Seeing this having only one review as of date made me sad so I'm contributing my thoughts about it.
Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable! feels like a comfort food. Maybe you feel sick, maybe you are exhausted from your daily struggles. This is gonna help, you can sit down get a small piece of trivia about Hokkaido, some official glam/ecchi fanart of cute girls and a piece of a romantic plot that isn't intricate, doesn't have much drama if any, and drinks from the usual tropes of manga so nothing is particularly challenging to digest.
The main thing you are gonna take away from it is the information about the region. It's everywhere, from the food they have to the places they go, Tsubasa is the straight man who is educated on Hokkaido for the audience, and the covers will send more lore your way.
It's the special bit from this series and even tho it doesn't carry it, it gives you the urge to maybe make a trip someday.
The other pillar of the series is the (female) characters, you have a cast of fashion sensitive, pretty girls that will feature a bunch of outfits for the visual pleasure.
There is ecchi, but it's at the core of the series, it doesn't hide, it doesn't ruin the plot. You are here now, if you don't like it we can call a taxi for you, let me tell you about some cultural hokkaido reference while we wait for it.
This lightweight attitude seems to bleed into the plot itself, it's one of people being bros, the romance plot has a bit of harem to it but it's mostly just for show. The conflicts aren't forced or overplayed and the author doesn't seem interested in dragging anyone through the mud.
Overall it's a feelgood story, thus elements that could be played for greater narrative spectacle are mostly muted, this is the place for cuteness and sympathy, which leaves a sweet taste in the buds even tho you can somewhat feel dissapointed if you expected an elevated state of emotion.
It's a decent read, specially if you are feeling iffy or down, or with some time to kill. It won't change your life, but you'll come out slightly happier than when you got in, which is a great compliment for any piece of media.
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