When Tsukasa learns Tsukushi has vanished, he explodes. He tears apart the Domyoji household, screaming at his mother. Then he does the unthinkable: he renounces his inheritance. He walks out of his gilded mansion in a rainstorm, alone.
Devastated, Tsukushi finds an unlikely shoulder to cry on: Tsukasa. In a moment of vulnerability, he holds her. For a fleeting second, the mask of the tyrant slips, revealing a lonely, desperate boy. He kisses her—not out of conquest, but out of confusion.
She cannot answer.
But Tsukushi does not break. She spits at Tsukasa’s shoes. She throws a pudding in his face. She tells him to his arrogant, curly-haired face that he is a spoiled brat. This is unprecedented. No one has ever defied the Domyoji heir.
Eitoku Academy is not a school; it’s a kingdom. A kingdom ruled by gold, bloodlines, and absolute fear. At the apex of this kingdom sit the F4—Flower Four—four heirs to Japan’s greatest fortunes. Led by the cold, imperious Tsukasa Domyoji, they are kings who can destroy any student with a single red tag: a declaration of war that leads to relentless, school-sanctioned bullying. hana yori dango season 1
He looks up, his face bruised but his eyes clear for the first time. “Because you’re the only real thing in my life.”
There, in a room full of diamonds and champagne, Kaede humiliates Tsukushi, revealing her father’s failing business and her family’s debts. She offers Tsukushi a check—a fortune—to disappear from Tsukasa’s life. Tsukushi tears the check in half. But the message is clear: Kaede will destroy her family. When Tsukasa learns Tsukushi has vanished, he explodes
Tsukasa stands before the entire school assembly. He rips the F4’s platinum badge from his chest—the symbol of his power. He announces that if Tsukushi is expelled, he will burn Eitoku Academy to the ground. Then he declares that he, Tsukasa Domyoji, will marry Makino Tsukushi.