Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui!

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.

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"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. read more 

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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. read more 

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Onanie Master Korosawa takes itself more seriously and it's development for the main cast is more centered and faster, but overall both of these manga takes social outcasts from highschool in the beginning in completely cringe scenarios, like stomach-turning kind of thing where the only to blame for their situations are (mostly) themselves, the artstyle is similar in some aspects, but on closer inspection they both have a certain way to make it their own, also because this aspect there may be a couple of characters that appear similar, there's also a sort of second part in which the main character learns from it's mistakes and develops from it, so both have a similar end goal, recommended. read more 

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Hitoribocchi no ○○ Seikatsu addpermalink

Socially awkward female main characters. Hitoribocchi has cuter awkwardness than WataMote but both are equally funny and enjoyable (if you can handle the occasional sympathy cringe). 

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Saikyou Densetsu Kurosawa addpermalink

Both talk about people who despairingly want to fit in the society.While Kurosawa wants to be accepted by his workmates, Kuroki wants to be accepted not only by his classmates as a colleague, but as a girl and even as a normal person. Both mangas are very uncomfortable, and show us how far people go, just to fight loneliness and be accepted. 

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Choku! addpermalink

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. 

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Negative Twin-Tower! addpermalink

The main characters struggle to fit in and make friends in class in these shounen comedies. 

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Komi-san wa, Comyushou desu. addpermalink

Awkward. Watamote and Komi Can't Communicate both follow two protagonists who have difficulty in expressing what they want to with other people. Along each long journeys though, they both become closer and closer to what the general image of a high school girl is like, whilst retaining their personality of course.

With Watamote, it is on the pessimistic side of things with Tomoko having that negative view on life, hating all the "normies" around her. On Komi's side, she is just a misunderstood girl with all these people pretty much simping on her, only wishing she had friends to talk to however.

Both are good manga with consistent comedy you might find yourself enjoying. All in a school setting. read more 

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Warui ga Watashi wa Yuri ja Nai addpermalink

The tone of Warui after the formula drops is pretty similar to the tone of later Watamote, though, Warui is more comedy-focused and doesn't have the "tension" that Watamote has. 

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Yamato Nadeshiko Shichihenge♥ addpermalink

The protagonists of both series are unorthodox, socially inept to a ridiculous extent, and capable of providing endless comic relief as they work their way towards the normality that most others take for granted. Neither Kuroki Tomoko (WataMote) nor Nakahara Sunako (YamaNade) are anything close to the average shoujo heroine—or any generic manga heroine, for that matter. Their uniqueness allows their respective series to hold positions as two of the arguably most transgressive, norm-defying manga in circulation. 

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Tonari no Seki-kun addpermalink

They tell the everyday life of a girl through inner monologues about her strange situations in school.  

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Nazo no Kanojo X addpermalink

Both main characters kind of look the same at a distance but the difference is that in one series the girl is ugly while in the other the girl is hot (But both characters still look cute) . Both characters are kind of weird and have a rather awkward social life. 

Both series also share a similar setting and are both pretty funny and amusing because of the unexpected events that happen 

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Manga: Naze Toudouin Seiya 16-sai wa Kanojo ga Dekinai no ka?

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Being popular, getting a girlfriend..it's all a troublesome sea of relationships. In NazeToudouin, the MC has gone his whole life without a girlfriend and the manga portrays his attempts at getting one, in WataMote, instead of a girlfriend, she's just trying to be popular. Both protagonists want to create relationships with other people, and their stories show their painful struggles. 

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Cat Street addpermalink

Jaded girls trying to make their way in life and be happy 

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Kuragehime addpermalink

Tomoko and Tsukimi are socially inept nerdy girls, however while Tsukimi has a circle of friends to help her navigate life as a shut in, Tomoko is pretty much just on her own. Which sounds boring but it's actually what makes Watamote a masterpiece, the way Tomoko is able to fight, argue, lust over her very OWN self....it's hilarious. 

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Renai Kaidan Sayoko-san addpermalink

Both titles have socially awkward female characters who seem to mostly cause their own trouble. If you like the cringe factor of one, you'll love the cringe factor of the other. 

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The main characters are very similar, (depressed?), and are both slice-of-life with scenes that make you cringe - through Suicide Boy is slightly darker. 

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Manga: Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.

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Both are slice of life comedies where the protagonist struggles to fit into society due to their warped thinking and end up resenting it. 

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Manga: Nande Ikiteru ka Wakaranai Hito Izumi Sumi 25-sai

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Both feature women who have mental illnesses (or hint at women that have mental illnesses, whether they be anxiety or depression) that somehow try to experience life. Both also do feature continuous suffering, though WataMote is more of a dark comedy.

