#wataru watari

[a-forbidden-detective]

Parallelism: On why RonToto is so real

On episode 4, before Amamiya fainted over the beauty of Ron Kamonohashi, she got a closer look in his eyes as the latter glanced at her doing his “yes, I solved who the culprit is” fwish-fwish gesture. His icy blue eyes shining, very exposed. She fell in love. (“So steaming hot!”)

During the first episode, Ron had a closer look at Toto. He was enamoured. How could be that this naïve police officer was determined to bring him back to detective business?

Toto, on the other hand, although he admires and respects his boss Amamiya, there is no desire involved.

This trope is called Eating the Eye Candy.

There's just something completely gorgeous about that other character. The character just can't help but stare and drool over their gleaming smile, sapphire eyes, or any other attractive features.

Akira Amano decided early on where the story is going. Series composition writer Wataru Watari is interpreting her vision. It is safe to say that the manga has never included nor focused on Amamiya’s eye. Meaning, the anime writers wanted to emphasise the significance of this trope to the possible pairings. We can rest assured who the OTP is in this series.

[ahb-writes]

Just how easily would it have been if we could have talked like this forever – without saying any of the important things, pretending it was the same as always, deliberately never getting to the point?

"Hachiman Hikigaya" (My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected, Vol. 14 by Wataru Watari)

[hatsumishinogu]

My youth romantic comedy is wrong as I expected. Yui's Story Vol.2 (light novel)

[remedialreviews]

It's charming to think this is exactly the sort of novel I would have written in high school, an impression helped along in this translation by relatively clumsy English diction. The witticisms and insults, over which you can almost hear the author giggle, are fun and the slow reveal of Hikki's empathy is very sweet. Truly, a light novel - wryly funny and pleasantly evocative of my own "wasted" youth.

[graphicpolicy]

Wataru Watari is coming to Otakon 2023

Wataru Watari is coming to Otakon 2023 #otakon #otakon2023 #otakon23

Author Wataru Watari will be a guest at Otakon 2023, according to Otakorp Inc. He debuted as an author by winning the third Shogakkan Light Novel Gagaga Grand Prize with “Ayakashigatari.” Watari has authored a number of titles, including the “Qualidea Code” series, and “Girlish Number,” but his most well-known work as an author is the series “My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected,”…

[ljaesch]

Otakon 2023 Announces Wataru Watari as Guest

Otakon has announced that author Wataru Watari will be a guest at its upcoming convention. He debuted as an author by winning the third Shogakkan Light Novel Gagaga Grand Prize with Ayakashigatari. Watari has authored a number of titles, including the Qualidea Code series, and Girlish Number, but his most well-known work as an author is the series My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected,…

[enstarblwrite]

I had an idea....

A Wataru x Eichi AU,based off of "your lie in April"

Eichi-Kosei

Wataru-Kaori

Based off of your lie in April but a bit of swap roles!

With Wataru suffering the same illnes as Kaori....

[animefeminist]

Author and scriptwriter Watari Wataru on cynical heroines, getting a lesbian kiss onscreen, and keeping his day job

Watari Wataru’s appearance at Otakon 2023 was announced with copious mention of his 2011 light novel series My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU (sometimes known by the shortened portmanteau of its Japanese title, Oregairu). While it has its issues (like a spate of fanservice-heavy anime promotional material rather disconnected from the novel’s mentality), it’s also drawn comparisons to era contemporary Toradora for trying to integrate more grounded character dynamics into the extremely archetype-dense school rom-com genre. The series earned a dedicated fanbase, three anime adaptations from 2013 to 2020, three separate manga adaptations and three visual novel spin-offs (including one in 2023).

Even more of interest for AniFem readers, though, is Girlish Number. Its heroine, Chitose, is a cynical young voice actress who finally manages to snag a major role; convinced she’d just never been given a chance to shine, Chitose’s ego takes a serious blow when she can’t keep up with her costars. The series isn’t a brutal indictment of an industry a la Perfect Blue or Oshi no Ko, but a work-com closer to SHIROBAKO – ultimately upbeat but unafraid of airing its complaints, or of letting a cast of adult women have a few rough edges.

Stepping into the role of anime scriptwriter and series composer first to adapt his own work, Watari has increasingly taken up work on adaptations. In 2023, that included AniFem staff favorite The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady, an ambitious fantasy series that turned heads for managing to include both a love confession and onscreen kiss between its titular couple.

