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This state of affairs grates on him—failure after failure weighs on Seiji's mind, until one day, alone at home, he bemoans the fact that he seems destined to live his life [[A Date with Rosie Palms|with only his right hand as his lover]], and swears that he will accept any girl who will have him. When a strange girl's voice echoes "Really?" in the empty room, he is understandably surprised and confused—but it's nothing on how he feels a few moments later when he discovers that his right hand has turned into a miniature teenaged girl named Midori Kasugano. He ''really'' [[Literal Genie|should have picked a better choice of words]]...
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
Although against his will, Seiji finds he's starting to like Midori, he still has vast problems with both her existence as part of his body, and the impact this has on his "tough guy" image. Often he treats Midori like an
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?
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* [[Beyond the Impossible]]: Averted. One of Seiji's classmates [http://www.tenmanga.com/chapter/MidorinoHibi3/170450-7.html claimed he did this] by punching out a car but Seiji sweatdrops and says that's impossible.
* [[Big Fancy House]]: Midori's
*
* [[Bland-Name Product]]: Game Non Stop, Takamizawa's "Camon IOS" camera, and Play Girl.
* [[Blank White Eyes]]: How would ''you'' react to meeting Midori...?
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** Seiji himself goes through some throughout the series, moving away from [[Violence Is the Only Option]] and developing a gentler, more socially apt side, underlined by his becoming less and less critical of Midori as the series goes on. While he tends to blow off Midori's advances as airheaded or insincere, after reading her diary he comes to appreciate the depth and complexity of her feelings, giving him the courage to acknowledge that he appreciates and cares for her as a human being and not just a hand.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Seiji and Midori think they've gotten Takamizawa to forget about the whole thing. But {{spoiler|his digital camera}} didn't.
* [[Cherry Blossoms]]: In the opening credits, also in one picture Kota has of Midori.
* [[Chick Magnet]]: Seiji
* [[Class Representative]]: Ayase, or at least the audience is led to believe. One panel in the manga shows that Ayase isn't the actual class rep, it's just that everyone always looks up to her instead of their real Class Rep.
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** Midori has had some pretty lewd dreams and fantasies, though she doesn't actually get more explicit than [[This and That]]. She also seems pretty eager to help Seiji in the bathroom...
** Ayase happily fantasizes on how Seiji in going to save her from {{spoiler|drowning}}, including mouth-to-mouth, and later on how they'll warm each others bodies while naked (and [[Something Else Also Rises|not only the temperature goes up]]).
:: Ayase's most blatant moment was when she and Seiji accidentally switch video tapes after running into each other. She was expecting to have a story about a young boy and his faithful dog. She ended up with a piece of Seiji's [[Porn Stash]]. Her response? {{spoiler|''Take notes.''}}
* [[Cranial Eruption]]
* [[Cross-Popping Veins]]: more realistically done than usual.
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* [[Delinquents]]
* [[Dragged Into Drag]]: Kota is saved from physical torture by the Crimson Angels when they decide to force him into dresses. They are instantly smitten with how cute he looks, and start fighting among themselves as to who gets to play dress-up with him.
* [[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...
* [[Eagle Land]]: Lucy Winnlad is an American, you can tell because she has [[Wearing a Flag on Your Head|American flag panties]]. Her friend Daniel is [[Americans Are Cowboys|so stereotypical]] and Type Two that he takes [[Refuge in Audacity]].
** 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.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards|Even Creepy Otaku Have Standards]]: Takamizawa may be a doll fetishist with some very disturbing attitudes towards women, but even he knows that taking upskirt photos with a cellphone is not acceptable behavior.
* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: Seiji. Not only is he a [[Chick Magnet]], he has a [[Cute Shotaro Boy]] head over heels for him.
* [[Face of a Thug]]: Why he constantly has a stream of bullies challenging him, which lead to how he became so good at fighting. Unfortunately this creates hell for him when it comes to dating.
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* [[Flung Clothing]]
* [[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.
* [[Gagging on Your Words]]: Seiji is incapable of saying "I love you" to Midori, even as a throwaway and joking way.
* [[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.
* [[Genki Girl]]: Midori seems to have no issues with what happened to her.
* [[Giant Food]]: While it's not considered giant to anyone else, Midori greatly enjoys having her "favorite choco-banana ice cream in an extra large size" ... of course, until it [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|melts over her head]].
* [[Gratuitous English]]: Just a phrase here and there.
* [[Glomp]]: when done by a girl on one's right arm, can be painful...
* [[Hair Colors]]: Mainly Midori; while Seiji is blonde, a flashback suggests that he bleaches his hair, while all other characters seem to have normal hair colours. Which makes the female lead's unique hair colour more unreal and interesting.
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** 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
* [[I Have This Friend]]: Ayase finally spits it out.
* [[Imagine Spot]]: An interesting take on the trope, where the [[Imagine Spot]]s are presented as a very short movie, complete with title and credits; being a reader of romance novels and manga, Ayase's also take the form of shojo manga starring her and Seiji.
