Asahina Wakaba and Her Chubby-Chubby Boyfriend Vol. 1-3


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Asahina Wakaba, a girl who is a bit clumsy and not good at socializing, gets bullied into asking out the school’s biggest, most despised, otaku, Haruto Iruma. However, this experience changes her pitch-black high school years into the ultimate young-love experience.

I wasn’t sure what to expect from this series. I just sort of pick things based on if (a) they catch me right away or (b) they’re near the top of my to-read list alphabetically.

So! I picked this one out of curiosity. It looks like a shounen-type series with pretty girl hugging round boy and then I ended up falling into this hole with Wakaba as she struggles against her bullies. She ends up finding real happiness in a guy who learned to be unashamedly himself after his own difficult life left him feeling like he was wandering in the darkness with no one to turn to.

Except he did end up having people, and these people in turn became part of Wakaba’s support network.

The series is only three parts… if I had to summarize it, I would say, what if the pervert joke character was actually a really kind young man who is really considerate to others?

It’s actually quite cute and while it does get intense at times, I really like it and would recommend it for teen readers.

oh fuck

ummm

Jesus Christ

he’s actually a really kind and considerate lad

this dude is good with kids and is actually a real sweetheart??

SIR!!!!

BRO ALMOST GOT ISEKAI’D BY TRUCK-KUN

the duality of man

girl shoved that shit in the back of the closet

HAPPY ENDING

i weep, i love, how wholesome and charming

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Here is where M logs their media activity. Partly because Goodreads is forgettable and keeping physical logs is harder. Sometimes M writes a lot. Sometimes M doesn’t write enough. It doesn’t matter. This is just a for-fun little blog so that M can remember what they thought about whatever they watched or read or played or. Whatever.


What is M?

I read. Voraciously. I have subscriptions to those book things on digital retailers. I consume books at nearly all hours. The hours I don’t spend reading? I’m writing. I’m drawing. I have a problem. I have a problem in that I love to read things that are in the same vein repeatedly. Book journals don’t work and as much as I text my friends screenshots of book passages, it doesn’t scratch the itch. Now I’m going to be doing… tiny… tiny book reports.


Truck-Kun Kill Count:


Books & Light Novels Read in 2025: 19/50
38%
Comics Read in 2026: 39/200
19%
Physical Owned Books Read: 477/830
58%


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