Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui!, It's Not My Fault That I'm Not Popular!, Watamote Japanese: 私がモテないのはどう考えてもお前らが悪い!
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Type: Manga
Volumes: Unknown
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Status: Publishing
Published: Aug 4, 2011 to ?
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SynopsisKuroki Tomoko is a super popular, high school girl, who has had 50 years of dating experience, and 100 boys... in the Otome game world. In the real world, she is a 15 year old shut in, who has all of the qualities of a "mojo" (喪女, a gloomy or unpopular woman).
However, when school isn't going as she expected, and she isn't as popular as she had thought she was, she takes a look at herself in the mirror for the first time in a few years, and has some shocking revelations...
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Related MangaSpin-off: Watashi no Tomodachi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaete mo Omaera ga Warui.
Adaptation: Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui!
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iCameSwagYOLO420
50 of 77 people found this review helpful
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15 of ? chapters read
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Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui!, (Shortened to Watashi ga Motenai for the sake of reviewing), is a manga about an antisocial girl named Tomoko Kuroki whose only desire is to cut loose of her shut in ways and become popular so she can get a boyfriend,but that's easier said than done... Especially when you're too socially awkward to talk to a boy, let alone an actual human being.
Now on the surface this manga doesn't look remotely entertaining but it slowly,but surely, sucks you into it and days later you'll find yourself thinking "Gee, I wonder how she's going to embarrass herself in the next chapter."
The real treat for the people reading this manga is for anyone who has also gone through anything Tomoko has.... From embarrassing herself in public, to being socially awkward around just about anyone and anything, she truly is the definition of a loser. And it's sad because you just can't help from laughing at all the mistakes she makes while trying to socialize with people.
Overall, I'd highly recommend this manga to anyone who has had antisocial moments at any point in their life,(me), because you will find the situations she's in really similar to situations that you yourself have experienced.
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Cure_For_Obscure
19 of 46 people found this review helpful
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13 of ? chapters read
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When it comes to popularity and being the talk of the student body, I wouldn't know, but when it comes to anime, video games and manga, then hey, conversation topics can never end, Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaerea ga Warui features a high school girl who's both of those characteristics, even though the former is a delusion of embarrassing proportions.
The series revolves around a shut in girl who's never actually had social interactions with anyone (Save for her friend in middle school and occasional reply when someone asks or need something from her), Kuroki Tomoko (Think of her as Konata from Lucky Star but in a more realistic sense, what Konata would actually be like in real life) is what she brings up several times, a Mojo, an unpopular unattractive girl, and takes this chance to change herself to be popular in high school and attempt to get a boyfriend, mostly through strange and unorthodox ways (From failed attempts to pretty herself, to thinking that playing an otome game makes her attractive because how it turns her on).
The series mostly operates as an episodic oddball comedy, but not to the point of being random or over the top. But rather than being an average comedy, it's more like a mirror to the reader in a sense, her actions can lead anyone reading to avoiding to look, and even groan or facepalm, especially to those who are in the deepest depths of the anime and manga fandom, but what can she do? She's always been strange and unsociable, but her actions can remind the unfavorable misfortunes of others who may have experienced her misadventures similar to their own.
However, in some ways she's not exactly someone to applaud for when her own attitude is rather uglier than she thinks her appearance is, thinking she's above everyone and cursing out anyone "normal" and wishing death among her peers in her mind, kinda makes you realize why she's unpopular in the first place.
In turn though, it's makes her character rather interesting, and a fascinating one to observe, especially in one chapter where she meets up her old friend from middle school, thinking that her friend is just like she is, she starts to feel a sense of security, only to find out that her friend has drastically changed her appearance and adapted to high school life while Kuroki is still the same as she ever was, but at least her friend hasn't changed on the inside, making Kuroki a little more inspired to change herself.
The artwork is average at best, but does a great job at showing Kuroki's emotions, but looks rather sloppy at times and kinda simple.
This manga is something I highly recommend to anyone in the anime and manga community who has ever felt like an outsider socially, Kuroki's action are cringe worthy and sometimes to the point of being disgusting, but her endeavors are interesting to watch unfold, and she will most likely be easy to relate with for good and bad, but endearing none the less. read more
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Both main characters have limited contact with others and most of the dialogue takes place in the main character's head.
In Onani Master Kurosawa the main character wants to be left alone. While in "It's My Fault I'm Not Popular" the main character strives to popular but lacks even the most basic social skills.
"At just one glance, I can tell, she's just the same as I am. One who is not good at expressing him or herself. 'The aloof students.'"
Secondary education is a period often romanticized in manga, characterized by years filled with fun, freedom, and friends. But for those who fail to connect with others, be it for lack of ability or lack of trying, those years can be hell, as fewer things cut deeper than the derision of one's peers. These manga provide a look into the sexual frustrations faced by these socially-challenged students during their adolescent years. These characters are deeply flawed, sometime pitiful, sometimes amusing, and above all, brutally realistic.
Onani Master Kurosawa
Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui!
(I will be referring to the latter by its English title: "It's Not My Fault I'm Not Popular!"
Both of these manga revolve around a character who is a social outcast with perverted hobbies; one arguably moreso than the other. This isn't all that uncommon with a lot of characters these days, so why these two manga in particular? The one thing that they have in common is the thing that will make or break either series for the reader:
Both will make you cringe of second hand embarrassment.
The characters in both manga suffer through humiliation wrought upon themselves by their own mistakes. Onani Master Kurosawa's cringe-worthy moments are dramatic and in some cases over the top, suitable for a male main character, while "It's not my fault I'm not Popular" and the female protagonist include more realistic scenarios and may hit a lot closer to home for many of its readers; male or female.
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Both series are by the same author and have similar audiences in mind. Plus in both stories the main character's a quirky girl that you can't help but like, and who also adds quite a bit of humor to the mix.
Choku and Watashi ga both have a very strange feel to it, and when I mean strange, I mean a little disturbing at times (but in a funny way) The art style is somewhat similar, but for the most part the awkward and strangeness of both mangas are what really make it similar. Choku however focuses more on the relationship of the boy/girl, while in Watshi ga it only focuses on the girl and her attempts to become normal.
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