My Lovesick Life as a '90s Otaku
My Lovesick Life as a '90s Otaku (古オタクの恋わずらい, Inishie Otaku no Koiwazurai) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nico Nicholson. It was serialized in Kodansha's josei manga magazine Kiss from June 2021 to February 2023, with its chapters collected in four tankōbon volumes.
Also recorded as Inishie Otaku no Koiwazurai
My Lovesick Life as a '90s Otaku
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- Kodansha Comics Kiss
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- Japanese
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My Lovesick Life as a '90s Otaku (古オタクの恋わずらい, Inishie Otaku no Koiwazurai) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nico Nicholson. It was serialized in Kodansha's josei manga magazine Kiss from June 2021 to February 2023, with its chapters collected in four tankōbon volumes.
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• Type — manga • Author — Nico Nicholson • Publisher — Kodansha • Magazine — Kiss • First — June 25, 2021 • Last — February 25, 2023 • Volumes — 4
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• Ja Kanji — 古オタクの恋わずらい • Ja Romaji — Inishie Otaku no Koiwazurai • Genre — * Coming-of-age • Romantic comedy
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The series follows a female otaku (anime and manga fan) named Megumi Sato through her teenage years and her present life as a 42-year-old single mother. In 1995, Megumi was attending a new high school, and tried to keep her hobbies secret to avoid bullying. While she had a crush on the class president, Masamune Kaji, he hated otaku, causing Megumi to try to become closer to him without revealing her identity as an otaku.
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Written and illustrated by Nico Nicholson, My Lovesick Life as a '90s Otaku was serialized in Kodansha's josei manga magazine Kiss from June 25, 2021, to February 25, 2023. Kodansha collected its chapters in four tankōbon volumes, released from January 13, 2022, to May 12, 2023. In November 2022, Kodansha USA announced that they had licensed the manga for English release in North America.
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