Review of WataMote: No Matter How I Look At It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!
'GET POPULAR OR DIE TRYING' is the proper tagline for this anime. Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui! or shorter words, WataMote, follows the life of a paranoic, young girl in despair; Tomoko Kuroki. SHE JUST WANTS TO BE POPULAR! What makes this anime particularly fun to watch is the mindset of Tomoko, which is very interesting. But I guess these kind of people DO ACTUALLY exist in real life. If I ever encounter one, I would like to be their friend(Seriously). Get to the PROS and CONS, now! PROS: + Cute and unique protagonist(Tomoko kuroki is said to look ugly...really? She looksdarn CUTE to me. While she does not look anything unique, but her "mindset" or the way she thinks/her fantasies/her reactions can be fun to follow.)
+ Creative jokes which are geniunely hilarious (I've lost count the number of times I laughed while watching this...)
+ Epic opening and a cute ending song(an unexpected rocking opening accompanied by a cutely themed ending are pleasant to hear)
+ Rewatch factor is medium-high(This is probably only for me...but at one point, I think I would rewatch this, just for the funny scenes)
+ Take a drink, some snacks and chill(This is the type of anime that you should sit down and relax and don't require so much brainpower to think. Just Chilllll...)
CONS:
- Typical slice of life(nothing fancy, just your everyday life of a teenager)
- Latter half gets very dull. (While it was genuninely funny earlier, but latter half gets unfunny and quite lame.)
- Supporting cast are meh.(Tomoko kuroki is awesome, but supporting cast are boring. The LOL thing is, Tomoko's brother also have the dark eye patches...)
Conclusion: Watamote is a particularly fun anime to watch. Unique protagonist, some cool tracks to listen to, funny jokes but then got onto the FAIL side on the latter half. But even with all those flaws, it was worth spending my time on it and may be worthwhile to you(the reader) as well.