Meteor Garden II was definitely not as good as the first one but there were a couple of things I enjoyed about it. First, the other 2 guys (Vanness and Ken) we're given more face time. I liked seeing them actually getting to act and getting stories of their own instead of just being part of the backdrop. Second, I loved the interaction between Shan Cai and F3. I thought it was so sweet how they protected her and took care of her all the time. It was a pretty cool dynamic between her and the 3 guys. Finally, MG II was when I really fell in love with Lei (and in effect, Vic Zhou

). By the end of MG II I was actually rooting for him to get the girl. So basically, if you ignore the whole Yesha-Dao Ming Si aspect of MGII it was actually a pretty fun watch.