Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku

As much as I was looking forward to this, I was disappointed. I guess there's not much point in comparing it to the anime; after all, the movie took a completely different route, the musical route, but I can't help but note how sorry I am that they basically split the two characters from the prequel in half here, and it shows in the quality of those characters. They're diluted. Anyway, it's more of a comedy than anything else. Takahata Mitsuki is cute, even if she does look like a retard. She's intentionally overacting here, and it's fine because it at least distracts from the weak script; and this time the direction wasn't quite 100% either. Yamazaki Kento wore the same expression constantly and that's good because his character was like that. If he was supposed to make a face, he just wouldn't be good at it; somehow I don't believe in those comedy routines, they don't fit him. On the other hand, it's a joy to watch Kaku Kento because he's a comedian by nature... Saito Takumi and Nanao were just window dressing. Actually, they were all just window dressing, it was really all about the songs, right? At least that's what it seemed like. It's more of a long music video for a few songs than a movie. It was watchable, I don't regret watching it, but it was boring. (06/07/2020)