Audience reviews
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ToroHaru
This anime kind of sucks, the main character is appalling and unrelateable, and I am also a girl. A girl with a little brother, and although I know I can only speak for myself, she acts really weird with her brother and it is hard to watch. Even the brother is bland. The only character that seems attractive (personality) is Tomoko's (mc) old friend who, being harshly honest, the mc doesn't deserve.
Too much of the dialogue is centered in main characters head, which makes the viewer lose interest fast as all she seems to do is complain about is her self pity. Which is embarrasing, awkward and not funny. There isn't any character development; nothing about the at style is worth noting. I can't think of any reason why someone would want to watch this show... Thank you for reading
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Want to watch a depressed human being spew shit at the world around her for 12 episodes and nothing else? Then you've come to the right place!!!
This girl has everything. She has a safe home, a loving family, a friend she can depend on. Yet she's an absolute piece of shit. Maybe she was dropped on the head in her childhood as the only thing missing in her life is her fucking mental capacity holy FUCKKKKKKK. She's insecure as shit and she turns those insecurities into judgements. She goes around saying shit like she would hope the school gets shot down. Don't start spewing the "bad situations create bad people" shit, because she has every opportunity to better herself.
See, being like this isn't the problem. It's staying like that. And you bet damn well she stays like that. There is no…
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I simply wanted to say that Watamote is one of the most depressing anime I've ever watched. Just as I kept watching it, I couldn't stop wondering how much it would've took to reach the end. This anime has often been described to me as "realistic", "relatable" and "funny", and as a fool, I believed that it would've actually been a fun trip. It is even labelled as "Comedy" on almost every website.
The show itself is nothing but a lonley and geeky high-school girl ( Her name is Tomoko ) and her struggle to integrate herself into the society and make friends. At first, seems relatable towards the ones who have or had the same problems, but it truly isn't. The title itself says "No matter how I look at it, it's your guys' fault if I'm not popular", but it is actually Tomoko's own fault for bei…
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If you live under a rock, you’re probably impressed by Family Guy‘s and South Park‘s ‘dark’ humor. They show you people suffering, dying and cursing. They expect you to laugh because people are dying, suffering and cursing. You’re supposed to be shocked that the creators don’t mind putting these characters though such a pain, but that’s not a major achievement. Terrorists do it all the time, but it doesn’t make them comedians.
A truly dark comedy is not that one avoids that darkness. It’s one that forces us to confront the darkness of it and still laugh. Even Borderlands, where the whole joke is that everyone thinks dying is a joke has insight into violence and how we perceive it. It’s an exaggeration of the flippant treatment most video games have for violence. Likewise, WataMote is an a…
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Now I want to preface this by saying I'm not strictly reviewing the series. I find it hard coming from my perspective to be able to objectively rate the show overall. This is because I believe that whether you like or dislike this show heavily depends on how much you can relate to the main character, therefore your mileage my vary.
**The impressions I give do contain some minor spoilers however I do not believe they effect your enjoyment of the show**
The reason I really like Watamote is because it takes a particularly dark and depressing condition and gives it a light-hearted twist. See many people seem to misinterpret Tomoko (the MC) as being introverted, however I have to respectfully disagree. Being introverted does not mean that one is socially inept, as Tomoko is. Instead it means…
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I. Freaking. AM. This girl.
I have struggled with social anxiety most of my life. I've never felt like I belonged to part of a group, and I've always felt like more of a shadow than a real person in the eyes of others. I'm taking medication for it now, but that doesn't stop the pain of those memories.
So for me, Watamote was like reading a very embarrassing autobiography. I related to the main character, and it made me ashamed.
First off, this anime is hardcore cringe comedy. You WILL have to pause the show at least once just because watching this girl fail is so painful. You will scream no at your television, only for your plea to fall on deaf ears and Tomoko to humiliate herself anyways. It's not a feel good, chortle jubilantly whilst crunching on pocky sort of anime. It's a face-palm…
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If you think the main character of this anime is pathetic, two things can easily be concluded from that:
1) You have a great life. Congratulations!
2) You're an insensitive prick. Congratulations...?
Now on to the review.
STORY : On the surface, this anime appears to be comedic tale of a loner who's desperate for attention and friends. Her situation is so bad that she can't even utter a word in public. That's it, right? No plot development, no cliché transformation to a beautiful/popular girl, and no happy ending.
No, that's definitely not it.
