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In [Midori Days](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midori_Days), Seiji woke up one
morning to find his right hand to be Midori. Why is this so? Is it some kind
of a curse? Was it explained in the manga or anime why?


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Why did Midori become Seiji's right hand?


I'm not sure if it's explained in the manga but it's sort of like a
[Pygmalion](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_%28mythology%29) type of
story. Seiji can't get a girlfriend because he's got a reputation as a tough
guy and most girls are afraid of him, eventhough he's sort of got a noble
quality about it all. So he wishes that he had a girlfriend and it just so
happened that a Midori from another school likes him. So like Aphrodite did in
the Pygmalion myth, his wish is granted through some divine/magical/freak-of-
nature event where Midori's consciousness and likeness was transfered to
Seiji's right hand.

There's extra meaning here because, being someone who (according to himself)
will never find a girlfriend, the only "girlfriend" he'll have is "his right
hand", a euphemism turned to reality.

> “Three years high school, and the rest of my life for that matter are gonna
> end with no girlfriend but my right hand! I can’t take it anymore!”

Additionally, he has a reputation for having a "Demon right hand" through his
fighting prowess, and in probably the greatest possible contrast, his "Demon
right hand" is turned into Midori (美鳥 _beautiful bird_ ). This essentially
takes away his ability to punch with his right hand and forces him to change
as a person.


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