The show itself is nothing but a lonley and geeky high-school girl ( Her name is Tomoko ) and her struggle to integrate herself into the society and make friends. At first, seems relatable towards the ones who have or had the same problems, but it truly isn't. The title itself says "No matter how I look at it, it's your guys' fault if I'm not popular", but it is actually Tomoko's own fault for being so bad, and isolated. Now, you'd expect such a character to be not cold nor hot, to have her issues but a positive side, something that we can say about her that would not be as we think... Instead, she's straight up rude, awkward and disrespectful, either with people she doesn't know or her own family.
The story is just filled with sadness, all over it. Not a happy, or even NORMAL moment. For those who praise this anime for being "realistic" clearly didn't think this through, as the show is filled with clichés and silliness. As an outcast and anti-social person, I can describe Tomoko's experiences past and present as totally unrealistic and odd. Like the fact that in an entire week of school, she had not shared a word with ANYONE exept a barely said "Goodbye" to her teacher. Which she took like a win to the lottery, by the way.
There are also dozens of references to other anime, that are nowhere near subtle, as the only thing that stops from saying their respective name is a censorship *"beep"* in the dialogue. Not only some of these reference are out of place, but they are so obvious and in-your-face that I couldn't even enjoy or appreciate them, and I like parodies.
The characters are basically clichés and nonexistent, as this anime focuses only on one and one character only.
The animation is mediocre, with good, but often overwhelming effects and lazy scenes that can easily be improved. The music can hardly be noticed, and barely adds any impact to any scene. Which is a shame, since the opening is absolutely awesome, and despite the ED isn't one of the best, it is very creative.
The voice acting is well done, but when 80% of the dialogue are just inner thoughts coming from the main character, you can barely notice it.
Overall, no character, nor story development whatsoever. If I'd just put some percentage to sum it all up, it would be:
60% Depression
30% Random references to other shows
1% Actually relatable scenes
2% Of out of nowhere useless Ecchi you can't even predict
And 7% of western and anime clichés spread around in random order.
I do not recommend this anime, unless you really enjoy tragic "comedies" or find funny a depressed girl that threatens to kill herself if she doesn't talk to her brother once in a while.
Solid 3/10 and I'm being generous.
