Midoris Days
| Midoris Days | |
|---|---|
| Original title | 美 鳥 の 日 々 |
| transcription | Midori no Hibi |
| genre | Action , comedy , romance |
| Manga | |
| country |
 Japan
|
| author | Kazurou Inoue |
| publishing company | Shogakukan |
| magazine | Shōnen Sunday |
| First publication | September 2002 - October 2004 |
| expenditure | 8th |
| Anime television series | |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2004 |
| Studio | Studio Pierrot |
| length | 24 minutes |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Director | Tsuneo Kobayashi |
| production | Manyo Oshikiri, Satoshi Kawano, Toshifumi Yamazaki, Yūichi Murata |
| music | Yoshihisa Hirano |
| First broadcast | April 4, 2004 - June 27, 2004 on TV Kanagawa |
Midoris Days ( Japanese 美 鳥 の 日 々 , Midori no Hibi ) is a manga series by the Japanese illustrator Kazurou Inoue . The manga, which was also implemented as an anime in 2004, was published from 2002 to 2004 in 1,400 pages and is aimed primarily at a young, male readership, so it can be assigned to the Shōnen genre.
action
The high school student Seiji Sawamura ( 沢 村 正治 , Sawamura Seiji ), a racket known as a "rabid dog", received his 20th basket and has been without a girlfriend for 17 years and two months. He is also aware that his reputation as a bully has made most people afraid of him and that he has not yet had any romantic relationships. Especially with his self-described "right hand of the devil" he puts his opponents in their place. After another night of self-pity and porn magazines, he wakes up with a girl in place of his right hand. Although both are surprised at first, the girl is finally happy to be so close to her crush - much to the detriment of their nerves. On principle alone, he ignores the advances of the mini-girl. Especially since Sawamura has to think about his reputation as a bat and therefore very quickly begins to regard the hand as injured, to use it accordingly and to hide it as well as possible.
Midori Kasugano ( 春日 野 美 鳥 , Kasugano Midori ) - this is how the girl introduces herself - has been in love with Seiji since middle school , but has not yet dared to admit this to him. This shyness is now reversed, however, and she tells him on all possible occasions that she loves him; she also wears a dress with the inscription "I ♥ Seiji" and the like almost all the time. After Seiji Takako Ayase ( 綾 瀬 貴子 , Ayase Takako ) freed from the hands of some thugs, Midori became a rival. Ayase shows much more ambition than Midori and keeps drafting new plans for encounters disguised as chance. In spite of everything, Seiji remains unimpressed by her attempts, be it a provoked date or his supposedly necessary professional advice on various bathing suits, all of which are met with similarly disinterested comments.
As the story progresses, Seiji and Midori deal with other characters that ultimately bring the two closer together. Starting with the mad professor Makinoa, who would like to find out the scientific aspect of the Midori-Seiji conglomerate, and his daughter Nao, who develops a liking for Midori and dislike for Seiji; continued with Shūichi Takamizawa ( 高見沢修一 , Takamizawa Shūichi ), a hand puppet - Otaku , but is essentially a nice guy with poor social skills who would like to be with Seiji; about Shiori Tsukishima, an elementary school student for whom Seiji is their first crush and whom she wants to attract romantic attention to herself with the help of his sister Rin ( 沢 村 凛 , Sawamura Rin ); and finished with Lucy Winrad, a japanophile American who sees Sawamura as the transfigured and beloved archetype of a samurai .
As the action progresses, it turns out that Midori's real body - since she was on Seiji's arm - has been in a coma . In the manga she wakes up several times, but cannot remember her time with Seiji, only a comforting feeling that she had while sleeping. Longing for this feeling, she later goes back to sleep in the hope that she can return to this place. In the anime sets Aborigine - Dreamtime Deuter found that they themselves want to stay in a dream and therefore does not wake up. He offers to wake her up involuntarily, but warns of the consequences, which is why Midori's mother rejects the proposal. Eventually Midori returns to her body because, in her opinion, Seiji will see little more than a substitute hand in her - despite the developing noticeable affection on his part. The drawn variant differs in the reason for her return: Although Seiji has told her that he loves her in her miniature, she does not recognize it as real, since that is not her real figure. Therefore it is difficult for her to confess her love to him after her return, because she neither remembers her time together, nor is her actual character as extroverted as her miniature form. In addition, Seiji is aware of her difficulties in expressing her feelings, which is why he is waiting for her confession and withholding her common past, which she cannot remember.
Publications
Midori no Hibi appeared in Japan from September 2002 to July 2004 in 85 individual chapters in the manga magazine Shōnen Sunday . The Shogakukan publishing house also brought out these individual chapters in eight edited volumes.
The manga has been translated into French, English, German and Spanish, among others. In Germany, the manga was initially available for a few editions until it was discontinued in October 2006 in the manga magazine Manga Twister . Egmont Manga & Anime published all anthologies from March 2007 to October 2008.
Anime
The Pierrot studio produced thirteen episodes of an anime series based on the manga for Japanese television. The series, which differs from the manga due to its comparatively short length, was directed by Tsuneo Kobayashis . From April to June 2004 the television station TV Kanagawa broadcast the series and with a few minutes to days offset Chiba TV , TV Saitama , KBS Kyōto , Sun TV and TV Aichi . From May onwards, it was broadcast nationwide by Animax .
The anime series also appeared in France, North America, Great Britain, Australia, and Italy.
title
The title is an ambiguous play on words: During Golden Week there is a holiday called Midori no Hi ( green day ). The main character of the series is called Midori himself, which, depending on the translation , results in Midori's Day , Daily Midori or Every Day Green .
Midori's name is a homonym in Japanese for her hair color, green.
Web links
- Official website of Studio Pierrot for the anime (Japanese)
- Manga and Anime on Anime News Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ shortly after midnight and thus on the previous television day