular Nakamura Aoi (Sano), without even confronting him to Oguri, he is boring and is invisible in contrast to the shiny Miura Shoei (Nakatsu). Well sorry for the grammar and syntax, I am not anglophone...