Read this when I was 15, got scared (rightfully so), so I dropped it.
Picked it up again at 23 because of a friend, and thought that I was ready for the emotional existential crisis this manga has been giving to people.
No amount of readiness would ever prepare me for this manga.
It felt like the author touched upon a lot of thoughts that everyone have had growing up. Whether it's thoughts on first love, complicated relationships between family and friends, the struggles of being an adult or even getting there, the list goes on. It surprised me at times to read some of Punpun's
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Jul 8, 2022
Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii
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You would think a story about a bunch of adult otakus working an office job is an underwhelming and mundane, right? That's what I thought too seeing it from a surface level, but never did I expect it would give more than just an office romance.
Although the story advertised itself as romance, it wasn't over the top as I expected (compared to other romance titles out there). In fact, I think I appreciated seeing the characters go about their daily lives in all its realness and simplicity. Whenever a romantic scene would come up, it would successfully tug at my heartstrings because those kinds ... |
