Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii (Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku)

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Synonyms: It's Difficult to Love an Otaku

Japanese: ヲタクに恋は難しい

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 11

Chapters: 105

Status: Finished

Published: Apr 30, 2015 to Jul 16, 2021

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Themes: Adult Cast, Otaku Culture, Workplace

Serialization: Comic POOL

Authors: Fujita (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.35¹ (scored by 54,980 users)

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Ranked: #301²

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Popularity: #93

Members: 149,642

Favorites: 6,681

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Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku

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Narumi Momose is a petite and cute young woman who loves idols, games, and everything anime or manga-related, especially in the boys' love genre. In other words, she is a closet otaku and more specifically, a fujoshi. After a breakup due to these kind of interests, she quits her job and joins a new company. At her new workplace, the only colleagues who know about her secret are her childhood friend Hirotaka Nifuji, a blunt gaming otaku; Hanako Koyanagi, a cool and mature-looking beauty; and Tarou Kabakura, an attractive guy with a scary face who always gets into fights with Hanako.

While having drinks to catch up, Hirotaka advises Narumi to date someone who would understand her hobbies. But she is hesitant—otakus are typically perceived as gross, and the only ones who can understand them are otakus themselves. Or could a relationship between two otakus work?

Following the relationship of Narumi and Hirotaka as they begin dating, Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii is a light-hearted story about those who try to balance work, relationships, and hobbies.

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BackgroundWotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii is a web manga released on the author's pixiv account from April 17, 2014, to February 24, 2015, and published in print by Ichijinsha as part of volume 1 on April 30, 2015. Official serialization started in Comic POOL on November 6, 2015. The series ranked first in the 2016 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! for the Female Readers division. It was also nominated for the 41st Kodansha Manga Award in the Best General Manga category.

The series was published in English as Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku by Kodansha USA as 2-in-1 omnibus volumes from April 17, 2018, to June 14, 2022. It has also been published in French by Kana since April 20, 2018; in German by Altraverse since April 26, 2018; in Spanish by ECC Ediciones since November 27, 2018; in Polish by Studio JG since May 13, 2019; and in Russian by Istari Comics since 2019.

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Nifuji, Hirotaka

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Koyanagi, Hanako

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Momose, Narumi

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Kabakura, Tarou

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Sakuragi, Kou

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Nifuji, Naoya

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Mitsui, Kensuke

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Baba

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Aiba

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Ichijou, Yoshiki

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Oct 28, 2023

Mitetyyyy

Recommended

Honestly im just here to say that i really enjoyed this manga, i feel like i appreciated it more since i actually got to read it in physical form, which i havent been able to do with any other manga before. I feel like it made me appreciate the art alot more than just reading it online, and I must say that the art is incredible. All of the illustrations between the ''episodes'' as the author calls them, are really well made and just add to the characters.

This isnt a heavy romance manga. It's more lighthearted, theres no drama and everything goes in the way ...

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Feb 11, 2024

SushiRoll7

Mixed Feelings

This manga (and the anime) is a romance that was a nice change of pace from the typical high-school stuff seen. It is one of the first manga I have ever read, and it is nice to look back on what has happened. Honestly, its a very cute and wholesome show with alot of feel good vibes, but it really is style over substance. The main romance with Hirotaka and Narumi seems much more like a friendship, and even the end doesn't feel very genuine. The cast is decent and varied enough, but in my eyes, the romance aspect feels somewhat forced for all the ...

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Aug 23, 2024

Ebiru-Zeru

Not Recommended

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Preliminary (45/105 eps)

I was excited to read something that finally had working adults as the center of romance. But after reading through the 3rd book I wasn't finding hardly any romance anywhere. Hirotaka and Narumi feel like a couple in name only, Koyanagi and Kabakura do nothing but fight and neg each other, and Ko and Naoya are barely feeling each other out.

The manga is also a bit annoying to read, as it'll have several unconnected plots going simultaneously, but not sequentially. So you'll have an A plot, follow by gags or one shots, followed by B plot, gags, then A plot again, B plot again, more ...

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Poll: Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii Chapter 86 Discussion Icewolf004 - Apr 4, 2022	22 replies	by SamueltheOne »» Jan 15, 3:31 PM
Was Wotakoi supposed to make a proper return? babajeeds - Aug 5, 2025	3 replies	by Alexioos95 »» Aug 6, 2025 2:36 AM
Dont get the hate for narumi Deanomac2010 - Mar 17, 2025	14 replies	by babajeeds »» Mar 18, 2025 1:40 PM
About the chapter count... Timeline_man - Jun 18, 2024	2 replies	by Amikko_ »» Jun 18, 2024 6:32 PM
Poll: Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii Chapter 79 Discussion Icewolf004 - Mar 31, 2022	3 replies	by Nokic »» May 22, 2024 9:06 PM

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