Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui!: Motenaishi, Nazomeite Miru

Aomatsu is just an ordinary otaku leading an uneventful life in middle school. In an attempt to spice things up, he decides to visit the roof of the school, and it is there that he sees a mysterious young maiden with pitch-black hair. Unbeknownst to him, her name is Tomoko Kuroki, and she is infamous for her bizarre behavior.

The conversation that ensues from the meeting leaves a lasting impression on Aomatsu, compelling him to return day after day just to see Tomoko again. Tomoko's view of their meetings, however, is quite different from that of Aomatsu, leading to the two having significantly different memories of a particular event.

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Kuroki, Tomoko Main

Kitta, Izumi Japanese

Aomatsu Main

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Kuroki, Tomoki Supporting

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Naruse, Yuu Supporting

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Komiyama, Kotomi Supporting

Mizuhashi, Kaori Japanese

Satozaki, Kiko Supporting

Kugimiya, Rie Japanese

Kuroki, Mother Supporting

Hayamizu, Risa Japanese

Kaneko, Hayato Producer

Aitani, Atsushi Producer

Itou, Makoto Producer

Ishizuka, Masatoshi Producer

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Jul 14, 2025

toxicgreen777

Recommended

The Watamote OVA is a rare episode written by a crew that knows that even though there is much more material in the manga, there was not enough sales for the show to continue in a second season. The episode literally starts with Tomoko having a hysterical Evangelion-inspired conversation about how every character needs be changed entirely to be more "cookie-cutter" to drive up sales, with Kiko finally telling her that she needs to get back to reality and that there will be no second season. This is peak enough writing on its own, but then it transitions into the second part of ... the episode.

As a proper sendoff to Watamote, the writers created the single instance in which Tomoko was considered cool while receiving the attention of a person of the opposite sex in a realistic setting: in middle school, when Tomoko didn't have as much social anxiety and was a bit chuuni. Some might consider Junichi's side of the story a bit dry, as it dragged for a while unlike a typical Watamote episode. However, it it was incredibly important that is was written from Junichi's first-person perspective. This way the audience could tell that he really was interested in seeing Tomoko again and truly thought of her as cool and interesting. Even the character design of Tomoko from Junichi's perspective changes drastically to show her as taller and more elegant than what is always shown from Tomoko's perspective.

If you want to see one of the best, heart-felt written send-offs to the least-deserving main character in anime, this is it. Just don't expect another standard Watamote episode and all of the hijinks that usually ensue.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Feb 18, 2022

mr07

Recommended

It's a cheeky little story about Tomoko when she was younger. It shows her cringeworthy personality of that period (yes a different type of cringeworthy than the current Tomoko). But there's a friend who falls for this tomfoolery and thinks she's actually cool. It's adorable and a good story.

The art, animation, music, sound etc. play out like a regular Watamote episode. It's just this one isn't as depressing and is actually a little sweet. I like how they transition to the opening at the start of this, with a bunch of fourth-wall breaking. It's very nice.

I have a very soft spot for this show. I ... watched a funny Mumkey Jones video about it back in the day and that left an impact on me. I really empathise and honestly sympathise with Tomoko and seeing her have a decent moment here was great. Such an adorable yet tragic character.

The little twist at the end is cool, it sucks this wasn't explored in the manga. Anyway, it's good and I recommend giving it a shot. If only they could adapt the rest of the manga into anime form then we'd get a more complete story with more wholesome character development. But it has been about 9 years since the first season came out. In any case, this OVA is a 7/10.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Dec 21, 2022

GwenPineapple

Not Recommended

Watamote is a fairly decent anime, but the OVA is not - it feels a bit thematically contradictory to what actually takes place in the show; Tomoko doesn't deserve to be rewarded with the gift of an implicated destined meetup with a boy just like her, because the whole point is that Tomoko is a terrible person whose incapable of escaping from her world view that's formed from a malicious congealing of her spiteful loneliness and addiction to unrealistic romantic material, fueling her envious perception of the world, where every other woman is a "slut".

Episode 12 might have been a miserable ending to the series, ... but it thematically fit, especially as a warning about the dangers of Tomoko's type of lifestyle and thought processes, which ultimately alienate her from everybody that could possibly help her as she literally runs away from those that want to help her or like her.

It would have made more sense to have the OVA involve Tomoko changing her mindset, even just a little bit; enough to show that she's on the path to a better future.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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new season please

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	Poll: Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui! OVA Episode 1 Discussion ( 1 2 3 ) JUMP-Senshi - Oct 30, 2014	118 replies	by hyejuwu4eva »» Jan 6, 9:40 AM
	Poll: Who do you ship Tomoko with? (cast your vote) okanagan - Oct 31, 2014	26 replies	by DoisacChopper »» Dec 21, 2022 3:47 AM
	Watamote OVA references and music identification sido - Sep 30, 2016	6 replies	by Kokujin-kun »» Nov 21, 2017 5:19 PM
	Why so far off? HandSonicvI - Sep 13, 2013	22 replies	by CXTKRS1 »» Oct 27, 2014 11:10 AM
	Any idea on what this will be about? TornRamos - Sep 7, 2014	2 replies	by Gar_Logan »» Sep 9, 2014 7:25 PM