Should you watch Real Girl?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.

Real Girl
Anime · 2018
Tsutsui Hikari (a.k.a "Tsuttsun") is a high school student who is content with his virtual life of anime and video games. One day, he gets stuck cleaning the pool with Iroha, a real live girl who is stylish, sassy and known to be easy with boys ... and she aggressively approaches him! Tsuttsun, who has few friends and lives in his own world, finds himself smitten by the confident and wild Iroha ... and his whole world is turned upside down!! It's the awkward and pure love story of a boy who experiences relationship for the first time.
The sides of Real Girl
- A gamer otaku with few friends
- A confident girl who asks him out
- A first relationship at high school
Real Girl is good for you if…
- you like an awkward, sincere first love between two opposites.
- you like a shy boy learning that real people are worth the risk.
- you like Iroha slowly showing what hides behind her reputation.
Real Girl is bad for you if…
- you don't watch anime.
- you won't read subtitles for a Japanese series.
About: first love · self-esteem · reputation
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