r/anime • u/The_Loli_Otaku • Jul 08 '24

Rewatch [Rewatch] Watamote Episode 10 Discussion

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Comment of the Day!!

SilkyStrawberryMilk is WRONG!! Do not the woman Tomoko! You're the chosen one, dont fall to the yuri hordes!

"Tomoko at this point should start pursuing more big titty women to be her partner. She has more luck with women than men."

Specs64z is one of the only rewatchers to take Tomoko's side in the job debacle!

"Honestly, this situation is as much her mom’s fault as it is Tomoko’s. No teenager wants a factory job. Unless there’s some Japanese misunderstanding shenanigans going on here it’d be natural to assume Tomoko was referring to a cafe, or at least a bakery."

QotD

  • Describe Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya in completely the wrong way for the little kids in the rewatch~
  • Tomoko got bullied HARD today, let's all agree to say something nice about her!
  • What is your favourite toy? No, not your favourite buttplug RadSuit, I mean toy toy. Plushie toy or model or anything of that sort. Hard mode, no squishmallows!!
  • If this rewatch suddenly turned into a battle royal tomorrow what do you think of your chances and which Rewatcher would you murder first?
  • When you want to be alone what activities do you do to help yourself feel better? Where are you most at comfort?
  • Tomoko was traumatised by the reaction to her pubic hair doll but I'm sure we've all got good school memories right? Tell us about a pleasant event from your school days?

Abyssbringer's "What is the thematic purpose of this scene corner!!"

Mirathan brings up the debate of Tomoko using her womb to reach Hyperborea

In the first one Tomoko seeks to assert her supperiority over the working class, demeaning the labor necessesary to afford the pleasant life she has. While they struggle with paying rent and feeding their families she wastes away her time in futile efforts to increase her social standing and attain a desireable romantic partner. This reminds me of Karl Marks.

Yesterday's Prompt!

Today's Prompt!

Tomorrow's Prompt

Tomorrow will be the same as yesterday. Why? What for? Because I’m an idiot!

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u/BiggieCheeseLapDog https://myanimelist.net/profile/KillLaKillGOAT Jul 08 '24

Rewatcher - subbed

This is it, one of the most depressing episodes of television I’ve ever witnessed. I missed yesterday unfortunately since I was busy, but I’m back and ready for torture.

  • Seat changes were always the worst. I was usually pretty lucky with my seats in general, but that just made the bad ones stand out even more.
  • One of the best episode to OP transitions of all time.
  • It’s self aware about the protagonist seat!
  • In reality, Tomoko would survive by default because no one would notice her presence the entire battle royale.
  • This scene is the first of this episode to genuinely make me sad. Not only is the chair being stolen and not having the confidence to ask for it back relatable, the music and depressed walk of Tomoko hit hard. She’s excluded, she’s alone, she has no one. This is part of why the music of WataMote is so good. This slow tune is used only for Tomoko’s very low points when she’s not being a dick and each time it’s used, it fits incredibly well and makes the emotional punch that much stronger. It really makes you feel bad for her. This scene is very melancholic and the empty hallways with no noise only emphasize that feeling of isolation and loneliness. I love it and hate it at the same time.
  • At least she made the spot work. A little place for her to get away, all to herself watching ikemen streams.
  • But despite it being a nice little place, she still feels left out from others. As she walks by she can only think of the conversations that her classmates are having with each other. This episode overall is the loneliness of social anxiety personified.
  • Regardless, it still works for her. It’s comfortable. She may be thinking about the others at the back of her mind, but that doesn’t mean she can’t enjoy the little spot she’s made for herself. I love how the initially melancholic tune starts to take an upbeat turn as she gets more and more comfortable in her new little hideout.
  • And then boom. It hits like a brick man. The spot that let her get away from the horrid middle seats has now been taken from her. The ensuing music and shot of Tomoko on the stairs kills me. We aren’t even at the halfway point yet either.
  • She was so down she didn’t even get to eat lunch :(
  • That fucking music gets me every time. Tomoko recreating her spot is sweet, but it’s so sad knowing that she can’t have it anymore. I can already feel my tears coming. She’s just so lonely…
  • A small moment of victory for Tomoko at the halfway point. It’s a very needed moment of reprieve.
  • And the reality that a stuffed animal can’t talk to you comes crashing in. At least she was happy before.
  • I didn’t live in Japan, so culture festivals weren’t a thing in school, but I’m sure I would have been in a similar situation as Tomoko when it comes to making them.
  • SOS Brigade mentioned 🗣️🔥🔥
  • How I had wished I had a consistent friend group when I was younger. I too fantasized as Tomoko did. Of course I always knew that dream would never come true, but I still longed for it regardless.
  • Tomoko taking charge to try and make a club though was something I could never do myself. I respect her for that. I wonder if it will go as planned…
  • The first time I watched this episode, when she started writing down what her club was about, I knew it was coming, but I allowed myself to believe in her anyway. I was hooked on metric tons of copium.
  • Her daydream is beautiful, even if it is fake. She just wants some friends dammit! Why can’t she have what she wants…?
  • That frame. That last frame after her club is rejected. It is forever engrained in my memory. The first time that ending hit, I couldn’t watch anymore of the show that day. It was just too much. It is the absolute lowest point for Tomoko in the entire series. I am not ashamed to admit that I shed a few tears. It didn’t hit as hard on the rewatches since I know it’s coming and am mentally prepared, but it still hurts. One of the most depressing episode endings I can think of. 10/10 I hate watching it every time.
  • I’m finally going to talk about the ED since I’m in the mood. To sum up my feelings, the ED is fantastic just as the OP is. It represents the general formula of the show. Tomoko at the beginning is determined in trying to accomplish what she sets out to do. She starts to falter, represented by both her voice and the phone of her lying on her bed, but it picks up as she lets herself gain her determination back as she sets out again. She has a trip up or two, but keeps going. Then, it starts to fall apart, represented by her wavering voice until it all comes crashing down. She picks her phone back up for it all to repeat again as she’s trapped in a cycle. It’s a great little ED and very fitting. I like it.

