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Seiji Sawamura is a high school [[Delinquents|delinquent]] -- a—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 -- hislove—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.

This state of affairs grates on him -- failurehim—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 -- butconfused—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 -- notmobility—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 -- beautifulcatch—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?

Naturally there are always complications -- attemptscomplications—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?

** If Shiori ''really'' wants to be friends with Seiji, she should use [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|a Starlight Breaker.]]

* [[Imagine Spot]]: An interesting take on the trope, where the [[Imagine Spot|Imagine Spots]]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

* [[Tsundere]]: Ayase towards Seiji, and Seiji to Midori -- especiallyMidori—especially in the manga. Shiori is also a tsundere to Tohyama.