(L+CR) It's Not My Fault I'm Not Popular (WATAMOTE)

[MeoTwister5]

Originally Posted by TheEroKing

I would like to claim this henceforth.

[kk2extreme]

Why is this reminding me of Welcome to NHK?

[ArrowSmith]

I lurve, lurve, LURVE this show!

[Chaos2Frozen]

Wow that was painful Building her up only to have her regressed at the end like some Evangelion character

[Dark Faith]

Originally Posted by Utsuro no Hako

The problem with her personality isn't that she's an otaku. It's that she wishes her classmates would drop dead simply for having fun lives of their own, and assuming every girl who ever talks to a guy is a raging slut.

No kidding... She's hopelessly pathetic. And I thought harem MCs were bad.
Don't think I need to endure 24 minutes of her mentally wishing everyone harm because they're actually living life.
If I wanted to see people like that, all I have to do is play some LoL.

[backbone]

And here i wished for the second episode to be more bearable, sadly it was the reverse, it's just getting more painful to watch, somewhat gut-wrenching to simply look at how utterly pathetic Tomoko has become in my eyes in these two episode.

Not sure whether i will continue watching or not, because the only thing these two eps left behind to me is utter sadness

[Trogdor Jube]

I think some people are taking this show far too seriously.
It's a show
about a silly girl
doing silly things
It's also relate able for quite a bunch which adds to it's appeal.
I can understand feeling that "hits too close to home" bit, but are people really sad over this?

[hamazura]

Originally Posted by Trogdor Jube

I think some people are taking this show far too seriously.
It's a show
about a silly girl
doing silly things
It's also relate able for quite a bunch which adds to it's appeal.
I can understand feeling that "hits too close to home" bit, but are people really sad over this?

because this anime most likely resemble or similar of what life they live in RL.

[kache]

Originally Posted by hamazura

because this anime most likely resemble or similar of what life they live in RL.

Or lived in the past.

[Shyni]

I still adore how depressing this is. The end of episode two felt even more depressing than the manga's equivalent scene.

[Trogdor Jube]

Originally Posted by hamazura

because this anime most likely resemble or similar of what life they live in RL.

I understand that.
But is that really a reason NOT to watch a show?

[Blaat]

I have to remember the 'Moe Pigs' term.

[bastek66]

Ghilbli's Whisper of the Heart's reference

[aohige]

Originally Posted by Blaat

I have to remember the 'Moe Pigs' term.

萌え豚
It's a commonly used Japanese internet lingo as an insult to pathetically moe-obsessed otaku.


... I live with one.
(hides before the pig reads this post)

[Guardian Enzo]

Originally Posted by Trogdor Jube

I understand that.
But is that really a reason NOT to watch a show?

Yes, that's the phrase of the year in anime so far.

The thing is, Tomoko isn't a silly girl with silly anime problems. She's not a hikikomori. She's an uncomfortably realistic portrayal of a person with a serious social anxiety disorder, and because the author clearly knows the subject she hits uncomfortably close to the mark for those who recognize the signs.

[Kanon]

What people need to understand in order to enjoy this show is that Tomoko is not some innocent victim we're meant to pity. That will be made clearer as the story progresses. You should have already noticed in the anime that she looks down on everybody and is quick to judge people. That's just the tip of the iceberg. She's actually a horrible person. That's why it's okay to laugh at her misfortunes. It's not supposed to be sad.

[Utsuro no Hako]

Originally Posted by Kanon

What people need to understand in order to enjoy this show is that Tomoko is not some innocent victim we're meant to pity. That will be made clearer as the story progresses. You should have already noticed in the anime that she looks down on everybody and is quick to judge people. That's just the tip of the iceberg. She's actually a horrible person. That's why it's okay to laugh at her misfortunes. It's not supposed to be sad.

I can't agree. Tomoko is an anti-hero who brings most of her problems on herself, sure, but she's still presented sympathetically. The mangaka don't want us to just laugh at her screw-ups -- they also want us to feel bad about doing it. At the end of the first episode we're supposed to laugh at the ugly face she uses to escape WcDonalds -- until Tomoki's friend comments on it and she runs away crying, at which point we realize that we're bastards.

[ApathyEcstasy]

She is the creepiest female character I have ever seen in an anime or manga.

[maximilianjenus]

Originally Posted by backbone

And here i wished for the second episode to be more bearable, sadly it was the reverse, it's just getting more painful to watch, somewhat gut-wrenching to simply look at how utterly pathetic Tomoko has become in my eyes in these two episode.

Not sure whether i will continue watching or not, because the only thing these two eps left behind to me is utter sadness

To anybody who dropped the show for similar reason, I guess they win because the show really wants to make you feel bad and if it achieves it in1 or e episodes it's even better. it's like watching a baseball game of your local team and have them win in 3 innings because they kicked the other team's ass.

too bad that's not profitable.

[Kirarakim]

Originally Posted by Kanon

What people need to understand in order to enjoy this show is that Tomoko is not some innocent victim we're meant to pity. That will be made clearer as the story progresses. You should have already noticed in the anime that she looks down on everybody and is quick to judge people. That's just the tip of the iceberg. She's actually a horrible person. That's why it's okay to laugh at her misfortunes. It's not supposed to be sad.

I kind of get that but is she really a horrible person or is she a horrible person because of her situation?

It's a chicken & egg sort of situation.