Really I think that they merged the concept of Girl!Akiha and the sports reporter with whom Umeda tried to traumatize with nude pictures. (by the way the Umeda in the taiwanese version is priceless.. truly made of win and evil)
I mean I guess if I had to watch the series, it would be with a completely open mind and sadly I can't have that open mind after loving the series so much, I even compared the Taiwanese version to the manga.. and it was a semi faithful version, there were spots where it wasn't the same.. but for the most part it kept alot of accuracies. (the subbers are Oh So Sublimes just for information)
The Taiwanese version is cute, the Sano in that version, my ex husband wanted to be gay for. It was great.