I received this book from Netgalley/the publisher in exchange of an honest review.

OK, this was quite fun! In this one we follow a girl named Megumi. Well, she is a woman in the now. Yep, we are switching back from the now, in which Megumi is divorced and has a 16-year old daughter + in which she cannot get used to how anime/otaku culture has become main stream, to the then in which she was 16 and we see how she started at a new school and is trying to hide her otaku tendencies because while it was getting more and more popular, people still shunned otakus. I really loved that we went back and forth. But my favourite was the then and see all the fun references to anime and manga back then. Though it was also hard to read because Megumi just wants to be accepted, she just wants to fawn over anime, just wants to be herself, but all those things together aren’t working. Yes, she could technically do like one of her classmates and just /care about it, but she isn’t that type.

I loved how she looked through very heavy anime/manga coloured glasses. That hot guy in her class reminds her of one of her favourite characters. There are some sweet moments that had her envision shoujo/other manga moments. It was so adorable and funny.

Plus, the then parts have a love interest. I am still not entirely sold on the guy, haha, but I do see some good parts in him. Plus, given the ending, well I can understand it a bit better on why he is so hesitant about otakus. I do hope that he is honest about it with Megumi one day. And that maybe she can show him that not all otaku are like that.

We also see that she has a penpal and that she exchanges letters and items with this person. I had a laugh that Megumi thought the person was a girl, oh this is going to be fun when she finds out. XD

I quite liked the art style in this one! Plus, I just cannot resist a fang-tan, those are my favourite characters~

I do hope that as the story continues that Megumi can show the world that being an otaku isn’t all bad. I hope that she is able to be more free about it. And I hope people accept her.