Tomoko is a shy little girl that has such anxiety at placing herself in social situations, and can hardly speak when addressing other people that are not her family. Actually, all she wants in life is to be popular and get a little coterie of friends and a boyfriend. Unfortunately, her anxiety in being in social situations is paralyzing for her.
Most of the time Tomoko is invested in coming up with Wile E. Coyote schemes to make herself more popular. These tend not to go the way she imagines them. She's usually failing in one or more drastic ways for maximum cringe. I couldn't help feel sorry for Tomoko, because I know what it's like to transfer to a new school and have absolutely 0 friends and be too shy to talk to the other kids. I know what it's like to go an entire year like that.
If there's one thing that I'm remiss about in this show is that it only ran for one season, and nothing was really resolved with Tomoko. She's still the same cringy loser at the end of the season as she is at the beginning. It's not for lack of trying. Tomoko really does want others to notice her and be her friend. I wanted to know more about Tomoko's story, does she befriend Megumi Imae, the friend she so desperately needs? Or does she remain that same cringy girl forever? Not sure this show will ever get a second season, but I'd definitely be on the lookout if it did.