Such a move is almost unprecedented outside of titles marketed exclusively as yuri or BL, and despite the many beautiful queer love stories that anime has told over the years with one, the other, or only subtext to wield, it’s easy to see why this achievement touched anxious viewers: this interview was conducted only one day before Bandai Namco attempted to declare the couple at the heart of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury as being “up to interpretation” despite, among other things, their matching wedding rings (the creative team, in an admirable answering power move, released a staff art book at Comiket that included wedding and honeymoon art).

We were able to sit down with Watari, as well as SNAFU editor and Gagaga Bunko Chief Editor Hoshino Horinori, for a short interview.

Read it at Anime Feminist!

[mihai-florescu]

Mihai this thing is called Audition Vs. Audience Mihai he is wearing The mask again Mihai what does this mean if they do anything I disapprove of I'll be so mad and if they don't mention Eichi I'll be even more mad because they can not do that Mihai they can't they can't

Oh theyll mention eichi alright i know it in my soul. Especially if akira is writing it... audition vs audience i cant wait for another classic "god is always watching" wataru banger. I hope wataru turns to the audience and makes sure to mention he didnt break up with eichi and ask for his things back (/joke) Can we velieve exactly a year after atlantis we're getting another watari breakup scare...lmao

[babygirl-kaoru]

Wataei/Reader Threesome HCs

Contains: Wataru x Eichi / Watari, Dom!Wataru, Trans!Eichi, Switch!Eichi, penetration, double penetration, dumbification, mild degradation

Reader: Gender neutral, no pronouns or terms used. Both AFAB and AMAB genitals referenced. 2/3 sub, 1/3 Dom.

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Just imagine having a threesome with Wataru and Eichi... Seriously, talk about an ego booster. A billionaire idol and his insanely talented boyfriend decided that they wanted you to have sex with them. They could seduce anyone they wanted, but they specifically chose you. That alone is a testament to how awesome and sexy you are.

Anyway, moving on. They’re both willing to adapt to any role you want them to play. If you want to team up with Wataru and take control of Eichi, he would be delighted, his boyfriend does have two perfectly good holes after all. But if you would prefer to submit to Wataru as well, that can certainly be arranged. Maybe you even want both of them to dominate you, that’s reasonable if you’re feeling ambitious~

Eichi likes to be treated rough, so don’t hesitate to grab his hair and force him to take more of your cock, or hold his head against your cunt and make him service you. Wataru has no problem sharing, either, if you want to fuck Eichi too. You can bite or spank him wherever you like, as often as you like. Actually, please give him a mark or two as a memento. He gets off on the thought of someone seeing your love bites on his skin, or noticing that his thighs or arms are bruised like somebody grabbed them hard. He’ll certainly be leaving some marks on you too, scratching your back on purpose to provoke you into fucking him harder. If you’re not so sure about hurting him, that’s fine. He’d be just as happy if you wrote on his skin in marker, recording how many times he came from having his holes ruined, signing your name, or even writing his unofficial title: “Wataru and [name]’s Slut.”

Then again, you might not want to dominate Eichi at all. If that’s the case, don’t worry, you can lay back and let Wataru take care of you both. There’s just the small (or not-so-small) problem of how huge his cock is. It’s intimidating whether you have experience or not. Either way, Eichi understands that feeling, he did experience it himself once upon a time. He doesn’t mind going first, letting you watch Wataru fuck him to prove that there’s nothing to be afraid of. That said, it’s not long before he forgets his original intentions of reassuring you and only cares about getting railed like the whore he is. But watching your friend moan and cum with a brainless, delirious smile just makes you more excited for your turn. Wataru is more than capable of satisfying you both at the same time, using a vibrator to push Eichi even further while he fucks you on his cock. He’d be so happy to see you and Eichi get along as well, holding hands and kissing or fondling each other. Even when he’s finished, he doesn’t stop kissing your precious faces and cooing over how cute you both are.

But if you think you’re up to the task of satisfying them both, you’re in for a nice treat. Both of them can get quite rough and demanding, but they’ll leap at the chance to spoil you too. Eichi will kiss your cheeks and hold your legs apart, reassuring you that you’re in very good hands while Wataru takes his sweet time pushing his cock into you. They both bombard you with praise, telling you how you’re such a good little toy for them. You’ve still got to attend to their needs too, though. Eichi will hold your head and have you eat him out while Wataru bends you over the bed; alternatively, if you’re lying on your back, he’ll sit on your face so you can serve him. He makes sure to sit facing Wataru so he gets a perfect view of both of you, and he’ll reach out and jerk you off or rub your clit if he can. If you’re AFAB, he might even pull out the strap-on and fuck whatever hole Wataru isn’t using. Not just anyone gets this privilege, though, so you better say thank you~

By the time all three of you are satisfied, Eichi is completely spent and needs the most attention. Wataru doesn’t mind leaving to get water, snacks, towels, etc, leaving you to cuddle with Eichi and praise him for a job well done. You’ll most likely end up showering with one or both of them, Eichi’s fancy ass shower is definitely big enough for three (and there’s so many knobs, you’ll never find the right one on your own.) The housekeeping staff is already changing the sheets for you too, so you can all get right in bed once you’re all clean. You’re not getting away without any post coitus snuggles, that’s the best part. When you’re nice and warm under the blankets, with an exhausted but satisfied body and two lovely people on either side of you, you’re guaranteed the best sleep of your life. All three of you will certainly be in agreement: this needs to happen again sometime soon.

