![]() Quickly, however, she meets and falls in love with Hirotaku, a video game-obsessed otaku who works at the same office. Narumi, a fujoshi with an obsession for yaoi manga and anime, joins a new company and, in order to make a success of her job, simply needs to keep her hobby a secret. The second is that they are both closet nerds trying to pass for ordinary and diligent workers. The first is that its protagonists are adult office workers, not teenage high-schoolers. Wotakoiis a refreshing romance manga for two reasons. Its name ( Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii in Japanese) is a clever portmanteau of otaku and the japanese word for love ( koi). Read More: Sweet & Essential BL Manga Orange by Ichigo TakanoĮxisting in a similar sweet and comedy-focussed sphere as Horimiya and Kaguya-sama, Wotakoiis a romance manga with a light and funny twist. Kaguya-samaoffers a really refreshing take on romance manga, upending old tropes and reframing the will-the-won’t-they dynamic by turning the narrative into a wonderful blend of shonen battle manga and slice-of-life comedy manga. Every plot and scheme, after all, is fuelled by love, lust, and affection. The romance, however, is always there, floating in the background. The comedy of Kaguya-sama is top-notch, with every joke delivery an explosion of laughter. The plots become more and more ridiculous and elaborate as they go, with spanners thrown into the works by supporting characters Chika Fujiwara and Yu Ishigami. These schemes are either an attempt at making the other confess their feelings or a roundabout way of bringing them closer together. In beautiful episodic fashion, each chapter pits the two against each other in elaborate schemes. Kaguya and Miyuki are equally in love with one another, but both are far too proud to ever admit it. Set in the student council office of the elite Shuchiin Academy, Kaguya-samafollows the daily lives of the titular Kaguya Shinomiya, vice president of the student council, and the council president Miyuki Shirogane. This is a comedy romance manga that leans more on the comedy, with the romance being more of an objective than a daily occurrence. Horimiya by Hero and Daisuke HagiwaraĪnother hugely popular comedy romance manga (and anime) is Kaguya-sama: Love is War(known in Japanese as Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Ren’ai Zunōsen). It’s exquisitely well-drawn, arguably even funnier than the anime, and Taylor Engel’s translation is really fantastic. ![]() If you’ve seen the My Dress-Up Darling anime, I still urge you to check out the manga. Kitagawa loves without restraint, and she teaches Gojo to do the same. The most wholesome thing about this romance manga, however, is the way in which it celebrates hobbies and passions, irrespective of gender. But it’s the lewdness of the situation that sparks the best comedy.Īlso, the fact that Gojo is such a good and kind boy who only gets upset and wound up by these awkwardly sexual situations make it all a little more wholesome (though that doesn’t excuse the almost embarrassing amount of cameltoes we get every chapter). There is, naturally a whole boatload of fanservice that goes into this as well, and that might turn a lot of readers off (it did me for a while). They are an incredibly strong match, and the ways in which he is constantly thrust into awkward situations (the first of which is getting her measurements) never fail to make you laugh. In contrast, Kitagawa is confident, unimpeded, but also naive in her own way. Gojo is the most sweet, wholesome, and pure boy you’re ever likely to find in manga. What makes My Dress-Up Darling such a runaway romance manga success is the way in which it leans so hard into awkward comedy. She also sees his talent for tailoring and so she begs him to make her cosplay outfits. ![]() ![]() Gojo is touched by the fact that Kitagawa has, and is proud of, her own obsession. There, he discovers that the most popular and beautiful girl in his class, Marin Kitagawa, has been using the crafts room to try (and fail) to make her own cosplay. ![]() When his sewing machine breaks, he resorts to using one at his school. He has no friends and hina dolls are his sole passion. This modern romance manga tells a satisfyingly simple story:Ī high school boy, Wakana Gojo, is studying under his grandfather to make hina dolls. It appeals to all kinds of manga fans and always delivers on the laughs and the love. My Dress-Up Darling does so many things so well. ![]()
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