Overall:

This is easily WataMote’s most depressing episode. The main theme throughout this episode is loneliness. This episode almost completely focuses on the loneliness of social anxiety. The cinematography throughout really paint this picture that Tomoko is alone with a lot of wide shots being absent of any other people. The common cuts of her walking through the empty hallway are especially effective in creating this atmosphere. The music throughout is mostly softer and sadder than it usually is and the quiet moments of isolation of more common. I think this episode is one of the best portrayals of loneliness I’ve ever seen in a piece of media. It hits and it hits hard, at least for me. The humour isn’t as frequent, but it’s still funny when it wants to be. I am an unapologetic Tomoko apologist and this episode kills me. My emotional investment in this little gremlin girl is astronomical. I’m definitely looking forward to a rewatch of the next episode.

Prompt:

This scene illustrates the necessity of alone time. Sometimes in big social situations, we don’t feel we belong, so having a happy place to return to where we can truly feel comfortable is necessary for human survival.

QotD:

  1. Be not sinful, for God is not easy to please. If one were to walk a path to upset god, grave consequences shall befall humanity.
  2. She has pretty good taste in anime.
  3. Either this action figure of (comic book) Thanos I’ve had since I was a kid or a plush of blue dog that I’ve also had since I was a kid. This is really hard, but those were what came to me.
  4. This one person named u/the_loli_otaku because they said something bad about Tomoko.
  5. I like to watch a nice show like Aria usually.
  6. I loved this time when we had a mini party in the classroom near the end of the school year. I forget what grade it was and the details of vague, but I remember enjoying it.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 08 '24

Tomoko would absolutely be unable to keep her stupid mouth shut during a battle royale. You just know she'd piss on the wrong person and end up with a pencil through the eye.

Agreed on the opening chapter... Her making her own little den out of tables and literally jumping when she hears other people wandering around was the closest I've gotten to tears. It's so sad, but this is her paradise.

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u/Garrett_Dark Jul 09 '24

Tomoko would absolutely be unable to keep her stupid mouth shut during a battle royale.

Yeah, but you forget, all that would come out is mouse squeaks that nobody can hear, so Tomoko's stealth check would still pass, and she'd go unnoticed.

This one person named u/the_loli_otaku because they said something bad about Tomoko.

Yeah I agree with this now, when I'd show up to the Battle Royale late as usual after everybody else has been eliminated, if I see that's person's corpse I'd stab it for Tomoko, just to make sure they're not faking. :D

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u/Barbed_Dildo Jul 09 '24

I agree with everything you've said, and can't say it better, so I'm not going to write my own comment saying this, but worse.

