This approach may sound too serious, and perhaps it is, but when you transfer it to such an endearing story, where you can feel identified with every detail, no matter how small, surrounded by an aura of tranquility, but at the same time It encourages you to reflect on yourself, and rethink many ideas that you have probably had more than once, makes the whole process of learning about love and everything that it entails become even enjoyable.
I don't want to sound too romantic, and I'm not trying to be poetic at all, it's just that Wotakoi is one of those series that invites you to enjoy life as it is, without regard, letting your true self out into the world, with the mentality of taking pride in what you are passionate about, as well as hope that there is surely someone out there who feels exactly like you and who is waiting for you, even if that person does not know it yet.
Yes, it may be too idealistic a message, but it is one that gives you back a bit of that faith that many of us lost long ago; that gives us back that little shine that we were looking for a long time ago.
The moment I started watching Wotakoi, I did it thinking that I would only watch a couple of chapters, but I was starting to do it and not being able to stop. I ended up watching the whole series in a single day, knowing that I cannot afford to do that kind of thing because my day does not give me to do everything I want, however, there was something in me that told me that I had to continue, and when I did, I couldn't be happier about that decision.
This is a comedy series, but it has a deeper undertone, one that, as I said, keeps you expectant about the future, about ourselves, and about that special someone who will get to know us more than we do ourselves.
It has moments for anyone to feel identified; Of course, this happens to give more variety to the comic gags that the series proposes, but it does not remain as simple, but that same proposal gives us to start thinking and reflecting on what kind of person we really are, and how we relate to the other people around us.
At this point, we must be honest, the way we behave with others, whatever the environment, is different from our true ideals, those that are shown to be alone with our thoughts, and it is not a bad thing by itself, but the world, for better or for worse, does not allow us to stay alone forever, it practically repeats over and over again that we open ourselves up to others, and that we enjoy those little moments that are created with the randomness of putting people so different to live with each other.
You never know where life will take you, one day you may be quietly reading your favorite book without any kind of responsibility, and the next you are going to work a 12-hour shift to pay the bills for the month; Maybe one day you are playing video games without thinking about anything in particular and the next you are waiting for the bus to go to an important exam, or one day you are simply reading this and the next you find yourself, in the most unexpected way possible, who will be the person who will accompany you until the last of your days enjoying your same hobbies as if that day would never end.
I know that I am being very little objective, but Wotakoi is one of those stories that does not allow you to be objective, in fact, it makes you enjoy the complexity in the simplicity, and in how our environment, despite having changed throughout over the years, it can be seen from a perspective as unique as the first time, making you remember what it means to feel really happy, or giving you a reality check to make you feel fulfilled as if you had given back something that you did not know you were missing.
This is more than a work of fiction, it is a statement of intent, and for anyone who sees it and can appreciate it, I am sure they will do it at the right time, the one where they need it most.
