An Ecchi That Changed All Ecchi Introduction: Imagine the shittiest ecchi you have watched. For some theyre lucky and can get away with the Monogatari serieshttps://anilist.co/anime/5081/Bakemonogatari/ or Kill la Killhttps://anilist.co/anime/18679/KilllaKill/. But for a majority of people its something like Redo of Healerhttps://anilist.co/anime/113425/RedoofHealer/ High School DxDhttps://anilist.co/anime/11617/HighSchoolDxD/ Kiss x Sishttps://anilist.co/anime/5042/KissxSis/ or maybe even Interspecies Reviewershttps://anilist.co/anime/110270/InterspeciesReviewers/. While all of those are downright awesome we all deep down know that theyre just short of hentai and no more. But there deep down is an ecchi gem that just isnt talked about anymore and that is Green Green. https://i.yt.com/vi/wM5AtUD4jfc/hqdefault.jpg What is Green Green? The anime Green Green is based off of an erogae erotic video game of the same name. While this erogae never left Japan I know Im sad as well it was successful enough within Japan to spawn two sequels along with two PS2 spinoffs while itself getting several rereleases and even a light novel adaptation. And that isnt even mentioning the 2002 OVAhttps://anilist.co/anime/881/GreenGreenOVA/ which is lacking in anything that makes the 2003 television adaption of note. In short it isnt too far fetched to see why it got an anime. But you most be thinking How does a hentai game get a televised adaptation? Thats a good question because I do not really know but it happened nevertheless. The televised portion of the anime didnt include any sex scenes within itself but it did include plenty of nudity at least within its DVD release. Green Green also gets to hold the title of the only anime I know with an official hentai sequel with Green Green Thirteen: Erolutionshttps://anilist.co/anime/651/GreenGreenThirteenErolutions/. While it isnt canon it does serve as a pretty well fulfilling epilogue. https://i.yt.com/vi/RmUwj82SX7w/hqdefault.jpg What is it about? In the countryside of Japan there is an isolated allboys boarding school of Kanenone Gakuen. There are no females in sight for miles. But one day another school decides to merge with Kanenone Gakuen. An all girls school. With this the boys were beyond excited and rightfully so. With the girls getting off of the bus a girl named Midori Chitosehttps://anilist.co/character/2177/MidoriChitose just appears on the bus without any build up or expectation. She apparently time traveled because she had to express her love to our protagonist Yusuke Takasakihttps://anilist.co/character/2176/YusukeTakasaki. But unsurprisingly he is off put and wants nothing to do with her. What is surprising though is the fact that he doesnt have any active sexual interest in the girls unlike his three friends the ladies man Hikaru IchibanBoshihttps://anilist.co/character/8424/HikaruIchibanBoshi the siscon Taizo Tenjinhttps://anilist.co/character/8425/TaizoTenjin and the wide open pervert Tadatomo Ijuuinhttps://anilist.co/character/8423/TadatomoIjuuin. With this they do their perverted shenanigans which while they are womanizing they are pretty funny. Especially episode 6s Cplot which isnt even womanizing its just incredibly funny and one of my personal favorite scenes within anime. http://s3.narvii.com/image/clzgopxqnckbseku2s4efjxsexyr5lu600.jpg Whats the big deal? The importance of Green Green comes to its release year of 2003. That is important because it predates the aforementioned ecchi along with the more well known ecchi classic Girls Bravohttps://anilist.co/anime/241/GirlsBravo/. And all and all there isnt anything like Green Green that predates it. Ecchi was more of a secondary thought rather than putting boobs and pervertedness at the forefront but Green Green decided to pioneer it. Nowadays an ecchi like Green Green is a dime a dozen. Green Green without any doubt caused a boom in ecchi. But is that a good thing though? Depends on your view of ecchi but to a general degree I would say that it no doubt had some positive impacts. The two ecchi I mentioned at the start Monogatari Series and Kill la Kill there is a possibility of them not existing in the form they do today. Hell the whole Isekai genre would be drastically different. https://64.media.tumblr.com/7c3e6a65d15b544501d73070f752413e/tumblrp7s1kqhMBK1tp5yuio3500.png Should You Watch It? This all depends on your opinion on ecchi. If you find ecchi disgusting and repulsive obviously stay away. But if you can find some enjoyment from a trashy ecchi I say go straight ahead. If you wanna have a ton of fun and do what I did get a friend or two get some popcorn and just watch away. Theres enough for you to laugh at to not feel like youre just watching softcore hentai. Is the plot a huge part of it? No. Is the animation mind blowing? No. Is the music good? Actually yeah. Its incredible. It has unironically one of my favorite OP songs and ED songs. Is it an experience? Yes. Conclusion: Green Green is an underrated and influential anime that needs more recognition at the very least. While the score I am giving in this review does not match the one on my own profile I believe that taking the influence Green Green had mixed with the fact that ecchi isnt all that much different today justifies the score. Between that and the downright fun time Green Green is I recommend at least giving the first episode a shot.
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