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** Back in Yuu's first appearence she's described by Tomoko as having "rather average looks and rather average grades" which seems to go against later appearences where she's shown to be a complete BrainlessBeauty (or at least having very poor grades) and Tomoko having lusted for her since their very first encounter. She's also impressed by Yuu smelling so good implying is the first time she notes that while in the spin-off Tomoko smelling Yuu is basically a RunningGag

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* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: Tomoko could be described as a chronic Boke with a lot of Tsukkomis. In her one-on-one interactions, she has a tendency to say and do some very dumb things that usually get her smacked by other, more down-to-earth characters, including Tomoki, Yuri, Masaki, and Hina.

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Tomoko could be described as a chronic Boke with a lot of Tsukkomis. In her one-on-one interactions, she has a tendency to say and do some very dumb things that usually get her smacked by other, more down-to-earth characters, including Tomoki, Yuri, Masaki, and Hina.Hina.
** Sayaka and Akari have developed into this dynamic respectively. Sayaka is the dimwitted loudmouth who keeps on coming up with bad ideas and saying dumb things (always in relation to trying to help the latter get together with Tomoki), and Akari has grown so frustrated with her that she's taken to slapping her whenever she goes too far.
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* WackyHomeroom: Tomoko's class in her third year definitely has a lot of eccentric personalities. Besides Tomoko herself with all her issues, it includes Yuri who's arguably more socially inept than her, Masaki who's a naïve and short-tempered delinquent, Mako who gets increasingly more fussy wherever Masaki is concerned, Hina who's an oddly cheery ClosetOtaku that dreams of becoming a voice actress, Asuka who has some [[CovertPervert well-hidden perverse tendencies]], Shiki who's an emoji-faced GamerGirl that [[TheAce excels at everything she does]], Mike who's a terrible LethalChef that's unaware of how sickening her food is, her boyfriend who puts up with said awful food, Koharu who's a gossipy BetaBitch with luck that's taken a heavy downturn, Kotomi who gets [[LoveMakesYouCrazy crazy wherever her crush is concerned]], Hikari who [[CloudcuckoolandersMinder tries and fails to keep Kotomi on a leash]], Wada whose young and feminine looks make him [[AttractiveBentGender a very convincing crossdresser]], and Hatsushiba, a quiet artist that would rather focus on his art than anything else. Even Ogino, the homeroom teacher, is a pretty wacky character with how energetic and meddlesome she gets. Lampshaded by Tomoki, who's convinced that everyone in Class 3-5 is completely insane.

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* WackyHomeroom: Tomoko's class in her third year definitely has a lot of eccentric personalities. Besides Tomoko herself with all her issues, it includes Yuri who's arguably more socially inept than her, Masaki who's a naïve and short-tempered delinquent, Mako who gets increasingly more fussy wherever Masaki is concerned, Hina who's an oddly cheery ClosetOtaku that dreams of becoming a voice actress, Asuka who has some [[CovertPervert well-hidden perverse tendencies]], Shiki who's an emoji-faced GamerGirl GamerChick that [[TheAce excels at everything she does]], Mike who's a terrible LethalChef that's unaware of how sickening her food is, her boyfriend who puts up with said awful food, Koharu who's a gossipy BetaBitch with luck that's taken a heavy downturn, Kotomi who gets [[LoveMakesYouCrazy crazy wherever her crush is concerned]], Hikari who [[CloudcuckoolandersMinder tries and fails to keep Kotomi on a leash]], Wada whose young and feminine looks make him [[AttractiveBentGender a very convincing crossdresser]], and Hatsushiba, a quiet artist that would rather focus on his art than anything else. Even Ogino, the homeroom teacher, is a pretty wacky character with how energetic and meddlesome she gets. Lampshaded by Tomoki, who's convinced that everyone in Class 3-5 is completely insane.
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** Sachi to an even greater extent. She spent almost the entire series as a faceless extra hanging around Minami who got some minor bits of characterization. Then Minami got her own arc in which Sachi played a major role. Her popularity among the fans exploded and she very quickly started getting plots and chapters focused largely on her to the point where the later stretches of the movie/cultural festival arc seem to be focused more on her and her crush on Tomoki than Tomoko or any of her friends, some of who (like Asuka) are lucky to even get one or two lines in a chapter. She's even pulled a role reversal on Minami, who's now effectively a supporting character for her.
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* StartXToStopX: When Tomoko notices Akari and Sayaka are in Tomoki's room and trying to play Twister with him, Tomoko decides the only way to stop any sexual shenanigans from kicking into high gear is to invite the girl with the biggest crush on her brother that she knows (Kotomi), and hoping her presence will cancel the others' activities out.
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''[[LongTitle No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!]]'' (''Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dō Kangaete mo Omaera ga Warui!''), also known by its official shorthand "''[=WataMote=]''", is a CringeComedy manga published online by Creator/NicoTanigawa (actually two people). The series initially took off due to developing a cult following on [[Website/FourChan /a/ and /v/]], turning into something of an Anglophone darling as a result. Later on, it developed into something of a ComingOfAgeStory, focusing on Tomoko's relationships with the friends she ''does'' manage to make, resulting in a large cast of oddballs.

