One day a very outgoing girl approaches a very lonesome girl thats where this tale begins. A tale evolving from the value of friendship and socialization to the love and care for your partner that you connected the most a friendship as pure as the driven snow and a romance as sweet as honey. That is achieved by Milk Morinagas magical pen both in the scenario and the art promises a very charming and heartfelt tale of two girlfriends. Characters Mari and Akko are the two protagonists where both of them get a delicate amount of attention development and time to get invested to them. Mari the main protagonist starts from a plain and lonesome girl developing into a cute and somewhat outgoing person with the the help of Akko the other protagonist. Akko is a outgoing and impulsive girl that never hesitates to grab the attetion of her surroundings. Both of them are also somewhat hesitant of their selves often doubting their desicions but both of them get through them through very sensible judgement whether they are good or bad. The supporting characters also have a good amount of attention not too much that would take away from the story but its enough to make them feel a part of the story and not feel unnecessary. The supporting cast has a wide variety of personalities yet they are integrated in a way that they unify nicely like in real life. Story This story depicts two friends slowly falling in love with each other its structure is rather simple and it follows a shoujo style of storytelling. The tone of the story finds a great balance between the comedy and the drama which makes the goofier times be extremely funny and entairtaining while the more serious moments be especially touching and moving. While being mostly character driven it doesnt forget to create an atmosphere giving its characters and its surroundings their own charm. The pacing feels very natural as it evokes a feeling of monono awarepassage of time and fulfillment for both the characters and their relationships. Artwork The art resembles a very shoujo style with big round eyes extremely stylised and clean. It is very beautiful capturing the mundane the comedic and the serious times exceptionally well. The character desings are also quite lovely being both remarkably cute and stylish. In conculsion GirlFriends is an unique exprerience among the yuri and especially the romance genres that captures perfectly a person in love and their insecurities through proficient pacing evoking a mononoawarepassage of time feeling that is very touching emotional and somewhat sentimental.