* [[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 (although not when spelled with these kanji). Guess what color Midori's hair
* [[In Love with Your Carnage]]: Kamaki Rina seems to love Seiji's old brutal ways, [http://www.anymanga.com/midori-no-hibi/006/007/013/ just look at that face]
* [[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.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Seiji, at least in the beginning of the story.
* [[Joshikousei]]
* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: Over and over!
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* [[Mad Scientist]]: Shirou Makinoha, who's obsessed over how Midori ended up on Seiji's hand.
** Most disturbing moment: [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 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.
* [[Magnetic Girlfriend]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Nekobe, leader of the Crisom Angels, has a constant [[Cat Smile]].
* [[Megaton Punch]]: Seiji, until Midori came along.
* [[Memetic Badass]]: In-universe example: Seiji's reputation around the school, specifically regarding his right hand. When he pretends it's broken to hide Midori, the stories [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q5TZWCcwVU only get wilder].
* [[Modesty Towel]]: Seiji wears one ''in his own bathtub''. Normally would be an [[Egregious]] example of the trope, but it's perfectly [[Justified Trope|justified]] here since there's a girl on his arm. (And then the towel [[Naked People Are Funny|falls off .
* [[My Kung Fu Is Stronger Than Yours]]
* [[Nerds Are Virgins]]: [http://www.tenmanga.com/chapter/MidorinoHibi57/170541-11.html So that's what breasts look like.]
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** What makes it extra hilarious is that it's heavily implied that he liked Midori in return from the beginning of the series, and he gets really attached/possessive very fast. VERY, VERY oblivious.
* [[Ocular Gushers]]
* [[Of Corpse He's Alive|Of Corpse He's Conscious]]: One manga chapter deals with Midori dealing with household issues while Seiji's knocked out due to drinking some tequila. This includes having to drag Seiji's body over to greet a pizza delivery man and a textbook salesman and fighting off a
* [[Older Than He Looks]]: Karate master Aoi Sakajima, a manga-only character who looks and acts like a 10 year old. The only reason people actually study under him is because he's so cute.
* [[Otaku]]: Shuichi Takamizawa, a doll otaku who covets Midori.
* [[Out-of-Genre Experience]]: Feudal-era Japan with Seiji as a wanted swordsman, during
* [[Panty Shot]]
* [[Parental Abandonment]]
* [[Parent with New Paramour]]: Seiji helps Shiori get over her initial dislike of her new mother.
* [[Porn Stash]]: A couple of chapters in the manga deal with Midori clearing out Seiji's collection of adult magazines / tapes.
** [[I Read It for the Articles]]: Seiji uses this excuse.
* [[Precocious Crush]]: Shiori's efforts to win Seiji's affection, especially in episode 6.
* [[Power Perversion Potential]]: See [[Fetish Fuel]] above.
* [[Puppy Dog Eyes]]
* [[Quivering Eyes]]
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: Daniel's extreme condescension towards non-Americans (including trying to cheat in blatantly obvious ways and expecting them to work) combined with his frequent use of racist slurs are just so over-the-top ridiculous that they'd only seem believable in a period piece.
* [[Repeat Cut]]: {{spoiler|(Ayase hugging Seiji when she confesses to him in the anime.)}}
* [[Rescue Romance]]:
** In the manga, it wasn't quite a romantic one when he saved her. When he took a beating to save a friend and ensure said friend wouldn't get kidnapped to draw him out again, however, she started to understand him more and fall for him.
* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]: Takamizawa uses his glasses to hide his Otaku obsession. The lenses will crack to show that his emotions are becoming too much to contain, then appear undamaged when he has control again. When he's being sincere but still scary, one lens will clear while the other is opaque.
** Rin, whenever plotting something
* [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]]: Kamaki and Suzuka.
* [[Selective Obliviousness]]: Seiji desperately wants a girlfriend, but is completely oblivious to Midori's and Ayase's feelings for him.
** At least with Ayase, it's at least understandable given how [[Tsundere|hot and cold]] she treats Seiji. However, given how much Midori [[Love Freak|talks about love]], it boggles the mind how he can miss it.
*** He doesn't
*** 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 [http://tenmanga.com/chapter/MidorinoHibi25/170487-7.html this page], [[Gash Bell|Gash]]'s book on [http://www.tenmanga.com/chapter/MidorinoHibi37/170507-7.html this one], the [http://www.tenmanga.com/chapter/MidorinoHibi57/170541-5.html Final Fantasy X's Yuna and Rikku.]
▲*** Did anybody who read the manga notice that 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.
* [[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.
* [[Snow Means Love]]: {{spoiler|The last episode of the anime.}}
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* [[Tempting Fate]]: Seiji swore in the first page of chapter 3 not to get into a fight ever again. Guess what happens on the next page...
* [[That Poor Cat]]
* [[
* [[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]]: Seiji's gang gets minor parts in a movie featuring their favorite actor, and get a little ''too'' into it...
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** 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?
* [[Wearing a Flag on Your Head]]: When Seiji [[Crash Into Hello|meets]] Lucy, he sees her stars-
* [[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...
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