However, considering that this was a fairly recent anime and the world as we all know is going through a pandemic, it can be fairly difficult to release more episodes since it takes a considerable amount of time to draw and animate adaptations from a manga.
With that out of the way lemme break down why I have given "Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku" a 10/10.
Story - 10/10
Firstly, growing up from a kid to an adult can be scary and also exciting at the same time. We all have our own favorite hobbies, interests, or that dirty little secret that you just want to keep quiet about, and believe me I have few secrets which I would never share with anyone, no matter who they are.
Nowadays, people don't like to admit it but it's part of our society and how we live in. This anime essentially touches on that topic, the English translation of the title is "It's Difficult to Love an Otaku" which if your living underneath a rock essentially means it's difficult to find love while you personally love all things anime and manga-related.
Bring in characters that are exactly like that and work together in an office can bring an interesting storyline on what a possible scenario outcome would be. Welcome to a story of office romance, finding love, and a strong culture of otakus and gamers.
Now, for those who watch anime and read manga on a daily basis, you can heavily relate to this show as it can be hard to find love or a potential relationship if someone like you watches this kind of thing. Opening up about this sort of topic can tell a lot about your personality and sharing it with friends can be a difficult experience too. You have no idea how your friend might react once they know you like watching anime and reading manga. Some people would take it and blow it out of proportion and make fun of you, call you names, and eventually that friendship would fizzle, it's the same sort of thing if you had a girlfriend/boyfriend, and during this anime one character by the name of Narumi, Momose had that exact same experience and her relationship with her boyfriend, it fizzled then died. She then, therefore, vowed to herself that she would keep her love for anime and manga a secret and would never share it with anyone unless they like the same thing.
This anime's story was truly sweet, cute, funny, and quirky at the same time. The plot twists were fairly minimal and you can follow the story of a relationship-building between Hirotaka and Narumi.
Art - 9/10
As always, the art was truly well done. The design of the characters looked great, but I guess it took me a while to adjust to the eyes of certain characters, but only because most of the other anime's I have watched, the character's eyes were big and bold.
I did however get used to it but anything slightly different than the eye design in this anime would kinda put me off.
However, overall, the art and surroundings were superb and it really set the tone well.
Sound - 9/10
Fabulous, nothing else much to say. The opening was so catchy and so cheery it was perfect to hum along to when starting a new episode and that ending theme, my god, was utterly brilliant. I have even edited that soundtrack and turned it into a mobile phone/cell phone ringtone, it is that good. Of course, the soundtracks within the anime complemented all the scenes really well.
Character - 10/10
I think I've covered most of this section in the art and story sections but I guess I could say a few words here and try not to repeat myself. The character's in this anime were truly well portrayed and it made an all-around enjoyable experience to watch. The personality's of the characters were really interesting to learn about;
:- a girl with an obsessed love interest for anime and manga.
:- a boy who loves gaming and would not eat, drink or sleep during a vacation and just keep playing his games.
:- a girl who loves cosplaying as a guy (very interesting indeed, I wonder how she hid those humungous hungolomghnonoloughongous) while she was cosplaying.
and finally
:- a guy who likes watching anime and reading manga
It made the entire story and experience of this anime and really enjoyable one, I just wish there were more episodes, but I guess it's the waiting game now, hmmm.
Overall - 10/10
This anime was really good and I really enjoyed it, I would like to thank all my otaku friends for recommending me this anime, a solid choice and yes I would recommend this anime to all my friends who haven't seen it.
Well, that pretty much sum's up my review for "Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku", if more episodes come out, I might add more but for now, time to watch another anime.
Thank you very much for reading if you got this far, I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.
cryyptt_ <3
