If you liked Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku
12 manga like Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku
Picked for the same feel: the genres they share with Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku (romance, slice of life, comedy), the same creators, and what readers keep together. Each opens where it is read legally.

Manga like Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku
Readers also like it1. The Ice Guy and the Cool Girl
by Miyuki Tonogaya
- Comedy (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
- Supernatural
Himuro descends from snow spirits, and when his feelings run high it starts to snow, which is awkward because he has a crush on his calm coworker Fuyutsuki. A soft office romance full of small gestures, slipping temperatures and colleagues who notice far too much.
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Readers also like it2. Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan
by Gaku Kuze
- Comedy (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Uramichi Omota is the cheerful exercise host of a children's TV show. Off camera — and sometimes on it — he is a tired, cynical adult who cannot stop telling small children the truth about grown-up life. A very funny comedy about burnout.
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Readers also like it3. Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You
by Jinushi
- Comedy (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Sasaki, a tired office worker, lives for two small pleasures: a cigarette behind the supermarket after work, and the shy cashier who smiles at him every day. Then a stranger starts joining his smoke breaks, and she looks oddly like that cashier. A warm, funny romance about two grown-ups who each show the other a different face.
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Readers also like it4. Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
by Izumi Tsubaki
- Comedy (shared)
- Romantic Comedy
- Slice of Life (shared)
Chiyo finally confesses to her crush Nozaki, and he hands her his autograph. He is a famous shoujo manga artist, it turns out, and he thinks she is a fan, so she becomes his assistant instead. A very funny comedy about drawing romance for a living and having no clue about it in real life.
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Readers also like it5. Maybe Meant to Be
by honeyskein (꿀타래), Damcho (담초)
- Comedy (shared)
- Drama
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Jia, thirty-two and out of work, is tired of her parents telling her to marry. So is her childhood friend Mincheol, so she suggests they just marry each other. She did not expect him to say yes. A warm romance about two old friends.
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Josei · Romance6. How I Met My Soulmate
by Anashin
- Romance (shared)
Yuki, a twenty-year-old student in Tokyo, wants only to meet her soulmate. A night at a club with a friend is not her scene at all. Then she meets Iori, bleached hair and a scary look, and finds first impressions can be wrong. A grown-up romance.
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Slice of Life · Romance7. My Love Story!!
by Kazune Kawahara, Aruko
- Comedy (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Takeo is strong, kind and accustomed to being overlooked in romance beside his handsome best friend. Helping a girl named Yamato changes that familiar pattern in ways he struggles to recognise. A warm romantic comedy about sincerity, friendship and learning to accept affection.
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Slice of Life · Romance8. Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You
by Karuho Shiina
- Comedy (shared)
- Drama
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Sawako's shy manner and resemblance to a horror-film character make classmates keep their distance. A friendly boy's kindness gives her the courage to reach out, beginning friendships she never thought possible. This school romance follows the awkward, rewarding work of letting other people know who you are.
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Slice of Life · Romance9. Akira Failing in Love
by Harekawa Shinta
- Comedy (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Akira comes back to the countryside for high school with one plan: win over her childhood crush. He likes her back. She is far too dense to notice. A romantic comedy about two fools in love.
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Slice of Life · Romance10. Komi Can't Communicate
by Tomohito Oda
- Comedy (shared)
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Everyone at school admires Shoko Komi from a distance. Only her ordinary classmate Tadano notices the truth: she is not aloof at all, just so anxious she can barely speak. She wants a hundred friends, and he promises to help her make every one of them, in a gentle, very funny school comedy.
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Slice of Life · Romance11. Skip Beat!
by Yoshiki Nakamura
- Comedy (shared)
- Drama
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Kyoko has devoted herself to helping her childhood friend become a star, only to discover how little he values her. Determined to surpass him, she enters show business with revenge on her mind. Acting gradually reveals ambitions and abilities that belong to her alone.
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Slice of Life · Romance12. The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity
by Saka Mikami
- Comedy (shared)
- Drama
- Romance (shared)
- Slice of Life (shared)
Rintaro goes to a rough boys' school whose students everyone looks down on, and the elite girls' academy next door has a strict rule: stay away from them. Then a girl from that academy, Kaoruko, starts coming to his family's cake shop and treats him like nobody else does. A gentle romance about two kind people on either side of a fence, and the friends who slowly start to cross it with them.
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