Review of My First Girlfriend is a Gal

It was enjoyable. Romance, Slice of life, ecchi, light-hearted and all's well that ends well (i.e. comedy) Overall: Positive rating Design: The colour pallette and pacing were on point. Background support characters were nothing special in terms of clothing design, which seemed appropriate Character design was enjoyable, especially for Yame. That rose gold gradient aesthetic has my heart.Characters and Story:
Kashii and Yame were definitely my favourite characters.

It would have been nice to see more character background and development on Yame moving forwards, but I suppose that wasn't so much the point at this stage in the story as Junichi's perspective and growth from lack of self-confidence. From Junichi's perspective, he's moving ahead somewhat into the unknown at this stage, which is frightening, and without the interpersonal confidence to really ken more. I haven't read the manga, but if the story continued with better development of these interpersonal skills it would be a worthwhile development arc. Still, employing another characters backstory could have been done for the empathy factor and the "you actually have less to be concerned about than you expect" factor.

I feel the story captures some of the frustrations of interpersonal and dating relations especially when one either lacks self-confidence, experience, or both. And builds some growth on that. I felt this was enjoyable to see develop and see Junichi gain confidence, even it sometimes making painfully errant choices.

Ecchi:
The ecchi was not too strong. It seemed strongest in the beginning.
The obligatory beach episode was somewhat amusing in execution.

Major Dislikes:
It was extremely uncomfortable to see/watch Kobayakawa. Kobayakawa is going to go to jail...

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Whom would I recommend this for?:

If you're okay with ecchi, skip past kobayakawa, like pastels, want a no-effort romance focused on a slow development of confidence and growth of interpersonal skills -- you might enjoy watching this as a leisure series.

6+/10