[beast-of-mosss]

I'm so sorry for the watary yume who followed me only to see me post about pregnant wataru

[a-forbidden-detective]

Curious add-ons, Episode 10 (Part 6), The Blush and other things

Like what I’ve mentioned before, Wataru Watari and co. edited out Akira’s dialogue and panels in the manga and added a few things that ante up RonToto’s relationship.

(If you listen to the RKDD voice actors, Youhei Azakami especially, they say RonToto when referring to their—his and EnokiJun’s— characters often during their radio show out of laziness, heh, and habit maybe.)

The blush after Ron notices that Toto is looking at him. Probably caught by his bashfulness, in the end, he smiles at Toto, but realises that there’s something off after Toto sighs loudly.

Honestly, this is so sweet. The anime writers are invested making use of Akira’s panels where Ron loves to smirk so we can hear him say “heh” with the movement of his lips and giving emphasis on the quiet moments where the characters can interact without words but still heavily imply that emotions are surging. I particularly like the scenes between Toto and John Grizzly where the BLUE instructor was interrogating Toto’s relationship with Ron. That was a minute of no dialogue only the reaction of their faces shown.

“So, that’s how much… she likes you” is replaced with this nicer statement from Ron. Anyone who treats his friend Toto nicely gets a star from him.

With the following scenes Toto has come out more dominant than in the manga.

And yesterday new merchandise had been unveiled just in time for the upcoming Jump Festa. Two of them are these images of the two. Ron is wearing a trendy attire with harnesses on his chest area and a dog tag. Whereas Toto is wearing a sort of street-smart urban outfit. The joke on X Twitter is who’s the “dog” and who is the owner.

Yes. It is all coincidence. And I am probably projecting.

They definitely removed Ron’s “I feel the same way” line and instead included the dialogue suggesting two things. 1)Ron sees that Toto is fond of ordering takeouts that it is implied that he cooks for the police officer from time to time. His recipes are mostly drenched with black syrup. 2) because Toto is not into cooking, he wishes that one day he does break this habit. Maybe because it is not healthy. This is where my head canon and speculation collide. Seeing that cooking is chemistry and Ron has been a hikikomori for five years and had lots of time during those times he probably had so many things tried and experimented.

From an outsider’s point of view, like Chikori, who has been wondering what the hell is the relationship between these two.

[ahb-writes]

Book Review: 'My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected' #14.5

My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected #14.5 by Wataru Watari, ponkan8

coming of age

romance

social commentary

My Rating: 4 of 5 stars

The final, blustery exhale that is MY YOUTH ROMANTIC COMEDY v14.5 is about as particular in its emotional guile as one would expect for a light-novel series about the fragrant and fiery impediments of youth. The new school year forces new obligations into frame, the changing seasons resurrect old compulsions to the fore, and all of the personal relationships that pin these notes to the back of one's mind risk crowding one another out. Hachiman Hikigaya is a third-year high-schooler; time to get to work.

Closing out this novel series, the author focuses on the casual, if mundane reality of transitioning into adulthood: testing for another level of education, cleaning up old allyships, saying goodbye to old rivalries, and shepherding the next generation into form. The stakes are relatively low, the risks are nonexistent, and the anxiety is manageable. The last time Hikigaya ever breathed a sigh of relief was probably never. However, at this point, at least he's got a few decent friends at his side.

The ever-meddlesome Iroha Isshiki is still hanging around the Service Club, if for reasons unknown. The girl's striking and manipulative nature (Hikigaya: "It's what you would call a cunning that isn't fawning," page 97), oddly, remind the protagonist of his younger sister, Komachi, now a first-year at Chiba City Municipal Soubu High School. It's an open-ended question as to whether the club can (or should) continue. Ms. Hiratsuka is gone, and all of the club members, exempting Komachi, will graduate soon.