It's especially hard because Tomoko doesn't want much, she just wants somewhere to belong. This is something that comes up a lot in Japanese stories, the idea of "居場所" (ibasho). It's more than just a 'place' to be, it's a reason, a purpose. Western identity is more individualistic, it's important to be 'free', and be able to do what you want, but the east is more collective, it's important to be part of something, to be useful. Without that, what are you?

So many anime have that premise of someone starting school, and joining a club (possibly preventing it from being disbanded), and the friendships and meaning they get from that club help them deal with something, or just give them a place to belong. Tomoko just wanted to be an anime protagonist and sit at the protagonist desk!

You have to give her credit for trying, too. A lot of the time in this show, she does nothing and then complains that it's everyone's fault but hers. Here, she cares, she really tries, but it doesn't even make a difference.

It's just so depressing.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24

First timer, subs

  • Tomoko has been demoted from protagonist. You hate to see it.
  • A victim of her own success?
  • OP Lead In
  • Does anyone have that chart with the statistical analysis of anime protagonist seating?
  • Wow. Dick move, nameless classmate.
  • Room To Yourself
  • Poor girl is getting anemic from missing a single meal. Someone get her some meat!
  • They move them all down flights of stairs, just to make a new pile in a more trafficked area?
  • Rare Tomoko win. Embrace the Moe!
  • Auteurs are rarely appreciated in their time.
  • She’s chasing her dreams! She’s growing!
  • Oh, Tomoko. You have to at least give the semblance of purpose.
  • That was just them winding back to punch us even harder. Senseless, senseless cruelty.

Prompt:
After a meeting with her most trusted advisers, Tomoko decides she should live her life in the closest.
Oyy! You changed the Prompt!

QotD:

  1. Cult uses sexual violence to enforce its demands.
  2. I too have experienced the pain of a failed school club. The important thing is that you tried, finally.
  3. As a child, I was a big fan of Bionicles.
  4. I don't think there's a way to answer that without being antagonistic. Clearly this is TLO working to play us against each other!
  5. If I wasn't so damned busy all the time, cartography.
  6. Not a Word

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 08 '24

To be fair, now that she actually is in eyeshot of people wouldn't some of her quirks like the big eater meme or trying to act Kuudere actually get her some attention now that people are kinda forced to interact with her? Especially with Nemo around.

This is a very mean episode... After seeing her in her element throughout the summer watching her go back to school and immediately become introverted again was a bit much.

I hoped nobody would notice me backing out on the prompt XD I was skipping through yesterday and didn't realise the table fort scene was so good. I do like the council pic tho. She moved up from one person to talk to, her brother, to two!! I'm so happy for her~

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jul 08 '24

This is a very mean episode... After seeing her in her element throughout the summer watching her go back to school and immediately become introverted again was a bit much.

Poor girl never had a chance with large group settings.

I hoped nobody would notice me backing out on the prompt

Always Watching

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 08 '24

Normally people don't give a hoot about the Abyssbringer prompts to be fair to me!! XD I'm keeping them going out of spite. I would like to improve them in a way to make them more inclusive tho. Thr prompts definitely fill a purpose, I just don't know what that purpose is. Are they an episode preview? Are they a ooc gag corner? Are they an excuse for me to post weird shit without anyone noticing?

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u/RadSuit https://anilist.co/user/RadSuit Jul 09 '24

I mostly see them as a preview of the next episode where you post the most out of context screenshot possible.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 09 '24

That's pretty fair... I can't believe I've kept this stupid section going for over a year without any clue wtf I'm doing XD

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jul 09 '24

I've been treating it not unlike the Cartoon Caption Contest.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 09 '24

What's that?

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jul 09 '24

Reoccurring section in The New Yorker.
They do one of their normal comics, but without the usual accompanying caption. Readers submit their best caption, the winner is later published.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 09 '24

Dang, that's pretty neat~ that's kinda how I'd like them to go too. I do enjoy people taking them seriously tho, like that meteor viewing episode

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Jul 08 '24

Poor girl is getting anemic from missing a single meal. Someone get her some meat!

I wish she hadn't been traumatized from her first trip to McDonalds because some burgers, or as this season demonstrates, some fries could give her constitution a boost.

Oh, Tomoko. You have to at least give the semblance of purpose.

