Hajimete no Gal

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Review the story, characters, also how the author tells the story with the readers. Like the title, mostly this manga is about how the MC (main character) meets Gyaru and then makes a relationship until falls in love with one of those gyaru.

The story is quite effective, each conflict can be solved properly so reader can get satisfied about "how the conflict goes in, and how it is done". How author can solve the conflict is quite interesting. Well, as we know this manga contain fan-services in each story or even situation. So reader should ready about to accept each fanservice’s scene in every conflict.

About ... the background, setting, place in this manga starts from how highschool’s daily life and continue to the next step academic which they (each character) experience how’s being a college student. Don’t forget, they also get a conflict and fortunately it doesn’t too deep which the conflict can get easily solve so that doesn’t need long chapter for one conflict. The background also well illustrated, especially about how they (girl characters) wear is slightly different at they still in highschool. Reader may experience slightly difference appearances of every girl characters after read until 14th volume.

About the characters. This manga can give well ‘n contrast explanation or representation personality each character. Start from Hashiba as main character, which he’s pure (virgin, perhaps?), and then Yukana which have thick gal appearance, also Hashiba’s friends (didn’t remember their names tho) which held important role as supporting Hashiba to getting close within girls. Also, each character development have their story or progress. Like Yukana, or Yui (when you take a glance at her, you may think she’s antagonist) well they have each problem until they can ‘improve’ being better character regarding to the story plot.

But there are few chapters or volume, which the story may quite bland so reader can ‘predict how’s the ending’. Maybe it doesn’t matter, because only few story. Overall, Hajimete no Gal is suitable to chill-reading, the story is easy to understand (not complicated). Keep in mind, this manga contain fanservice, so it isn’t recommended to read when in a public space.

Overall,
Interesting story
Interesting drawing-style,
The reading experience is also entertaining.

Got to Chapter 60 before the harem drama was too much for me to stand. I came in looking for a cute romance between gyaru and average MC, but the problem is that this "average virgin" MC winds up having every single on screen female either fall in love with him or *just* flirt with him shamelessly and often with the real girlfriend catching it in the act.

I could accept average MC getting his hot girlfriend, and I was ok with the gyaru best friend flirting with him to try to break them up, but then it gets ridiculous when the oppai Loli and ... school Madonna start throwing their lower regions in the direction of "loser" MC. I cannot continue such a ridiculous plot

Extremely annoying. The MC is quite possibly the worst main character ive ever seen, being simultaneously annoyingly lecherous and pervy (basically seeing his new GF as a piece of meat for the large part of the early chapters) and annoyingly a pussy (refusing to do anything even when his girlfriend borderline sexually assaults him asking to bone). His main goal is to end his virginity, yet purposefulyl declines every reasonable chance his girlfriend throws his way.

His GF Yume-San is a very kind, nice, empathetic (obviously extremely attractive) and understanding person, while he offers nothing. Obviously this is a simple trashy escapism manga, but usually ... in these type of harem romcoms the MC is a kind person who the girls fall for for a reason. Here, no attempt is given. Yume is basically a perfect girl who falls for the schools incel head over heels for basically no reason. While he continues to act like either a weasel or a sex offender, she takes it all on the chin and accepts him wholeheartedly, which is wholesome in a way and extremely annoying in another.

Other then her there are a myriad of other girls just there to offer fanservice (the mc is already in a relationship after all). Theres his childhood best friend whose a childish bitch (refusing to befriend one of the mc's friends because he was 'too fat'....), Yume-san's lesbian best friend whose just there to throw a wrench in things, and the school popular girl who falls for him for also no reason, who is a femdom.

If you enjoy not thinking about things and dont get annoyed at cliches or bad romcom manga writing, this could be enjoyable. The main girl is great and so is the fanservice. But dont expect a single inch more then that, or any significant well written fluff moments.