Did the Anime for 'My First Girlfriend Is a Gal' Ruin Its Best Character?
Did the Anime for 'My First Girlfriend Is a Gal' Ruin Its Best Character? Hey everyone, I recently found myself re-watching the anime for "My First Girlfriend Is a Gal" ( Hajimete no Gal ), and it left me with a lingering sense of irritation. For me, it feels like a classic case of an anime taking a promising manga and arguably fumbling some of its most important emotional beats. If you've ever read a manga you loved only to feel that the anime version fell a bit flat, you might know the feeling I'm talking about. With this series, one of the biggest casualties, in my view, was its central romance and the portrayal of Yukana Yame. The Feeling of a One-Sided Love Story As I watched, the anime's dynamic felt incredibly imbalanced. It created a relationship that left me questioning Yukana's true feelings. Our protagonist, Junichi Hashiba, comes across as a bit of a perv and is often gloomy about his inexperience. But throughout the serie...