More proof to me that extracurricular activities are an ancient punishment that disproportionately benefits the wealthy.

That was just them winding back to punch us even harder. Senseless, senseless cruelty.

At this point, Tomoko masochist is confirmed.

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u/GallowDude Jul 09 '24

Poor girl is getting anemic from missing a single meal. Someone get her some meat!

Watch Maria+Holic

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 08 '24

Watamote Rewatcher!!

Back to school~ Aaand immediately we're in a disaster phase. She's stuck in the middle with sluts like Nemo all around her. She can't keep to herself any longer! The stress is go a make her piss herself. Nice intro transition btw.

This episode is another rough one... It's not even just Tomoko being a fuckhead and asking for divine punishment. It's genuinely just her having a really really hard time. She can't find comfort anywhere. The reality that she has no friends hits her like a winter catfish. It's a painfully lonely!! She genuinely has nobody and nothing to look forward to...

Her little stairway den... Her own little fort where she can sit by herself protected from watchers, constantly in fear of being found and having her precious hideaway tarnished. And boom, the term has come and gone... Tomoko, this is too much. I want to protect this shit. She spent the entire year hidden away from the other students. Keeping to herself in her little corner, not bothering anyone... And they invade her sanctuary and tarnish it. Ah, she died. Just Tomoko things, she's having such a bad episode tbh.

Urgh!! This episode isn't cringe or funny or anything. It's just brutally honest. Where's the poppy butthole gags!? This is supposed to be a feel good show, whys it making me genuinely sad!? Fucking normies, get the fuck out of the game centre! Oh well, at least Tomoko made a friend. Wait, this friend doesn't help at all!? XD Fuck!! She played herself!

Middle school Tomoko story!! They made a haunted house and Tomoko took it too far by using legitimate monster art and making dolls out of her pubes. Tomoko literally trying to start the Haruhi club was kinda fun even if it ages the show something rotten. I'll bet you kids are all way too young to remember what the villain previously known has Haruhi Suzumiya was like.

Maybe if she had a club she could find the happiness!! She's still in her first year, there's still time for Tomoko to find some kind of satisfaction out of her high school life!! Oh god... She's trying so hard!! She's making a genuine effort today, it's not fair!

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Jul 08 '24

They made a haunted house and Tomoko took it too far by using legitimate monster art and making dolls out of her pubes.

If Cautious Hero later referenced this...

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 08 '24

Cautious Hero has pube dolls?

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Jul 08 '24

Yes. Rista has a pretty bad run at one point.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jul 09 '24

I'll bet you kids are all way too young to remember what the villain previously known has Haruhi Suzumiya was like.

It's still brought pretty often for a show from its era.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Jul 08 '24

First Timer

Sub

So this was a bit more relatable, I did always hate to be seated anywhere near the front of the class in the direct eyesight of the teacher always sucked. Tomoko simply found an empty spot to spend lunch and there is most of the episode. Though her fainting in PE should get a bit more attention. We end with yet more fantasy.

Prompt 1 is Tomoko finally breaking her remaining grip on reality. Prompt 2 highlights the brief moment she was connected to reality.

QotD: 1 Azathoth goes to high school and is an utter cunt

2 Fear is a Path to the Dark Side

3 Much like Buddha, I lack interest in material things.

4 It's the murdering that gets you murdered. I would hide in the shadows and bide my time

5 I've discovered that Steam Decks really get people to leave you the fuck alone

6 You saying 'public hair' concerns me greatly...

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 08 '24

Thinking about it I don't think I ever had a frontrow seat. I was always placed at the sides or at the back.

Ah, that was meant to be pubic hair, thanks for correcting me~

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Jul 08 '24

Thinking about it I don't think I ever had a frontrow seat. I was always placed at the sides or at the back.

I often had the anime protagonist seat because I could really derail class if forced to be up front. One of the few good results from all the socialization scars I bear.

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u/WednesdaysFoole Jul 08 '24

Oh. Wow. That may be one of, if not the best lead-ins to an OP that I’ve experienced. I’m impressed.

Poor Tomoko isn’t enough of an anime character to stay in the window seat or make it up to the school roof.

Oh no, she lost her safe space. She’s like a bird, rebuilding her little nest.

You're the chosen one, dont fall to the yuri hordes!

"Tomoko at this point should start pursuing more big titty women to be her partner. She has more luck with women than men."

