Wotakoi: Love Is Hard For Otaku 1 by Fujita

Wotakoi: Love Is Hard For Otaku 1 (Wotakoi: Love is Hard For Otaku, #1)

by Fujita

Narumi and Hirotaka are, by all appearances, a power couple. They're young, good-looking professionals. But they have secrets from everyone but each other: they're serious geeks! Narumi is a fujoshi, and Hirotaka's a hardcore gamer. Their sweet, awkward love story started life as a webcomic before becoming a full-blown manga series by popular demand, and is about to become a major anime series!

Reviewed by Quirky Cat on

3.5 of 5 stars

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Summary:

Who here doesn’t secretly have a very nerdy obsession? On the outside, Narumi and Hirotaka are totally normal (read: boring). They’re cute, professional, and get along great! No wonder everybody thinks they’re a couple.

The truth is, though, they’re both otakus. The only people who know their secret is each other. So they must run to the other whenever they want to relish in a fandom with a friend. Who wouldn’t love a friend like that?

Review:

An awkward romantic comedy? Sign me up! But seriously, Wotakoi Vol. 1 sounded like such a fun (and funny) series to check out. I dove in without reading too much about it because I wanted to be surprised.

It is a fun series, I’ll give you that! It’s also exactly what it promises to be - two otaku interacting in the “real” world and their private lives. It’s cute, funny, and not all that deep. Granted, it doesn’t need to be.

The story reads more like a slice-of-life comic, which works well here. Depending on the story, some characters are more relatable than others. I’d say that Wotakoi Vol. 1 is worth the read and lives up to the premises.

Highlights:
Contemporary Romance
Slice-of-Life
Comedy

Will I continue the series? Nah

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  • 7 September, 2024: Reviewed