Hot Gimmick review

jzmcdaisy21125
Apr 06, 2021
At first glance Hot Gimmick goes a little too far from the average abusive boy-stupid girl relationship stereotype. That’s because the main characters are often too edgy at being themselves.
Nevertheless, that is what you would find only at first glance. Actually the characters are quite well created and their behavior is well motivated (most of the time). So I was a bit surprise to see so many negative reviews.
First, the not very bright, unassertive and often annoyingly accommodating Hatsumi seems to be the worst roll model but if you look closer you’ll find that she is actually devoted to her friends and family and cherishes everyone’s feelings (of course that is the reason behind her constant problems). Her ability to be gentle to everyone regardless of what they’ve done to her is what the whole story is centered around. That’s where Ryouki comes in, of course, being the nastiest asshole there is. Personally, I think his behavior is the most well-motivated and easy to read since he never had friends or a proper family. That is why he is naturally attracted to Hatsumi but is rather clumsy when it comes down to communicating or dealing with people at all. Their relationship seems too pushy or violent but the truth is that is because they are complete opposites – Hatsumi being too shy and to concerned about everybody else but herself and Ryouki who doesn’t really care for anyone else at all.
Hatsumi’s character doesn’t really develop much until the end when she is finally able to make a decision herself and stand up to it (which is a huge step having in mind her personality) while the one who is really developing is Ryouki although it is really easy to miss it. He actually grows aware of his feelings first although he is too annoyed with them but doesn’t let go of them although he continues to treat Hatsumi like a slave (which by the way would be a normal behavior considering his family’s influence and his inability to communicate with people – he is unable to act in any other way possible).
Sadly, for all those fans of Azusa-Hatsumi (Me! Me!) or Shinogu-Hatsumi pairings – those were doomed from the start since Ryouki’s character is the background center of the story and his personality would apply only to Hatsumi’s kindness. Of course, most of the things he did to her seemed heartless and mean but are easy to explain and therefore forgive since he never actually betrayed her unlike Azusa and Shinogu. He is just an asshole (who’s in love with her) and that’s pretty much to it – no background thoughts or anything. Even the sexual tension between the two of them is easily explained with his feelings and her unassertiveness. Of course, all of those encounters are well-covered with his constant nagging about wanting to practice to do it (although he often stresses he wants to practice with no other than her) but if that wasn’t like this who would have continued reading anyway?!
So overall I liked the story. The background characters were also well developed although the drama twists were a little bit too much for me. The art was quite good, too, although there were several tiny things that could have been better. I wouldn’t recommend to anyone who doesn’t search for motives behind the actions to read it because that way it will only seem like one very abusive story about a stupid girl and an asshole boy.
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Hot Gimmick
Hot Gimmick
Auteur Aihara, Miki
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