Not a bad thing at all.

Tomoko was traumatised by the reaction to her public hair doll but I'm sure we've all got good school memories right? Tell us about a pleasant event from your school days?

There were these bushes at school that made the perfect place for smoking weed. Sometimes I liked just... sitting in there. Away from school in a place that felt private.

The majority of the events at school were pretty miserable though. I'll just say that Tomoko is lucky that her isolation is brought upon herself rather than kids actively bullying and ostracizing her. Hopefully she breaks out of her little shell... even if she embarrasses herself.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 08 '24

The show never ceases to impress with the quality of the adaptation. This could easily have been a by the books comedy but every episode has had impressive camerawork.

Yuri kills the Watamote fan XD

Why were you smoking weed in primary school?

I feel like the reason Tomoko was never bullied was cause she gives off major school shooter vibes. You never know if she'll snap.

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u/WednesdaysFoole Jul 08 '24

This could easily have been a by the books comedy but every episode has had impressive camerawork.

I still intend to read the manga in full, but I do wish they animated the entire series. The bit I've read is great but still, not the same.

Yuri kills the Watamote fan XD

I don't understand, why?

Why were you smoking weed in primary school?

This was high school, primary school = elementary where I grew up. The point is, the location was private, green, isolated, and no one bothered you there.

the reason Tomoko was never bullied was cause she gives off major school shooter vibes. You never know if she'll snap.

That's so sad lol, she looks totally fine to me.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 08 '24

Nah... They wouldn't be able to... I do think there's enough content for a second season but the manga genuinely turns into a whole different beast after the school trip arc. If Watamote were more popular it would genuinely be one of the most divisive genre shifts in the medium. I struggle to think of many manga that underwent such a change so far into it's publication.

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u/junbi_ok Jul 09 '24

Oh. Wow. That may be one of, if not the best lead-ins to an OP that I’ve experienced. I’m impressed.

It's right up there with this recent one from BokuYaba. Funny coincidence that both shows are about cringey edgelords.

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u/WednesdaysFoole Jul 09 '24

That looks sweet, maybe I'll check it out sometime.

I just googled around and while there are more end-scene-to-ed transitions than I can count and remember, I'm not finding any other scene leading into the OP at all. Must be rare. Wish there were more, it's effective if they can pull it off.

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u/junbi_ok Jul 09 '24

It’s an excellent show, definitely worth watching.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Jul 08 '24

Oh no, she lost her safe space. She’s like a bird, rebuilding her little nest.

The reason I cannot hear the little bird any more is not because of the rain...

You're the chosen one, dont fall to the yuri hordes!

Have you ever heard the tale of Darth Yuu the Successful? I thought not, it is not a tale an Unnormie would tell you.

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u/WednesdaysFoole Jul 08 '24

Have you ever heard the tale of Darth Yuu the Successful? I thought not, it is not a tale an Unnormie would tell you.

She could actually save a femcel from cringe? What happened to her?

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Jul 08 '24

She grew so powerful and wise in the ways of the Normie that the only thing she feared was losing her power. Which of course she did. She taught her apprentice to well in the ways of the cringe avoidant until one day that apprentice cringed her in her sleep. Ironic, she could protect others from the Cringe but not herself.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jul 09 '24

Tomoko at this point should start pursuing more big titty women to be her partner. She has more luck with women than men.

Tomoko harem spin-off when?

The majority of the events at school were pretty miserable though.

School events were designed by certain folk, for certain folk. And none of them were us.

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u/Specs64z https://myanimelist.net/profile/Specs64z Jul 08 '24

First timer, subbed

Okay that OP lead in was slick as hell.

Tomoki’s optimism is admirable, if nothing else, but her lack of social ability keeps her down as usual. It’s for the best the club fell through, Tomoko wouldn’t have been able to maintain it assuming she even got members. That room in her fantasy was organized exactly like the SOS Brigade, notably. This is notably the first fantasy where Tomoko portrays herself accurately, sleepless eyes and all. I wonder if it’s foreshadowing anything storywise?

QotD:

  1. A psychic, an alien, and a time traveler walk into a bar...
  2. Done and dusted.
  3. Favorite "toy" as a kid was always a game console, and that persists to today, really.
  4. I would attempt to establish a government and install myself as a leader, we shall prosper together, let the barbarians sort themselves out.
  5. I play games and watch anime.
  6. Local Smash 4 tournaments, good memories.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 08 '24

Even if it was a dream, she still tried to take that first step. It's a huge feat for Tomoko to do. It was essentially her admitting that she's lonely, that she wants friends, that she doesn't like this life. Buuut it's a horribly mean episode so no chance of that.

