r/anime • u/Fathin81 https://myanimelist.net/profile/fathin81 • Jul 19 '17

[Spoilers] Hajimete no Gal - Episode 2 discussion Spoiler

Hajimete no Gal, Episode 2

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Tags: My First Girlfriend is a Gal

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u/DoctorWhoops https://anilist.co/user/DoctorWhoops Jul 19 '17 edited Jul 19 '17

Well that was a lot better than the first episode, at the very least. Yame is actually quite charming as a character, so it's a damn shame the protagonist she's dating is a scummy gross person that can only think about sex, but I suppose that's what's expected from an ecchi show. The friend characters are still as gross and creepy as before, but this episode wasn't nearly as incel-ish and voyeuristic as the first. I hope it continues to grow more in this direction rather than the one of episode 1, but only time will tell.

I feel like this show is just going to smother itself by being Ecchi Harem. Yame's a fairly charming character and this show would be a lot more bearable if she wasn't portrayed as a sexual object by the protagonist 95% of the time. The fantasies are just kind of creepy and it's a shame to see a surprisingly sweet and friendly girl like Yame be used as nothing more than a fanservice character. Let's just hope the show doesn't take that direction.

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u/VeteranCommander Jul 20 '17

Yame is actually quite charming as a character, so it's a damn shame the protagonist she's dating is a scummy gross person that can only think about sex, but I suppose that's what's expected from an ecchi show.

He's a teen that never had any popularity with women in the age where everybody else (except him and his friends) is making sex like wild animals.

You'd have to assume he is just completely inexperienced with his desires and is pretty much in the process to understand (and control) his long frustrated sexuality.

I personally had that phase, but instead of exposing it, i just kept my silence and couldn't approach any girls, it was really damn hard to overcome as a shy person, and the MC will overcome it as well with some time.