Wotaku ni koi wa muzukashii

Two autistic anime nerds/childhood friends meet each other again in the business world and start dating because of their "common interest". The story follows their weird relationship from one awkward moment to the next, with random scenes interspersed where music comes on and the protagonists suddenly start singing and dancing like in a musical. The songs are mostly pretty bad techno and do not contribute all too much to the story. It's so random, but funny in a totally ridiculous way. The comedy varies between over the top slapstick stuff and subtle situational humor. The opening scene alone is hilarious and there are some pretty good laughs throughout. Especially the girl is doing a great job playing totally insane, a great contrast to the guy who always keeps his poker face. But the movie has pretty much zero depth and is basically just exploiting this otaku subculture (which deserves to be made fun of and ridiculed actually). To sum it up, the movie is bad. But in a pretty well made, crazy and entertaining way.

What was so wrong with the original material (manga or anime) that they had to change it so much? Neither the story or the characters match. It seems as if someone just watched the first episode of the anime and decided to make a movie based on it. I can't say it was a waste of time. It was worse than that. It was pure torture!

I gave it 6 stars just because the casting was great but overall it was disappointing. I wish they would have focus more on the story not the musical. The anime is way better. But if you are a fan of Kento Yamazaki and want to watch him sing and dance this is for you.

It was torture to watch.

Cast were great, the musical is great, acting was ok. But the story development was so awful, as well as camera angles and focus. It's so sad, there's just no build up of emotion and character. Missed the whole point of the anime. It was so weird and frustrating to watch.

Don't watch the whole movie. Waste of time. Just watch few clips from youtube and you're done.

" Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii " was a bit disappointing.

First of all, the leading lady was simply adorable. She did a great job with her character and she was entertaining and refreshing. Her music acts were well danced too. The male lead was nice too, but he could do better.

Now, the premises of the story are good, but the execution was bad. The musical acts were interesting overall, but they overtook the focus of the movie. That resulted in having too little time for the actual story, which had a messy pace and didn't allow for the characters to really develop or for the audience to get to know them. The ending was disappointing too.

So, overall, three out of ten.