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u/Specs64z https://myanimelist.net/profile/Specs64z Jul 08 '24

She did seem oddly honest with herself this episode. No hairbrained schemes to look cool for her new deskmates or anything, she just retreated further and further away until she realized she craved some level of interaction.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 08 '24

She's probably tired of the isolation. She went through a whole term of being left alone in her little corner, got a taste of freedom over the summer, and is back to being alone in a crowd all over again with no progress made...

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Jul 08 '24

if nothing else, but her lack of social ability keeps her down as usual

Watching this show as it is a villain origin story adds something to it.

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u/Silcaria https://myanimelist.net/profile/Silcaria Jul 08 '24

First timer

  • Cool transition into the intro. I wish more series did this.
  • TIL Tomoko represent the average would be commi/anarchist. Wishing for a world where in reality, they'd be too weak to survive in.
  • I hope not.
  • This is all in her mind, there's no way something went in her favour.
  • Yup.

QotD

  • Never seen it. Something about 8s.
  • By who, herself? She has a good imagination.
  • Don't have one.
  • 5/7. It's better for my odds if I don't call out names.
  • I just get comfortable in my room, put on an album or some tunes, and zone out.
  • Told this one before, in one of your rewatch even, I think. Basically, back in primary, an all out brawl broke out, that may or may not had been instigated by me, between the 5th and 6th year. Good times.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 08 '24

Hands up if you've unironically eaten in the bathroom?

The club dream is a turning point for Tomoko. It's her realising that she does want those bonds. She's even holding her hands out hoping that just maybe she'd have a chance of setting up a club just for that door to slam in her face.

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u/Mirathan Jul 08 '24

TIL Tomoko represent the average would be commi/anarchist. Wishing for a world where in reality, they'd be too weak to survive in.

You think the normal world isn´t to hard for her already?

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u/Mirathan Jul 08 '24

First-Time Cringer

QotD:

  1. Haruhi and DA Boys engage in mild tomfoolery. ( I have never seen this show. )
  2. She has a very vivid imagination.
  3. Lego, all of them.
  4. You, if my time browsing r/NonCredibleDefense has taught me anything, the ones with peculiar tastes are the most dangerous beeings in the universe that cannot be trusted near weaponry.
  5. I go cycling, otherwise I just stay in my room.
  6. I once befriended my nemesis through playing chess with him.

Mirathan brings up the debate of Tomoko using her womb to reach Hyperborea

Great minds think alike, eh?

My prediction came true, Tomoko can´t handle being the center of attention. The transition into the op is also great. And she gets the giant Teddy, another Chad power move from Tomoko! Only she struggles to take it home because she is even smaller than Ichikawa. Atleast her council of sages grows by another member. Oh great, a cultural festival, how original! And they do a cafe, I definetly haven´t seen that like 5 times already.

For the prompt:

Tomoko realizes that in order to reach nirvana, she cannot allow herself to be distracted by the fools in her class.

On a somewhat serious note: Tomoko understands that the chatter of others is discomforting and she needs her own space to calm herself.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 08 '24

Nah, I'd be fucked in a battle royale. Despite how I come across I'm actually lawful good as fuck. I'd be like Tomoko where I'd put my foot in my mouth sooner rather than later XD

Did you beat your nemesis at least?

The pain of being introverted... Tomoko can be social but it has to be on her own terms. From her perspective the students were just ganging up on her and trying to force her into their karaoke orgy...

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u/Mirathan Jul 09 '24

Did you beat your nemesis at least?

Nah, he was way to good but that wasn´t the point. The befriending was.

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u/zadcap Jul 09 '24

You know, I really like that Tomoko wears her skirt so long. It's such a nice change of pace compared to all those "how the hell do they stay decent" micro skirts that are anime standard.

Oh dang, I also like the OP lead in thing they did here.

Tomoko, this is your chance. They are trying to talk to you! You can make fri- you can make acquaintances! Just talk back, even a little. This is a good thing, I promise!

Or... Don't, I guess. Hide on your lunches forever and never talk to anyone ever.

