English Dub Review: Girlfriend, Girlfriend “Vacay with the Girlfriends”

Overview

Naoya and the girls depart for Okinawa. The trip gets off to a bumpy start when their plane encounters turbulence, and Naoya panics. Once they get to their vacation home in Okinawa, the girls put on their swimsuits.

Our Take

The girls decide they want to go on a vacation. Since Hawaii is out of the question due to its high price, Okinawa is a viable option. Shino offers to cover their lodging through her family home and this allows them to plan an extended multi-day trip. During the shopping trip, Mirika figures out that Shino likes Naoya and threatens to expose this to everyone unless Shino helps her get close to Naoya.

Eventually, during the plane ride, Naoya indicates he has a severe fear of air travel and the girls have to calm him down. In Okinawa, they have a fun first day. Nagisa privately talks with Naoya, asking if he and Saki are gonna kiss, he tells her that he’ll stop messing around and will kiss Saki. However, they are overheard by Rika, who declares to stop them from kissing. However, when Naoya and Saki attempt to go somewhere private, Rika blackmails Shino into stopping them and she manages to knock him out. Rika then pulls Naoya away from the girls into an empty room locks the door and proceeds to restrain Naoya…

Overall, this was such a wild episode. Naoya honestly always makes me laugh so hard. Finally they’re in Okinawa, and predictably show their swimsuits, now it’s up to Shino and Mirika to try to lure Naoya but I just want the kiss with Saki at this point. The entire season so far when it isn’t focused on Shino’s conflicted feelings seems to build up towards this potential kiss to happen. And with the way this episode ended, any cliffhanger with Mirika can get quite worrisome for the other three girls.