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Japanese manga series

Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku
Otaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii, Volume 1.jpg

Cover of the first volume of manga as released in Japan by Ichijinsha, featuring Hirotaka Nifuji and Narumi Momose
ヲタクに恋は難しい
( Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii )
Genre Romantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written by Fujita
Published by Ichijinsha
English publisher

NA

Kodansha Comics
Magazine Pixiv
Comic Pool (November 6, 2015 – July 16, 2021)
Demographic Josei
Original run April 17, 2014 – July 16, 2021
Volumes 11 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by Yoshimasa Hiraike
Produced by
  • Kenta Suzuki
  • Naokado Fujiyama
Written by Yoshimasa Hiraike
Music by Akimitsu Honma
Studio A-1 Pictures
Licensed by Amazon Video (streaming)
Original network Fuji TV (noitaminA)
Original run April 13, 2018 – June 22, 2018
Episodes 11 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Directed by
  • Yoshimasa Hiraike (#1)
  • Yayoi Takano (#2–3)
Produced by Kazuki Ōshima
Written by
  • Yoshimasa Hiraike (#1)
  • Teruko Utsumi (#2–3)
Music by
  • Akimitsu Honma
  • Yayoi Sekimukai (#2–3)
Studio
  • A-1 Pictures (#1)
  • Lapin Track (#2–3)
Released March 29, 2019 – October 14, 2021
Episodes 3
Live-action film
  • Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku (2020)

Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku (Japanese: ヲタクに恋は難しい, Hepburn: Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii ) is a Japanese webmanga series written and illustrated by Fujita. It was first posted on Pixiv on April 17, 2014. It began serialization in Comic Pool (a joint web manga publication project by Ichijinsha and Pixiv) on November 6, 2015. Ichijinsha began publishing the manga in print on April 30, 2015 and eleven volumes had been published, with over 10 million copies printed (including digital edition) as of October 2021[update]. An anime adaptation by A-1 Pictures aired from April to June 2018 on the Noitamina programming block, while a live-action film adaptation premiered in February 2020.

Plot [edit]

The main characters are Narumi, an office working woman who hides her fujoshi lifestyle, and Hirotaka, a handsome and capable company man who is a game otaku. The two seem perfect for each other, but love is difficult for otaku.

Characters [edit]

Narumi Momose ( 桃瀬成海 , Momose Narumi )
Voiced by: Arisa Date[2]
Narumi is a fujoshi otaku, who also likes otome games, and idols. She blames being an otaku for difficulties in her life and attempts to keep it a secret, especially at work. She is also the childhood friend and girlfriend of Hirotaka Nifuji.
Hirotaka Nifuji ( 二藤宏嵩 , Nifuji Hirotaka )
Voiced by: Kent Itō, Mutsumi Tamura (Young)[2]
Hirotaka is Narumi Momose's otaku friend and boyfriend, who has been in love with her ever since childhood. Hirotaka is a gamer otaku who spends most of his free time gaming and unlike Narumi, he does not care if everyone knows that he is an otaku. He is also considered to be very attractive by the ladies, although he doesn't seem to care.
Hanako Koyanagi ( 小柳花子 , Koyanagi Hanako )
Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro[2]
Hanako is Narumi Momose's senpai at the office, she is secretly a famous cosplayer otaku who usually cosplays as male characters. She also plays games and reads yaoi manga. Hanako is Married to Tarou Kabakura.
Tarō Kabakura ( 樺倉太郎 , Kabakura Tarō )
Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita[2]
Tarou is Hirotaka Nifuji's coworker at the office and a less intense otaku; he likes heroes and bishojo. Tarou Married to Hanako Koyanagi.
Naoya Nifuji ( 二藤尚哉 , Nifuji Naoya )
Voiced by: Yūki Kaji[2]
Naoya is Hirotaka's cheery younger brother; a university student. Naoya cares very deeply for his brother, and quietly worries about him and his introverted nature. Unlike his brother, Naoya is not an otaku, and is very bad at video games.
Kō Sakuragi ( 桜城 光 , Sakuragi Kō )
Voiced by: Aoi Yūki[3]
Kō is a socially anxious solo gamer from Naoya's university with a habit of saying "I'm sorry". Kō's reclusive nature initially reminds Naoya of his brother and thus decided to become Kō's gamer friend. Naoya brings her into his group of friends - not realizing she's female until later.
Narrator
Voiced by: Aoi Yūki

Production [edit]

Initially, Fujita began posting the manga on Pixiv (a Japanese online community for artists) as a rookie author.[4] Ichijinsha then launched a digital manga magazine with Pixiv titled Comic Pool, and started serializing the manga on a regular basis.[5] [6] The manga was selected for Comic Pool because it was the most popular work on Pixiv.[7] On April 30, 2015 Ichijinsha started the publishing of the manga in print.[8]

Media [edit]

Manga [edit]

