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WATAMOTE ~No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys Fault I'm Not Popular!~
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WATAMOTE ~No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys Fault I'm Not Popular!~ reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Humour.
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The story
What it's about
Fifteen year old Kuroki Tomoko has dated dozens of boys and is easily the most popular girl around-- inside her dating games. In reality, she gets tongue tied just talking to people, and throughout middle school she's only had one actual friend. As she enters high school, she desperately wants to be popular, but doesn't understand that real-life doesn't work like her games. Her artificial successes pave the way to real folly and failure. But why drop this strategy when there's always someone else to blame?!
The run
Seasons
1 season · 12 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20141 episode
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201312 episodes
7.3IMDbTomoko Kuroki is about as socially dysfunctional as it is possible for a first year high school girl to be. We start the story when she realizes she has attended high school for three months without even talking to anyone at all. Not all is lost, however, since she is irrepressibly optimistic about her chances to turn it around and live a fulfilling high school life.
Best episode · S01E02 Since I'm Not Popular, I'll See My Old Friend
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
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S01E03 · Signature episode
Since I'm Not Popular, The Weather is Bad
It's a very rainy, windy day. Tomoko forgets her textbook, but she can't bring herself to ask the boy next to her to let her see his, and she doesn't have friends in other classes to borrow one from. She tries to erase her presence and go unnoticed, but the teacher spots her easily. Ruing her luck, Tomoko starts home in the rain, but another tragedy awaits as she stands over a flooded channel, watching the water lapping at the bottom of the bridge...
- Directed by Jin Tamamura
- Written by Ayumi Sekine
S01E12 · Signature episode
Since I'm Not Popular, I'll Think About the Future
The culture festival is over, and it's back to life as usual. As fall sets in, Tomoko asks herself what exactly she's been doing all this time, and begins to feel like her life is flashing before her eyes... Making the decision to focus on the future instead of regretting the past, Tomoko finds a future plans questionnaire in her school bag. She decides to call Yuu-chan to see what she thinks, but is reminded of a past she'd have just as soon forgotten...
- Directed by Shin Oonuma
- Written by Takawo Yoshioka
S01E05 · Signature episode
Since I'm Not Popular, I'll Boost My Skills
Tomoko, still not popular after being in high school for three months, is starting to feel pressure. Then she sees an anime whose heroine is a silent, expressionless girl. Tomoko decides that the thing she's lacked all this time is a character setting, and endeavors to become a silent, expressionless character. For one day, she's determined to be a silent, cool, cute girl...
- Directed by Yasuo Iwamoto
- Written by Takayo Ikami
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E01
Since I'm Not Popular, I'll Become an Enigma
S01E12 · Signature episode
Since I'm Not Popular, I'll Think About the Future
- Directed by Shin Oonuma
- Written by Takawo Yoshioka
S01E11
Since I'm Not Popular, I'll Participate in the Culture Festival
- Directed by Chika Nagaoka
- Written by Takawo Yoshioka
S01E10
Since I'm Not Popular, Second Term is Starting
- Directed by Yoshinobu Tokumoto
- Written by Takawo Yoshioka
S01E09
Since I'm Not Popular, Summer Is Ending
- Directed by Yoshinobu Tokumoto
- Written by Takayo Ikami
S01E08
Since I'm Not Popular, I'll Put On Airs
- Directed by Jin Tamamura
- Written by Sawako Hirabayashi
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The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Manami WatanabeProducer
Writing
- Sawako HirabayashiWriter
- Takayo IkamiWriter
- Ayumi SekineWriter
- Takawo YoshiokaWriter
Direction
- Junya KoshibaDirector
- Yasuo IwamotoDirector
- Yoshinobu TokumotoDirector
- Masato JimboDirector
- Chika NagaokaDirector
- Jin TamamuraDirector
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