In the second volume of I, Otaku – Struggle in Akihabara, Kenji and Sota end up as models for a BL magazine, Eri attempts to understand the meaning of moe by watching Papico the movie together with Sota, Maniaku Nia, a kohai from Eri’s club, has fallen head over heels in love with Eri and Sota visits a maid cafe for the first time in his life. All of the above and lots of more is going on in this book.
Personally, I think I, Otaku vol. 2 is vastly superior to the first one. A lot of the first volume was spent on introducing the characters and almost all of the stories were centered on Sota and his obsession over Papico. Obviously that is still one of the main themes of the stories, but lots of new themes and characters, like Kanariho Momoe, editor-in-chief of a BL magazine, and Nia, whom I already mentioned, are introduced in this volume. If you thought the first volume was crazy and hilarious, you haven’t seen anything yet.
If you enjoyed the humour of the first volume, you’re going to love the second one. And if you haven’t read either of them yet, now’s the time to get familiar with the funniest otaku-comedy. There is nothing funnier than a comedy where you can point at the characters and say “Hey, I’m just that guy over there!”. Being an otaku may be serious business, but it’s not like we shouldn’t laugh at ourselves from time to time.
