Otaku ni Koi wa Hanaku ni" Episode 10: "I want to be friends with you! Does that mean a friend request?"

Narumi is an office worker who is secretly a rotten girl, and Hirotaka is a serious video game otaku. The romance between the two is a new type of romantic comedy that portrays otaku romance in a positive light. This is a new type of romantic comedy that portrays otaku love in a positive light. This is "Otaku ni koi wa dakunai" ("It's hard to fall in love with an otaku"). In this issue, we will share our impressions of the 10th episode.

In the 9th episode aired last week, Hirotaka and Narumi finally decided to go on a date at an amusement park!
Narumi, who is forbidden to talk about otaku, pretends to be a normal person, and on the way there he encounters some of his seniors and makes some heart-stopping comments to Hirotake.

Narumi is almost fined by Hirotake again for taking pictures of the two boys that sometimes appear in his photos (*don't take hidden photos!).

These two normal businessmen also left the cafe after their lunch break. While Nao was having a friendly chat with them, a fellow part-timer asks, "Do you know this person just now?" He said, "He's my brother.
The part-timers wondered if Sho-chan, who has a loose atmosphere, could be like that when he wears a suit.

Well, it seems that this week's story is about Naochan's part-time job, right?

At the end of last week's review, the author wrote: "By the way, when is Mr. Sakuragi coming back?
By the way, when is Mr. Sakurajou going to get involved in the main story? I wonder who Mr. Sakurajou-san is.

There must have been more than a few people who had no idea who Mr. Sakuragi was or what he looked like.
However, the flag that was set last week was finally collected this week in the 10th episode!

As Nao headed for a break, there was a customer who seemed to be interested in something.
He stares at the game console of a customer who is playing a game in the store.
He was playing a game machine, and Sho-chan was looking at him with a carefree look on her face.

The next moment the customer noticed Sho-chan's gaze, he quickly put away his belongings and ran away as if he were a rabbit.

Sho-chan was left behind.
She picked up the lost and found item that the customer had dropped.

When the commercial opened, Sho-chan found that the customer was playing a game while she was talking with her friends in the cafeteria of the university!
When she asked her friend about it, he replied, "It's Sakurajyo!
He said that Mr. Sakuragi is the type of person who is not afraid of being alone. Hearing this, Naochan's mind was filled with thoughts of her brother, Hirotake, who was extremely salty when she approached him in the middle of a game and asked, "What is it you want to tell me until you stop me from doing it?

What kind of action did Naochan take after that?
She went toward Mr. Sakuragi, who was a complete stranger except for being a customer at the café (to be precise, she was not a stranger because the name of her university was on the lost item and it was the university she attended) and sat down in front of him while he was playing a game!

Mr. Sakuragi was so engrossed in the game that he didn't even notice, but Naochan was watching him playing the game.
After a while, when Mr. Sakuragi had completed the game and stopped playing, Sho-chan gave him the lost and found.

However, a stranger suddenly called out to her again, and she stammered and apologized again, saying "Excuse me! Mr. Sakurajou apologizes again, stammering. He stammers and apologizes again.

Mr. Sakurajou couldn't stand the sparkling aura and tried to run away, but Sho-chan held him back.
When Mr. Sakurajou timidly asked her what was going on, she replied...

"Wanna play a game with me sometime? Sho-chan asked him, "Wanna play a game with me sometime?

Scary!
That's scary!
A stranger?　That would definitely scare me. ......
But then he followed up by saying something like "I don't know you!

I was thinking, "I'm scared of him!

As one would expect from a person with such a high level of communication skills, she is a friendly, fluffy, and beloved character!
What a great communicator, what a fearless and sociable person you are. You are so different from your brother.

If a good-looking guy suddenly comes asking about something while smiling at you, anyone would be a bit cautious, right?
But since he delivered the lost and found, he didn't seem to be in a teasing mood... I am sure that you must have been going round and round in your mind, and as a result, Mr. Sakurajou said

And then, as a result of his hard work, he said, "I'm sorry.

And then, after thinking hard, he came up with this

He took a big step forward to accept me as a fellow game player, even though he seemed to be very reluctant to do so, but Naochan, who probably had no idea what was going on in the brain of such an otaku with a communication disability, said

Hikaru," she said cheerfully, "it's nice to meet you, Hikaru! She was so full of energy.

My friend, who was watching from a distance, said, "Oh, you're a girl?

Oh, you're a girl?

