The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses

The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses was produced by studio GoHands and premiered in 2023. It serves as an adaptation of the popular manga series by Koume Fujichika, which began serializing in 2018. The narrative centers on a middle-school romance between Komura, a boy who harbors a crush on his classmate Mie, and Mie herself, whose frequent forgetfulness regarding her spectacles forces the two into moments of unexpected intimacy and proximity.

The series is defined by GoHands' distinctive visual style, characterized by highly saturated colors, elaborate lighting effects, and unconventional camera angles. This aesthetic approach was intended to heighten the dreamlike, heightened reality of adolescent infatuation, though it proved divisive among viewers. While some critics praised the technical ambition and the vibrant portrayal of the characters' internal worlds, others noted that the heavy use of digital post-processing sometimes overshadowed the subtle, quiet emotional core of the source material.