But the need for the Service Club, as readers well know, extends less to the student body than it does to its individual club members. The core friendships assembled by the club's participants spans a spectrum of arrogant and untidy reflections on the woes of being a teenager. Yukinoshita, Yuigahama, and Hikigaya are all better and stronger for it, but they've been through hell to validate such a conclusion. Is that what's in store for future club members? Being young is so wearisome.

Isshiki observes, at one point, that she desires what Hikigaya and the others have, but can't honestly see herself surviving what they have survived. As such, the peculiar dynamic duo of Isshiki and Hikigaya-the-Younger emerges to carry on the club legacy, troubling interpersonal relations and all .

Isshiki: "Relationships like theirs — overly complicated, ridiculously troublesome, and constantly going wrong — can't be built so easily." (page 134)

MY YOUTH ROMANTIC COMEDY v14.5 makes peace with most of its outstanding errors of presumption in an effort to bind all remaining loose ends. Hikigaya and Yukinoshita are dating now, and their dynamic is crammed with all of the sarcasm, diffidence, respectful logic, apologies, and hard blushes as one would expect. The pair is a mess, and they both know it. But that won't keep them from charging forward. Even if that means attending the same cram school ahead of university entrance exams. Even if that means daydreaming about what comes one year, five years, ten years after that.

One regrets not stumbling into a "please meet my parents" moment, as hinted at in previous volumes of the novel series. Hikigaya has yet to meet Yukinoshita's father (and is in no rush to do so), but in lieu of an unbearably awkward dinner with the sort-of in-laws, a charming coffee date between the two young adults will suffice.

The author also makes peace with the secondary cast of characters and their rapport with the protagonist. For example, Komachi undertakes a thought experiment, in which she hunts for a worthwhile sister-in-law. Yuigahama? Miura? Ebina? Hikigaya hilariously (and very accurately) responds to each prospect, notably saying that getting married to Hina Ebina, despite being absent domestic affection, would be, socially-relationally speaking, "contractually viable." One presumes Ebina would no doubt say the same thing.

Speaking of which, this volume also provides a requiem for Tobe. Frequently derided as garbage, Kakeru Tobe is the novel series' resident punching bag. He is, to wit, grossly simple-minded and incapable of thinking for himself. And yet, the young man's niceness and reliability tend to rub off on those around him. Hikigaya's assessment of Tobe was never very high, but to a final point, he acknowledges the reason the guy is so dull is because he'll never truly understand that niceness only begets abuse by others (Hikigaya: "In this world, the nicer you are, the more you get used," page 35).

MY YOUTH ROMANTIC COMEDY v14.5 wraps a single, tumultuous, unforgettable year. One could ask for more details on how Yukinoshita and Hikigya are faring as partners. One could ask how Yuigahama is faring in her perpetual heartbreak. One could ask how Hayama is fairing, solipsistic smile lighting his path. One could also ask how Haruno is fairing, her bitterness constantly grinding her down like the ocean against a beach of water-smoothed pebbles. And on and on. But none of it matters. Not really. Because all of these encounters are so garishly, foolishly ephemeral. After all, youth is a farce.

Die in a fire.

❯ ❯ Light-Novel Reviews || ahb writes on Good Reads

[hatsumishinogu]

Yahari ore no seishun lovecome wa machigatteiru -Monologue- Vol.22 (end)

[applepi-1]

Masterlist

Aoba Johsai.

Toru Oikawa-  

Make things right

Spin the bottle

Value

Issei Matsukawa-

coming soon

Takahiro Hanamaki-

coming soon

Hajime Iwaizumi-

Photographer- Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7 - Part 8 - Part 9 - Part 10 - Part 11 - Part 12- Part 13 - Part 14 - Part 15 - Part 16 -

Just Cramps

Your friend likes him

shigeru Yahaba-

coming soon

Shinji Watari-

coming soon

Yutaro Kindaichi-

coming soon

Akira Kunimi-

Sleepover

Kentaro Kyotani-

never

Kaneo Yuda-

coming soon

Motomu Sawauchi-

coming soon

Heisuke Shido-

coming soon

Shiratorizawa.

Wakatoshi Ushijima- 

Friends to lovers

Jin Soekawa-

coming soon

Eita Semi-

Movie night with Shiratorizawa team? And confession with Semi...?

Reon Ohira-

coming soon

Satori Tendo-

Pregnant

Fairs

Brothers insecure best friend

Enemies to Lovers

Yunohama-

coming soon

Tsutomu Goshiki-

coming soon

Yu Shibata-

coming soon

Kenjiro Shirabu-

coming soon

Taichi Kawanishi-

Adorable

Kei Akakura-

coming soon

Hayato Yamagata-

coming soon

Yusho Sagae-

coming soon

Umeda-

coming soon

Suzuki-

coming soon

Nekoma. 

