So I am about to present you with my somewhat controversial Wotakoi review. I definitely didnt love it the same way a lot of people did but I ended up enjoying it a lot more near the end. I know its unpopular to not love Wotakoi but I have just been really wanting to write reviews and this was what my Anilist bestie requested from me. Anyways Narumi Momose who I may have almost accidentally called Nanami Momozono because I have Kamisama Kiss on the brain I guess is an otaku. After being rejected for her hobbies she decides to keep her otakuness a secret. However when she enters her new job she encounters her childhood friend Hirotaku Nifuji an avid gamer. The two of them decide to date and befriend fellow workplace otaku Hanako Koyanagi and Tarou Kabakura. The Wotakoi anime never clicked with me but I did enjoy the manga a lot more. I think the relationships had much better development in the later part of the manga. All of the couples were much more shippable in the manga form. I adore Naoya and Kou together and I think Koyanagi and Kabakura had a lovely romantic arc. I actually hated them together in the anime but I loved their relationship in the manga. I think it worked a lot better with additional context and developments. Narumi and Hirotaka werent as interesting to me as a couple but I did like the mature way they went about their relationship. I just found them to be the most bland and their romantic relationship was easily the weakest of the three. As for the characters I had a hard time with Narumi. Sometimes I feel like Im the only one who she kind of made uncomfortable. I felt like she crossed a few lines for me with some thoughts of real people shipping and some fujoshi moments with Koyanagi. This kind of made me uncomfortable but I think I might be the only one since I know so many people who love her and relate to her. Fortunately while BL is one of her passions she adores so many other things from games to cute things to shoujo manga I grew to like her a lot more than I did in the beginning. I could really empathize with her fear of letting people know about her otakuness since I was surrounded by a lot of judgemental people for a while who would bully literal elementary schoolers for watching anime. Hirotaka himself is more deadpan and doesnt care about what people think of him. He really didnt leave much of an impression on me. Hes very serious and doesnt have time for anything that he doesnt overtly care about. I do think hes well suited to Narumi he just never interested me. I really liked Kabakura for whatever reason. He was a lot more of a moderate otaku and he appears very intimidating but is really quite nice. I guess he sort of reminds me of my sister if I think about it. He was super easy for me to get behind. He has a hard time changing his ways and he fights a lot with Koyanagi but he usually lets her have her way. Koyanagi has a bit of a devious streak. She was easily my least favorite of the main cast in both the anime and manga but I did appreciate her character and like her more in the manga. Shes a cosplayer who prefers to cosplay as male characters. She loves to tease people and have things go the way she wants. She also argues a lot with Kabakura but she is very sentimental and places a lot of value in their relationship. I think despite their arguing they deeply care for each other. The final couple I was one I absolutely adored. Naoya Nifuji is my favorite Wotakoi character by far. Hes very kindhearted innocent and naive. Unlike the other characters hes far from being an otaku only knowing about games from his older brother Hirotaka. Nao is so sweet and he always tries his best for all the people in his life even if he isnt always perceptive. Kou Sakuragi is a very masculine presenting girl. Shes also rather innocent and shes very skilled at gaming. Shes shy and has a hard time expressing her feelings and gets nervous easily. Her friendship and eventual romantic relationship with Nao is so cute. The art is very nice. I loved the character designs and all the little bonus comics about the characters. I know I praised this manga a lot but for some reason it didnt click with me the same way it did for others especially in the beginning. I think if it was more similar to how it was in the final volumes I would have liked it a lot more. I know this series is important to a lot of people it just doesnt hold the same importance for me. Maybe its because I dont have the romantic experience for it to be relatable yet. I think sometime I will revisit the series and see if I feel the same way or if my feelings change when I get older and gain more life experience. When I read it my rating changed so much usually fluctuating between a 6.5 to a 7 and back again. I think Id feel uncomfortable or bored and change the rating. Then something super cute would happen or my beloved son Nao appeared and Id change it back again. Its very difficult for me to express my feelings about this manga and I know it didnt click for me the same way it did for other people. Nonetheless I hope I was able to get my point across. I hope everyone who enjoys it keeps on enjoying it and I hope everyone who wants to try the manga and fall in love with has a great time reading it :