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

This show was hard to watch. Not that this show was bad, quite the opposite really. I myself have struggled with anxiety throughout my life. Not to the extent that Tomoko has with her intense social anxiety but had to deal with none the less. So many times I was cringing really hard mainly due the fact that I related on a very hard level with what was going on. The imagery used in any of Tomoko's "dreams" was easily the highlight charm of the show. Every time we see Tomoko fantasize about being popular or even her reaction to whatever scheme blew up inher face is largely played up for comedy.

But that's not to say that the show didn't have nuance to it. Every single one of these moments were very poignant in how they went wrong or highlighted one of Tomoko's many many flaws and I loved that. Speaking from personal experience through some of my worst anxious moments these scenes conveyed a clear message as to what was going through Tomoko's head through it's intense imagery that just resonated with me.

Tomoko is not the world greatest person obviously, but the fact that she tries and tries to make her life a bit better (even though it's far fetched and sometimes insane the stuff she thinks of) just makes her really endearing as a character. If you're someone who has dealt with, or is currently dealing with anxiety or depression I would 100% give this one a watch.