Here is Greenwood
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is a manga and six-episode anime OVA revolving around the activities of four boys in a dormitory called Greenwood at a fictional prestigious all-boys' private school in Japan named "Ryokuto Academy". Unlike some OAVs, the episodes appear to be canon, as certain episodes refer directly (through narration giving the volume number) to events in the manga. It was created by Yukie Nasu, and the manga was serialized in Hana to Yume.
Plot
Both the manga and OVAs begin with Kazuya Hasukawa's belated arrival at Ryokuto Academy (a little over a month into the start of the term thanks to being injured in a car accident, a stress-induced ulcer, and a freak series of mishaps that delayed touring the academy and completing the admissions process) and his assignment to the former insane asylum and current dormitory called "Ryokurin-ryou" — commonly called by its more easily pronouncable English name, Greenwood, and known for its bizarre types. These include the possibly gay roommates, Shinobu and Mitsuru (there is a large Shinobu and Mitsuru yaoi fanbase, but the manga and OVA never truly unambiguously specify their sexual preferences), the student who shares his room with his motorcycle, the Christian fanatics, etc. Although he lived within commuting distance of the school, he has signed up to live in one of the dorms to get away from home, where his brother Kazuhiro (who raised him when the two's parents perished) has recently married Kazuya's first love, Sumire.By the time Kazuya arrives, there is only one room with a space left for him — with Shun Kisaragi, a pretty girl who, for mysterious and unexplained reasons, must attend the all-boys school. Student Body President Shinobu Tezuka and Head Resident Mitsuru Ikeda (the two elder students who are assigned to mentor Kazuya, and who live together in Greenwood as well) tell Kazuya that they felt he was the only person they could trust to share a room with Shun. However, three days later, 'Suka-chan' (as he is quickly nicknamed by Shun) happens to walk in on Shun in the bathroom... using the urinal. After a brief chase through the dormitory, Shun admits that 'she' is really a 'he' who looks precisely like a female, and that the rest of the dormitory was not only in on the joke, but were actually placing bets on how long it would take Kazuya to find out.
Subsequent to that profitable (for the bookies Shinobu and Mitsuru, at least) episode, Kazuya teams up with Shun and Mitsuru to defeat Shinobu's older sister, Nagisa, who has nursed a grudge against Shinobu since childhood, and seeks to humiliate him at least once.
Another episode records an inter-dorm competition for a substanial prize purse, in which Greenwood bands together and develops a fantasy film called, "Here is Devil Wood". (The ending theme to the movie-within-the-show provides the popular phrase "We are the No-Brand Heroes", frequently adopted by clubs, web sites, and users.) The movie is a hit, and wins the popularity contest.
In the 4th episode, Mitsuru is haunted by the new ghost (that is, not one of the normal Greenwood ghosts) of a cute girl who wanted to go out with a guy. The complications that ensue nearly wreck Greenwood, before Mitsuru is tricked by the ghost into kissing her. Just when she seems to have found peace and pass on to the next world, she returns with a number of other ghost girls to haunt the four main characters.
The final two episodes deal with the budding and halting romance between Kazuya and a girl named Miya Igarashi. Through several tribulations, including defeating a vicious girl's gang, they finally come together, as the series ends in a montage of flashbacks set to the series' music.
Cast
- Kazuya Hasukawa - Nozomu Sasaki
- Mitsuru Ikeda - Mitsuo Iwata
- Shinobu Tezuka - Toshihiko Seki
- Shun Kisaragi - Chika Sakamoto
- Kazuhiro Hasukawa - Kazuhiko Inoue
- Miya Igarashi - Chieko Honda (Appears in episodes 5 & 6 only.)
- Tenma Koizumi - Kappei Yamaguchi (Appears in episodes 5 & 6 only.)
- Sumire Hasukawa - Sumi Shimamoto
- Reina Kisaragi - Taeko Kawata (Appears in episode 2 only.)
- Nagisa Tezuka - Hiromi Tsuru (Appears in episodes 2 & 5 only.)
- Tochizawa - Hikaru Midorikawa (Appears in epsiode 3 only.)
- Misako - Yuuko Minaguchi (Appears in episode 4 only.)
- Dorm Lady - Yuko Sasaki
- Masato Ikeda - Ryoutarou Okiayu (Appears in episode 6 only.)
- Yuko - Aya Hisakawa (Appears in episode 3 only.)
- Yukie Nasu - Yuko Sasaki (Appears in episode 3 only.)
- Watanabe - Kazue Ikura (Appears in episode 1 only.)
- Bonda - Katsumi Suzuki (Appears in episode 1 only.)
- Yanagisawa - Wataru Takagi
- Nagisa's Henchmen - Issei Futamata & Hiroshi Takemura (Appears in episodes 2 & 5 only.)
- Aoki - Nobutoshi Hayashi
- Mitsuru's Grandfather - Hiroshi Naka (Appears in epsiode 6 only.)
- Mitsuru's Mother - Manami Maruyama (Appears in episode 6 only.)
External links
- [Here is Greenwood @ Anime News Network]
- [Viz Media] - Publishers of the Here is Greenwood manga in North America
- [link] Imo-girl's Koko wa Greenwood Information Page
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