Company Retreat and Wishes

**Company Retreat and Wishes** (社員旅行と願い事, *Shain Ryokou to Negaigoto*) is the third original animation DVD of *Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii* anime series.

## Trivia

* This episode is based on Volume 6, Chapter 39 (Trip 1-4) and Volume 8, Chapter 54 of the manga.
	+ The ending credits features scenes that reference events from from Volume 9, Chapter 63 and 69.
* The town that the group goes to for the company retreat is Hakone, located in Kanagawa Prefecture, which is a popular tourist destination known for its hot springs and views of Mt. Fuji.
* During the video game party at Hirotaka's apartment, the group appears to be playing *Ring Fit Adventure* and *Mario Kart 8 Deluxe*.
* The scene with Hana touching Kou's face while Narumi panics at the party is based on two images from Volume 8, Chapter 58:
	+ When Hanako first meets Kou and starts touching her face, beliving the now scared Kou has the perfect body type for cosplay.
	+ Narumi panicing while watching Hanako dance with a scared Kou as they try to find new clothes for her to wear.
* The segment featuring the group, along with Kou and Naoya, having a video game party at Hirotaka's apartment after the company retreat does not actually happen in the manga. It is based off of several converstations during the train ride home in the final page of Trip-4 and reworked to incorporate Kou and Naoya back home in Tokyo.
* During Hanako's discussion about the female version of Taro, she mentions the anime retail store, Animate, and holds up a shopping bag with the store's logo on it.
	+ The store was was previoulsy seen in Are We Now Dating?.
* During Hanako and Narumi's discussion about gender swapping their boyfriends and then themselves, at one point, the male Hanako cries to the female Taro and says that he could never be her "*beloved Otoya*", likely referencing the character Ittoki Otoya from the anime and video game seires, *Uta no Prince Sama*.
	+ The scene is a reference to Is Mature Love As Difficult?, when Hanayo complains that she couldn't live up to Taro's favorite character, Ranka Lee from the anime series *Macross*, as both Ranka and Otoya are musicians with friendly, upbeat personalities.
	+ Both *Wotakoi* and *Uta no Prince Sama* were animated by A-1 Pictures.

## Differences between the anime and manga

* In the manga, after Hirotaka's daydream about Narumi in a yukata, he is shown being taken back to the office with Aiba and Baba while Narumi looks on and says that hopes that Hirotaka finally makes some new friends at the retreat.
	+ In the anime, after Hirotaka imagines what Narumi would look like in a yukata, he looks around and sees that she is already walking back to the office with Hanako. Aiba and Baba then call out to Hirotaka so they can head back to the office as well. Additionally, Aiba and Hirotaka ask Baba to buy them coffee since he was going to get some before heading back to work. Then, Narumi is shown watching them head back and hopes Hirotaka can make some friends on the trip.
* In the anime, it is revealed that the company employee will travel to Hakone, as Taro's desk has a “Hakone” brochure and several sticky notes around his desk, due to him being the organizer.
	+ In the manga, it is not stated where the retreat is located and his desk is not actual shown as he panics about the trip.
* When the dining area is shown following Hirotaka and Taro's sauna room challenge, in the anime, Hana is heard boasting about how good the sashimi is, with Narumi and another female employee agreeing. Narumi then looks over and sees Hirotaka drinking with Aiba and Baba. Finally it shows Taro drinking.
	+ In the manga, it shows a wide shot of the dining area and only Narumi quickly looking at Hirotaka without saying anything, before jumping to Taro.
* As Taro drinks with one of the managers, In the manga, Hanako stares at Taro as he eventually drinks too much and tells the manager that he is going to the bathroom as he exits the dining area.
	+ In the anime, Hana simply sighs as Taro continues drinking. It then jumps to him walking to a seating area near the bathroom and taking a seat before Hana catches up with him.
* When Hirotaka eventually meets up with Narumi at the bridge, In the anime, after Hirotaka tells her that he got what he wished for, but it will remain a secret, it cuts to the eyecatch.
	+ In the manga, there is a bit of extra dialogue, as he tells her that she might not have paid enough tribute and notices a store nearby.
* After the bridge scene with Hirotaka and Narumi, in the manga, the group laments about the trip being over while riding the train back home, Narumi mentioning that she could only get cheap souvenires due to overspeneding and Hirotaka asking if Aiba and Baba play video games. They both yell at Hirotaka for mixing their names up again.
	+ In the anime, the scene is replaced with the group back at Hirotaka's apartment along with Kou and Naoya, as they have a video game party, but several elements from the manga scene kept in. Notably, Narumi apologizes for having to give Kou and Naoya cheap souvenirs after losing all her money and a quick appearance by Aiba and Baba who complain that Hirotaka mixed up their names again.
* When Hanako and Narumi talk about changing the genders of their boyfriends and hinting at a possible yuri romance between them, in the anime, it takes place when the female Taro drops an anime character pendant onto the floor and both of them attempt to pick it up before their hands touch.
	+ In the manga, the yuri part takes place when the female Hirotaka leans in on the female Taro to pick up some binders from the bookcase and complains that she is too close.
* When the male version of Hanayo is shown and revealed to be a crossplayer, in the manga, he is dressed as Kashima in her base form from the video game series, *Kancolle*
	+ In the anime version, he is dressed as a different character wearing armor.
* After Narumi discusses what Naoya and Kou would be like if they were gender swapped, in the manga, the chapter ends with Narumi talking about how Kou would be basically have the same measurements if Kou was turned into a guy.
	+ In the anime, the camera is focused on Kou and Naoya, who are sitting across from Narumi and Hirotaka. They look on, with the dialogue extended, as Narumi continues discussing how the male Kou should become friends with the male version of Narumi to get some fashion advice, so the female Naoya will be surprised and fall in love with him on their date.