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Jun 4, 2014 8:15 AM

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Most of the good stuff that happen in this anime are fake, lol. Everything that happens to Tomoko is just sad.
Jun 23, 2014 9:26 AM

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That Haruhi quote rofl
and I definitely saw the fake club members coming
Jul 10, 2014 7:33 AM

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Love how they made the transition into the opening.

Also lol... I was 79% sure that that scene was fake xD.
Jul 11, 2014 8:58 AM

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I felt sorry for her in the past episodes but now I REALLY feel sorry for her. I very much would like to see her happy even for just one day.
"May those who accept their fate be granted happiness."

"May those who defy their fate be granted glory."
Aug 7, 2014 4:57 AM

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xchee said:
I felt sorry for her in the past episodes but now I REALLY feel sorry for her. I very much would like to see her happy even for just one day.
This.

Episode was very sad. Tomoko is trying so hard for her life to better at school, but her Club application got rejected. I feel really sorry for Tomoko :(

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also the transition into the OP was amaze

Also this. That transition was awesome.
RaidenAug 7, 2014 5:02 AM
Aug 14, 2014 4:03 AM

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ah....shit............my high school breaks in a nutshell
fuck........and even if ever that part was trying to make the viewer feel "awkward," this is something sentimental for me

Loved how this episode wasn't the usual crazy shit that goes on. It was depressing yet, there was a feel-good thing about it. Wtf
Well, the end was really nice. Everything about the latter part excluding the mom interrupting. Jesus Christ that was a nice moment. Tomoko's femininity was being made apparent. Nice to know.

And THAT was AWESOME how the start transitioned into the OP. Holy crap that was deliciosity amazingnessnessness
Oct 17, 2014 9:00 PM
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I remember doing everything in my power not to go to the cafeteria, and when it came to that club I got pretty sad. I'm too gullible lol
Nov 12, 2014 9:40 PM

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Not bad episode, kinda sad compared to others though.
Really loved the way the opening played in this episode.
Nov 15, 2014 5:06 PM

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That Battle Royale reference. Also that Haruhi reference. Tomoko said SOS Brigade. That last part was so sad. She's so lonely. God dam. Good episode.
Jan 26, 2015 9:11 AM
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nice lead in into the opening. its funny they put her right there. well that was rather rude of them to take her chair. wow I call that dedication making a real hair doll. surprised no anime club. Well she has a hell of an imagination. No surprise it was rejected since the club wasint very clear.
May 11, 2015 8:29 AM

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Looks like things are getting better with Tomoko!

... lol no
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Jul 12, 2015 5:28 AM

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Beautiful transition into OP this time. Tomoko finally has her opportunity to become more popular... and of course she forfeits it. Cool episode, if a bit depressing.
Jul 15, 2015 8:49 PM
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Ah-hah! Look! People wanted Tomoko to suck it up and do something about her uneventful and depressing life and look what happens you monsters!! Okay... Joking aside this just goes to prove my point. You can't help but feel sorry for Tomoko. Just way too hard not to...

And that has got be the most smooth transitioning into the opening theme ever.


Uh, she had a perfectly easy chance to make friends. As usual, others are nice and sociable with her and she runs away from them while thinking shitty things about them and villainizing them. She's still just as bad of a person as ever.

Rejected club? No shit, it was a bullshit club with no goal - the school has to fund official clubs, you can't waste money on something like that.

Her classmates tried to befriend her and still don't oust her at all - they never have been remotely mean to her even in the manga. She does it to herself and her horrible attitude and way of thinking about everyone around her (even those being super nice to her) just makes it worse and harder to feel sorry for her.

Essentially, it goes back to the title which I brought up even before the anime was planned. She's kind of a shitty person and blames everyone else for her own shortcomings and fuckups.

Not to say I don't like her or her role as a protagonist, but I can't agree that it's impossible to not feel sorry for her.


You have no idea what you're talking about. You need to be in her shoes and people like her for you to get it.
Jul 17, 2015 11:37 PM

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this episode won it for me. 10/10.

1. for the battle royal reference
2. for what it's like for a complete "loser" to suddenly be seated in the middle of the class surrounded by normalfags
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Sep 3, 2015 11:04 PM

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Best episode. This one makes the whole thing work for me.
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Sep 10, 2015 1:28 PM

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That title transition was awesome.

I really wanted that ending to be true... sigh... gdang it, I really hope she gets her happy ending before the anime ends otherwise I might end up feeling really depressed lol.

That club song did NOT help.
Sep 26, 2015 1:46 PM

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Poor Tomoko. At least she tries.

Oh, pitiful shadow cloaked in darkness.
Thy actions cause men pain and suffering.
Thy hollow soul drowns in thy sins.
How would you like to see what death is like?
-Enma Ai
Nov 7, 2015 11:48 PM

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Holy shit that OP transition was on point. Very well done.

Only a little bit left. Going to miss this. I hope I'm not the only one who finds Tomoko's little sounds absolutely adorable, and she looks cute when she smiles.
Dec 4, 2015 11:34 AM

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Tomoko sure is optimistic, huh?

Also, I really liked the transition to the opening credits, that was awesome.

4/5
Dec 27, 2015 4:25 PM

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I WANT TO BE HER FRIEND VERY BADLY.
Apr 7, 2016 9:21 AM
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And i was so happy for her when her club was a success and she found some people to spend time with, too bad it was just a fantasy. ;_;

Pretty cool what they did with the opening this episode.
Jun 5, 2016 5:39 PM

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So sad. I really feel bad for her.
Aug 14, 2016 6:45 PM

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Dang, though I suspected the success of the club was all her imagination, I was hoping it had actually happened. This kid has GOT to make some friends!!!

