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By no means is this an amazing piece of fiction or is a masterpiece everybody must watch. BNA in a story standpoint is not so much phenomenal and its writing is simple, not overly praiseworthy like other critically acclaimed shows. There aren’t bounds of things to talk about when reviewing BNA, but the simplicity of the anime has its own charm, and allows it to really elevate certain aspects of the anime which put it above other shows.

However, what gives BNA its advantage is its immersive world. From episode 1 throughout, Anima city and the people in it were the main focus for me. This ... may not have been accomplished in being immersive if not for Triggers amazing animation and art-style, the colour palette used to represent the city is so vibrant and mesmerizing, from simply joyful skies in the day, to a whole new city at night with colours of purple and red used to its max to bring out an almost entirely different setting, giving this aesthetic of enchantment to all watching it.

Secondly from Triggers animation, comes the characters. With Trigger using overly exaggerated expressions and facial movements unrealistic, by pushing this to the limit, it makes the characters expressions and feelings even more understandable and relatable; not forgetting what comedic value it brings by the bizarre expressions and actions from the main duo, Michiru and Shirou. These 2 have opposing personalities and the usage of the bizarre style makes their interactions pushed to a comedy standpoint, this also doesn't dispute the fact that their English Dub voice actors did a fantastic job, almost as if the characters were actually real and they weren't voice actors at all.

Finally, reaching, personally, what makes this anime so great and really heightens this immersive world, its music.
The music is truly phenomenal, and it holds one of the best soundtracks I have saw in anime, each song is unique and so catchy, so easily recognisably when listening to outside the anime. With the main field around the music being relaxing and lo-fi, it is so peaceful to listen to, reinforcing this enchantment I stated earlier. Although bias, the ending song "Night Running" also perfectly sums up the shows vibe and is always a joy to listen to when watching the end of the anime.

Wotakoi is one of the most relatable and real manga I have read thus far.

Fujita’s construction of characters and interactions make for this story to be amazingly relatable to likewise ‘closet otakus’ like myself and perhaps many of you too. However, another layer of depth can be identified from the chain reaction of Fujita’s construction of the previously stated aspects. From these aspects, it causes the other side of the manga, which I find is amazing, able to be, that being the comedy in the story. Although Fujita’s panelling is indefinitely a large factor in the comedic factor of the manga, the characters and interactions ... make the comedy feel natural due to the depth and precise characterizing Fujita’s constructs them with, making the comedy feel smooth and real.

The characters in Wotakoi are as stated, unique and meticulously crafted, and as a result, I find myself constantly cheering for them to make their dreams and goals be achieved, despite me not necessarily having the same affection towards what they like, exp. Cosplaying, BL etc. Furthermore, even with the introduction of Naoya and Kou later in the story, their own story I still felt myself cheering them on as it progresses, even though I wasn’t that attracted to them as characters, surely being a testament to Fujita’s ability to make readers feel a certain way to characters despite not having hundreds of chapters to develop them.

Which from these unique characters, Fujita can craft smooth and dynamic interactions between these characters. For example, with Koyanagi and Kabakura’s interactions, despite being seen as common ‘Anime tropes,’ from the depth of these characters, it appeared that each interaction was fresh, even if on a surface level all they did was argue! It never got old, for me at least. Also due to the crafts from Fujita, the interactions feel natural as the characters are so well explained and it feels as if these interactions are not forced in trying to alert and inform the reader of something.

As said before, from these things Fujita does, it makes his comedy all the more funny and real, with it personally being one of the funniest manga I’ve read. A secondary piece I said before was the panelling in the manga. As someone who read it digitally, sometimes I feel it can take away some comedic value in the manga which may affect my ratings on it unfortunately; but with Wotakoi, the panelling used made it feel as though no comedic value was lost at all, resulting in my love and passion for Wotakoi being all the better.

Bringing the review to a conclusion, Fujita’s work on Wotakoi was a great piece of art from a character and interaction stand-point, highlighting one character who really struck something in me was Narumi, despite not having the same energetic personality, her view and perspective to being a closet Otaku I can emphasize with, and to see her meet people and find happiness was great, but how Fujita expresses the perspective on Otaku culture through Narumi and her progression through the story I thought was amazingly told.