Both do experience some progress in their lives - making new friends, exploring new hobbies, and that sort of thing, though WataMote involves more, long-standing progress and Nande Iketeru involves small hints of it throughout, since it is shorter. 

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Paradise Kiss addpermalink

Both are about girls who have had a hard time at school trying to make lives better for themselves. 

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Maniac Road addpermalink

About a neet/Otaku guy with a good heart who helps a bunch of girls save their fathers dying business. 

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Manga: Kuzu to Megane to Bungaku Shoujo (Nise)

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Watamote and Kuzu to megane share the same creator, with this most of their similarities are understood. Similar artstyle, comedy, themes, same feeling and energy, you name it. 

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Manga: Sabishisugite Lesbian Fuuzoku ni Ikimashita Report

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Longing to belong. WataMote and Lesbian Experience With Loneliness feature Tomoko and Kabi, who are both at low points in their lives, trying to find a place to belong.

Watamote uses Tomoko to show the difficulties of 'mojyo' trying to become popular in high school through methods which derive from anime and culture trends. Whereas, Lesbian Experience With Loneliness gives Kabi real-life issues causing mental problems, concurrently looking for a place to belong.

Though Watamote is much more comedic and makes light of the destructive state of Tomoko, Lesbian Experience With Loneliness is slightly more serious.  

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Both just kinda have a similar style of humor. Watamote is a lot more awkward and School Zone is a lot more gay, but both are awkward and gay. 

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Vitamin addpermalink

A little different from your usual manga. Vitamin has a more shoujo element though. 

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Cyclops Shoujo Saipuu addpermalink

Both main characters kind of look the same at a distance but the difference is that in one series the girl is ugly while in the other the girl is hot (But both characters still look cute) . Both characters are kind of weird and have a rather awkward social life. 

Both series also share a similar setting and are both pretty funny and amusing because of the unexpected events that happen 

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Number Girl addpermalink

If you like Nico Tanigawa's 'WataMote',
with the funny socially awkward Tomoko who grows to have many friends who accept her, you'll love 'Number Girl' !

Easily his second best work, or arguably his very best...
Number Girl is a gag manga about sixteen clones with no common sense, who are taught in a school how to become proper citizens.
From the help of their teacher and the people they meet, they each learn to become individuals with their own personality. 
With its own charm, Number Girl is a hilarious comedy, yet sweet story of stupid clones evolving as people.  

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Kasane addpermalink

Both female protagonists see themselves as being ugly, and are thus antisocial. While Watashi ga Motenai (rest omitted) is much more comedic with her awkwardness; Kasane is much more darker, dealing with a supernatural element that carries the story about bullying, and what it can drive some people to do. 

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School Rumble addpermalink

School comedies with nonsense but hilarious situations that will sure make you laugh. Also, Mokocchi and Harima remind me of each other: they just want people to like them, but nothing goes as planned so they end up failing at everything they do. 

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Binbougami ga! addpermalink

If you loved the laughter that Binbougami ga! presents, you will love the insanity that is Watamote. You won't be able to put either of these down. 

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Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai addpermalink

Both main characters are addicted to dating sims games.  

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Manga: Shino-chan wa Jibun no Namae ga Ienai

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From both manga series, there is a very shy girl who is considered an outcast and finds herself difficult speaking to others and making friends. This is often portrayed in a humorous and sometimes exaggerated way.

Both manga titles offers a slice of life feeling involving the main girl and what she does. 

Both manga has a school life setting. They both also have a lot of funny dialogues and humor. 

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Itai Oneesan wa Suki desu ka? addpermalink

The early parts of Watamote contains the same type of humor as Itai-san. It's like watching Tomoko all grown up without having gone through the development in the later arcs.  

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B-gata H-kei addpermalink

Both feature lead females, who want to expand their world (horizontally in the case of B Gata H Kei). Both are hindered by their own unreasonable imaginations. Which lead them into ridiculous flights of fancy that, are so absurd, when they crash you can only wince in sympathy (and laugh so hard you cry). 

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Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu addpermalink

Protagonists with similar personalities 

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Himouto! Umaru-chan addpermalink

Watamote and Himouto are about two bizarre female characters who are has an indoor persona although they try to hide it from others at school. Their indoor-like life when not around school focuses on the otaku culture including anime, manga, and games. Both series adapts slice of life comedy with no linear story but a lot of humor. It's important to note that the female protagonist in Himouto is fairly popular at school while the female protagonist from Watamote is not. 

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Asobi Asobase addpermalink

Main girls are awkward and insecure. They create embarrassing moments for themselves and suffer for entertainment of the reader. 

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Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui!
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