This anime is about a girl with social anxiety. Being someone who suffers from social anxiety, although not on as serious level as her, I can say that there's nothing funny or "pathetic" about suffering from social anxiety. Before you go and say:…
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If you saw someone who is regularly alone, would you talk to or try to befriend him/her? Are you or did you used to be that lonely person? Or do you pity those type of people and tend to ignore them?
Watamote is designed to give the viewer a taste of the daily life of such a person with an excellent mixture of reality and comedy. Prepare to enter the world of an introverted, socially inept girl named Tomoko, who desperately wishes to become popular and get a boyfriend. Depending on the person, Watamote can appear depressing, funny, or ridiculous. It may be difficult to laugh at someone else’s misfortunes and embarrassment regardless of whether or not it is fictionalized. However, it can draw several emotions for those who can relate. It gives you an opportunity to laugh at your own faults…
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Watashi ga motenai no wa dō kangaetemo omaera ga warui (try saying that three times fast) or Watamote is a slice of life comedy manga written by Tanigawa Nico and published by Square Enix. The anime adaptation was handled by Silver Link, the studio behind Baka to Test (one of the worst things I've ever seen), and they've produced nothing else I've seen. I just hope this is nothing like their other slice of life comedy or I'm in for roughly three unfunny, unpleasant and problematic jokes repeated over and over and over again until I have to go back on anti-depressants. Let's take a look.
The “story” focuses on the High school life of Tomoko Kuroki, an unpopular girl who barely interacts with her classmates. Not that there's anything wrong with preferring solitude. The problem is that Tomo…
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We’ve all gone through a certain point where we want to feel less lonely even though our abilities for social interactions are limited for some inexplicable reason. Shows that remind us of those dark times can be polarizing for the majority to comprehend, and because of this, we don’t see many shows try to tackle the subject. The reason is that most people don’t like to revisit what made them so miserable for so long. Luckily for some of us, we always look back at those moments and laugh at how silly it was, and thanks to the show Watamote we can now have a show that does that for us.
Based on the gag manga, Watamote is set as your typical slice of life show, only this time they added some new twists that make it a little more fresh than others; dark, demented twists. It is twisted in its…
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Before watching this anime, answer yourself the following questions:
1. Do you consider yourself weird?
2. Do you feel like you don’t have any true friends?
3. Do you think of sex constantly all day?
4. Do you feel like people don’t understand you?
If you answered yes and no appropriately for a normal human being, skip this anime and watch something else...you're in for torture.
If you answered no to all of these questions, you're fine. Watch with contentment. If you answered yes to all of these questions, though, slap on some naked butler porn and start whacking with toothpaste at the prologue of Episode 1—this anime was made specifically for you.
(Psst. I answered yes to all of them.)
“Watashi ga mottenai no wa dou kangaetemo omaera ga warui,”—or from hereforth Watamote—would be equ…
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Watamote overall has been proven to be a very worthy watch. Many people including myself have been able to connect themselves to the main character Tomoko in the sense of the frustrations that they have with feeling unknown to the rest of the world.
Watching this series, with the relationship between Tomoko and her younger brother Tomoki it had me thinking about how I see my relationship with my own sibling and I, how even though they didn't get along they still share memories together and take the extra step to tolerate each other.
Above that, the interactions between the background characters that Tomoko had observed shows perspective on how unaware some people may be of the others around them, if they are lonely and need company or even need somebody to talk to.
I particularly enjoye…
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[Spoiler Warning]
There is a scene in Watamote where the main character, Tomoko, experiences what she believes to be public molestation. She panics, unable to even breathe or call for help. The train suddenly stops, and the passengers begin to take their leave. Tomoko then realizes that the object pressing against her is simply a bamboo sword belonging to the girl behind her. After much public embarrassment, she finally breaks free, and moves on to yet another miserable day of her life.
To say that Watamote is an uncomfortable anime would be an understatement. Every minute involves Tomoko failing at something in the most awkward way imaginable, to the point where you can't help but pity the poor girl. It's not even amusing. It's just depressing.
Tomoko is a high school girl that simply…
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Ohh, Watamote. Where do I begin? I'll just start by answering my own question and basically explain to you the things you will say while watching this:
" Man, I'm so grateful for my life."
"Sadly, I can relate."
"I have so much second hand embarrassment for her..."
" NO NO NO NO NOOOOOO,DON"T DO IT, GAHHH, I CAN'T WATCH HER MESS HER LIFE UP!!" "Tomoko, that's not how life works...*facepalm*."
