Meteor Rain [Liu Xing Yu]

Meteor Rain (流星雨) is a Taiwanese TV drama; in pin yin it is called Liu Xing Yu. It stars the music group "F4" (Jerry Yan, Vic Zhou, Ken Chu, and Vanness Wu).They happened in different times, before, during or after Meteor Garden's first season. Meteor Rain is a supplementary mini-series for the Meteor Garden series. Each of the three individual Meteor Rain episodes are referred to as a chapter, each focusing on one of the F4 members.

Storyline
Mei Zuo's Chapter: Mei Zuo (known as Akira in the Japanese version) got his pocket picked by a Japanese girl, Ai Sha, struggling to survive in Taiwan. Ai Sha fools Mei Zuo several times before she finally reveals the truth. Ai Sha, recently left Japan to find her grandmother. Mei Zuo agrees to help her out and after several events take place, Ai Sha and Mei Zuo start to practice dancing together. The explanation for this is that Ai Sha believes the best way to find her grandmother is to enter/win a televised dance contest. At the end of this Meteor Rain Chapter, a romance is strongly hinted.

Xi Men's Chapter: Xiao You (known as Yuki in the Japanese version) comes back from Canada by herself on a quest for her love. She attempts to rekindle her relationship with Xi Men (known as Soujiro in the Japanese version) and at first seems to be unsuccessful. After an occurrence at the bar, Xi Men and Xiao You confront each other about their behaviors. Later Xi Men reveals to Xiao You a bit of his past and tells her about this girl, Xiao Geng, he once loved. Xiao Geng had discovered something very special, but he had been somewhat afraid of his feelings and had greatly disappointed her by not showing up. Inspired by the story, Xiao You goes on a time-consuming search for the "special thing" that Xiao Geng had wanted to show Xi Men.

Dao Ming Si's Chapter: There are two parts to this chapter. This chapter is arguably more relevant to the Meteor Garden series because it explains several scenes that took place in the first season of Meteor Garden. Dao Ming Si (known as Tsukasa in the Japanese version) is charged with a crime and flees from police. He narrowly escapes the police, jumps off a train and lies unconscious on a beach. A young girl by the name of Xin Xin finds him and Dao Ming Si is temporarily taken in by Ah Yuan, who appears to be Xin Xin's father. Ah Yuan and Xin Xin live in a simple shack by the beach and are not wealthy. There are several twists to this plot, the main one being that Xin Xin does not talk. Apparently Xin Xin is not mute; she was simply traumatized by something that happened to her in the past. Thanks to Xin Xin's advances, Dao Ming Si and Xin Xin quickly bond. However problems arise in the second part of this chapter, when Ah Yuan learns that Dao Ming Si is wanted by the police and Dao Ming Si learns the truth about Ah Yuan & Xin Xin's past.

Cast
Jerry Yan as Dao Ming Si
Vic Zhou as Hua Ze Lei
Ken Zhu as Xi Men
Vanness Wu as Mei Zhuo
Rainie Yang as Xiao You
Senda Aisa as Ai Sha

Trivia
*Hua Ze Lei does not have his own chapter because he was too busy filming another series at the time.
*Several of the filming locations in this mini series are identical to the ones in the Taiwanese drama Mars. The beach where Dao Ming Si stays at and the cafe/coffeeshop where Mei Zhuo & Ai Sha meet at are just some of the locations.
*In Dao Ming Si's chapter, there were several visible contradictions in the story. Many fans will quickly notice that Dao Ming Si has the same hairstyle as he did at the end of the Meteor Garden 1 series. Also Dao Ming Si develops a mild atittude during his respective time with Xin Xin; at the beginning Meteor Garden 1 Dao Ming Si's attitude is much worse. These details strongly contradict the fact that Dao Ming Si's chapter takes place before the first season of Meteor Garden. But several sources do state that the respective chapter takes place before the original series.

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credits: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_Rain