Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui! (2025)

Veronin

Mixed Feelings

[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 ...

Stark700

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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 ...

NeverKnowsBest26

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Karhu

Mixed Feelings

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 ...

rascorpia

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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 ...

Deadlightanime

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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 ...

JThePervSummoner

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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 ...

45Ravager

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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 ...

r3quiem

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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.
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Demi_V

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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 ...

TheBrainintheJar

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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 ...

Uzunyan03

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Gotsugo

Recommended

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 ...

user393

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autistic girl swagger.

watamote perfectly captures what its like (at least in my experience) growing up as an autistic losergirl outcast

a lot of criticisms i see are reasons why i love it so much so i want to give my opinion on the main ones

-painfully uncomfortable to watch
-tomoko is pretty shitty most of the time
-nothing happens and she doesnt make progress/get any better

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DeeWonder

Recommended

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 ...

Nasty001

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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,
...

iwantcandy2

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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 ...

Infatuate

Mixed Feelings

This review contains no spoilers.

Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui, or in short Watamote, is a comedy anime about an otaku girl with null social skills and her attempts to become more popular now that her high school life has begun.

What started as a fun show filled with hilarious jokes and awkward yet relatable situations (albeit exaggerated to the extreme) quickly turned repetitive and monotonous as more episodes came in. It's one of those times where wrong expectations can kill an anime: I actually expected character development. Unfortunately, that never happened.

Let's start with the characters. Tomoko is our main character, a ...

Arsene_Lucifer

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Kur0i_Senritsu

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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!!"

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