My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong As I Expected

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My youth romantic comedy is wrong as I expected (やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている) is a light novel series written by Wataru Watari and illustrated by Ponkan8. The series currently has 7 volumes and is awaiting an anime adaptation in April 2013. The series attained 1st place in the Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2014.

My Youth Romantic Comedy is wrong as I expected is also avaible in the following languages:

• Português Brasileiro (Brazilian Portuguese)
• Bahasa Indonesia
• Polish
• Spanish
• Russian

Story Synopsis

The romantic comedy story revolves around an antisocial high school student named Hachiman Hikigaya with a distorted view on life and no friends or girlfriend. When he see his classmates talking excitedly about living their adolescent lives, he mutters, "They're a bunch of liars." When he is asked about his future dreams, he responds, "Not working." A teacher gets Hachiman to join the volunteer "service club," which happens to have the school's prettiest girl, Yukino Yukinoshita.

Awards

Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (このライトノベルがすごい!) 2012

• 15th place in Best Novel Series, Wataru Watari

Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (このライトノベルがすごい!) 2013

• 6th place in Best Novel Series, Wataru Watari
• 6th place in Best Illustrator, Ponkan8
• 4th place in Best Male Character, Hachiman Hikigaya
• 8th place in Best Female Character, Yukino Yukinoshita

Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (このライトノベルがすごい!) 2014

• 1st place in Best Novel Series, Wataru Watari
• 2nd place in Best Illustrator, Ponkan8
• 1st place in Best Male Character, Hachiman Hikigaya
• 2nd place in Best Female Character, Yukino Yukinoshita

Translation

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Updates

• 14 February 2014 - Volume 8 Chapter 1 completed
• 3 February 2014 - Volume 7 Chapter 9 completed
• 29 January 2014 - Volume 7 Chapter 8 completed
• 15 January 2014 - Volume 7 Chapter 7, Volume 4 Prologue completed
• 10 November 2013 - Volume 7 Chapter 6 completed
• 26 September 2013 - Volume 7 Chapter 5 completed
• 29 July 2013 - Volume 7 Chapter 4 completed
• 5 July 2013 - Volume 7 Chapter 3 completed
• 27 June 2013 - Volume 7 Chapter 2 completed
• 20 June 2013 - Volume 7 Chapter 1 completed
• 15 June 2013 - Volume 7 Prologue completed
• 18 May 2013 - Volume 2 Prologue completed
• 30 November 2012 - Volume 1 Chapter 1 completed
• 24 November 2012 - Volume 1 Prologue completed

Older updates can be found on the My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong As I Expected Updates page.

The My youth romantic comedy is wrong as I expected series by Wataru Watari

This series is also being translated by NanoDesu.

Volume 1

• Novel Illustrations Also on ND
• Prologue Also on ND
• Chapter 1: Basically, Hachiman Hikigaya is rotten Also on ND
• Chapter 2 Also on ND
• Chapter 3 Also on ND
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7: The God of Romcom will occasionally do something good (final part)
• Chapter 8
• Author's Notes

Volume 2

• Novel Illustrations
• Prologue
• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Author's Notes

Volume 3

• Novel Illustrations
• Prologue
• Chapter 1 (7/30)
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Author's Notes

Volume 4

• Novel Illustrations
• Prologue: Middle School Summer Assignment - Book Report
• Chapter 1: Hikigaya Hachiman Intends to Spend Summer in such a Fashion
• Chapter 2: You can never Escape from Hiratsuka Shizuka's Grasp
• Interlude 1: Conversations on Board
• Chapter 3: Hayato Hayama is Considerate towards Everyone
• Interlude 2: Conversations on Board - In the Second Row
• Chapter 4: Suddenly, Hina Ebina Starts to Preach
• Chapter 5: Yukino Yukinoshita Gazed at the Stars by Herself
• Interlude 3: Conversations on Board - In the Third Row
• Chapter 6: Carelessly, Hikigaya Hachiman had forgotten his Swimwear
• Chapter 7: In the End, Tsurumi Rumi Decides to Find her own Path
• Chapter 8: And So, the Car Yukino Yukinoshita got on Drives into the Distance
• Afterword

Volume 5

• Novel Illustrations
• Prologue
• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Author's Notes

Volume 6

• Novel Illustrations
• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9
• Chapter 10
• Author's Notes

Volume 6.25

• Novel Illustrations

Volume 6.50

• Novel Illustrations

Volume 6.75

• Novel Illustrations

Volume 7

• Novel Illustrations
• Prologue
• Chapter 1: Even so, Hachiman Hikigaya will spend his school life in peace
• Chapter 2: No one knows why they came to the service club
• Chapter 3: Tobe Kakeru is completely shallow in every way possible
• Chapter 4: With all that's been said, Ebina Hina is still rotten?
• Chapter 5: As you can see, Yuigahama Yui is putting in the effort
• Chapter 6: Yukinoshita Yukino quietly goes to the evening town
• Chapter 7: Unexpectedly, Miura Yumiko is watching very closely
• Chapter 8: Even so, Hayama Hayato can't choose anything
• Chapter 9: His and her confession won't reach anyone
• Bonus Track
• Author's Notes

Volume 7.5

• Novel Illustrations

Volume 8

• Novel Illustrations
• Chapter 1: It doesn’t need to be said that even Hikigaya Komachi can get angry

Project Staff

• Project Administrator:
• Project Supervisor:

Translators

ACTIVE

• Spyro
• Fronttide

INACTIVE

• edsamac
• venom

Editors

• Kirito
• Alexpte
• ProxY
• Niall_Hamilton

Volume List

Main Series

1. やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている 1 (March 23, 2011, original release was March 18, delayed by the Japan earthquake) - ISBN 978-4-09-451262-5
2. やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている 2 (July 25, 2011) - ISBN 978-4-09-451286-1
3. やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている 3 (November 23, 2011) - ISBN 978-4-09-451304-2
4. やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている 4 (March 21, 2012) - ISBN 978-4-09-451332-5
5. やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている 5 (July 23, 2012) - ISBN 978-4-09-451356-1
6. やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている 6 (November 20, 2012) - ISBN 978-4-09-451380-6
7. やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている 7 (March 19, 2013) - ISBN 978-4-09-451402-5
8. やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている 7.5 (August 20, 2013) - ISBN 978-4-09-451434-6
9. やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている 8 (November 19, 2013) - ISBN 978-4-09-451451-3

Specials

1. やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている 6.25 (June 26, 2013) - Bundled together with the anime series' first DVD/Blu-ray Disc
2. やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている 6.50 (August 28, 2013) - Bundled together with the anime series' third DVD/Blu-ray Disc
3. やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている 6.75 (October 23, 2013) - Bundled together with the anime series' fifth DVD/Blu-ray Disc