First Impression: Bad Girl

Yuu is a good girl. She takes care of her parents, she helps the neighbors, and she does well at school. But she’s about to leave that life behind to turn to the dark side and become…a bad girl! What’s the cause of this drastic change, which includes wearing clip-on earrings and drinking tea on the bus? It’s all an attempt to get the attention of Fujigasaka Private High School’s Public Decency Officer, Atori Mizutori. Yuu is crushing hard on her upperclassman, much to the consternation of Yuu’s friend, Suzu. It’s Suzu to whom Yuu goes for advice on how to be a delinquent, since she’s “naturally” one. But is Suzu really? And why does Suzu get grumpy whenever Yuu brings up Mizutori?

Bad Girl is the first yuri series to drop this season, and it’s an awfully cute one. The humor here is simple—it’s based both on Yuu’s inability to truly be bad and on misunderstandings. The jokes for both landed pretty well in episode one, from Yuu’s fake tattoos getting her in trouble to her thinking that Suzu and Mizutori have a thing going on. All three characters featured in this opening episode are charming and full of life; although relatively new seiyuu voice them, they all do a wonderful job, particularly Azusa Tachibana in the lead role (Kay-hoo!). The episode comes across as sweet for the most part, though it does like to dip into the spicy pretty often; I believe that because it’s GL, the series takes the license to delve a little into ecchiness and to highlight some sexual content (roleplaying being the primary joke in the final part of the episode) while still feeling wholesome. That’s something to note in what’s otherwise a silly little series. By the way, if you check it out, make sure to watch the post-credits omake—it’s perhaps the cutest part of the episode.

Bad Girl can be streamed on HIDIVE.

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