How did I get into this anime? Just basic announcements from different areas of the internet I happen to skulk around during the summer. And I see this guy with four girls and automatically think it’s a harem that resembles Rent-A-Girlfriend.
Naoya Mukai had been pining after his childhood friend for years. Now that they’re in high school, the girl finally accepts his love and they’re now boyfriend and girlfriend. Saki Saki is…
Wait, what? The fuck is this bitch’s name!? Saki Saki?! Is this for real? MAL, is this accurate? Wikipedia? Fan page Wikipedias? No parent would ever have a last name of Saki and then name their kid Saki. The only time I want to hear Saki Saki is if Eric Cartman is dressed like a Vietnamese prostitute saying “Sucki Sucki, Five Dorra”.
Naoya is devoted to Saki, if not a little too clingy. Naoya was on top of the world! And then he gets a love confession from another girl. This girl is named Nagisa Minase. She’s cute as a button, she can cook, and excels in other areas. In fact, Minase went through a lot of trouble to win over Naoya by doing strict beauty regiments every day. Reminds me of a very shallow American Dad episode! Continuing with the synopsis, she will persist Naoya even if he’s with a girlfriend. There’s only one option!
Ask to have a polygamist relationship!
Bruh!
Now harems are not a new thing, they’ve been around for eons and are still a thing, yes, even in anime. But one would have to be a successful master of the sword and savior of the universe. Then you can have seven wives and knock up three of them including one of them who’s a space ship. Don’t look at me like that, Tenchi Masaki did it! This dipshit is a regular high school student in a slice of life comedy anime. The fuck you think you are dude?!
Add insult to injury, has Saki and Minase move into Naoya’s house since he lives alone.
The fuck did I just get myself into?! This fool wants his cake and wants to fuck it and eat it.
BETWEEN THE SUB AND THE DUB: Currently, Crunchyroll has been streaming this. I truly have nothing to add here except, thank you for casting Ayana Taketatsu here and not have her play a little sister type that wants to get freaky with her brother. She’s played enough of those that I’ll take this clingy bitch character. Here’s what you might recognize these folks from.
*Naoya is played by Junya Enoki (known for Pannacotta on Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Pt. 5, Nasa on Tonikawa, Jack on Beastars, Tamaru on KoiKimo, Angelo on Arte, and Takezou on Kono Oto Tomare)
*Saki is played by Ayane Sakura (known for Uraraka on My Hero Academia, Gasper on High School DxD, Solution on Overlord, Nao on Charlotte, Haru on Nisekoi, Tsubaki on Your Lie in April, and Shimotsuki on Psycho Pass)
*Minase is played by Azumi Waki (known for Maika on Blend S)
*Shino is played by Rie Takahashi (known for Emilia on Re:Zero, Megumin on Konosuba, Mash on Fate/Grand Order, Ena on Laid Back Camp, and Sumi on Rent-A-Girlfriend)
*Milika is played by Ayana Taketatsu (known for Azusa on K-ON!, Leafa on SAO, Koneko on High School DxD, Yuzu on Citrus, Kirino on Oreimo, and Ako on Kiss x Sis)
SHIPPING: Oh good Lord…Four women and one man. This fool must think he’s on top of the world. You know this is very much frowned upon in actual Japanese culture, right? So which one is top bitch in this anime? The childhood friend turned lover, the devoted puppy dog lover, the stoic lover, or the tsundere? At least this guy wants to make everyone happy unlike a certain other anime character who cheated on women left and right. And this story is sticking to the harem genre loyally. Most harems will just be one guy with several girls and they’re not married or in a relationship. This guy doesn’t mind having two girls do cute and naughty things for him.
*Saki (or the 1st girlfriend) is very abrasive. She’s not afraid to shut and shoot Naoya down at every stupid opportunity. And I thought she was going to be the annoying girlfriend of the bunch until I met the crazy tsundere. She’s just intimidated from the other women in Naoya’s life because they have what she lacks. Minase can cook, Milika has assets, and Saki has neither. But what Saki doesn’t realize is that Naoya chose to be with her first. In fact, he was persistent for years in trying to get with her. It still doesn’t help that dude still fell for another girl at the same time. But he still loves Saki enough to not dump her for Minase, just not enough to be a one-woman man.
*Minase devoted herself to Naoya. She worked her ass off to become a gormet chef and beauty. As a repercussion, Minase neglected her studies. But that hard work was to make Naoya fall in love with her. Naoya just couldn’t let her down. But does Minase stand a chance here? She turned a cute yet dysfunctional couple into a threesome. Add to that Minase has blue hair! As famous Youtuber Gigguk constantly points out, girls with short blue hair will never get the boy in the end. But I can’t help but root for Minase. We get even more information involving Minase with the final two episodes of the season that show how she first fell in love with Naoya.
*Milika is a crazy-ass bitch! She caught onto Naoya having a relationship with two girls. And they caught onto her secret of being a famous internet gamer. One thing lead to another and Milika forces her way onto Naoya’s property stating she’s going to become a girlfriend of his as well. Naoya put his foot down at every attempt to stay and Milika would just steamroll over that. God, call the fucking police! She’s trespassing. She’s exposing herself. SHE’S FUCKING TRESPASSING! Oh my God, there’s like so many episodes revolving around her and this will they, won’t they concept! Naoya has sworn to remain a two-woman man and she’s so freakin’ persistent. Milika was crazy enough to steal a kiss from Naoya when Saki and Minase haven’t even done that.
