History YMMV / GirlfriendGirlfriend

* SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing: The English dub has received a lot of praise for its hilarious script, punched up dialogue, and for fully embracing the show's premise to the point where the [[RefugeInAudacity sexual jokes are made much more blatant and direct]]. Many particularly love Creator/BrittanyLauda's performance as Saki and all the names she comes up with for breasts, such as "mammary foam pillows" and "mommy milkers." Yes, the phrase "mommy milkers" is actually said out loud in the dub.

* SuperlativeDubbing: The English dub has received a lot of praise for its hilarious script, punched up dialogue, and for fully embracing the show's premise to the point where the sexual jokes are made much more blatant and direct. Many particularly love Creator/BrittanyLauda's performance as Saki and all the names she comes up with for breasts, such as "mammary foam pillows" and "mommy milkers." Yes, the phrase "mommy milkers" is actually said out loud in the dub.

* IdiotPlot: [[TropesAreTools Done completely intentionally]]. Our protagonist, Naoya Mukai, is already in a happy relationship with his ChildhoodFriend, Saki Saki, and he couldn't want for more. One day however, he's confessed to by Nagisa Minase, a cute and attractive NiceGirl [[SupremeChef with great cooking skills]], and instead of turning her down gently and continuing on with his life, [[InsaneTrollLogic he rationalizes that since he fell in love with both Saki and Nagisa, he figured two-timing would keep both of them happy]], with Saki's permission of course. Instead of losing interest and dumping him, both girls actually decide to go along with it; Nagisa because she figures she won't get another chance with him otherwise, and Saki due to peer pressure from the other two and because [[AmbiguouslyBi she may or may not]] [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer be attracted to Nagisa as well]]. And then you got two other girls, [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim both knowing about the two-timing]], falling for him as well, with one of them being the OnlySaneWoman.

** Naoya, an otherwise earnest and NiceGuy who wants what's best for those he cares about, but his jaw-dropping stupidity and inability to take no for an answer earns him the ire of a good portion of the fandom. One of the reasoning being that he's pusuing the two-timing relationship because he wants to make both girls happy, but doing so he's effectively forcing Saki take this option, putting them at the risk of suffering severe social stigma in the process and making them {{Insecure Love Interest}}s. Even though he claim he doesn't play favouritism, some could see he's playing favorite with Nagisa over Saki at times (could be cause she's new, but still not completely fair to Saki). Even his inability to take "no" for an answer can make him come across as {{Yandere}}ish.

** Saki, at time, doesn't escape from this either. While there are quite a few fans that sympathize with her for her anger over the whole thing, there's also a number of fans who believe that her hair-trigger violent reactions to everything. It's been made clear by Naoya that he would stop if Saki committed to a firm "no", but at the same time it makes ''both'' of them unsympathetic because he's putting responsibility for his actions in her hands, and she could end this nonsense any time she wants but won't. It should however be noted that Saki says multiple times that she wants the arrangement to work and for her to get past her insecurities regarding it, rather than end it.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Pretty much every major character save for Rika, whose actions we're supposed to see as rather dubious, can come off as this.

** Some also see Minase in this light. While she [[InsecureLoveInterest doesn't come out of entering the relationship unscathed, with her own issues and insecurities]], it can be hard hard not to see her as either [[DidntThinkThisThrough someone suffering the consequence of her decision to go along with a two-timing relationship]], or a blatant homewrecker who, like Naoya, is forcing Saki into the relationship so she can be happy. Her tendency to resort to shady means to either keep the relationship going tends to lose her sympathisers. [[spoiler: Then there's the fact that she fell for Naoya because she was inspired by [[{{Determinator}} him trying his hardest]]... to confess to another girl entirely, which either adds to the whole "homewrecker" reputation she's accumulated, or [[DidnThinkThisThrough makes her stupidity seem on par with Naoya's]], whose own stupidity makes him a BaseBreakingCharacter.]]
** Heck, even Saki doesn't escape from this. While there are quite a few fans that sympathize with her for her anger over the whole thing, there's also a number of fans who believe that her hair-trigger violent reactions to everything and her using her sexual curiosity to justify not dropping out of the relationship altogether add to the problem. It's also made clear multiple times by Naoya that he would stop if Saki committed to a firm "no", but at the same time it makes ''both'' of them unsympathetic because he's putting responsibility for his actions in her hands, and she could end this nonsense any time she wants but won't. It should however be noted that Saki says multiple times that she wants the arrangement to work and for her to get past her insecurities regarding it, rather than end it.

