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

WataMote. It's painful, no matter if you like it or hate it. To me, it was pretty funny at times, (and I think everyone agrees that the story with the massage-machine and the visual novel was hilarious) but at other times it was painful to watch Tomoko. To me, that pain made the comedy better, because as I imagined myself going through the same situations, I would feel extreme agony from the awkwardness, and if I was in that situation, I would pull out immediately and try to blend back into the norm. I can't imagine what lies at the end of the dark social pathsthat Tomoko often treads, and that makes the ends of those paths more enjoyable and funny to me. But I can definitely see the flip-side. You hate this show because it tortures Tomoko, who is similar to people in real life. So, I can't in good conscious recommend this anime to anyone, since it's pretty much a coin toss whether you like it or don't. Watch with caution.

But the art was beautiful. It used a pretty unique way to show lighting, using sharp contrasts rather than the usual soft blending. I thought that was pretty. And the opening song is agreed upon to be very good and representative of Tomoko's emotions. And Tomoko's voice is pretty well done.