Nagai Saburo’s Manga ‘Smells Like Green Spirit’ Receives Live Adaptation with Araki Towa as Lead; Premieres September 19

The upcoming series is a coming-of-age youth story of boys set in the rural countryside during the summer of the Heisei era.

Nagai Saburo’s manga, ‘Smells Like Green Spirit’ follows follows Mishima, a student living in a remote countryside who is bullied by his classmates because he “seemed gay.” In reality, Mishima does like men, but his only escape is secretly dressing up as a woman. One day, Mishima discovers Kirino, the leader of the bullying group, trying to apply Mishima’s lost lipstick. The manga depicts the serious inner conflicts of male students as they struggle to look for a place in this world where they can be their “true selves”. The manga was published in Fusion Product’s Comic Be magazine from 2011 to 2012 and was later compiled into two volumes, “Side:A” and “Side:B.” A spinoff series, “Shintan Kairo”, was also created, spanning five volumes. Ediciones Tomodomo published the manga in Spanish from June 24, 2019, to July 15, 2019.

The main character will be played by Araki Towa, who is only 18 years old but has 10 years of acting experience. The director will be Sawada Ikuko, and the screenplay will be written by Yuuka Arai. The series is set to premiere on September 19.