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Sep 9, 2016 2:18 AM

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This is so sad that I want to get in the anime and be her friend.

Sep 19, 2016 2:52 PM

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She is really unlucky with the seats being changed like that.
They rejected her club, her dream was good though.
Oct 28, 2016 9:54 PM

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This episode was unbelievably sad. Am I the only one who was tearing up when she ate her lunch in the classroom alone?
Nov 9, 2016 12:37 PM

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I think the first half (lunch part) was the saddest part of this episode. It just really showed how lonely she was, plus when she lost the desks :c.
Jan 26, 2017 8:02 PM

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AWWWWEEEEEE, the lonely lunch TT________TT

poor bby gurl Tomo-chan :(

I love her new Gumby + Gudetama mix toy doll xD it's so adorable
Mar 19, 2018 12:54 AM

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I can't believe I let myself get wrapped up in that imagination scene...The whole time I'm thinking about how this could be a turning point for Tomoko, how this could jumpstart some personal growth, how mellow yet hopeful the insert song was...all to be brought back crashing back down to earth. I honestly cried at the end of the scene. I should've known better than thinking things work out at all for Tomoko in this show, but I wanted to hope.

God, if Tomoko doesn't get some sort of growth or improvement of her situation by the end of this, I'll be sad beyond words.

May 18, 2018 12:32 PM

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What an incredibly creative way to transition to opening sequence! I was not expecting that, but I loved it.

It's a shame that Tomoko shuts people out. I admit she isn't the extroverted type that would get along with the 'sluts', just imagining her at karaoke makes me cringe, but that group reached out to her. She could have easily became acquaintances at the very least. It wouldn't be Tomoko if she didn't think the worst and shut everyone out though. Her comment about how she hoped battle royale would start was funny already, her imagining herself as Mitsuko, the sexy one, that made it better.

This was honestly a bittersweet episode. It was never very funny, or awfully cringy. It was this constant melancholy in between. I think we could see her trying more than normal this episode actually. She looked for clubs to join, tried to start her own, she criticized the festival but imagined it with a bloom effect on- maybe showing she actually wants a part of it and her middle school haunted house experience was too much for her to handle. She certainly seems to have tried especially hard back then. She ended up eating in the classroom, surrounded by desks to protect her from others, but also as a way to feel like she belonged there, or so I think. It was an episode of trying and contently failing. I liked the small happiness she got from the stuffed animal and the more than small joy she got from her desk throne until it was taken away. Tomoko felt different this episode, in a better way, even though she still fantasized about anime and applied those fantasies to real life, as did she escape and avoid social interaction.

Good episode to somewhat subtly let us know how Tomoko was feeling through her actions.
Oct 21, 2018 8:55 PM

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LMAO how come this chick did not commit suicide yet?
Jul 5, 2019 1:20 PM

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holy shit, that club illusion really got me. I thought she legit created a club, but nope, apparently it's just her illusions like always.
Jul 11, 2019 4:38 PM

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Next semester has begun.
I thought ,that she really have club and two people joined to him. XD
But ofc. true is sad and they rejected her club... ;-(
Feb 2, 2020 12:01 PM

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Finally she tries to change but it was rejected...

I really feel bad for Tomoko that wretched girl.
Aug 7, 2020 11:15 PM

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That transition to the op was slik
Aug 9, 2020 2:29 AM

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Aweeee I seriously feel bad for her. She's really unfortunate lol but this time, she took courage to submit club application for daily club, bit it was rejected ๐Ÿคฃ



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Sep 30, 2020 4:39 PM

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Tomoko really is delusional.


Feb 4, 2021 2:40 PM

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To sum this episode up, no escape. Funny enough, it's actually for the better.

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Feb 17, 2021 2:30 PM

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it's very cool how the scene transitioned into the opening perfectly lol
Mar 23, 2021 6:57 AM
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That scene, I was so happy for Tomoko... oh my gosh. Now I feel bad for her even more.
Jul 26, 2021 7:40 AM

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Tomoko is good at imagining things (for better or worse). Now if only she would realize it's really just all in her head
Mar 28, 2022 10:44 PM

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Someone talked to Tomoko on the first day, and they knew her name! Too bad she was as excited as I was...

Stupid me for actually sort of almost believed that her club got approved and what we saw was reality. I should've known better.
Sep 17, 2022 1:12 PM

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The transition to the opening is perfect!
Oct 13, 2022 8:59 PM
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Easily the most depressing episode out of the entire series. Tomoko doesn't even do anything stupid or wrong here, it feels like her loneliness and anxiety feel very real, I always felt like Watamote gradually gets sadder and sadder by each episode, as if Tomoko's delusions are slowly breaking and she is shown the real world more and more.
Oct 20, 2022 4:28 PM
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ep went monogatari lowkey
Dec 11, 2022 12:18 AM
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I believed :CCCCCCCC
Mar 5, 2023 7:49 AM
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Openingin giriลŸi aลŸฤฑrฤฑ iyiydi
Nov 5, 2023 10:54 AM
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aand a new semester starts, tomoko is in literally the worst seat i would hate to be there, also it was pretty sad that the moment she found her comfort zone it was taken away from her, and that her club was rejected, another great episode! cant wait what the last two have to offer, so far tomoko is literally me lol
Nov 29, 2023 11:35 PM
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They keep doin her dirty
Dec 1, 2023 9:36 PM
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I dunno what it is about watching an Otaku Degen, but this shit boppin'.
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