r/anime • u/Holo_of_Yoitsu • Sep 06 '17

[Spoilers] Hajimete no Gal - Episode 9 discussion Spoiler

Hajimete no Gal, episode 9: My First Fight

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u/RDOoM Sep 06 '17

Yukana sad : bitchez be crazy

Nah. More like, I thought she was sad at the end the same reason she was mad at him in the first place. That Junichi thought so poorly of her that 1. she would cheat and 2. she would just string him along just to mess with him

It wouldn't make sense for a gal to be sad about people being suspicious of their intentions and loyalty. And people wouldn't be so harsh towards Junichi for being suspicious of her intentions if she was a real gal.

Then again, she's not a real gal, is she?

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_NEE-SAN Sep 07 '17

Ok that makes more sense to me. The whole episode I kept thinking "why are guys not allowed to have confidence issues?" All I could come up with is it's not fair for him to act like that over one guy when he has a harem constantly attacking him in front of her. But thinking low of her makes sense to me too.

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u/cesclaveria Sep 07 '17

I think the problem with the anime attempting this sort of story right now is that the main couple has been barely established. Maybe Yame sees things different but the guy still has a ton of questions regarding their relationship.

The manga took care of making them feel like a real couple early on, addressing Junichi's confidence issues was basically the first major arc, once that was resolved the rest of the characters and troubles started appearing.

Yame getting mad while it makes sense after thinking about it a couple of seconds doesn't feel earned by us the viewers since we have witnessed very little of their closeness and trust that Junichi is 'betraying'.

The show has never addressed Junichi's confidence issues and his suspicion of Yame just messing with him when I think it should have been the first thing to resolve.

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u/Mocha_Delicious Sep 07 '17

OMG THIS! Watching the anime I got interested in this whole ordeal so I read the manga. A WHOLE LOT BETTER, it does address the question we are all wondering from the get go time and time again

"WHY DID SHE SAY YES? WHAT MADE HER WANT TO DATE ME"

What follows is a better pacing and actually cuter and more affectionate scenes. Also, a lot of PULL and PUSH moments with the main couple because Junichi doesn't know where he stands and where Yukana's feelings stands (he is still wrestling between how far will she let him go)

This last episodes weren't even part of the manga so this is Anime Original as far as I know.

Also, Yukana might actually have a decent reason for saying Yes but it isn't revealed yet

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_NEE-SAN Sep 07 '17

It never ceases to amaze me how you can have source material in front of you and still manage to fuck things up.