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

I have never written a review of an anime before, but there is something special about Watamote that made me feel like I needed to write this. I originally started watching this anime back in 2014ish and while I never got to finish it, I had my Nan make a cosplay of her costume of Tomoko. I finally got around to finishing it here in 2020. This anime makes me feel some hardcore feelings. Tomoko is ever so relatable, her awkward, weird, and downright seemingly creepy personality makes her feel like the most human anime character I have ever seen in my 8 years ofwatching anime.
No one I have spoken to has heard of this anime, and it sucks, because this anime is amazing. Each episode follows its own plot which overall contributes to the main goal: becoming popular. But this anime is more realist than any others, because Tomoko isn't popular, and she will never be. Tomoko doesn't get that redemption that you wait for the whole time, and for some that may been off putting, but for me and I'm sure many others this makes Tomoko so much more lovable, because not everyone can be popular, and there is comfort in having a character like her to relate too.
Not everyone will enjoy this anime, but if you've even just once been the student who nobody knew, the student who embarrassed themselves to try and do something cool, or the student who never had many or any friends then this anime is worth at least a shot.