The first volume was released on April 30, 2015 and eleven volumes have been published as of October 2021[update].[9] The manga is licensed in English by Kodansha Comics with each English volume containing two of the Japanese volumes.[10] [11]

The manga is also licensed in Indonesia by M&C!.[12]

Volume list [edit]

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 April 30, 2015[13] 978-4-75-800846-4 April 17, 2018[14] 978-1-63-236704-4
2 March 31, 2016[15] 978-4-75-800899-0 April 17, 2018[14] 978-1-63-236705-1
3 December 23, 2016[16] 978-4-75-800934-8 June 12, 2018[17] 978-1-63-236706-8
4 July 26, 2017[18] 978-4-75-800951-5 June 12, 2018[17] 978-1-63-236705-1
5 February 2, 2018[19] 978-4-75-800979-9 November 27, 2018[20] 978-1-63-236706-8
6 July 31, 2018[21] 978-4-75-800987-4 November 27, 2018[20] 978-1-63-236706-8
7 March 29, 2019 (w/BD edition)[22]
March 29, 2019 (regular ed.)[23] 		978-4-75-802020-6 (w/BD ed.)
978-4-75-802019-0 (regular ed.)		 October 20, 2020[24] 978-1-63-236861-4
8 December 13, 2019[25] 978-4-75-802058-9 October 20, 2020[24] 978-1-63-236861-4
9 August 5, 2020[26] 978-4-75-802120-3 October 5, 2021[27] 978-1-64-651363-5
10 February 26, 2021 (w/BD edition)[28]
February 26, 2021 (regular ed.)[29] 		978-4-75-802189-0 (w/BD ed.)
978-4-75-802188-3 (regular ed.)		 October 5, 2021[27] 978-1-64-651363-5
11 October 14, 2021 (w/BD edition)[30]
October 14, 2021 (regular ed.)[31] 		978-4-75-802282-8 (w/BD ed.)
978-4-75-802281-1 (regular ed.)		 May 24, 2022 (digital)[32]
June 14, 2022 (print)		 978-1-64-651474-8

Anime [edit]

An anime television series by A-1 Pictures aired from April 13 to June 22, 2018 on Fuji TV.[2] Produced by Aniplex, Fuji Television, Ichijinsha, Dentsu, Christmas Holly and Kanetsu Investment, the series was directed by Yoshimasa Hiraike, who also handled series composition. Takahiro Yasuda designed the characters, while Akimitsu Honma composed the music.[33] The opening theme titled "Fiction" ( フィクション ) by Sumika and the first and second ending themes titled "Kimi no Tonari" ( キミの隣 , lit. "Next to You" ) and "Ashita mo Mata" ( 明日もまた ) (ep 9) respectively were performed by halca. Amazon streamed the series on their Amazon Video service. The series ran for 11 episodes.[34] An OVA entitled "It Appeared Suddenly=Love" was released on March 29, 2019 to coincide with the release of the seventh volume of the manga.[35] A second OVA by Lapin Track was released on February 26, 2021 to coincide with the release of the tenth volume of the manga.[36] [37] [38] A third OVA was released on October 14, 2021 to coincide with the release of the eleventh and final volume of the manga.[39]

Episode list [edit]

Film [edit]

On July 26, 2018, a video promoting the sixth volume of the manga also revealed that a live-action film adaptation was in production.[41]

On September 18, 2018, the cast for the film was revealed, starring Mitsuki Takahata and Kento Yamazaki as double leads Narumi and Hirotaka. It was distributed by Toho and released in Japanese theaters on February 7, 2020.[42] [43] The film ranked at number 1 in Japan on its opening weekend, with more than 389,000 tickets sold over the weekend.[44]

Reception [edit]

The manga's compiled book volumes have frequently ranked on Oricon. Volume 2 was ranked first, and sold up to 208,765 copies in its first week.[45] Volume 3 was ranked fourth, and sold up to 209,102 copies in its first week.[46] Volume 4 was ranked first, and sold up to 283,523 copies in its first week.[47] The manga had up to 4.2 million copies in print as of July 20, 2017.[48] In 2015, the series won the first Next Manga Award in the web Manga category.[49] The manga was ranked first in the 2016 edition of Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook.[50] The manga was ranked ninth in the Zenkoku Shotenin ga Eranda Osusume Comic 2017 (Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2017) poll on February 1, 2017.[51] It was nominated for the 41st Kodansha Manga Award in the Best General Manga category.[52] In September 2017, it won the Web Manga General Election.[53] [54] [55]

Shiro Sagisu, the music composer for the 2020 live-action film adaptation, was awarded the Sandro Forte Award For Best Motion Picture Score by Montreal's 24th Fantasia International Film Festival.[56]

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ All English titles are taken from Amazon Video.

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External links [edit]

  • Official website (in Japanese)
  • Anime official website (in Japanese)
  • Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku at Amazon Prime
  • Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wotakoi:_Love_Is_Hard_for_Otaku