** Saki arguably has it the worst out of all the girls. At the start of the series, she's in a happy (if eccentric) relationship with her ChildhoodFriend Naoya and, in spite of his oddities, is very much in love with him. Then one day, completely out of the blue, Naoya approaches her with a girl named Minase, who's [[NiceGirl nice, sweet]], [[BuxomIsBetter has a more curvaceous body]], and is a SupremeChef, and says he wants to date the both of them. After getting understandably upset by this, but at the end, is effectively peer pressured into going along with it (something her friend Shino states is something that's easy to do with enough persistence). Saki becomes a major InsecureLoveInterest over not being able to do anything to help around the house. With all her attempts at doing so ending in {{Epic Fail}}ure, to the point that she resorts to BeAWhoreToGetYourMan, only for Naoya, out of a sense of fairness towards Minase and realizing something is wrong, to turn down her advances, [[TenMinuteRetirement causing her to briefly drop out of the relationship and go back to her house]].

** Even though some have debate over her motivate and morale, Shino has proven to be very popular among the fanbase for her serious personality, trying to get Naoya to stop the two timing in order to help Saki [[spoiler: despite being in love with Naoya herself]] and humorous interaction she has with Naoya and Saki. Her popularity grew more [[spoiler: after she confess her feelings for him, becoming a lot happier and willing to help the cast out more.]]

* GrowingTheBeard: While the series is still a BrokenBase for some, some who stood by it seems to agree that the moment Mirika and Shino join the cast, the series got a lot funnier. Having someone who challenge Naoya and his two timing relationship.

** Some also see Minase in this light. While she [[InsecureLoveInterest doesn't come out of entering the relationship unscathed, with her own issues and insecurities]], it can be hard hard not to see her as either [[DidntThinkThisThrough someone suffering the consequence of her decision to go along with a two-timing relationship]], or a blatant homewrecker who, like Naoya, is forcing Saki into the relationship so she can be happy. Her tendency to resort to shady means to either keep the clearly dysfunctional relationship going or have Naoya to herself, including {{Blackmail}}, also tends to lose her sympathisers. [[spoiler: Then there's the fact that she fell for Naoya because she was inspired by [[{{Determinator}} him trying his hardest]]... to confess to another girl entirely, which either adds to the whole "homewrecker" reputation she's accumulated, or [[DidnThinkThisThrough makes her stupidity seem on par with Naoya's]], whose own stupidity makes him a BaseBreakingCharacter.]]
** Shino is a friend that is genuinely concerned with how Saki feels in her two-timing relationship, but the fact remains that she's secretly gone after Naoya herself and constantly lies about it to Saki's face.

* IdiotPlot: [[TropesAreTools Done completely intentionally]]. Our protagonist, Naoya Mukai, is already in a happy relationship with his ChildhoodFriend, Saki Saki, and he couldn't want for more. One day however, he's confessed to by Nagisa Minase, a cute and attractive NiceGirl [[SupremeChef with great cooking skills]], and instead of turning her down gently and continuing on with his life, [[InsaneTrollLogic he rationalizes that since he fell in love with both Saki and Nagisa, he figured two-timing would keep both of them happy]], with Saki's permission of course. Instead of losing interest and dumping him over this, both girls actually decide to go along with it, Nagisa because she figures she won't get another chance with him otherwise, and Saki due to peer pressure from the other two and because [[AmbiguouslyBi she may or may not]] [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer be attracted to Nagisa as well]]. And then you got two other girls, [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim both knowing about the two-timing]], falling for him as well, with one of them being the OnlySaneWoman.