That's right.
Ms. Sakurajou is tall, with a short cut, black-rimmed glasses, no makeup, and wearing pants, a checked shirt, and a sweater!
And the story goes on without her noticing at all.
This is no way .......

So, Nao and Mr. Sakurajou became friends after their friend request was successfully approved.
Nao had started playing an online game that Narumi and her friends had played before.

He decided to go out to level up a little with the help of Narumi and his friends, but his brother, who is the strongest player, did not participate.
Narumi asked, "Where's Hirotaka?" when he called out to him.

And Nao said, "Oh no.

Oh no, that's the wrong thing to say to Narumi, Sho-chan.
It's the kind of thing that would completely set off a "brother x brother" flag in Narumi's brain (usually it would be brother x brother, but in this case it would be this way).
As expected, Narumi sniffles, "That story, wsk! Narumi sniffs.
Then, Hirotaka stopped her and said
But he was not going to participate in the game even though he was behind me.

However, even though he was behind me, Hirotake was not participating in the game, but was busy playing another game.

In the end, the senpai (senpai Koyanagi changed his gender to male!　He's so handsome!) ), Narumi, and Nao's party.
Well, as expected, Nao-chan is easily beaten.
And the four of them are in a pinch.
Someone, anyone (or rather, Hirotake-kun), please help us! The four of them are in trouble.
Then, a savior suddenly appears.
The three of them assume that the savior must be Hirotake, and they all ask him why he didn't come earlier. But only one of them, Sho-chan, realized who the savior was.

In Part B, Narumi is still dashing to the office just in time to be late.
In front of him, for some reason, he saw Hirotake's figure.
I thought it was unusual not only for Narumi but also for Hirotake, but to my surprise, he was not wearing glasses!
I thought he had changed to contacts, but he said he had broken them when he stepped on them in his sleep.
So, he is now wearing his glasses at .......

Yes, Hirotake, you can't see anything,
As a result, when he thought it was his usual time, he had to dash with Narumi even though he could not see.

In the end, he spent the whole day without glasses and unable to see, even within the company. Unable to bear the sight of the other female employees who were disturbed to see Hirotake-kun in a naked state for the first time, Kabakura-senpai instructed Hirotake-kun to take an early lunch break to go get his glasses made. He had Narumi escort him and put the situation to rest.

The limiter (vision control) was safely lifted, and Hirotaka returned to his normal work routine.

As for Sho-chan, she was trying to follow Mr. Sakuragi's lead even though she was a beginner and was about to take on a solo quest, and Mr. Sakuragi was watching over her.
When Sho-chan came back from her quest, she asked him how it went, but he got down on his knees and apologized.
She retried several times, but could not clear the quest at all. "I'm sorry I'm not good at this," he apologized, thinking he would get angry.

How kind!　He is so different from someone else (mainly Hirotake-san)!
If there are senior gamers who are so kind as to teach me how to play online games, I would like to play online games too.
I would like to try online games if I have such a kind senior gamer to teach me how to play.

I'm sure I'll complete it next time, so let's play together when I get back!

Mr. Sakurajou watched as Sho-chan waved her hand and took on the quest.

And, of course, Nana-chan was the one who got the result she deserved.

When Hirotake was out of his seat to make a phone call with a friend, Sho-chan came over to Hirotake's house to play a game, but Hirotake took the liberty of playing the game.
When Sho-chan asked him why he was doing it on his own, he replied, "I wanted to try using knuckles," not hiding his gamer spirit.

The two headed out on their quest again, and in the C part, we saw them both lying on the floor together.
Nao seemed to be enjoying herself, saying, "We retired together," while Sakurajou-san was crushed because he couldn't let her complete the quest.

Mr. Sakuragi finally came out.
Although Shochan treats him as a male friend, I think it is time for the final episode, but when will Shochan realize that Mr. Sakuragi is a girl? When will Nao realize that Mr. Sakurajou is a girl? And which of the two will realize their love first?

We can't wait to see what happens next in "wotakoi" until the final episode.

10 "Hikaru-kun's Appearance and Netoge Revenge
While working part-time, Naoya sees a customer quietly concentrating on a game.
Upon closer inspection, he finds that the game is a netoge game that he had played before.
When Naoya asks the customer if he is interested in the game, the customer apologizes vigorously and walks away. ......?

Script by Seiko Takagi / Storyboards by Tetsuto Saito / Directed by Satoshi Saga and Takeshi Tobita / Chief Animation Directors: Kyohiro Yasuda and Yao Araki

(Editorial Department, U)