Review of WataMote: No Matter How I Look At It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!

It makes good use of its limited graphical direction via some consistently really good visual gags, and the references in it are fun to recognise, but overall I think that the character design is far too moe to effectively convey the situation when the show wants to be serious thanks to the lack of juxtaposition present with the general moe design in the art direction; it fails to properly detail Tomoko's disturbed appearance, and the real issues that she's facing. Audio direction isn't anything particularly interesting, but the voice acting for Tomoko really suits her character. Since the show only focuses on Tomoko, and not really anybodyelse, she is quite developed and engaging character, feeling quite realistic with all her teenage angst, but at times it feels like she lacks in certain subtleties or nuances that might have developed her character a bit more.

The overall direction of the anime is actually quite decent, with interesting shots and angles cropping up here and there, but it does fail to properly bring the viewer into the world as Tomoko sees it; we are constantly viewing the world as the sane outsider views it, which isn't something that works to great affect here.

Overall, the show does succeed at its goal in creating a totally uncomfortable character to be around, though it is a bit rough around the edges.