* IdiotPlot: [[TropesAreTools Done completely intentionally]]. Our protagonist, Naoya Mukai, is already in a happy relationship with his ChildhoodFriend, Saki Saki, and he couldn't want for more. One day however, he's confessed to by Nagisa Minase, a cute and attractive NiceGirl [[SupremeChef with great cooking skills]], and instead of turning her down gently and continuing on with his life, [[InsaneTrollLogic he rationalizes that since he finds both Saki and Nagisa attractive, he's obligated to two-time the both of them and keep them both happy]], with Saki's permission of course. Instead of losing interest and dumping him over this, both girls actually decide to go along with it, Nagisa because she figures she won't get another chance with him otherwise, and Saki due to peer pressure from the other two and because [[AmbiguouslyBi she may or may not]] [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer be attracted to Nagisa as well]]. And then you got two other girls, [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim both knowing about the two-timing]], falling for him as well, and one of them is the OnlySaneWoman.

** ​Saki arguably has it the worst out of all the girls. At the start of the series, she's in a happy (if eccentric) relationship with her ChildhoodFriend Naoya and, in spite of his oddities, is very much in love with him. Then one day, completely out of the blue, Naoya approaches her with a girl named Minase, who's [[NiceGirl nice, sweet]], [[BuxomIsBetter has a more curvaceous body]], and is a SupremeChef, and says he wants to date the both of them. After getting understandably upset by this, she's effectively given a MortonsFork to either go along with the two-timing relationship or dump Naoya and let him be with Nagisa, and is effectively peer pressured into going with the former (which her friend Shino states is something that's easy to do with enough persistence). And then when the relationship starts and the three of them move in together, she becomes a major InsecureLoveInterest over a sense of inadequacy towards Minase and the fact that she doesn't do anything to help around the house, not helped by all her attempts at doing so ending in {{Epic Fail}}ure, to the point that she resorts to BeAWhoreToGetYourMan only for Naoya, out of a sense of fairness towards Minase, to turn down her advances, [[TenMinuteRetirement causing her to briefly drop out of the relationship and go back to her house]].

** Naoya ends up being this in ''spades''. He's an otherwise earnest and NiceGuy who wants what's best for those he cares about, but his jaw-dropping stupidity and inability to take no for an answer earns him the ire of a good portion of the fandom. One of the reasoning being that he's pusuing the two-timing relationship because he wants to make both girls happy, but doing so he's effectively forcing Saki take this option, putting them at the risk of suffering severe social stigma in the process and making them {{Insecure Love Interest}}s. Even though he claim he doesn't play favouritism, some could see he's playing favorite with Nagisa over Saki at times (could be cause she's new, but still not completely fair to Saki). Even his inability to take "no" for an answer can make him come across as {{Yandere}}ish.

* TheWoobie: ​Saki arguably has it the worst out of all the girls. At the start of the series, she's in a happy (if eccentric) relationship with her ChildhoodFriend Naoya and, in spite of his oddities, is very much in love with him. Then one day, completely out of the blue, Naoya approaches her with a girl named Minase, who's [[NiceGirl nice, sweet]], [[BuxomIsBetter has a more curvaceous body]], and is a SupremeChef, and says he wants to date the both of them. After getting understandably upset by this, she's effectively given a MortonsFork to either go along with the two-timing relationship or dump Naoya and let him be with Nagisa, and is effectively peer pressured into going with the former (which her friend Shino states is something that's easy to do with enough persistence). And then when the relationship starts and the three of them move in together, she becomes a major InsecureLoveInterest over a sense of inadequacy towards Minase and the fact that she doesn't do anything to help around the house, not helped by all her attempts at doing so ending in {{Epic Fail}}ure, to the point that she resorts to BeAWhoreToGetYourMan only for Naoya, out of a sense of fairness towards Minase, to turn down her advances, [[TenMinuteRetirement causing her to briefly drop out of the relationship and go back to her house]].

