Dosanko Gal wa Namara Menkoi (Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!)

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Synonyms: Dosanko Gyaru Is Mega Cute

Japanese: 道産子ギャルはなまらめんこい

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jan 9, 2024 to Mar 26, 2024

Premiered: Winter 2024

Broadcast: Tuesdays at 00:30 (JST)

Producers: TV Tokyo, Pony Canyon, DMM.com, Bit grooove promotion, Television Hokkaido Broadcasting

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: SILVER LINK., Blade

Source: Manga

Genre: Comedy

Themes: Romantic Subtext, School

Demographic: Shounen

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.04¹ (scored by 58,081 users)

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Ranked: #4491²

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Popularity: #1600

Members: 143,396

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Having just moved from Tokyo to Hokkaido, high school student Tsubasa Shiki decides to explore the picturesque winter landscape he could never experience in the nation's capital. It only takes a moment for Tsubasa's idealized view of Japan's northernmost prefecture to crumble, as the sheer cold and frigid air quickly overwhelm him. While trying to find the way to his new home, Tsubasa runs into Minami Fuyuki—a talkative and friendly Hokkaido native who, despite the cold, is wearing a short skirt. The girl wastes no time in striking up a conversation, and Tsubasa comes to realize that the winter weather is not all that is too much for him to handle.

The next day, Tsubasa is shocked to learn that not only is Fuyuki in his class, but her seat is also right next to his. Swept along by Fuyuki's persistent advances, the young man soon becomes captivated by both life in Hokkaido and the beautiful girl determined to get closer to him. As he deepens his relationship with Fuyuki and meets other fashionable girls from his school, Tsubasa finds out that Hokkaido gals truly are adorable.

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Dosanko Gal wa Namara Menkoi was released on Blu-ray in three volumes from April 3, 2024, to June 5, 2024.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Akino, Sayuri

Main

Hanamori, Yumiri
Japanese

Fuyuki, Minami

Main

Sakura, Ayane
Japanese

Shiki, Tsubasa

Main

Shimazaki, Nobunaga
Japanese

Natsukawa, Rena

Supporting

Ueda, Reina
Japanese

Fuyuki, Mai

Supporting

Kitamura, Eri
Japanese

Fuyuki, Momoko

Supporting

Nagae, Rika
Japanese

Hina

Supporting

Kubo, Yurika
Japanese

Matsuo, Takayumi

Supporting

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu
Japanese

Asuka

Supporting

Nagai, Mariko
Japanese

Hanamiya, Kaede

Supporting

Imaizumi, Yoko
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Kaneko, Hayato

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Matsumoto, Takuya

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Yamakawa, Norio

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Fukui, Norio

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Opening Theme

"Namara Menkoi Gal (なまらめんこいギャル)" by Masayoshi Ooishi (オーイシマサヨシ) (eps 2-10,12)

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Ending Theme

	1: "Namara Menkoi Gal (なまらめんこいギャル)" by Masayoshi Ooishi (オーイシマサヨシ) (eps 1)
	2: "Wayawayawaa! (わやわやわー！)" by Asaka (亜咲花) (eps 2-12)

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Apr 15, 2024

Edenharley

Recommended

Dosanko Gal wa Namara Menkoi is a show that was honestly a lot better than I was expecting it to be, by no means was I blown away or completely invested but for what it was I certainly did have a good time. The main two girls really did carry this show (along with Fuyuki's mother gaw damn), they were always such fun in basically every scene and I really liked getting to learn more about them. However as is the usual issue with shows like this the main character really did hold back a lot of my enjoyment, I really don't understand why so ...

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May 11, 2024

McRib

Mixed Feelings

Geopolitics playing a role in anime? It’s more likely than you’d think! Flashback, it’s 1904 and Hokkaido is the closest tangible land mass to repel a potential Russian attack due to foreign provocation. Fast forward 120 years and the same fear is spreading all throughout the region. Should Japan decide to occupy Sakhalin once again or there be another Russo-Japanese war, Hokkaido would be at the forefront. It’s no secret that Japan’s most northern island is rather sparsely populated by their standards and declining steadily due to their natural population cycle. In order to feed the potential war machine, the government must utilize what they ... think “the kids” like, and therefore Dosanko Gal wa Namara Menkoi was born.

Anime is no stranger to tourism based on real locations in their shows. This was famously noted in multiple PA Works shows and in the hit military propaganda show, Girls und Panzer. Dosanko Gal is just the latest addition in a long line of location-based shows. When it comes to execution, this is nothing compared to say, Sakura Quest, in terms of attracting people to a geographical location. The stereotypical snow filled background is in the same vein as South Park stereotyping Colorado as a snowy location. However, due to the 2023 crisis-du-jour, Global Boiling, neither Hokkaido nor Colorado have been the snowscapes they once were. This is just the first chapter in unrealistic expectations and why Dosanko Gal wa Namara Menkoi is a poor propaganda piece.

