There isnt any great story surround it, you can almost see the anime has episodic stories of the misfortunes, negativity and delusions of Tomoko. The existent story is used as a suport for that and that alone!
So dont come to expect any story worth watching here.
In terms of animation/art it is what I came to expect of anime nowadays, goings complete by the standarts of the industry, thus it fullfiled the goal of being watchable, of demonstrating the viewer Tomoko day to life, not excelling at anything.
"The whole plot" revolves around the MC Tomoko, being the rest, supportive cast, the main focus here will go to Tomoko, though I have to say some of the supportive cast has the potential to alone improve the series in the future by what I have seen at the end(will explain later on).
Tomoko is a freshman on highshcool so you can expect to a certain degree of context stuff you have seen in other highschool's anime, here however, like I mentionated previously the nature of the athmosphere is far darker and much more delusional.
Tomoko sees life and her surroundings in a very negative, depressive and delusional way, and that is where most of the comedy of the anime comes from, from all those weird actions and "philosophys" of Tomoko.
Though I had enjoyed the character, especially in the beggining, it got a bit depressing and boring at parts... I pitied her!! It is like I wanted someone to come to her, and slap her, make her awake up a bit at least. Support her, this doesnt happens for the most of it, DAMM!!
It is like everyone around her is blind and cant see that path destrutive of hers, that she always keeps walking, and this is when you need people around you yo help you and give you a reality check!!
This is the nature of the series, it is what it is, some may like it more than others, it is not of my personnal taste, that is for sure!
One of the best things about Watamote is the sound. The OP and END, have some nice music and creativity to it, they capture well the anime, and in episode 12, I have to say I enjoyed alot how they kicked the OP near the it.
The studio animating this, Silver Link, surely deserve praise, they were really creative and I cant see how they could hd improved more on this aspect.
I was already on episode 4, and I was getting mixed feelings about the series (though I was laughing alot at first..), it is always the same, every episode expect some kind of negativity from Tomoko about a topic, and in the end she just gets things in the wrong way AGAIN, and for me that cames to be frustating!! I want her to at least learn something, I m not even asking for her to be more popular at the end of it! But maybe, maybe at least she cames to realise it a bit, she is at fault by her thinking! She should try to improve, so she can start to have some more "light" into the "sea of darkness of negativity she lives into"... NOPE!!
She ends just a tiny bit better than she began... Despite that, I had fun with the show, some of the negative stuff was soo wrong/weird, I found it really funny, and some stuff into this, already happened to anyone, so at least that is a connection the viewer can have with Tomoko!
Also more to the end the series reveals more potential of how good could it be on the future, it is a shame it ended there!
Overall, for me there is a good, and a bad way to enjoy this anime, it can be prettly enjoyable if you once in a while see 2-3 episodes, see the anime at the pace you feel you enjoy the most, no stress, or.... you marathoon IT!!
Whole animes I liked so much that could have watch whole hours of them in a day, for weeks without getting bored because the whole thing was interesting, and these were lengthy ones, not 12 episode's anime, that if you enjoy that most, you just get "the job done" in less than a day, if you have free time for it.
If I had marathoon this, I would had been crazy be the end of it, with all the negativity!
Needless to say I keep it safe, from time to time, I watched some of it, and it was possible to find enjoyment in all the "weirdness and bad jokes" of Tomoko!!
I understand well this is a satire, but it presents that kind of comedy I really dont enjoy that much, the plot can be shitty but if I can really enjoy the comedy, then it is fine by me.
For this to get a better score, Tomoko would had to have more development, and the supportive cast should awake more to reality and see WTF is wrong with her!! (Deja vu!) One of my main complains, how the F#@5 dont they see she is in a destructive and misfortune behavior like that, even her's mother seems blind to it... anyway too biased, I know but it felt it could have been better, and with the little development at the end, the future looks promising to Tomoko!
So before some people shit the anime, understand what it is, understand it is meaned to be like this be the author, and that is fine. Not everyone will enjoy it the most, but he can all voices our opinions, without insulting the work.
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