* TheWoobie: ​Saki arguably has it the worst out of all the girls. At the start of the series, she's in a happy (if eccentric) relationship with her ChildhoodFriend Naoya and, in spite of his oddities, is very much in love with him. Then one day, completely out of the blue, Naoya approaches her with a girl named Minase, who's [[NiceGirl nice, sweet]], [[BuxomIsBetter has a more curvaceous body]], and is a SupremeChef, and says he wants to date the both of them. After getting understandably upset by this, she's effectively given a MortonsFork to either go along with the two-timing relationship or dump Naoya and let him be with Nagisa, and is effectively peer pressured into going with the former (which her friend Shino states is something that's easy to do with enough persistence). And then when the relationship starts and the three of them move in together, she becomes a major InsecureLoveInterest over a sense of inadequacy towards Minase and the fact that she doesn't do anything to help around the house, not helped by all her attempts at doing so ending in {{Epic Fail}}ure, to the point that she resorts to BeAWhoreToGetYourMan only for Naoya, out of a sense of fairness towards Minase, to turn down her advances, [[TenMinuteRetirement causing her to briefly drop out of the relationship and go back to her house]]. [[spoiler:That's to say nothing of when Shino starts regularly interacting with Naoya, as she's hurt when she thinks her best friend might desire to get with Naoya too but places so much trust in her that she sincerely hopes it'll never happen.]]

** Naoya ends up being this in ''spades''. He's an otherwise earnest and NiceGuy who wants what's best for those he cares about, but his jaw-dropping stupidity, [[ObliviouslyEvil tendency to unknowingly hurt the girls with his actions]], and inability to take no for an answer earns him the ire of a good portion of the fandom.
*** The reason he's pursuing the two-timing relationship is because he wants both girls to be happy, not wanting to turn down Nagisa after all the hard work and effort she put into becoming the perfect girlfriend and confessing to him, yet also not wanting to break up with Saki as a result of accepting the confession, [[TakeAThirdOption so he decides that going out with both is the next best thing]], since no one gets hurt that way. To some though, his logic comes off as more childish and selfish than anything, seeing as he's effectively forcing two girls to go out with him, putting them at the risk of suffering severe social stigma in the process and making them {{Insecure Love Interest}}s, just so he doesn't have to make a difficult decision.
*** Naoya constantly claims to be pursuing the two-timing relationship with the intent of making both Saki and Minase happy, and while he is unintentionally making them both {{Insecure Love Interest}}s, we're supposed to believe that he has the best of intentions and is being sincere about his motives. That being said, it's hard not to see Naoya as displaying blatant favouritism towards Minase; he starts the whole relationship to accommodate her while effectively forcing Saki to go along with it, is hinted multiple to find her more physically attractive, not helping Saki's insecurities any, compromises his insane honesty-based morals to protect Minase from Saki's potential wrath when he discovers her searching through Saki's phone, and not once does it occur to him during Saki's constant attempts to prove useful in the relationship and eventually trying to have sex with him that she's in any way hurt by his actions.
*** His refusal to accept people telling him "no" has always been a point of contention with him, but a good example of this is how he went about asking Saki out. Ever since grade school, he's been persistently and unwaveringly asking Saki out to no avail, but refuses to give up and keeps at it in hopes that she'd finally say yes. To some, this can come off less as earnest and more {{Yandere}}ish, seeing as he's refusing to take no for answer or give her some space when she needs it, like during their entrance exams when she needs to focus. This isn't helped by how we learned from Shino a few chapters ago that Saki [[ExtremeDoormat can be easily peer-pressured into things with enough persistence.]] Plus, the fact that Saki decides to give him a chance only for him to start the two-timing with Minase can make him seem like an UngratefulBastard.

* BrokenBase: How the audience is supposed to see the love situation. Some are fine with it exploring how much of a headache a romcom harem would actually be, but think that Hiroyuki's madcap comedy is not the right approach for it and has to trivialize everything to make it work like it does now. The other half of the fandom enjoy it for the farce it is, and think the people who expected a more nuanced take on harem or the characters [[MST3kMantra are taking the series way too seriously]].

