Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku also known as Wotaku ni koi wa Muzukashii in Japanese is a Romantic comedy anime television show. This is fully based on a manga series of the same name, written and illustrated by Fujita, the manga show was first published on April 17, 2014. Even before the anime adaption launched in 2018, the manga volumes had solid millions of copies, with new volumes often ranking number one on the Oricon charts. Volume 5 was even in the top 20 for manga volumes rankings for the first half of 2018. It soon became quite popular among fans of the source material and new audiences alike, and since then, fans have been waiting to hear about a season 2.
THE CAST SCHEDULED?
Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku has several characters among whom four characters are central to the show. Narumi Momose, Hirotaka Nifuji, Tarou Kabakura, Hanako Koyanagi. The characters in both shows are almost identical in appearance and personality: a loud and extroverted pink-haired female and a quiet and introverted dark blue-haired male wearing glasses.
WHEN WILL IT RELEASE?
Wotakoi season 1, consisting of 11 episodes, released on April 13, 2018, and It ran till June 22 of the same year. A bit less than a year later, o original video animation OVA special episode, titled Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii: Youth, was released on March 29, 2019, much to the delight of fans. Currently, We have assumed is that the Wotakoi season 2 release date could fall sometime in 2020 and 2021. We are keeping our ears open for news on Season 2 of the show and we’all update this section as soon as we hear more.
DO WE KNOW WHAT THE STORY WILL BE?
As the name of the show suggests, Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku is a show which revolves around otakus falling in love. For those unaware, Otakus typically refers to people who are shut-ins owing to their obsession with pop culture. Although Narumi tries to hide her fujoshi lifestyle from Hirotaka, the latter sees through her pretense when they go out for drinks after work. Narumi is shown to be a petite, attractive and energetic young woman who has a secret obsession over all things manga and anime-related and has a particular fascination towards the male romance genre, Being an otaku, and a fujoshi to be more specific, Narumi does not have amazing social skills and her awkwardness and weird interests leads her boyfriend to break up with her.
Although Narumi tries to hide her fujoshi lifestyle from Hirotaka, the latter sees through her pretense when they go out for drinks after work. During the drinking session, Hirotaka advises Narumi to date someone who understands her and is okay with her being a fujoshi. Over the course of the show the 2 grow closer, but wowing to their awkwardness, Narumi and Hirotaka have a problem maintaining a serious relationship.
