Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku
2018 · TV Series · TV-14 · 23 min · ★ 7.5
An office lady who hides her yaoi fandom reconnects with a childhood friend at her new job. Both are dedicated otaku and try dating, but their awkwardness makes a serious relationship challenging.
Also known as Wotakoi · Otakoi · Otakoi: Otaku Can't Fall in Love?! · Otakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku
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Details
- Original title
- ヲタクに恋は難しい
- Years
- 2018–2021
- Release date
- 2018-04-13
- Network
- Fuji TV
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 23 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (149 votes)
About
You’ll like this if you enjoy gentle, otaku-flavored romance with lots of awkward sincerity and humor like My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 or Koikimo; Not for you if you want conflict-free, fast-moving drama.
Pros: charming slice-of-life; relatable awkward romance; otaku-friendly humor | Cons: slow relationship pacing; niche fandom focus; communication struggles
Themes
- video game
- romance
- slice of life
- based on manga
- anime
- josei
- otaku
- office lady (ol)
Cast & crew
Arisa Date
as Narumi Momose (voice)
Kent Ito
as Hirotaka Nifuji (voice)
Miyuki Sawashiro
as Hanako Koyanagi (voice)
Tomokazu Sugita
as Tarou Kabakura (voice)
Aoi Yuuki
as Kou Sakuragi (voice)
Yuki Kaji
as Naoya Nifuji (voice)
Directed by Jin Iwatsuki, Matsuo Asami, Kazuomi Koga +2 more
Episodes1 season · 11 episodes
Season 111 episodes
- S1E1Narumi and Hirotaka Meets Again, and...23m
- S1E2Are We Now Dating?23m
- S1E3Sales Event and Gamers Meetup23m
- S1E4Is Mature Love as Difficult?23m
- S1E5Introducing Naoya and Gamers Meetup (Part II)23m
- S1E6Bleak Christmas23m
- S1E7Online Gaming and Their Respective Nights23m
- S1E8Weakness is Thunder and Years of Insecurity23m
- S1E9Go Out on a Date with Me!23m
- S1E10Introducing Kou-kun and Online Gaming Revenge23m
- S1E11Love Is Hard for Otaku23m