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ギャルごはん [Gal Gohan] #5
Gal Gohan Vol. 5
Get ready for food, fun, and fashion in this sexy new manga series about a cooking club!
Okazaki Miku is a Gal: a fun-loving high school student who expresses herself through bleached hair, sexy clothes, and heaps of accessories. Unfortunately, she’s also flunking every class. When she asks her Home Economics teacher, Yabe Shinji, to help her bake bribery cookies for her disappointed teachers, she finds a new excitement in that small success--and Shinji is moved by her enthusiasm. Shinji decides to start a cooking club to better connect with his students, and Miku is first in line to join!
Okazaki Miku is a Gal: a fun-loving high school student who expresses herself through bleached hair, sexy clothes, and heaps of accessories. Unfortunately, she’s also flunking every class. When she asks her Home Economics teacher, Yabe Shinji, to help her bake bribery cookies for her disappointed teachers, she finds a new excitement in that small success--and Shinji is moved by her enthusiasm. Shinji decides to start a cooking club to better connect with his students, and Miku is first in line to join!
180 pages, Paperback
Published November 24, 2020
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July 30, 2021
I don't have a ton to say here that I've not already mentioned in my reviews on the four previous volumes, but I do appreciate that in the last chapter of this one (chapter 33 overall) it does finally get pointed out to Miku that the relationship between student and teacher is considered taboo. Yabe's sister is the one to bring it up and it's probably meant to serve as a hint regarding why he's so unresponsive or resistant to Miku's advances, but Miku's reaction to this is what really caught my attention.
We know that up to this point, via the story throughout the past volumes, she's not the best student. She struggles immensely with school, and it's only thanks to Yabe believing in her and helping her out (and later additional support from Fujiwara) that she's started actively working to pull ahead in her other classes from where she's always been. She's making more effort with her homework and her attempts to understand the material, even if she has a lot of moments here and there where she still appears to be the "head empty, no thoughts" meme. It isn't that she's a bad student by default, it's that she's genuinely not believed in her own capability because she's been shunted into a box the entire time and puts on a front of not caring.
So why do I bring this up? Because when Yabe's sister mentions to her that people would look sideways at their relationship because student/teacher relationships are considered taboo, especially given Miku is still a minor, Miku gets quiet and introspective for a bit. While I doubt this is going to change much, if anything, in the long run in her attempts to make her feelings known, it does seem to suggest she either wasn't aware of this social taboo or that it was never pointed out to her as being a point of concern where her advances come into play. And I'm very curious to see if having that brought up changes anything about her mindset at all.
I'll also say that there are a couple of very sweet moments between her and Fujiwara that really helped me enjoy this volume more than I thought I would. Rather than being pushed away from one another after Fujiwara declared herself a rival, the girls actually appear to be forming a tighter friendship as a result, and I really love that. It's a refreshing change of pace, and the two deserve to have one another as friends, especially given how they challenge each other's perspectives and prompt one another to grow.
We know that up to this point, via the story throughout the past volumes, she's not the best student. She struggles immensely with school, and it's only thanks to Yabe believing in her and helping her out (and later additional support from Fujiwara) that she's started actively working to pull ahead in her other classes from where she's always been. She's making more effort with her homework and her attempts to understand the material, even if she has a lot of moments here and there where she still appears to be the "head empty, no thoughts" meme. It isn't that she's a bad student by default, it's that she's genuinely not believed in her own capability because she's been shunted into a box the entire time and puts on a front of not caring.
So why do I bring this up? Because when Yabe's sister mentions to her that people would look sideways at their relationship because student/teacher relationships are considered taboo, especially given Miku is still a minor, Miku gets quiet and introspective for a bit. While I doubt this is going to change much, if anything, in the long run in her attempts to make her feelings known, it does seem to suggest she either wasn't aware of this social taboo or that it was never pointed out to her as being a point of concern where her advances come into play. And I'm very curious to see if having that brought up changes anything about her mindset at all.
I'll also say that there are a couple of very sweet moments between her and Fujiwara that really helped me enjoy this volume more than I thought I would. Rather than being pushed away from one another after Fujiwara declared herself a rival, the girls actually appear to be forming a tighter friendship as a result, and I really love that. It's a refreshing change of pace, and the two deserve to have one another as friends, especially given how they challenge each other's perspectives and prompt one another to grow.
July 2, 2021
Now that Okazaki has a couple rivals the pressure is on, especially with Yabe’s college friend. The line could have been crossed many times with the age gap, but this manga manages to tow the line precariously. And that’s what makes it a perfect teasing love story. You just never know if and when that line will be crossed. Oh, and the art is well done. Great facial expressions! I look forward to the next volume!
January 5, 2021
Art is good, but I'm not sure they are writing a taboo relationship well.
September 11, 2025
This was a fun volume. I can totally see Miku becoming a home ec teacher herself. Everybody was surprised at how well versed she was at cooking and how awkwardly close her and Yabe were. Loved the sports festival chapter, everybody got to make memories there.
April 20, 2025
2.5 - rounding down
soooo glad I have this whole series *sarcastic* I don't hate them, but the entire premise isn't my thing. I'm just here for the food (I collect food manga, and got this entire series as a gift)
soooo glad I have this whole series *sarcastic* I don't hate them, but the entire premise isn't my thing. I'm just here for the food (I collect food manga, and got this entire series as a gift)
April 17, 2021
What an adorable Manga! This volume left a HUGE cliffhanger, and I can't wait for the next one!
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