No cheats for love

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No cheats for love
Original title ヲ タ ク に 恋 は 難 し い
transcription Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii
genre Comedy , romance
Manga
country JapanJapan Japan
author Fujita
publishing company Ichijinsha
magazine Pixiv
First publication April 17, 2014 - ...
expenditure 8th
Anime television series
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2018
Studio A-1 Pictures
length 25 minutes
Episodes 11
Director Yoshimasa Hiraike
music Akimitsu Honma
First broadcast April 12, 2018 on Fuji TV
synchronization

No cheats for love ( Japanese ヲ タ ク に 恋 は 難 し い , Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii , dt. "Love is difficult for Otaku"), Wotakoi for short ( ヲ タ 恋 ), is a manga series by Fujita that has been in Japan appears. It falls into the genres of comedy and romance and was adapted as an anime television series in 2018 . Internationally, the work was also known as Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku . In 2020, the live action Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii was released in Japanese cinemas.

content

The employee Narumi Momose surprisingly meets her childhood friend Hirotaka Nifuji, who is her new colleague, at work. Unfortunately, he immediately mentions that Narumi is an otaku and draws and sells dōjinshi herself , although she always hides it in the office. She has always been shunned in the past because of her hobby and believes that many problems come from this in her life. She never had a long relationship, because all men run away from her as soon as they find out about their passion. So she invites Hirotaka to convince him not to talk about it anymore. He suggests that she should become his girlfriend. He is a gamer himself and has no problem with her hobby. Despite the similar interests, the relationship turns out to be more difficult than expected, also because the two have known each other since early childhood. But through Hirotaka, Narumi also gets to know other colleagues who share her hobbies: Hanako Koyanagi and Tarō Kabakura, who, quite unlike their behavior in the office, are also a couple. The four often spend time together and shared hobbies. But it also shows how the preferences of the Otakus differ. After a while, Hirotaka's little brother Naoya keeps coming back to them, but he has little idea about games, manga and other things. That changes when he becomes friends with his quiet, withdrawn fellow student Kō Sakuragi, who like Hirotaka is a committed gamer.

Characters

Narumi Momose ( 桃 瀬 成 海 , Momose Narumi )
Narumi is a Fujoshi who is also into Otome Games and Idols . She blames her otaku existence for the problems in her life and tries to keep it a secret from other people, especially at work. She is a childhood friend of Hirotaka's and goes out with him.


Hirotaka Nifuji ( 二 藤 宏 嵩 , Nifuji Hirotaka )
Hirotaka was Narumi's childhood otaku friend. He's a gamer who spends most of his free time playing computer games and, unlike Narumi, doesn't mind when everyone knows he's an otaku. He is often called attractive by girls, but apparently he doesn't care. He has been in love with Narumi since childhood and now they are dating.


Hanako Koyanagi ( 小柳 花子 , Koyanagi Hanako )
Koyanagi is Narumi's boss, but she's also secretly a cosplayer , who usually embodies male characters. She also plays games and reads manga like Narumi Yaoi . She goes out with Kabakura.


Tarō Kabakura ( 樺 倉 太郎 , Kabakura Tarō )
Kabakura is Hirotaka's colleague from work who enjoys reading manga. He likes heroes and bishōjo and goes out with Koyanagi.


Naoya Nifuji ( 二 藤 尚 哉 , Nifuji Naoya )
Naoya is Hirotaka's younger brother and is studying at a university. He also works in a café on the side. Naoya takes great care of his brother. He only wants the best for Hirotaka and he is very happy when something good happens to Hirotaka.


Kō Sakuragi ( 桜 城 光 , Sakuragi Kō )
Kō is introverted, always wants to apologize and likes to play like Hirotaka. Kōs Art reminds Naoya of his brother, so he decides to become Naoya Kō's new gaming partner. Kō is actually a girl, which Naoya is not aware of.

publication

The series has been appearing in Japan since April 2014, initially as a private project on the Pixiv online platform . The publishing house Ichijinsha brought out the chapters from April 2015 collected in seven volumes. Since the end of 2015, the series has been part of the Comic Pool online service , a collaboration between Pixiv and Ichijinsha. The fifth volume sold over 450,000 copies, the sixth volume over 500,000 copies.

A German translation of the manga has been published by Altraverse in seven volumes since April 2018 . Kodansha publishes an English version, ECC Ediciones a Spanish and Kana a French. The series is published in Russian by Istari Comics and in Italian by Planet Manga .

Anime adaptation

In A-1 Pictures created for 2018 Anime -Adaption the series. Directed by Yoshimasa Hiraike , who also wrote the scripts. The character design comes from Takahiro Yasuda and the artistic direction was Michiko Morokuma .

The half-hour episodes were shown on Fuji TV's Noitamina program block from April 12 to June 22, 2018 . Internationally, the series is published by Amazon Prime in English, Spanish, German and Portuguese subtitled versions.

synchronization

role Japanese voice
Narumi Momose Arisa date
Hirotaka Nifuji Kent Itō
Ko Sakuragi Aoi Yūki
Hanako Koyanagi Miyuki Sawashiro
Tarō Kabakura Tomokazu Sugita
Naoya Nifuji Yūki Kaji

music

The music in the series was composed by Akimitsu Honma . The opening credits are fiction by Sumika and the credits are Kimi no Tonari by Halca.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ichijinsha, pixiv Launch 'Comic Pool' Digital Manga Magazine. Anime News Network, November 2, 2015, accessed May 12, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, February 26-March 4. Anime News Network, March 7, 2018, accessed May 12, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Japanese Comic Ranking, August 27-September 2. Accessed May 2, 2020 .