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Line 1: {{work}}{{Multiple Works Need Separate Pages}} ~~{{work}}~~ [[File:post-382287-1140940510_1191.jpg\|frame\|That's not a hand puppet, folks.]] {{quote\|''Why does my hand have ''breasts'' on it?!''}} '''''Midori Days''''' (''Midori no Hibi'') is a story of a boy whose girlfriend is also his right hand. No, not ~~like~~ ''[[A Date with Rosie Palms\|like that]]''. Seiji Sawamura is a high school [[Delinquents\|delinquent]]—a rude, disrespectful punk with a "bad dude" air and a skill with fighting that can lay out entire gangs with his "devil's right hand". But underneath his tough guy exterior is a noble soul who won't hesitate to defend an underdog. He's also lonely and unlucky in love—his reputation is so frightening that no girl he knows (other than 11-year-old neighbor Shiori) wants his attention or to be seen with him. Line 16: Naturally there are always complications—attempts at revenge by the gangs whom Seiji has defeated, pressures at school, unpleasant relatives, the constant strain of hiding Midori from the world, and of course, now that he is in an apparently permanent relationship with a girl, other candidates finally start appearing. What's a poor tough-guy type supposed to do? Despite its bizarre (indeed, borderline-nightmarish) premise and the gang-based violence that kicks it off, ''Midori no Hibi'' is actually a comedy, although it blends a few surprisingly sober and serious elements with its mostly-slapstick humor. There are hints that it will actually develop into a strange kind of love story between Seiji and Midori (who by the third episode habitually wears a tiny shirt dress emblazoned "I ~~(heart)~~♥ Seiji"); getting there will probably be a trip. Surprisingly, the show is free of the obvious [[Hentai]] humor it could generate about their relationship. It's surprisingly well-animated, especially for a television series; the opening credits have some positively glorious animation of clouds and other natural phenomena, character movement is smooth and natural, and it isn't stinting on multiplane and other depth-simulating effects. ~~Now available~~Available in the United States under the title ''Midori Days''. {{tropelist}} * [[A-Cup Angst]]: Midori suffers from this a [https://web.archive.org/web/20111229092642/http://www.tenmanga.com/chapter/MidorinoHibi17/170474-7.html couple] of [https://web.archive.org/web/20131102154104/http://www.tenmanga.com/chapter/MidorinoHibi54/170536-19.html times.] * [[Adaptation Distillation]]: The Manga goes off on some long tangents, but the anime focuses on Midori and Seiji. * [[Adapted Out]]: The anime only had thirteen episodes, but the manga had eighty-five in total. Which means that characters, like [[Mad Scientist\|Shirou]], his daughter, [[Badass Adorable\|Nao]], and [[Foreign Exchange Student\|Lucy]] were removed. * [[Adventurer Archaeologist]]: Hisashi Sakisaka * [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Subverted and defied. Seiji ''looks'' like a bad boy and displays the typical teenage rebelliousness but that's all he does. However, his reputation is such that women shun him rather than being turned on by him. Line 101 ⟶ 100: ** Midori's name is written with the kanji for 'beautiful bird', but it's a homophone for 'green'. * [[Hachimaki]]: Ayase sports one momentarily when she sets out to become Seiji's girlfriend * [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann\|Kittan]]? What happened to your hand? If Shiori ''really'' wants to be friends with Seiji, she should use [[Lyrical Nanoha\|a Starlight Breaker.]] * [[How to Become a Love Interest]]: Ayase uses a bunch of these in one episode to try to get Seiji. [[Hilarity Ensues]] * [[Hyperspace Mallet]]: Nao has one of truly epic proportions which will knock seemingly anything out with one hit Line 120 ⟶ 116: * [[Mad Scientist]]: Shirou Makinoha, who's obsessed over how Midori ended up on Seiji's hand. ** Most disturbing moment: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130104171319/http://tenmanga.com/chapter/MidorinoHibi25/170487-13.html when he sprays Midori with glue] (which looks [[Does This Remind You of Anything?