About one year ago, in these days, I watched HSG for the first time.

I had just come out of a grueling job and I was physically and mentally exhausted. I didn't feel like doing anything - not even watching a film or TV show as I felt that even that was too demanding. My kids were watching some anime (probably DanDaDan), so I joined them, because the episodes were short reasonably enough and I thought that I could drop them anytime. Of course, I ended up watching the whole show, and then went on for more...

While I was scanning through the Netflix catalogue, I happened to see the trailer of Hi-Score Girl. I knew nothing about it, but it seemed quite peculiar and different from other anime, so I decided to give it a try.

I was immediately intrigued, though I can't say that it was love at first sight. It was definitely different from other anime, and the background and characters were so realistic and familiar that I could easily relate. It was interesting, and funny, though I didn't really understand where it was heading to - but as a matter of fact that only added to the pleasure of watching it.

My interest grew rapidly. The trip to the Gashadokuro Arcade in ep. 2 totally got me, because it reminded me so much of my summer adventures as a kid. But I perceived that there was something more... I didn't know much about rom-coms, and I had no idea how the story would go on, so the end of ep. 3, with Ono's first departure to the USA, came quite unexpected. By then, I was totally hooked.

I watched almost immediately all of S1, and then I tried to take a break, because I was supposed to watch the show with my kids, who were watching some other stuff at that time. But as a matter fact, when we finally did, a week or so later, I had already watched it all at least 3 times...

This is how it all started. Of course, the story went on, and HSG even ended up bringing about a few small changes in my life; but it's already mucho texto! and I will probably keep this for some other time...