Name: Green Green
Genre: Comedy, Romance, School Life
Year: 2003
Rating: Enjoyable
Based on the h-game Green Green, the anime adaptation takes place in a remote countryside boarding school called Kanenone Gakuen. Like the title the area is named Green Green and is home to the all male boarding school. However this particular school has decided to merge with a all girl boarding school in order to form a co-ed school of education. In an act of good gesture Kanenone Gakuen has decided to invite the girls to attend their academy for a short period to allow the girls to get a feel for their soon to be new school and also allow Kanenone Gakuen to show off what they have to offer. Yuusuke Takazaki our protagonist is a boy who is stuck with the wrong crowd. Though he is good friends with three other characters these particular friends each have a unique perverted fetish. When the guests finally arrive the first person they meet is a girl named Midori Chitose who instantly leaps into Yuusuke’s arms. It seems that Midori has a strong relationship with Yuusuke however Yuusuke is unable to recall ever meeting her. The series follows Midori and her attempts to make Yuusuke fall in love with her. Although the series focuses on the new relationship between the two main characters the real question is in their past history which is gradually revealed to the viewer.
I may have mentioned this before but I’m not a real fan of harem type animes. That said, this particular series is actually quite enjoyable. Many of you will instantly recognize that this series doesn’t back off in showing that it was based on a eroge. You will notice that even the intro plays a sort of ode to the classic dress up doll games. In addition there is allot of fan service and when I say allot I mean frequent irrelevant scenes and events that don’t really need to be there. But hey thats what fan service is after all. In addition to all of this Green Green does have a very nice soundtrack. If you have seen this you may recall the main tune that flows through this series, I’m not sure what its called but its probably that tune that made me really like this series. The plot is average, I enjoyed the laughing at the random mischief that the three perverts got up to but the main background story is quite far fetched. Though the story makes use of our two characters quite well in the sense of how they develop into a couple though the events that unfold it is their past history that puts me off. Without giving two much away I will say that though you may not notice it at first the two main characters are star crossed lovers. Or in simpler terms the two have to fight against fate to be together.