\|weird]] [[Squick\|for glue]]). * [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter]]: ~~subverted~~Subverted by Nao Makinoha, she has more interest in Midori than Seiji. * [[Magical Girlfriend]] * [[Magical Native American]]: The Indian [[Witch Doctor]] is the only one to correctly identify Midori's condition. Line 160 ⟶ 156: * He doesn't miss it, he just doesn't reciprocate the feeling. * Well, [[Anguished Declaration of Love\|he does get better.]] * [[Shout-Out]] (Episode 4's visit to a "figurine shop" briefly displays recognizable tributes to [[Neon Genesis Evangelion\|Rei Ayanami]], ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' and at least a dozen other anime girls; there's also a parody of the Toho Studios standard movie opening. Also, in chapter 57 in the manga, there were two characters who were clearly cosplaying as Naruto Uzamaki from ''[[Naruto]]'' and Monkey D. Luffy from ''[[One Piece]]'') The Makinohas were flush with these. [[Giant Robo\|A robot controlled by wristwatch?]] Check. [[Gundam\|A cyborg that's mobile without legs,]] [[Astro Boy\|had feelings,]] and the head is [[Core Fighter\|self-sustained?]] Check. [[Mecha-Mooks\|A bunch of mass-produced androids]], that suspiciously looks like something from [[Macross\|Zentradi?]] Check. Also, [[One Piece\|Crocodile's Hook]] on [https://web.archive.org/web/20111229092647/http://tenmanga.com/chapter/MidorinoHibi25/170487-7.html this page], [[Gash Bell\|Gash]]'s book on [https://web.archive.org/web/20111229000034/http://www.tenmanga.com/chapter/MidorinoHibi37/170507-7.html this one], the [https://web.archive.org/web/20111229000039/http://www.tenmanga.com/chapter/MidorinoHibi57/170541-5.html Final Fantasy X's Yuna and Rikku.] Is she reading a manga version of ''[[A Clockwork Orange (novel)\|A Clockwork Orange]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20111229082827/http://www.tenmanga.com/chapter/MidorinoHibi46/170522-7.html or am I just seeing things?] In Chapter 40, Rin [[Fist of the North Star\|pulls a Shin]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20131102170209/http://www.tenmanga.com/chapter/MidorinoHibi40/170512-8.html on a biker who was unfortunate enough to overtake her]. In the manga, Lucy and Kamaki bear more than a striking resemblance to [[Rival Schools\|Tiffany and Chairperson]], respectively. * I always thought Lucy reminded me, physically, of [[Fullmetal Alchemist\|Winry]]. The fact that her last name is Winrad might suggest that this is intentional. There's also the Beniko chick from Midori's school, who looks a helluva lot like Benio from ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]''. [[Name's the Same\|Name's (almost) the same]], even! * [[Shown Their Work]]: When the Native American shaman's house is shown there is a Tipi in his yard. However he lives in South Dakota making his tribe one of the few that actually used Tipis. * [[Shrouded in Myth]]: Seiji, thanks to his friend's constant rumor spreading. * [[Silent Bob]]: Nao. Often says volumes with actions and usually says no more than two words when she does speak. Line 179 ⟶ 167: * [[That Poor Cat]] * [[They Would Cut You Up]]: Well, ''off'' at least... * [[~~Twelve-Episode Anime\|~~Thirteen -Episode Anime]] * [[Through His Stomach]]: Ayase, in the throes of her crush on Seiji, "accidentally" brings an extra lunch and has no choice but to offer it to him. * [[Throw It In]]: In-universe: Seiji's gang gets minor parts in a movie featuring their favorite actor, and get a little ''too'' into it... * [[Training from Hell]]: Rin put Seiji through a form of this as a child * [[Tricksters\|Trickster]]: Seiji's elder sister Line 187 ⟶ 175: * [[Tsundere]]: Ayase towards Seiji, and Seiji to Midori—especially in the manga. Shiori is also a tsundere to Tohyama. * [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: Kota, a rare male version * [[Unwanted Harem]]: ~~twice~~Twice as large in the manga, including one guy ** Kouta has his own [[Unwanted Harem]] in Nekobe and the Crimson Angels, a gang of four female delinquents. * [[Visual Pun]]: A possible example occurs when Seiji is punched to the ground in a bowling lane. Does this mean the gang member scored a strike? Line 198 ⟶ 186: * [[Wooden Katanas Are Even Better]]: If Suzaku doesn't simply kick you, this seems to be her weapon of choice. * [[Yaoi Fangirl]]: In the manga, Seiji's first crush, Yukino, ends up becoming this * [[Your Approval Fills Me with Shame]]: When Seiji refuses to sell Midori to a famous figure collector for half a million yen, the collector tells the other figure [[Otaku]] that such devotion should be an example to all. Cue awkward photo with Midori-puppet-wearing otaku. {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Anime]] [[Category:Anime of the 2000s]] [[Category:Manga]] ▲[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Thirteen-Episode Anime]]