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Watamote or "its ur guy's fault im not popular" can sometimes be deemed as one of the most relatable series to have come out of the anime industry. Especially the particular character Tomoko. Shes nevertheless a complete mess when it comes to social interactions, deals badly with conflict and cant form proper relationships with people without messing up. Many criticize tomoko for doing the things she does. This is because they label her as an "introvert" and leave it as that. Its implied that introverts would never mess up with the situations tomoko are in because they would not get in them in the 1st place. But people dont realize that Tomoko is far from being JUST an introvert. Through each episode we grasp bits of tomoko's personality and it can be safe to infer that she has serious social anxiety which is a disorder to be clear. She is even unable to properly speak to people without running away and puking it out later. This is not normal introvert behavior. Another misconception id liek to get out of the way is tomoko's lack of development. Clearly at the end of the series she hasn't changed at all. At least popularity wise. But she has changed ehr mindset about life in general, and this is a key point many dismiss. Tomoko through the end of the series states " it doesnt really matter" which couldnt be more true. She realizes that highschool is just a temporary phase and the whole social status within are as irrelavant as highschool itself. She accepts the way she is, her hobbies and intrests and the way she lives in contrast to the beggining of the series, where she would constantly change her personality and perfrom silly antics to ahive her goals.
Story 8/10
The story is pretty basic itself, high school girl in high school, going on about life in a cringe yet hilarious fashion
Characters 10/10
Tomoko in general interests me alot, not because i particular relate in her extent. I dont stutter after every word i say and can normally adress people regardless of the lack of friends or whatever. I do enjoy gaming, stay inside most of the time, and dont have as much social interactions. But Tomoko's silly antics to become a popular girl, get a boyfriend and so on results in hilarious yet lowkey pitiful moments which keep me watching
Animation 8/10
The animation quality is pretty high, despite the at stile being pretty basic
Sound 7/10
Not many of the soundtracks pop out except for the opening, and different endings each time, as well as the melancholy ost's of Tomoko;s failures.
Overall 9/10
I really don't know why but i find myself always going back to this series when im just bored and i still find myself laughing or relating or feeling for tomoko despite the fact that I already know what will happen
Das about it, If u like watching a casual show about a social distressed girl going about her life, with pretty funny moments this is a show for you.
I dont say this often but the dub is pretty good *dont shoot me