** Naoya has polarizing opinions from audiences, with some viewing him as an absolute stud and an icon of manliness due to his earnestness, directness and uncompromising morality in stating exactly what he wants and doing whatever it takes to get it without dishonesty or deceit. While others simply seeing him as entertaining and hilarious because of the silly things he does and [[InsaneTrollLogic the reasons he does them]]. Others, however, see him as a manipulative and selfish scumbag who is basically forcing Saki into a polyamorous relationship that she does not want. Naoya also will ''not'' take no for an answer, becoming extremely persistent at getting what he wants the more someone denies him. While he has never been shown to be deceitful or verbally abusive, he does repeatedly ignore his girlfriend(s) outright ''begging'' him not to do something dangerous or stupid.

** Naoya has polarizing opinions from audiences, with some viewing him as an absolute stud and an icon of manliness due to his earnestness, directness and uncompromising morality in stating exactly what he wants and doing whatever it takes to get it without dishonesty or deceit, or simply seeing him as entertaining and hilarious because of the silly things he does and [[InsaneTrollLogic the reasons he does them]]. Others see him as a manipulative, childish and selfish scumbag who is basically forcing Saki into a polyamorous relationship that she does not want and has no power over. Naoya also will ''not'' take no for an answer, becoming extremely persistent at getting what he wants the more someone denies him. While he has never been shown to be deceitful or verbally abusive, he does repeatedly ignore his girlfriend(s) outright ''begging'' him not to do something they don't want. He will also resort to extreme bargaining and self-destructive behavior that makes people who care about him have to concede or watch him literally kill himself trying to convince them. In any comment section, you will find a mix of people who are either calling Naoya an "absolute chad" or "toxic scumbag", whether or not they like the show on other merits.

** Saki reasoning for letting Naoya to two time. Did she allow it due to being weak to pressure or did she do so in hope of getting together with Nagisa? Shino hint at the former due to Saki simple nature while later chapters point to the latter with her being in denial.

** Naoya reasoning for having Rika move out of his house. Is he genuinely growing feelings for her like he did with Nagisa and didn’t want to start three timing or he is overly paranoid and doesn’t want to take any risk of ruining his two timing relationship? As the series goes on, while Naoya admit to admiring Rika determination and video skills, her actions (especially illegal ones) are a off-putting for him.

** Naoya. Is he really the [[IdiotHero completely idiotic]] {{Determinator}} we see him as? Is he actually a more toxic CovertPervert who's ObfuscatingStupidity and [[ManipulativeBastard manipulating]] Saki, Minase and the other {{Love Interest}}s to live out some harem fantasy? Or is he actually not actually that dumb, but has a bad tendency to [[DidntThinkThisThrough jump to the first idea he thinks up in a panic and]] [[IMeantToDoThat goes all the way with it in a vain effort to not look like an idiot]]? In later chapters, it seems to point to the latter as he keep rejecting Mirika and [[spoiler: Shino]] affections and desire to date him.

** Naoya reasoning for having Rika move out of his house. Is he genuinely growing feelings for her like he did with Nagisa and didn’t want to start three timing or he is overly paranoid and doesn’t want to take any risk of ruining his two timing relationship?

