Hikari Tsutsui is a third-year high school student who is only interested in 2D things and that includes girls. Through a peculiar incident, he meets Iroha Igarashi who is of transcendent beauty and starts to date her! While being manipulated by the uninhibited Iroha, he learns about what real hardships and difficulties are like and grows as a male otaku.

Tis the season for anime mocking otaku, I suppose. 3D Kanojo Real Girl is another such anime discussing otaku relationships and friendships much like Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii and Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai. It’s started off kind of depressing with Hikari and Yuuto being completely self deprecating and expecting only the worst out of life because they are “creepy otaku” types. It’s frustrating to see this, even if Hikari does find a girlfriend in Iroha. While the first episode did not really instill confidence in the anime itself, the last 2 episodes have left me feeling unsure of the trajectory of the anime as it slowly feels like it’s becoming Gamers! For now, I can only assume we’ll be getting more humor at the expense of the otaku and a lot of relationship awkwardness just like Gamers!