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Gachi Koi Nenchakujuu: Net Haishinsha no Kanojo ni Naritakute (ガチ恋粘着獣 ~ネット配信者の彼女になりたくて~) is a manga series written and illustrated by Seira (星来) that began publishing in 2020. Currently there are 10 volumes that have been released.

The series revolves around the titular concept of "gachi-koi" ("serious love"), a term often granted to people who are fans of and obsess over idols. Primarily, this will take the form of various girls (and sometimes boys) developing unhealthy and overall toxic feelings of admiration and love for their biases. For the first saga, gachi-koi attention is put on the 3-man Youtuber group Cosmic, of which each member has their own designated focus fan. Volumes 1 and 2 follow 20-year old college student Hina Kaguya, who is obsessed with Subaru (real name Kuyuru Shimizu) to an unhealthy degree. Volumes 3 through 9 follow 24-year old maid café waitress Kotono Hanaori, who develops feelings for Cosmo (real name Cosumo Kirara); while Volumes 9 and 10 revolve around the final Cosmic member Ginga (real name Takafumi Tsurugi).

As of April 1st, 2023, a 10 episode live action adaptation is airing.


This work contains examples of the following tropes:

  • Ax-Crazy: All the heroines shows shades of it, but Hina crosses the line after breaking into Subaru's house mid-stream, knocking him out, and abducting him.
  • Arc Words: Many characters in the story often comment on what they think are "real fans", or in other words, fans that support their oshis "normally" and without causing trouble for others. The problem is that, since the story is from the perspective of the more obsessive fans, we see that they were for all intents and purposes just as devoted and supportive as the casual fans (with many starting out as harmless consumers) but have their feelings dismissed because they eventually twisted their devotion into something toxic.
  • Bad Influencer: Discussed. With the exception of Cosmo all characters who are introduced as streamers or content creators all have hidden agendas for either each other or their audiences, be it squeezing out extra views, exploiting their own drama (like Ginga) or sleeping with their fans (like Subaru).
  • Bland-Name Product: NewTube is the most popular streaming and video sharing service.
  • Breaking the Fellowship: Averted. After Cosmo was attacking on stage, the future of Cosmic was discussed after what two of their members had been through. Ultimately the group stays together as streaming wouldn't be fun without the others.
  • Descent into Addiction: While the other heroines are introduced madly in love with members of Cosmic, Ringo starts off as a normal fan at the start of Volume 7 but becomes just as obsessed as the others by the end of the volume.
  • Establishing Character Moment:
    • While watching Cosmic celebrating one million subscribers, Subaru jokingly states he'd like a girlfriend to make livestream content with. As his fangirls begin commenting they want to be his girlfriend, Hina goes on a mass reporting spree. Cut to the next page and she's aggressively biting her fingernail while in front of a wall covered with pictures of Subaru.
    • Following Cosmic returning from break, Kotono is seen scrolling through the announcement post when she stumbles across a picture of Hina. She scoffs to herself, calling Hina's obsession for Subaru as fake love and that she's an insult to real fans. For herself, on the other hand, claims to be a true fan as Cosmo having a girlfriend doesn't matter. His happiness is her happiness.
  • Fake-Out Opening: Played with. While Cosmo does get assaulted on stage toward the end of Kotono's arc, it turns out to be a bit of authorial misdirection. Despite building it up and having a similar view of what defines a true fan, Kotono is not the same person as the opening pages of the chapter.
  • Fangirl: Practically every female character introduced in the series is one towards Cosmic. Almost all of them lean towards the extreme end.
  • I Just Want My Beloved to Be Happy: What all the girls ultimately want for their favored member of Cosmic, though heavily distorted because of their obsessions. Kotono comparatively plays it straight out of all the other girls.
  • Love Makes You Crazy: Practically every girl suffers from this to varying degrees of extremity.
  • Loves My Alter Ego: Discussed. Hina absolutely loves Subaru, but after learning that he sleeps around because he genuinely believes he belongs to all his fans and has a rather selfish personality, she mentally separates the guy into two figures—"Subaru", the charismatic and handsome streamer she always idolized; and "Shimizu", the promiscuous fool. When she later kidnaps Subaru, she forces him to be "Subaru" and warns him never to show her the "Shimizu" side of himself ever again.
  • Nightmare Face: Each of the girls have rather distinct faces whenever their obsessive tendencies boil over. Said faces tend to heavily contrast their personalities they put forward.
    • Hina's pupils shrink and the rest of her face loses all other features, becoming a black void of sheer rage contrasted against her blonde hair.
    • For the typically calm and reserved Konoto, veins begin popping out when she flies into a rage and her teeth appear like that of a shark's.
    • Kikyou's really plays up her feline motif as it puts a special emphasis on her cat-like eyes, making it look like she's about to pounce.
  • Simultaneous Arcs: Ginga's arc (Volumes 7-10) occasionally switch perspectives for each of his gachikoi.
  • Stalker with a Crush: Goes without explaining.
  • Stalking Is Funny if It Is Female After Male: Subverted. Stalking is treated as a serious issue for Cosmic in-universe. Cosmo and Subaru in particular have lasting resentment from dealing with their stalkers, but just as often they can be the subject of Black Comedy (especially in Subaru's case).
  • Stalking is Love: It's clear that the main heroines, and even the antagonists' growing fanaticism with their oshis is born from love and concern for them, but twisted in a way that can do themselves and their oshis harm. For what it's worth, while the guys are not at all fond of how their gachi-kois choose to express this love, the main heroines' actions are in some way reciprocated and changed them. Subaru, while scared out of his wits, develops major Stockholm Syndrome for Hina and emotionally becomes a one-woman man, while Cosmo develops some possessive tendencies for Kotono and dates her in the end of his arc. Obviously, this is not always going to be the case, as many of the antagonist gachi-kois end up despised by the targets of their affections.
  • Stellar Theme Naming: The Cosmic boys are named after various night sky and space fixtures—Subaru (north star), Cosmo (obvious), and Ginga (galaxy).
  • Switching P.O.V.: While the previous story arcs generally focused on the lead heroine and occasionally the Cosmic member of their affection, Ginga's arc revolves around him, the two gachikoi after him, and Mistukuri of Hadal Zone.
  • World of Buxom: Most of the heroines of interest are buxom and curvy in all the right places. There are a few deliberate exceptions, such as Hina's rival Rihoko, but they are few and far between.

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