*Shino…if there’s a second season to this trash-heap, maybe I’d have more to talk about, but she really doesn’t contribute to the harem addition until the very end when we learn she does like Naoya as well. Also, this was a total misunderstanding. A horrible accident that lead to…what ever the hell picture I put up for Shino.
ENDING: God damn, Milika annoying these three is going on so much longer than I anticipated. Naoya is committed to his relationship with Saki and Minase and doesn’t want or need a third girlfriend. But you cannot tell this woman “no”, she takes that as a challenge! She publicly said she likes Naoya. She stalks him. And to top it all off, she stole a kiss from him! That’s right, Milika went all Dio Brando and got her first kiss from Naoya, kinda shattering Minase and Saki in the process as they never got their first kiss with Naoya yet.
So the trio decides to go away on a trip, but everyone has their own plans for the trip. Naoya wants to get closer to both Saki and Minase. However, Minase wants to have Naoya focus his attention on Saki rather than her. Minase felt like because she came into the picture later, she has no right to get a kiss from Naoya before Saki does.
But before that happens, guess who follows their trail to fuck up the trip!
Not just Milika, but Saki’s friend Shino follows the trio as well. Shino’s been suspicious for a long time about Naoya being a two-timer or worse. Shino’s worries were actually very spot on and her nailing Naoya on why polygamy wouldn’t work is something I rarely see in all of these harem animes I’ve watched throughout the year. But they all still lie to Shino and tell her nothing out of the ordinary is happening.
After that, Minase and Saki have some time to themselves in the women’s bath. There, Minase let her know everything. As it turns out, Minase met Naoya on the day of the entrance exams when they were trying to get accepted into high school. Minase didn’t say anything to Naoya, she just observed him. Naoya was being clingy and needy around Saki. Now this was before they became a couple so this was when Naoya was always trying to get Saki to go out with him. Minase witnessed his persistence and felt inspired by that. Up to that point in time, Minase would always give up and always saw herself as average. So she worked on her body, her charm, and stamina all for Naoya. And soon enough, she fell for him. She thought that maybe she could accept him when Saki doesn’t.
Naoya heard the whole conversation and confronted Minase about it and her recent behavior. What follows is a long, drawn-out chase scene where Minase is running away from everyone. Minase was seeing herself as #2 and all the while, Naoya saw both girls as #1. Naoya chased her down to the ends of the town just to get that point across. Minase still felt some sort of guilt because she sort of crashed into a monogamous relationship and things changed. Anyways, this is the point of the story when Minase takes a stand to fight for her man, even up against Saki. She happily admits to Milika, Shino, and Saki that she’s Naoya’s girlfriend too and kisses him on the cheek. Happy ending, right?
Shino is still against this polygamous relationship. Oh and she secretly harbors feelings for Naoya. Milika of course is still going to butt-in and try to get Naoya all to herself. But Saki and Minase will fight to the end for their man. And Naoya will always push himself to please his two girlfriends.
Seriously, if we get a second season can we get less Milika? I didn’t hate her, I just felt like there was too much of her. Honey, you’re cute, but you’re never going to get with Naoya.
Boy, oh boy the trash levels on this one. Granted, this is not incest! Still though, it’s trashy.
I guess I can’t be mad at a harem actually living up to the term “harem”. This guy is actually willing to try to give polygamy a try. It’s a cute fantasy for lonely men watching this series, but come on guys, you know it’s not possible unless you’re in a country that’s accepting of polygamy or if you’re Nick Cannon. And if I remember correctly, Japan ain’t one of them countries. Pretty sure Shino made that point clear in the 11th episode. If you’re looking for a cute rom-com like the other rom-coms you’re used to…keep on walking junior, this ain’t for you. If you’re a harem-enthusiast in the anime world, maybe check this one out. The male is plain as usual, but the girls are pretty decent to look at.
Well, if you’re desperate and want to watch Girlfriend, Girlfriend, Crunchyroll has all 12 episodes available.
Oh, and if you’re wondering about all the Betty White stuff in this review, this was not planned initially. As you know, she died a few days ago and I’m still in mourning. So don’t be surprised if you see her commentary in my next few reviews.
Reprezentacja Polski bez Milika i Zielińskiego. Napoli nie zgadza się na ich grę w kadrze
Reprezentacja Polski bez Milika i Zielińskiego. Napoli nie zgadza się na ich grę w kadrze
SSC Napoli nie zgadza się na udział Arkadiusza Milika i Piotra Zielińskiego w mistrzostwach Europy do lat 21, które w dniach 16-30 czerwca odbędą się w Polsce. Włoski klub postanowił skorzystać z przysługującego mu prawa i o decyzji poinformował PZPN.
Liga włoska: Arkadiusz Milik uratował Napoli przed porażką. Polak na gola czekał od 19 września
Liga włoska: Arkadiusz Milik uratował Napoli przed porażką. Polak na gola czekał od 19 września
Gol Arkadiusz Milika zapewnił piłkarzom Napoli remis 2:2 w wyjazdowym spotkaniu z US Sassuolo w 33. kolejce włoskiej ekstraklasy piłkarskiej. To jego piąte trafienie w sezonie, ale pierwsze od 19 września.
