Warning: Rant ahead. Cringe fest
Wotakoi was my first ever romance anime in 2018 and I love it till now to bits. I later read the manga too that too was fantastic. So, when I found out yesterday about this movie, I was really excited. However, within the first 15 minutes in, I was cringing hard. The song, lyrics, conceptualization, everything was off. Why musical!!! This is not Broadway. If the director wanted to still make it into a musical, please incorporate it into the story seamlessly not just throw it away somewhere randomly. Such choppy editing and direction. What a waste of the actress's talent! I had to drop to preserve my happy memory of anime. I needed to cleanse myself by binging the anime for 1000th time lol. And that is all I am thankful for. I wasted my 20 minutes trying to get into it. Then ran to MDL. As expected I was not the only one cringing hard. The disappointment is huge!!Was this review helpful to you?
I was unprepared
I had been thinking about watching this movie for a while before I finally got around to it. I read multiple plot synopsis's on different websites to decide but 1 day I was looking for something to watch and up popped this movie in my mind. Now, after reading about it you'd think someone would mention that it's a freaking musical but nowhere in the cliffnotes did anyone deign to mention to me that yeah, they randomly break out into song about whatever really, or maybe I missed it, I tend to skim things because ADHD is really something. I mean they weren't bad songs but I believe my face was something to the effect of Shrek and Donkey's faces while watching that Welcome to Duloc song while I was watching the first song play out in front of my eyes. Why did no one tell me? I was completely blindsided! It was a cute movie in the end but you should warn a girl first. I am warning you now, turn away if you're not in the mood for a musical. The acting and singing were good, I wish she was a bit more open to him overall. Also, there was a tap dancing number with the actor Takumi Saitoh, who I call "The Professor" for reasons and I don't think I'll ever look at him the same after. I thought we had a good thing going professor, I found you extremely attractive in Hirugao and you do this to me. I have collected all the things you've left at my house and put them in a box, call me when you want to pick them up. I shouldn't be writing reviews on no sleep but here we are. Oh, the movie I'd say it's worth a watch though.Was this review helpful to you?
Lover of the Anime/Manga but not a huge fan of movie
I love the anime and manga but I think they took to many liberties with this movie that took away from the charm that this the story of the 4 friends. It made me so sad. I didn't hate. I think they could have done so much better.******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
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Good but not living up to the manga at all
I just finished reading the manga so thought might give this a try despite the bad reviews, and I get why people didn't enjoy this cause it was so weird and different from the original work.I think Hirotaka's character was completely different, and Narumi lost some of her charms, too. Totally don't understand why they decided to let Hanako and Kabakura be cameo appearances while these 4 are the core characters, I love their relationship so much.
To be fair, I don't think it's that bad, I actually like the new Sakamoto character, he is a pretty hardcore otaku and it was so funny every time he appears. The musical sounds nice, I love the dance between Narumi and Kabakura (despite it being so weird).
The acting was great, I love Nanano, she is so pretty, sad to not see more of her.
So I guess just watch at your own risk, don't take it too seriously and you might enjoy it more.
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Un intento de musical aburridísimo.
Yo ni siquiera he visto el anime o leído el manga pero aún así me sentí decepcionada.Wotakoi es un gran ejemplo de un buen marketing pero con un desastre de película. La historia se ve que tiene potencial pero no supieron ejecutar bien la idea, y parte de eso es debido a las canciones, que fue un intento fallido de querer transmitir las emociones de los personajes, canciones que no aportaban nada que bien podrías saltártelas todas y en serio que no te perdías de nada. Además, los actores ni voz tienen para el canto (y eso que me caen bien, pero también se reconocer cuando algo es bueno o malo).
En actuaciones (y dejando al lado la parte musical), los actores hicieron lo que pudieron, ya que el guión es tan pobre que no tiene ni líneas memorables, por lo que los personajes son tan sosos... El único que rescato es Hirotaka (por Yamazaki Kento), a quien considero el corazón de la historia y mi razón principal para terminar de ver la película.
Como comentario final, siento que esta historia pudo haber sido mejor en todos los aspectos SI SE HUBIERA HECHO UN DRAMA EN VEZ DE UNA PELICULA, porque todo pasa muy rápido, está mal hecho y ni se entiende. Que al final solo logra decepcionar tanto a los fans como al público general con las ideas que la producción pensó como "novedosas" (léase la parte musical).
Háganse un favor y no vean el live action de Wotakoi, si está muy bueno el anime o el manga, quédense con eso.
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A história possui uma boa premissa, mas que foi mal desenvolvida e isso está ligado ao mal aproveitamento do conteúdo que o mangá oferece poderia ser um bom filme romcom, mas optaram mais por investir em um musical do que um bom live-action. Como um musical foi até que bom, gostei das músicas, mas não acho que foi algo excelente.
Para aqueles que assistiram esperando uma boa adaptação do 2D provavelmente se decepcionou bastante.
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✨Por si no saben de qué va, les dejo la sinopsis a continuación: Narumi Momose es una chica de 26 años que es otaku en secreto. Al cambiar de trabajo se encuentra con un viejo amigo de la infancia que es adicto a los videojuegos, Hirotaka Nifuji, quien conoce este lado oculto de Momose y puede poner en riesgo su verdadera identidad. Luego de una charla sobre lo complicadas que son las relaciones amorosas para los otakus, Nifuji le propone a Narumi que salgan juntos.
?♀️¿Cómo describir todo lo que me pasó viendo este live action? Ni idea, la verdad jajaja. Fueron dos horas en las que me planteé seriamente por qué me torturaba de esa manera.
❌Siento que le erraron en todo lo que le podían errar y más. La original es una historia bastante básica y realista, y los japoneses decidieron hacer uno de esos live actions típicos de ellos que te dejan preguntándote quién creyó que alguna de las decisiones que tomaron era buena idea.
?Hicieron cambios innecesarios que no le aportan nada a la trama, como explicarte de qué es la empresa en la que trabajan los protagonistas con una escena ilógicamente larga. También hicieron que una de las escenas más bonitas del anime perdiera sentido con una actitud que tomó el protagonista que está totalmente alejada a lo qué él haría y, por si fuera poco, le cambiaron totalmente la personalidad a uno de los personajes.
❓El cast está relativamente bien, pero tampoco es algo que me haya volado la cabeza, solo voy a decir qué a Yamazaki Kento le quedaba muy bien el outfit de Hirotaka. Y hablando del Yamazaki Kento, ¿cómo pudo haber pensado que era buena idea hacer esta película después del tremendo laburo que tuvo en Alice in Borderland?
?En fin, si quieren ver una mala live action para reírse de las malas decisiones que toman los japoneses, no duden en ver Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii.
?Ah, ¿mencioné que la película es un musical? Bueno, es un musical. Uno raro que parodia otros más conocidos jaja.
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