May 19, 2019
I will start off by saying that I originally hated Watamote, which is why it is so surprising that here I am completely advocating people to read it.
Way back when the anime first started airing I took an interest, but quickly lost it when the secondhand embarrassment became too much for me to handle. So instead I tried the manga, which while not as bad as the anime, still was painful to read through. Ultimately I shelves the couple of volumes I had and gave up on going any further than that.
Fast forward to a couple of months ago when one of my friends very
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adamantly told me to keep reading because it got better. Boy was he right.
I don't believe I have ever done such a hard 180 flip of going from completely hating to absolutely loving a manga before.
If the cringe humor isn't for you I for sure recommend you to at least read past chapter 50, because for me that is when the manga really starts to shine. The cringe humor is still there but it becomes more sparse and easier to sit through. The tone also shifts from a comedy-of-pity to a coming-of-age type of story that I wasn't expecting, and personally hit home in a lot of ways.
The art has always been one of my favorite parts of the manga, and is most likely the reason I took an interest in the first place. I love the basic designs of the characters and the overall sort of messy way of drawing. It feels like just enough care is put into the art to keep it not boring, but also not taking itself too seriously either.
As the manga progresses I would say that the genre also changes from "Cringe comedy" to "Character comedy." Which is good because all the characters introduced are fantastic. Each one of them adds an extra element to the humor and really helps breathe life into the arcs that take place.
I actually cannot recommend the manga very much more than I already have. Even if you didn't like the anime if you try to tough it out and read the manga you might actually find it to become one of your favorites, like I did.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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