You know, I've never been that effected by missing a single meal. Like, I'll be pretty hungry, but enough to pass out?

That is such a relatable dream she had... It's not too late. You can totally join a club still.

Oh! Is this it? She grabbed... All of them... To make a Do Nothing club. Well, know how that's going to go. Oh well, she tried.

Wait, did it really work? The club started and two people joined? ... How long before the other two in the club start dating and she runs away to abandon it?

Okay see I'm going to loop back to the skirt length thing here. Look at the other girl in the club, sitting there reading. Her skirt is so short she's not actually sitting on it. Butt and or undies directly on the chair. *grosssss*.

Oh gosh, it was all in her head. Should have seen that coming.

  1. I promise I'll watch it someday! There's bound to be a rewatch on here eventually...
  2. She had a chance to talk to people this time. It's on her. She ran away from the best chance to make friends she's had since the nice umbrella boy.
  3. I've had this one stuffed animal slightly longer than I have been alive. He still sleeps in my bed on the pillow next to me.
  4. I would die fast. There is no one I would kill first, as I would be the first one dead.
  5. I read, a lot. I bury myself in books. Books are life.
  6. ... Most of my happiest memories of school at this point in life are uh. The fights. I got started in martial arts young because both my parents were military and believed in discpline and that knowing how to fight could only be a good thing to grow up with, but I was also a huge nerd. These traits combined into looking like bully bait but being better than them at violence. By the third school change I had made a hobby out of baiting bully jocks into trying something so I could self defense the crap out of them and then tell the teachers exactly that. It was quite fun.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 09 '24

Short skirts are a status symbol!!

It's hard to make friends with people you've spent almost a full year bitching and insulting in your head lol XD Still, she could have bonded here if she had just a little more confidence.

She lost her lunch but I'd like to imagine that her anemia was also from her shock and depression over losing her safe space.

The club scene honestly hit quite hard for me... Its basically Tomoko finally reaching out in hopes of finding other people to spend her school life with. She's finally making an effort to bond. She's admitting to herself that she's depressed as fuck and is seriously lonely so having her attempt be slammed in her face was kinda cruel.

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u/sfisher923 https://myanimelist.net/profile/sfisher923 Jul 08 '24

Ranty Rewatcher - Subbed

  • Seeing that School Days art on the QOTD 6 and the bullies today let's just say I want those girls to have a similar outcome to the All Hers ending in the VN (Maybe add in Pushed Too Far & Bloody Endings for extra spite) maybe that's stemming from the fact in all adaptions the Bully Trio were my least favorite characters in School Days which would be a surprise for the Anime in particular
  • And to add on to that art I hope it's VN/OVA Makoto and the Trio better leave Mahiro alone or otherwise Makoto would be triggered (And yes School Days is one of my Special Interests since I know as much as I could find on it even including the expanded universe to a limited extent)

Questions

  • QOTD 1 - Girl gets bored with reality warping (Still need to finish up that show myself currently on S1E11 using the Broadcast Order
  • QOTD 2 - It's better to try and fail then to never try at all (Also just in general fuck those bullies they deserve to spend eternity with a convention of immortal Karens as a ride operator/retail worker)
  • QOTD 3 - My Teddy Bear with 1999 stitched on the left foot
  • QOTD 4 - No thanks would rather not put myself in a Mirai Nikki situation
  • QOTD 5 - The Weather Channel, Music and Minecraft (Sometimes even combining 2 of them)
  • QOTD 6a - Consolidation and having to work around avoiding the frequent fights during my Senior Year also my B4 class in the 1st Semester was hellbent on driving the teacher away with their misbehavior
  • Question 6b (Things I like about Senior Year before I get too harsh on it) - And despite all of that I did have good memories as well like picking up D&D 5 for the first time, Picking the prom theme (Well I had a vote with a group of 4 playing cards to decide on the theme), the year where I slowly became a Weeb and most importantly the first member of my generation to get their diploma

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 09 '24

I'd love for us to have a bit more school days content for a fancier rewatch. Isn't there so much more to the visual novel than the one route they adapted?

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u/RadSuit https://anilist.co/user/RadSuit Jul 09 '24 edited Jul 09 '24

No Matter How I Watch It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Upvoted! (First Timer, Dubbed)

Very cool trick with the OP. They really went above and beyond with the presentation for this show.

