Midori no Hibi

Umino · Post by **Umino** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 6:30 pm

Does anyone else like this manga? I saw a preview for the anime in Newtype and ask Sakuya about it. He gave me a link for the scanlations. I've read up to chapter 38 (Volume 4) and its so funny! Its about 17 yr. old Seiji who can't get a girlfriend since all of the girls are afraid of him. (He fights alot) Then one night his right hand turns into a girl! The girl turns out to be Midori, a young girl who has had a crush on Seiji for some time.

Its pretty funny, how Seiji has to adapt with having a girl for his right hand. During one chapter we see how Seiji has to find some way to use the restroom. His tells Midori not to look, while he tries with the 'other hand'. And whenever he has go in public, he wraps her up in a scarf. He also wears a towel whenever he has to bath now, although in one chapter his towel falls off.

"Thats one side of you I never wanted to Seiji-Kun!!!"

Its recently been made into an anime, and just started a couple of weeks ago.It hasn't been lincensed in America yet (I've downloaded it) and I hope someone lincenses it soon. Since the site who fantranslated it is going to get shut down soon.

Dinozore · Post by **Dinozore** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 6:45 pm

I've read the manga (probably from the same place you got it) and loved it. It's so cute and funny...

Neo Dead Moon · Post by **Neo Dead Moon** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 8:10 am

I've read up to chpater 21 of the manga so far, and I've been enjoying it quite a bit.

Umino · Post by **Umino** » Fri Apr 16, 2004 2:59 pm

Also it seems there are 6 volumes so far.

Here's the art for volume 6:
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Sakuya · Post by **Sakuya** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 12:52 am

Oooh! I can't wait till they translate it.

But it would probably be covered in the anime too so...

Jusenkyo no Pikachu · Post by **Jusenkyo no Pikachu** » Thu May 13, 2004 10:12 am

I love MnH!

Haven't seen a single episode yet (codec problems), but I've read up to vol. 4 via scanlation. I'll take a look at the DVD if it comes out down here though.

Sakuya · Post by **Sakuya** » Mon May 17, 2004 3:05 pm

The cover for volume 6 looks kind of blah compared to the previous ones.

Maybe it is the use of a gray crosswalk with an
aqua green title?

I hope the anime will be either 13 or 26 episodes because if I'm running out of DVD-Rs.

Jusenkyo no Pikachu · Post by **Jusenkyo no Pikachu** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 12:54 am

No way the anime's going to be 26 eps. I mean, the manga has quite a few characters. I think it's going to be a LONG time before this show ends.

Dinozore · Post by **Dinozore** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 3:29 am

I hope someone licenses both anime and manga soon, especially the anime (I want to see it badly, but Macs suck for downloading avi files. Assuming you can find a way to get them, most of them don't work...)

Ni-ban Neko · Post by **Ni-ban Neko** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 7:59 am

Dinozore: VLC and MPlayer are your best friends if you're playing video on a Mac. There's not a video file that one of those two programs can't handle.

Dinozore · Post by **Dinozore** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 4:31 pm

Do they work on Mac OS 9?

Sakuya · Post by **Sakuya** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:13 am

Jusenkyo no Pikachu wrote:No way the anime's going to be 26 eps. I mean, the manga has quite a few characters. I think it's going to be a LONG time before this show ends.

Well, I noticed that the anime combines 2 stories from the manga at times. It's weird, so far I know it combines 1 story from the beginning of the manga and the second story comes from much later in the manga.

It's happened with Ayase Takako and Takamizawa.

Sakuya · Post by **Sakuya** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 7:58 pm

The Midori no Hibi anime will only get 13 episodes. I just watched episode 12 and in the preview it says the next episode will be the "Last Days." It's a bit surprising. I'm guessing it will be like Ah! My Goddess where the anime is short but the manga is still ongoing. Oh well, can't wait for next week!

If anybody likes short, fun series then I would recommend this one.

Dinozore · Post by **Dinozore** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 8:32 pm

¬.¬ When are anime companies going to learn that ending the anime before the manga ends is a BAD idea?

Umino · Post by **Umino** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 12:12 pm

I wonder how they'll pull it off...

I wonder why it's so short, or shorter than the manga. I mean, 13 episodes? That's really short. Maybe the budget is low or something. (Like with Big O season 1)

Sakuya · Post by **Sakuya** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 7:58 pm

Actually, I don't think Ah! My Goddess is a likely comparison anymore because they're making the new TV series. I guess they did not make enough money from it? It doesn't seem like a lot of merchandise are created for it except for the DVDs, manga, CDs, and the special Midori puppet (is that even for sale?).

Sakuya · Post by **Sakuya** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 7:16 pm

After the end of the initial broadcast in Japan last week, this anime is now licensed by Media Blasters (announced at Anime Expo 2004).

sailor53 · Post by **sailor53** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 3:23 am

I just recently got into this series. So far I think it is really good. I can't wait until Media Blasters releases the Anime. Now if someone would just license the manga.

sailor53 · Post by **sailor53** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 12:38 am

The manga has been licensed by VIZ. Volume 01 comes out 5/15/05 and Volume 02 comes out 7/15/05. I can't wait I'll definately be buying this and the anime when it comes out. The anime starts coming out 3/29/05. It will also come with a box to hold the rest of the series.

Umino · Post by **Umino** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:14 am

sailor53 wrote:The manga has been licensed by VIZ. Volume 01 comes out 5/15/05 and Volume 02 comes out 7/15/05. I can't wait I'll definately be buying this and the anime when it comes out. The anime starts coming out 3/29/05. It will also come with a box to hold the rest of the series.

...ugh..

Why did it have to be Viz? I can't stand their releases. They better not put those gaudy english SFX in (like all the Shonen Jump titiles), and they sure as hell better not edit it.

As for the anime news, that's awesome. I only got to see about, 10 mins. of the anime at a con, so I'll be happy to finally watch it.