So that's pretty much all your feels in a nutshell....
--Story-- 8/10
Created by Nico Tanigawa and watched by several idiots, Watamote is about an anti-social 15 year old girl who's always wanted to be popular. In addition, she is somewhat an otaku and very pessimistic yet she thinks very highly of herself. Throughout the series, you get to watch Tomoko's struggle to becoming popular. The anime…
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What happened? Watamote was a series about this socially retarded girl who came across with some social situations and acted retarded. Then what happened? This same thing over and over. Social situation, then retardation. This happened few times, then few times again and in the end few times happened few times too many, and that is what happened.
Main points where this anime fails are pacing, character development and plot. 1-cour series can achieve a lot, but Watamote didn't even try to get anywhere. Many criticize Slice of Life series for being pointless, even state that Slice of Life is meant to be pointless, but in Watamote's case, it's mainly just waste of potential. Watamote had the key elements to be the NHK with OreImo funfun, but someone thought it would be cool to start repeati…
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WATAMOTE -No matter how I look at it, It's you guys fault I'm not popular- is a comedy aimed straight at dysfunctional geeks, or former dysfunctional geeks, who can laugh at their own faults and take them with a grain of salt. Its gallows humor centers around a socially inept mess of a protagonist who goes through life repeating the cycle of self-embarrassment and loneliness while learning nothing from it, and garnished with anime and pop culture references and parodies. It's a show that hits painfully close to home for anyone who has social anxieties, yet playful enough that it remains morbidly funny rather than becoming straight-up depressing, most of the time at least. It's also pretty blunt about who's really at fault for all the main character's problems.
Our social misfit of a prota…
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Lonely......
I'm Miss Lonely
I have nobody, for my own
I'm so lonely
I'm Miss Lonely
Wish I had somebody, to text on my cell, Now I'm in high school, in a lonely high school
Away from everyone, with no friends of my own
That's why I'm lonely, I'm Miss Lonely
I wish that I could just go home
Lol, Perdon amigos, if you think that it's some kind of poem, well, YOU'RE WRONG, it was actually something that I took from a classical song "Mr. Lonely" by Vinton Bobby that I modify it to fit the main character Tomoko. Ok so the anime "Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui!" has ended and I must say that it was a rather unique one since it is all about a typical Japanese loner\ loser who doesn't seem to do anything by herself to improve her social skills. Frankly if I can comp…
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I was all over this series when it first aired. Coming from someone who was in similar positions with Tomoko; its depiction of social reclusion and anxiety was perfect. Even with a blatantly cheap budget, the series is able to vividly and impeccably flesh out Tomoko’s character. Props to director Shin Oonuma as she makes the best out of her limited budget to use creative, well-directed visual tricks, that aren’t simply used for show, but to further our understanding on Tomoko.
Another great factor about this series is that when it comes to depicting Tomoko, it takes us into her life without trying to conform the viewer to a certain mindset. All the humor that stemmed from Tomoko’s situations were funny, but in a cringe-worthily pragmatic manner rather than in a form of mean-spiritedness.…
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Before you decide to watch this show, make sure you do the following:
First, lock your windows, close the blinds, and make sure you're in an isolated location (preferably soundproof). Also, have plenty of supply of water ready. Oh and don't forget some cough medicine. Now you're probably asking yourself, “why??” The answer is simple:
You're going to be laughing so damn hard in this series like you've never ever before.
Watamote, aka No Matter How I Look At It, It's You Guys’ Fault I'm Not Popular!, is an animated series based off the manga of the same name written by Tanigawa Nico. The series chronicles the life of an antisocial girl named Tomoko Kuroki. It depicts the every day life of this young girl as she finally becomes a high school student. The problem? She is literally an otaku…
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~No Matter How I Look At It, It's You Guys Fault This Review Is Not Popular!~
But either way it doesn't really matter since this show is here to accommodate for that. On the surface, the Watamote series follows the everyday life of our fellow heroine Tomoko Kuroki as she tries her hardest to become popular with her new high school life. With it, we are presented with everyday situations and how Tomoko deals with these events.
Many factors such as the art and sound help to present these events in a comedic tone. You'll come across many references from anime today and a couple years back, and these references serve to emphasize on the theme of being unpopular. In addition, the soundtrack is filled with fun and high-spirited tunes that don't take it self too seriously and presents the mood…
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