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''[[LongTitle No ''No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!]]'' Popular!'' (''Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dō Kangaete mo Omaera ga Warui!''), also known by its official shorthand "''[=WataMote=]''", is a CringeComedy manga published online by Creator/NicoTanigawa (actually two people). The series initially took off due to developing a cult following on [[Website/FourChan /a/ and /v/]], turning into something of an Anglophone darling as a result. Later on, it developed into something of a ComingOfAgeStory, focusing on Tomoko's relationships with the friends she ''does'' manage to make, resulting in a large cast of oddballs.
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* UnusualEuphamism: While they're in the sauna, Ucchi refers to Tomoko's genitals as "Kuroki's kuroki" when she slides herself in front of Tomoko in a way that cover's the latter's crotch with her head.

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* UnusualEuphamism: UnusualEuphemism: While they're in the sauna, Ucchi refers to Tomoko's genitals as "Kuroki's kuroki" when she slides herself in front of Tomoko in a way that cover's the latter's crotch with her head.
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* UnusualEuphamism: While they're in the sauna, Ucchi refers to Tomoko's genitals as "Kuroki's kuroki" when she slides herself in front of Tomoko in a way that cover's the latter's crotch with her head.
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* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Exploited by Sachi in chapter 214. When Koharu attempts to take a nap right next to Tomoki, Sachi spoons her to get his attention, noting how boys like it when girls act all friendly with one another.
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* BaseballEpisode: As part of a promotion with the Chiba Lotte Marines, Volume 10 of the manga featured a special chapter where Tomoko, Yuu, and Kotomi attend a game of theirs. [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall They even mention how the team is involved in a cross-promotional deal with some manga or anime that's "about a loner protagonist]]." [[spoiler:[[BaitAndSwitch It was]] ''LightNovel/MyTeenRomanticComedySNAFU'']].

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* BaseballEpisode: As part of a promotion with the Chiba Lotte Marines, Volume 10 of the manga featured a special chapter where Tomoko, Yuu, and Kotomi attend a game of theirs. [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall They even mention how the team is involved in a cross-promotional deal with some manga or anime that's "about a loner protagonist]]." [[spoiler:[[BaitAndSwitch It was]] ''LightNovel/MyTeenRomanticComedySNAFU'']].''[[Literature/MyYouthRomanticComedyIsWrongAsIExpected My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU]]''.



* FourthWallPsych: At the end of special chapter 6, created in collaboration with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiba_Lotte_Marines Chiba Lotte Marines]], Tomoko and Kotomi start to talk about the team doing a collab with some "anime or manga or something" about a loner protagonist. [[spoiler:It turns out they are talking about ''[[LightNovel/MyTeenRomanticComedySNAFU Oregairu]]''.]]

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* FourthWallPsych: At the end of special chapter 6, created in collaboration with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiba_Lotte_Marines Chiba Lotte Marines]], Tomoko and Kotomi start to talk about the team doing a collab with some "anime or manga or something" about a loner protagonist. [[spoiler:It turns out they are talking about ''[[LightNovel/MyTeenRomanticComedySNAFU ''[[Literature/MyYouthRomanticComedyIsWrongAsIExpected Oregairu]]''.]]



** Several anime series feature a high school club that doesn't serve any real purpose other than as a hangout for the main cast ([[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya the SOS Brigade]], [[LightNovel/{{Haganai}} the Neighbor's Club]].) However, when Tomoko attempts to found one of these in episode 10, her application is promptly returned by the student council with the note "Rejected: Club Purpose Unclear."