Tetsuro Kuroo-

Tramua

I missed you

Party

Brothers best friend

Nobuyuki Kai-

coming soon

Morisuke Yaku-

coming soon

Taketora Yamamoto-

coming soon

Kenma Kozume-

creepy

misunderstanding

according to you

Shohei Fukunaga-

New girl

So Inuoka-

coming soon

Tamahiko Teshiro-

coming soon

Lev Haiba-

coming soon

Yuki Shibayama-

coming soon

Kurasuno. 

Daichi Sawamura- 

coming soon

Koshi Sugawara-

can I sleep with you?

the girl who wants your boyfriend

need and wants

Asahi Azumane- 

coming soon

Yu Nishinoya- 

jealousy

Ryunosuke Tanaka-

What in the-

Tobio Kageyama-

school shooting

Kageyama!

Like shes mine

rained in

Shoyo Hinata-

coming soon

Kei Tsukishima- 

He cheated?! ft. Kageyama

surprised party

confessions

comfort

asking to kiss

you get jealous

Dreams or reality

The Texts

Tadashi Yamaguchi-

coming soon

Keishin Ukai-

Old friend

Inarizaki. 

Shinsuke Kita-

coming soon

Ren Omimi-

coming soon

Aran Ojiro-

coming soon

Hitoshi Ginjima-

coming soon

Atsumu Miya-

friends into lovers

lonely

drunk confessions get the girl

Rintaro Suna-

roommates

Work wife

Osamu Miya-

flour

creepy ex

Yuto Kosaku-

coming soon

Heisuke Riseki-

coming soon

Michinari Akagi-

coming soon

Fukurodani.

Tatsuki Washio-

coming soon

Yamatu Sarukui-

coming soon

Kotaro Bokuto-

realized

Never too late

It’s always been you

Dances

Keiji Akaashi-

soulmates

you have a panic attack

Secrets out

Akinori Konoha-

coming soon

Shuichi Anahori-

coming soon

Haruki Komi-

coming soon

Wataru Onaga-

coming soon

Sakusa

Friends into lovers

Seven minutes in heaven

Terushima

why

Unfriendly friend

Shorts:

Bumping into an ex or old friend

Kenma, Ushijima, Kuroo

They have a nightmare

Daichi, Nishinoya, Semi, Tendo

Comforting Haikyuu boys who aren't use to being loved

Iwaizumi, Kenma, Tsukishima, Akaashi

He gets defensive of you when your parents treat you badly

Kuroo, Tsukishima

truth or dare

Iwaizumi, Daichi

Protecting their girlfriends

Tsukishima, Bokuto, osamu, Sugawara

Saving their crushes

Tsukishima, Akira, Akagi, suna

Morning after

Tsukishima, Bokuto, Sugawara, Sakusa

The team finds out they have a girlfriend

Pt1

Pt2

Kissing you in front of your ex

Tsukishima, Hinata, Kenma

Someone flirts with you- you use it on them

Sakusa, Asahi, Atsumu

He's afraid of hurting you

Tsukishima, terushima, atsumu

They comfort you after a break up

Sugawara, Kenma, Suna

They hear someone say something bad about them

Bokuto, Akaashi

Caught making out

Tsukishima, Iwaizumi, Bokuto, Suna

Kissing them for the first time in front of another girl

Kageyama, Tsukishima

You flinch

Bokuto, Kuroo, Akaashi

text:

AM I ENOUGH?

Ushijima, Tsukishima, Iwaizumi

Calling them 'babe'

Akaashi, Bokuto, Osamu, Kuroo, Akaashi, Kenma

Accidental confessions

Tsukishima

Yamaguchi, Ushijima, Iwaizumi

My hero academia:

Text:

Confessions with Bakugo

Bakugou:

He hears someone say something bad about him

Scared

Shorts:

Car rides

Bakugou, Todoroki, Denki

Walmart

First I love yous

Bakugou, Denki, Kirishima

[fictional-birthdays]

Happy Birthday! (April 14th)

Jenna & Zaneri (Seven Deadly Sins)

Hikaru Tokugawa (Mob Psycho 100)

Wataru Onaga (Haikyuu!!)

Yuko Kumagai (World Trigger)

Kaede Nagamine (22/7)

Kairi Sisigou (Fate/Apocrypha)

Rin (Show By Rock!!)

Mio Kuniyashi (DRAMAtical Murder)

Kuranosuke Shiraishi (Prince of Tennis)

Rocket (Animal Crossing)

Sayuri (Pop’n Music)

Ryota Watari (Your Lie in April)

Sajin "Snatch" Higawara (My Hero Academia)