WATAMOTE ~No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys Fault I'm Not Popular!~
On TV Tokyo
A comedic, character-driven slice-of-life about a socially awkward teenage girl's delusional attempts at popularity, balancing cringe humor with genuine melancholy about isolation and self-deception.
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?!
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Where to watch
Not available in United States — it streams in other countries.
Questions people ask
Is WATAMOTE ~No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys Fault I'm Not Popular!~ violent? Barely. Less violent than 89% of series.
Is WATAMOTE ~No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys Fault I'm Not Popular!~ sad? Yes. More sad than 84% of series.
Does WATAMOTE ~No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys Fault I'm Not Popular!~ leave you hopeful? Not especially. Less hopeful than 63% of series.
Is WATAMOTE ~No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys Fault I'm Not Popular!~ scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 59% of series.
Is WATAMOTE ~No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys Fault I'm Not Popular!~ easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Cinnamon Score
How much this series gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Familiar shape, done well.
How unlike any other series this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like WATAMOTE ~No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys Fault I'm Not Popular!~
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as WATAMOTE ~No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys Fault I'm Not Popular!~
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like WATAMOTE ~No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys Fault I'm Not Popular!~, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like WATAMOTE ~No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys Fault I'm Not Popular!~, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like WATAMOTE ~No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys Fault I'm Not Popular!~, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