In terms of characters, developing them, and overall realistic expectations, Dosanko Gal wa Namara Menkoi once again falls short. By local country girl standards and idealization, it misses its mark. The gyaru fad seems to be gaining popularity again, due to Gen Z having a strong desire to emulate Y2K Millennial culture. While this may be something expected in a chic area in a first-tier urban area, it seems off in a more rural based setting. This also leads one to question the “draw” of such a character in this region. If the goal of the anime is to attract people to Hokkaido, wouldn’t it be more of a draw to feature a culture that is different from what is seen locally in the high cost of living cities? Is having TikTok dances and other city-slicker type cultural statements truly appropriate? I think not. For a government funded propaganda piece, this comes across as a failure of communication. Time and time again, it is proven that people move to less developed areas to escape the rat race, embrace wholesome values, or just to start their own cult. These are the topics that should have been brought up, not hyper-consumerism, TikTok, and mobile gambling games.

Artistically speaking, Dosanko Gal wa Namara Menkoi, is overall average to mediocre. There is nothing spectacular, nor is it offensive. This inoffensive artistic vision truly shows the government backing of this anime. Boring, expected, plain, and bureaucratic. All are adjectives that can describe Dosanko Gal. Likewise, voice acting and music are also typical of what you would expect. Nothing outstanding one way or another, but leaning more towards the mediocre side. If this was the anime industry’s quiet-quitting product, I would not be surprised.

Overall, Dosanko Gal wa Namara Menkoi is an anime plagued with mediocrity and mixed messages. On one hand it adds a much-needed spice of fanservice that has been sorely lacking in recent years due to the westernization of anime and their prudish values being enforced upon the artform. While on the other hand, it does not push any envelopes nor does it encourage any sort of deeper thought into the clear reason for the creation of the show. If this is truly a government propaganda piece, it does seem fitting considering how poorly it is executed. Much like the overall sluggish and hesitated response to world problems due to our ever-increasing connectivity and fear of economic issues among the proletariat class, Dosanko Gal wa Namara Menkoi does fit in well with a unified world response. Does this show work on recruiting the remaining youth to the countryside? Absolutely not. Does this inspire anyone to move to Hokkaido to help create the northern bulwark? I doubt it. Is this as effective as modern day military recruiting? Absolutely. Dosanko Gal wa Namara Menkoi is just mediocre lip service, which truly makes it an appropriate show for 2024’s global situation. In that sense, I view this as a fine and appropriate show considering the circumstances of the world in this ((current year)).

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Apr 4, 2024

yurikoisbored

Not Recommended

A lot of slice of life/romances have very similar stories and character dynamics, but still they’re enjoyable or have their own unique twist. Hokkaido Gals had a lot of potential, with a change of setting from where most of school anime are set in, which it ruined with its annoying MC and lack of plot.

The story was a classic boy meets girl, that’s not bad in itself but it wasn’t done well. We never get an explanation as to why Shiki (the main character) moved from Tokyo to Hokkaido, and moving prefectures doesn’t sound like something you just do for no reason, right?
Aside ... from that, there literally no plot other than the characters going about their daily life, which can be enjoyable, SO many anime made it enjoyable with comedy or moe moments or literally anything else, and as far as I remember, there was not much of that in Hokkaido Gals, and the jokes never hit (were there even any jokes??)
And the romance feels really forced, and makes no sense.

As for the characters, the one character who’s in all of the frames, the main character Shiki, is insufferable. I’m okay with bland MCs, or MCs who lack social skills, I’ve watched a lot of slice of life like that. But usually, the MC has at least one special thing about him (Gojo from MDUD is good at sewing and has a backstory, hell even R-A-G’s MC had more character than Shiki and was more likeable). Shiki’s just there. No backstory, no goals, they try to sell us this image of him doing his best all the time or something but it never really hits, because there’s a pretty girl always by his side ever since he came to Hokkaido, and doing your best when a pretty girl’s cheering you on the whole time is pretty easy.

Fuyuki, the main love interest and the first girl he met in Hokkaido, surprisingly isn’t just a pretty face, and probably the best character in this series. She has some character development too, but i felt like her breasts being half visible the whole time was really weird and ruined her character design.
The rest of the characters don’t have much to speak of, but they have their own hobbies and interests and some character development, so they’re not as bad as Shiki, I guess as long as you can tolerate Shiki you’ll be fine.

Hokkaido Gal’s art was very nice, the characters looked good, and the scenery too. But aside from that, it wasn’t very enjoyable. Like I mentioned earlier, there was barely any humor, and if there was I missed it because of how unfunny it was. There aren’t any moments that have you at the edge of your seat and everything’s predictable in a bad way.

There’s just a lot of better ways to waste your time than this anime.

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