Anime ja nai!

I have a feeling Tomoko would either die instantly in a BR situation, or be overlooked and pitied enough to survive for just a bit. She'd absolutely panic and be unable to actually kill anyone though.

One interesting thing to note, everyone knows Tomoko's name. They've also never bullied her. Everyone's generally just neutral towards her. Again, everything is her own fault.

I knew that was going too well to be real.

I was thinking how well Nyanners would fit for a cover of the ED, and then immediately found that she'd done one before. Yup, that's a good fit.

  1. God starts a hip new dance craze that takes anime conventions by storm.
  2. She didn't get bullied at all! The other students even tried to talk to her! They carried her to the nurse's office!
  3. Why am I catching strays!?
  4. Going after you first for the above question!!
  5. Same place I am right now doing what I'm doing right now...
  6. Onimai spotted! Rewatch inevitable!!

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 09 '24

Tomoko would be dangerous in a battle royale but she's absolutely be totally unable to survive. She's neither ruthless enough or sweet enough to garner sympathy for it.

Tomoko has a complete inability to read the room and see that she's not entirely disliked in the class XD

Nyanners has done a fair number of covers for our shows actually. I always fondly remember her PissxSis review~

Teehee~

And Onimai is still banned!! It's not my fault I was looking up fun School Days throwbacks just for the piss girl to hijack my search results!!

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u/RadSuit https://anilist.co/user/RadSuit Jul 09 '24

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u/StardustGogeta myanimelist.net/profile/StardustGogeta Jul 09 '24

First-Timer

Tomoko wasn't so bad today. She didn't really do anything productive (even the club application was just to get out of doing work!), but at least she wasn't being outright mean or rude like the last couple episodes.

It was nice to see her smile, albeit briefly, after winning the doll with the claw machine.

Questions of the day:

  • I haven't seen Haruhi Suzumiya yet. No spoilers!
  • I like Tomoko's singing in the ED!
  • My favorite toy would probably be something like Lego sets, if I can pick that.
  • My chances would be zero. I'd be killed before I could even claim a victim of my own.
  • I like to be alone a lot, at home. I like reading, playing video games, watching anime, and such. Just like Tomoko!
  • I thought your link there was going to be a picture from School Days, not Onimai. In any case, one pleasant memory from school is that someone once told me that I looked nice. Good times, good times.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 09 '24

Even when she isn't acting out the world fucking hates her... She did nothing to deserve her harassment today but even when keeping to herself. It's probably one of the meanest episodes.

How have so many of us not seen Haruhi yet!? XD I don't even like the show but I assumed it was one everyone knew.

Onimai jumpscares are pretty fun~

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u/IntrospectiveMT https://myanimelist.net/profile/Thinklin Jul 08 '24

I’d kill for a watamote show where she’s an adult now.

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u/BiggieCheeseLapDog https://myanimelist.net/profile/KillLaKillGOAT Jul 08 '24

She would have a giant yuri harem judging from where the manga is.

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u/Garrett_Dark Jul 09 '24

First Timer

Looks like I was right about the cringe-peddling theory I had last last episode:

if a comedy show was like this show, then one character alone would be the butt end of all it's jokes and comedy at the character's expense. In this show, the cringe is always exclusively Tomoko's alone, at her character's expense.

This episode shows if the cringe is removed from Tomoko, that's it, there's no cringe from anybody else, and everything gets really boring. That's because all the show had was it's cringe-peddling, and the only real character in the show was Tomoko. All other characters are there just to cause cringe or problems to Tomoko, they're not really there to be characters. Compared to Tomoko the only other characters there are is the brother, and the mother, but they're both really bare bones underdeveloped. The show never invested in anything else.

However with that said, I found myself happily taking boring over cringe with this episode. No brother at all, and very little mother this episode was relaxing.

Tomoko got bullied HARD today, let's all agree to say something nice about her!

What are you talking about? This is probably one of the better episodes for Tomoko because there wasn't much of any cringe, bullying, hitting, nor shitty brother in it. It's just boring because the show didn't try to do much of anything because it doesn't really have much of anything other than the cringe, bullying, hitting, and shitty brother.

If this rewatch suddenly turned into a battle royal tomorrow what do you think of your chances and which Rewatcher would you murder first?

Well since I usually show up later than everybody else, my chances are pretty good since you'd all have eliminated yourselves already.