Wakaba Girl...
Recently, I took the opportunity to watch Wakaba Girl...
Nothing extraordinary happens in Wakaba Girl. One episode is devoted to the girls going out for ice cream, while another episode has the girls discovering the joys of a sleepover. Each episode, at about eight minutes, is fairly short. Wakaba is frequently the butt of many jokes as she has no experience with having friends and doing the sorts of things that friends do. Occasionally, Wakaba might want to thank her friends with cash and while Mao might be inclined to take advantage of Wakaba, Nao immediately comes to the rescue to stop Mao.
Wakaba Girl is syrupy sweet and nothing bad happens in the world of Wakaba Girl. The stories are, for the most part, fairly light and humorous, but, there was one episode that diverged from the norm as Wakaba faces the possibility that she might have to move away and leave her new friends. Admittedly, Wakaba Girl is not for everyone, but, I found the series entertaining. I gave Wakaba Girl a 3 out of 5. By the way, you will have the read your anime, as the series is subtitled only.
Wakaba Girl is apparently, so obscure or so unloved... sniff, sniff... ☹️ ...that I couldn't find a decent trailer. Below is a clip from the series concerning the horrors of being labeled otaku. In the U.S., otaku refers mainly to fans of specific areas of Japanese culture like anime, manga and, to some degree, gaming. In Japan, otaku has a more generic quality and can refer to any fan of any particular theme, topic, hobby or form of entertainment. This broader meaning may be viewed positively as in Princess Jellyfish or it my be viewed negatively, as follows...
Wakaba Girl is a series of short vignettes featuring the four main characters in a slice-of-life comedy concerning Wakaba's transformation from a secluded rich girl with no friends to a secluded rich girl with friends. Wakaba starts class as the ubiquitous mysterious transfer student and is immediately befriended by Moeko who happens to personify moe, Nao, the tomboy who has issues referring to herself as a girl, and Mao, the scheming mastermind of the group.Even though her ridiculously wealthy family tries to give her everything, it's not until the sheltered Wakaba Kohashi fails to get into an upscale school that she finds what she really needed: a group of friends who want to know the real her, and not her status.
Her new school mates may not be up to date on haute couture, but Wakaba is enthralled by their knowledge about the outside world, including the flashy "gyaru" fashion. Soon, Wakaba is helping (or TRYING to help) her newfound friends with their newfound high school girl problems.
From helping innocent Moeko though gymnastics, standing in for Nao in a beauty contest, and inadvertently helping Mao act like a rich girl, to simply enjoying the joys of girl talk and sharing ice cream, there's a whole new world of everyday wonders waiting to be discovered in WAKABA*GIRL!
Nothing extraordinary happens in Wakaba Girl. One episode is devoted to the girls going out for ice cream, while another episode has the girls discovering the joys of a sleepover. Each episode, at about eight minutes, is fairly short. Wakaba is frequently the butt of many jokes as she has no experience with having friends and doing the sorts of things that friends do. Occasionally, Wakaba might want to thank her friends with cash and while Mao might be inclined to take advantage of Wakaba, Nao immediately comes to the rescue to stop Mao.
Wakaba Girl is syrupy sweet and nothing bad happens in the world of Wakaba Girl. The stories are, for the most part, fairly light and humorous, but, there was one episode that diverged from the norm as Wakaba faces the possibility that she might have to move away and leave her new friends. Admittedly, Wakaba Girl is not for everyone, but, I found the series entertaining. I gave Wakaba Girl a 3 out of 5. By the way, you will have the read your anime, as the series is subtitled only.Wakaba Girl is apparently, so obscure or so unloved... sniff, sniff... ☹️ ...that I couldn't find a decent trailer. Below is a clip from the series concerning the horrors of being labeled otaku. In the U.S., otaku refers mainly to fans of specific areas of Japanese culture like anime, manga and, to some degree, gaming. In Japan, otaku has a more generic quality and can refer to any fan of any particular theme, topic, hobby or form of entertainment. This broader meaning may be viewed positively as in Princess Jellyfish or it my be viewed negatively, as follows...
