Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku (ヲタクに恋は難しい
Otaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii ) is a Japanese webmanga series written and illustrated by Fujita. It was first posted on Pixiv on April 17, 2014. It later began serialization in Comic Pool (a joint web manga publication project by Ichijinsha and Pixiv) on November 6, 2015. Ichijinsha began publishing the manga in print on April 30, 2015 and five volumes have been published as of April 2018. An anime adaptation by A-1 Pictures premiered in April 2018 in the Noitamina programming block.
Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku
Cover of the first volume of manga as released in Japan by Ichijinsha, featuring Hirotaka and Narumi. ヲタクに恋は難しい
( Otaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii ) Genre
Romance Manga Written by
Fujita Published by
Ichijinsha English publisher
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Kodansha Comics Demographic
Josei Magazine
Pixiv
Comic Pool
(November 6, 2015 – present) Original run
April 17, 2014 – present Volumes
5 Anime television series Directed by
Yoshimasa Hiraike Written by
Yoshimasa Hiraike Music by
Akimitsu Honma Studio
A-1 Pictures Licensed by
Amazon Video
(streaming) Original network
Fuji TV ( Noitamina ) Original run
April 13, 2018 –
scheduled Episodes
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Characters
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Hirotaka Nifuji (二藤宏嵩 Nifuji Hirotaka )
Voiced by: Kent Itō [1]
Narumi Momose (桃瀬成海 Momose Narumi )
Voiced by: Arisa Date [1]
Tarō Kabakura (樺倉太郎 Kabakura Tarō )
Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita [1]
Hanako Koyanagi (小柳花子 Koyanagi Hanako )
Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro [1]
Naoya Nifuji (二藤尚哉 Nifuji Naoya )
Voiced by: Yūki Kaji [1]
Kō Sakuragi (桜城 光 Sakuragi Kō )
Voiced by: Aoi Yūki [2]
Production
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Initially, Fujita began posting the manga on Pixiv (a Japanese online community for artists) as a rookie author. [3] Ichijinsha then launched a digital manga magazine with Pixiv titled Comic Pool , and started serializing the manga on a regular basis. [4][5] The manga was selected for Comic Pool because it was the most popular work on Pixiv. [6] On April 30, 2015 Ichijinsha started the publishing of manga in print. [7]
Media
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Manga
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The first volume was released on April 30, 2015 and five volumes have been published as of April 2018. [8] The manga is set to be released in English by Kodansha Comics. [9][10]
Volume list
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No.
Release date
ISBN
1
April 30, 2015[11]
ISBN 978-4-75-800846-4
2
March 31, 2016 [12]
ISBN 978-4-75-800899-0
3
December 23, 2016 [13]
ISBN 978-4-75-800934-8
4
July 26, 2017[14]
ISBN 978-4-75-800951-5
5
February 2, 2018 [15]
ISBN 978-4-75-800979-9
Anime
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An anime television series by A-1 Pictures is scheduled to premiere in April 2018 on Fuji TV . [1] The series will be directed by Yoshimasa Hiraike who will also oversee the scripts. Takahiro Yasuda will design the characters, while Akimitsu Honma will compo
