I don't expect anyone else to be excited about this except old-school animu fans, but anyways. I saw this news in akiba-station of the upcoming JDrama adaptation of the classic shoujo manga/anime Here is Greenwood, which, according to my antique precious little diary, was something I watched way back year 2000! High school years, VHS times and all that age of antiquity. Amazingly enough, despite having watched this 6-episode OAV only once, the impact it had on my still immature-animu-fan self back then is evident in how I could remember much of its details -- the hijinx inside the Greenwood dormitory, the TRAP of the show, and the sweet romance between a tsundere girl and a tsundere guy which brought me to tears despite not understanding how the girl got to realize who she loves orz. It had this poignancy which made it really memorable, and throughout these years I had this lingering thought of rewatching the show. The news of this upcoming live action series reawakened those thoughts, made it all vivid again, and perhaps this time around, I'll finally be able to get my lazy butt to watch it, so I can finally understand it once and for all, demmit!
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