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Here Is Greenwood

Japanese manga series

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ1388243 ↗
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Here Is Greenwood (ここはグリーン・ウッド, Koko wa Gurīn Uddo) is a nine-volume Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yukie Nasu, revolving around the activities of four boys in Greenwood Dormitory at a fictional prestigious Japanese all-boys private school named Ryokuto Academy. The manga was serialized in Hana to Yume from 1986 to 1991 and published in English by Viz Media. It has been adapted into a six-episode anime OVA and a live-action television series.

Plot

Kazuya Hasekawa is the younger brother to Kazuhiro, who has raised the both of them since they were orphaned. The elder brother is both teasing and doting, and he has attended the prestigious boys-only Ryokuto Academy and then college, all while caring for Kazuya.

Having finished middle school and passed the entrance exam, Kazuya has finally entered Ryokuto Academy. He chooses to reside there in order to flee life at home, since his brother has just married the young woman on whom Kazuya has had a crush. Unfortunately, Kazuya has a medical crisis which delays his high school entry by a few weeks. Life is made harder for him by Kazuhiro returning to take the position of the academy's school nurse.

When Kazuya finally does start the semester, he is assigned to live in the remote dormitory on campus known as Greenwood.

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“Here Is Greenwood” enters the record as japanese manga series. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Here, Greenwood and Japanese can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1986, 1991—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Here, Greenwood and Japanese.
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