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{{quote| ''Why does my hand have ''breasts'' on it?!''}}

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.

Midori, it turns out, was a perfectly normal girl from another school who idolized Seiji from afar. How she turned into his hand neither knows, but she's happy with the situation even if Seiji isn't. She has surprising mobility -- not only can she move his arm at will, but if she wants to go somewhere, she ''can'', and drag him along behind her however unwilling he might be. And to be honest, under any other conditions Midori would be a stunning catch -- beautiful, domestic, utterly devoted to him, and filthy rich. But it's all outweighed (for Seiji, at least) by the fact that she's now not much bigger than a Barbie doll and grafted onto the end of his arm. Then there are the complications borne of the fact that his deadly, gang-beating right cross now has big aqua eyes and a cute giggle... And on the distaff side, what about Midori's ''original'' body, now in a coma and watched over by her tearful mother?

Now available in the United States under the title ''Midori Days''.

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* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: The Manga goes off on some long tangents, but the anime focuses on Midori and Seiji.

* [[Adventurer Archaeologist]]: Hisashi Sakisaka

* [[Blank White Eyes]]: How would ''you'' react to meeting Midori...?

* [[Blinding Bangs]]: Suzuka, Kamaki's right hand woman

* [[Bottomless Bladder]]: Averted for comedy, since Midori has to go ''everywhere'' Seiji goes. And when he lost the use of his other hand too...

* [[Breast Sponge]]: Midori to Seiji of course. She keeps her towel on, though.

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: [[Attempted Rape|The upper panel on]] [http://tenmanga.com/chapter/MidorinoHibi61/170548-16.html this page][[Flat What|.]]

* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: A ''38-year-old man with a son'', no less...

** Also Lucy came to Japan to get away from him.

*** People tend to forget the Native American shaman. He's shown in a surprisingly nice light. He is the only one of an entire crowd of traditional medicine and religious men that knows what really happened to Midori.

* [[For Science!]]: The credo of [[Mad Scientist|Dr. Makinoha Shirou]], as shown [http://tenmanga.com/chapter/MidorinoHibi24/170486-15.html here]

* [[Freaky Friday Flip]]: In one episode, Seiji and Midori switch places

* [[Gecko Ending]]: The anime is much shorter than the manga, and leaves out several females, most importantly Nao Makinoha and Lucy Winladd

** On the other hand, it happened just before the manga ended, and the final resolution itself is almost identical.

* [[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 [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|a Starlight Breaker.]]

* [[Hyperspace Mallet]]: Nao has one of truly epic proportions which will knock seemingly anything out with one hit

* [[I Have This Friend]]: Ayase finally spits it out.

* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Yes, he made a "helping hand" [http://tenmanga.com/chapter/MidorinoHibi3/170450-18.html joke]

** How about Midori? It's Japanese for green. Guess what Midori's hair color is.

* [[Invulnerable Knuckles]]: Played straight in an urban legend about how Seiji punched through a ''car''.

* [[James Bondage]]: Osamu exists to be taken hostage to lure Seiji into fights

* [[Joshikousei]]

* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: Over and over!

* [[Panty Shot]]

* [[Parental Abandonment]]

* [[Porn Stash]]: A couple of chapters in the manga deal with Midori clearing out Seiji's collection of adult magazines / tapes.

* [[Precocious Crush]]: Shiori's efforts to win Seiji's affection, especially in episode 6

*** He doesn't mis it, he just doesn't reciprocate the feeling.

*** Well, [[Anguished Declaration of Love|he does get better.]]

*** I cannot believe that this troper is the only one who noticed [[One Piece|Crocodile's Hook]] on [http://tenmanga.com/chapter/MidorinoHibi25/170487-7.html this page.]

*** Or [[Gash Bell|Gash]]'s book on [http://www.tenmanga.com/chapter/MidorinoHibi37/170507-7.html this one]

*** Or the [http://www.tenmanga.com/chapter/MidorinoHibi57/170541-5.html Final Fantasy X's Yuna and Rikku.]

*** In Chapter 40, Rin [[Fist of the North Star|pulls a Shin]] [http://www.tenmanga.com/chapter/MidorinoHibi40/170512-8.html on a biker who was unfortunate enough to overtake her].

*** 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!

** 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?

* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: Quite a few times in the manga: Seiji does this a couple times to catch a subway pervert and to raise some money; Kota does this too many times to count

** In the Manga both Kota and Seiji crossdress on two separate occasions. Although on one on those times Kota did try to kiss Seiji so I'm not sure how "wholesome" it is...

* [[Woman Scorned]]: You don't want to go near Midori when she's angry....

* [[Yaoi Fangirl]]: In the manga, Seiji's first crush, Yukino, ends up becoming this

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