My First Girlfriend is a Gal

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Junichi Hashiba, is a fairly typical anime protagonist; a high school student upset that he has no girlfriend and is still a virgin, just like his friends. These friends pressure him to confess his love to Yukana Yame, a busty 'Gal' and thus presumed to be promiscuous. To his surprise she agrees to be his girlfriend. As is usually the case in such series he soon finds other girls taking an interest in him and his friends are hoping for introductions. That is apart from Minoru who has a disturbing interest in much younger girls.

This series turned out to be rather better than I expected; the story is fun to watch and there isn't as much gratuitous fan service as one might expect. The main characters are likable and most of the cast provide plenty of laughs… even if Minoru fascination with younger girls does get mentioned a little too often; at least his friends comment that he will end up in jail if he continues and when he went 'Hulk' on an obnoxious guy it was pretty funny! The story involves the sort of activities one would expect from such a series with visits to the beach, a funfair and worries from both Junichi and Yukana about how the other really feels about them. At only ten episodes the series is a little short but apparently an OVA episode is planned. Overall I'd recommend this to any anime fans looking for a series with romance and plenty of laughs; it isn't a classic but it is rather fun.

score 8/10

Tweekums 21 September 2017

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw3811085/