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** Several anime series feature a high school club that doesn't serve any real purpose other than as a hangout for the main cast ([[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya the SOS Brigade]], [[LightNovel/{{Haganai}} [[Literature/{{Haganai}} the Neighbor's Club]].) However, when Tomoko attempts to found one of these in episode 10, her application is promptly returned by the student council with the note "Rejected: Club Purpose Unclear."
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* LapPillow: Asuka loves letting Tomoko rest her head on her lap whenever she notices the latter getting sleepy, with the first instance happening when she notices the shorter girl nodding off on the train. She claims she just likes treating Tomoko like the younger sibling she never had, [[AmbiguouslyGay though it's ambiguous if that's her reason for doing it]], and it's clear that Tomoko gets a certain thrill out of it. During the study camp arc, Tomoko returns the favor by letting Asuka rest her head on her lap to help her recover from a nosebleed, and the moment marks the point where their friendship deepens enough to start referring to each other by nicknames.
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* LoserFriendPuzzlesOutsiders:
** Tomoko tends to have this effect on some members of her friends' already existing social groups. Of note is Akane and Fuuka, who are friends of Hina and Asuka respectively. Both find Tomoko very weird and creepy, and are also concerned about what effect she might be having on their mutual friends. Rather than spark hostility though, it just causes both to develop more of a morbid curiosity toward her, with Fuuka in particular developing a SitcomArchnemesis rivalry with Tomoko.
** When Koharu starts hanging out with Shiki and by extension, the geeky boys she plays games with, Sachi does little to mask her contempt for them and very nearly ends her friendship with Koharu as a result. While they do patch things up, Sachi still makes a point to say she wants nothing to do with Shiki.

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* SurprisinglyMovingSong: Fuuka's singing tends to have this effect on people, with even [[SitcomArchnemesis Tomoko]] getting teary-eyed when she hears her perform on karaoke before [[StupidSexyFlanders angrily comparing it to having an orgasm while getting raped]].



* SurprisinglyMovingSong: Fuuka's singing tends to have this effect on people, with even [[SitcomArchnemesis Tomoko]] getting teary-eyed when she hears her perform on karaoke before [[StupidSexyFlanders angrily comparing it to having an orgasm while getting raped]].
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* SurprisinglyMovingSong: Fuuka's singing tends to have this effect on people, with even [[SitcomArchnemesis Tomoko]] getting teary-eyed when she hears her perform on karaoke before [[StupidSexyFlanders angrily comparing it to having an orgasm while getting raped]].
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** In the 2020 Christmas special, Asuka shows off a photo of she and her friends in sexy Christmas-themed costumes. She's wearing a [[BareYourMidriff midriff-baring]] outfit while her friend Kaho has a more modest but still cute minidress. Yuu thinks the photo is cute; Tomoko thinks it's perverse.

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** In the 2020 Christmas special, Asuka shows off a photo of she and her friends in sexy Christmas-themed costumes. She's wearing a [[BareYourMidriff midriff-baring]] midriff-baring outfit while her friend Kaho has a more modest but still cute minidress. Yuu thinks the photo is cute; Tomoko thinks it's perverse.
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** Tomoko in the early series made decent mention of consuming women's media alongside typical men's otaku media. By third year, it's rare for her to mention anything women related that she enjoys at all.
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* EasilyForgiven: Discussed. Tomoko once mentions hating a trend in shoujo manga where the main character would get [[StockShoujoBullyingTactics mercilessly bullied]] by another girl or group, but then suddenly be affectionate and forgiving to the bully after finding common ground and helping them through their issues. However, she hypocritically says she likes the nekettsu shounen manga flavored version of this trope, even if the opponent has done worse than mere bullying and tried to ''kill'' the main character.
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* WackyHomeroom: Tomoko's class in her third year definitely has a lot of eccentric personalities. Besides Tomoko herself with all her issues, it includes Yuri who's arguably more socially inept than her, Masaki who's a naïve and short-tempered delinquent, Mako who gets increasingly more fussy wherever Masaki is concerned, Hina who's an oddly cheery ClosetOtaku that dreams of becoming a voice actress, Asuka who has some [[CovertPervert well-hidden perverse tendencies]], Shiki who's an emoji-faced GamerGirl that [[TheAce excels at everything she does]], Mike who's a terrible LethalChef that's unaware of how sickening her food is, her boyfriend who puts up with said awful food, Koharu who's a gossipy BetaBitch with luck that's taken a heavy downturn, Kotomi who gets [[LoveMakesYouCrazy crazy wherever her crush is concerned]], Hikari who [[CloudcuckoolandersMinder tries and fails to keep Kotomi on a leash]], Wada whose young and feminine looks make him [[AttractiveBentGender a very convincing crossdresser]], and Hatsushiba, a quiet artist that would rather focus on his art than anything else. Even Ogino, the homeroom teacher, is a pretty wacky character with how energetic and meddlesome she gets. Lampshaded by Tomoki, who's convinced that everyone in Class 3-5 is completely insane.
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** Tomoko is put off by Shizuku's frequent obliviousness or indifference to her boyfriend's misery, referring to her as scum for it and wondering if that's the reason she doesn't have any real friends.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tomoko had this dynamic going with her best friend, Yuu. Tomoko was the tomboy with her interest in video games and militant subjects and her generally more exuberant (and rude) personality, while Yuu was more sweet and feminine. This became even pronounced once they entered high school; Tomoko was still as tomboyish as ever, while Yuu started dressing more stylishly.