** Saki reasoning for allowing the two timing relationship. Did she allow it due to being weak to pressure or did she do so in hope of getting together with Nagisa? Shino hint at the former due to Saki simple nature while later chapters point to the latter with her being in denial.
** Naoya reasoning for having Rika move out of his house. Is he genuinely growing feelings for her like he did with Nagisa and didn’t want to start three timing or he is overly paranoid and doesn’t want to make any risk to ruining his two timing relationship?
** Naoya rejecting [[spoiler: Shino confession.]] Did he so cause he doesn’t have feelings for her or because Saki was in front of him, Naoya rejected her as not to break Saki’s heart.
** Saki [[spoiler: not giving an answer to Shino wanting to be Naoya’s girlfriend. Is she in so much shock she needs longer time to think about it or does she secretly want Shino to join them. Doesn’t help that Saki continue to allow Shino to live with them, doesn’t look that jealous that the two are getting closer and even invited Shino when drunk on chocolate.]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Naoya. Is he really the [[IdiotHero completely idiotic]] {{Determinator}} we see him as? Is he actually a more toxic CovertPervert who's ObfuscatingStupidity and [[ManipulativeBastard manipulating]] Saki, Minase and the other {{Love Interest}}s to live out some harem fantasy? Or is he actually not actually that dumb, but has a bad tendency to [[DidntThinkThisThrough jump to the first idea he thinks up in a panic and]] [[IMeantToDoThat goes all the way with it in a vain effort to not look like an idiot]]? In later chapters, it seems to point to the latter as he keep rejecting Mirika and [[spoiler: Shino]] affections and desire to date him.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Naoya. Is he really the [[IdiotHero completely idiotic]] {{Determinator}} we see him as? Is he actually a more toxic CovertPervert who's ObfuscatingStupidity and [[ManipulativeBastard manipulating]] Saki, Minase and the other {{Love Interest}}s to live out some harem fantasy? Or is he actually not actually that dumb, but has a bad tendency to [[DidntThinkThisThrough jump to the first idea he thinks up in a panic and]] [[IMeantToDoThat goes all the way with it in a vain effort to not look like an idiot]]? In later chapters, it seems to point out to the latter as he keep rejecting Mirika and [[spoiler: Shino]] affections and desire to date him.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Naoya. Is he really the [[IdiotHero completely idiotic]] {{Determinator}} we see him as? Is he actually a more toxic CovertPervert who's ObfuscatingStupidity and [[ManipulativeBastard manipulating]] Saki, Minase and the other {{Love Interest}}s to live out some harem fantasy? Or is he actually not actually that dumb, but has a bad tendency to [[DidntThinkThisThrough jump to the first idea he thinks up in a panic and]] [[IMeantToDoThat goes all the way with it in a vain effort to not look like an idiot]]?

* GrowingTheBeard: While the series is still a BrokenBase for some, some who stick up it seems to agree that the moment Mirika and Shino join the cast, the series got a lot funnier. Having someone who challenge Naoya and his two timing relationship.

** Rika continually comes up with (often illegal) schemes to break up the relationship and steal Naoya herself, only to fail spectacularly. As a result she tends to be either hated for being an obnoxious homewrecker or thought to be downright hilarious for her constant embarrassing failures and how over-the-top she is. The fact that she has a lot of the same traits as Naoya also plays into how fans feel, with her either being just as obnoxious and problematic or they see her as some form of Karma the Naoya gets plagued by the same unrelenting personality he has.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Naoya has polarizing opinions from audiences, with some viewing him as an absolute stud and an icon of manliness due to his earnestness, directness and uncompromising morality in stating exactly what he wants and doing whatever it takes to get it without dishonesty or deceit, or simply seeing him as entertaining and hilarious because of the silly things he does and [[InsaneTrollLogic the reasons he does them]]. Others see him as a manipulative, childish and selfish scumbag who is basically forcing Saki into a polyamorous relationship that she does not want and has no power over. Naoya also will ''not'' take no for an answer, becoming extremely persistent at getting what he wants the more someone denies him. While he has never been shown to be deceitful or verbally abusive, he does repeatedly ignore his girlfriend(s) outright ''begging'' him not to do something they don't want. He will also resort to extreme bargaining and self-destructive behavior that makes people who care about him have to concede or watch him literally kill himself trying to convince them. In any comment section, you will find a mix of people who are either calling Naoya an "absolute chad" or "toxic scumbag", whether or not they like the show on other merits.
** Rika continually comes up with (often illegal) schemes to break up the relationship and steal Naoya herself, only to fail spectacularly. As a result she tends to be either hated for being an obnoxious homewrecker or thought to be downright hilarious for her constant embarrassing failures and how over-the-top she is.

** Rika continually comes up with (often illegal) schemes to break up the relationship and steal Naoya herself, only to fail spectacularly. As a result she tends to be either hated for being an obnoxious homewrecker or thought to be downright hilarious for her constant embarrassing failures.