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

If you are reading this review because you have not this anime yet and need something to help you decide whether this anime is right for you then all I can ask is to take into consideration what you are about to read is my opinion which may be contrary to your's so use a little discretion for your own sake and as for the people who have already seen this show, you guys are just along for the ride I guess. Story/Characters: the story revolves around Kuroki Tomoko who is a typical high school introvert who has few friends and hardly talks to anyone but hasa desire to become popular. Now Kuroki is a pretty damn relatable character and an entertaining one at that with all the funny shit that goes on in her head like various anime references. As far as characters go I had absolutely no problems with them as I kind of liked most of them.
Now my big problem with this anime which to me is a big hindrance is the ending, there kind of isn't an ending nor any resolution to the show, no over arching story, and with that I feel there is a lot of wasted potential as Kuroki's dilemma of being the unpopular girl never really gets resolved, she never comes out of her shell and her character never really develops which doesn't spoil much considering that the only thing in this show that actually progresses is time and personally I felt kind of disappointed in the end.

Art/Sound:
The art and animation is definitely the one thing that holds up though out the entire series, the character designs are simple yet detailed especially Kuroki who kind of looks like a goth chick at times. The animation with all the shot angles was creative and smooth for the most part.
The soundtrack through the show was kind of forgettable but the opening song defiantly wasn't and makes up for it a little.

Sub/Dub:
I don't have much to say except that the dub is one of Sentai Filmworks better works but isn't all that big a deal so I couldn't really care less about either version of this show.
One fun fact about the english dub is in one of the last episodes, the show makes a reference to an anime called "Another" where Kuroki is Mei Misaki (the chick with the eyepatch) and I thought it was kind of funny considering both of those characters were voiced by Monica Rial; the same VA.

Final verdict:
I'm rating this anime a 5/10, I wouldn't necessarily recommend this to anyone but I wouldn't say it was a bad anime either.