This too is yuri:
Minami, a first year high school girl has a very relatable problem: the gacha game she put all her time and money in is ending service. Now what’s she gonna do? Her friend Izumi suggests it’s a good thing, now she can actually do something you can only do in high school, like join a school club or do a part time job or find a boyfriend. That youth stuff, eh? Not something she seems overtly interested in (especially the last item, considering her reaction to that female golfer later on in the episode). But when Izumi suggest it might unlock a hidden talent, she gets fired up and starts trying every club in school, failing miserably with all. Once she broadens her quest to outside of school, she runs into an old man with back problems, who asks her to bring his golf bag to the nearby driving range where she sees the golf girl from the video and the rest is history…
An enjoyable first episode which doesn’t spent too much time yet on explaining golf to the viewer. Minami with her desire to do something special and extraordinary but failure at achieving anything is extremely relatable. The way Minami is looking for something to be obsessed with and how she thinks golf might be it, is something I recognise. I like her friend Izumi too, a good foil for her enthusiasm, as well as Akane, the golf girl we see in the video, who ends up taking Minami under her wing.
The animation is fluid and good looking in the right places, with the actual golf playing receiving the most care; it’s also not afraid to get a bit ugly and off model when necessary, like when Minami goes into one of her rants. I already liked the original OVA when it came out in 2022, which was just three high school girls playing golf and hoped it would be a series someday. So far I’m glad I got my wish.
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