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* ButtMonkey: Tomoko is quite often on the receiving end of some [[{{Slapstick}} physical comedy]], e.g. getting smacked by Tomoki or Kotomi for being obnoxious, getting accidentally hit with her own desk while daydreaming in her class in chapter 9, getting accidentally hit in head by a basketball while daydreaming during a P.E. class in chapter 25, crushing into Tomoki and getting a nosebleed while trying to annoy Kotomi in chapter 48, spraining her wrist while trying to pull off a pass she saw in a manga while playing basketball in chapter 56, getting hit by Yoshida for being an AccidentalPervert, etc. - all PlayedForLaughs.



* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Tomoko is quite often on the receiving end of some physical comedy, e.g. getting smacked by Tomoki or Kotomi for being obnoxious, getting accidentally hit with her own desk while daydreaming in her class in chapter 9, getting accidentally hit in head by a basketball while daydreaming during a P.E. class in chapter 25, crushing into Tomoki and getting a nosebleed while trying to annoy Kotomi in chapter 48, spraining her wrist while trying to pull off a pass she saw in a manga while playing basketball in chapter 56, getting hit by Yoshida for being an AccidentalPervert, etc. - all PlayedForLaughs.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys:
** Tomoko is attracted to abusive boyfriends, as evidenced by how much she listens to {{Yandere}} FetishizedAbuser [=CDs=] with clear arousal.
** When Tomoki says he really wants to kill Sayaka, Sachi, who's developed a crush on him, gives him high marks for wanting to kill girls who aren't herself.
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* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Discussed in one bonus comic. Tomoko remarks that {{Yonkoma}} SchoolgirlSeries typically are devoid of men, with the sole exceptions of parents (and even then it's rare) or young children. Wada is the only boy that shows up in that bonus comic precisely because he's young-looking and thus "not a threat" to the all-girl atmosphere.
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Tomoko Kuroki is a legendary high-school girl with over ''fifty'' years' worth of romantic experience and over ''one hundred'' male admirers... in the world of [[RomanceGame otome gaming]], that is; In the real world, she is an unattractive, lonely, creepy fifteen-year-old {{Otaku}} schoolgirl with severe self-esteem issues, so much so that she avoids all contact with her classmates.

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Tomoko Kuroki is a legendary high-school girl with over ''fifty'' years' worth of romantic experience and over ''one hundred'' male admirers... in the world of [[RomanceGame otome gaming]], that is; is. In the real world, she is an unattractive, lonely, creepy fifteen-year-old {{Otaku}} schoolgirl with severe self-esteem issues, so much so that she avoids all contact with her classmates.



The anime can be legally viewed at [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/watamote-no-matter-how-i-look-at-it-its-you-guys-fault-im-not-popular Crunchyroll]] for people living in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Also available on Creator/{{Hulu}} in the USA

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The anime can be legally viewed at [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/watamote-no-matter-how-i-look-at-it-its-you-guys-fault-im-not-popular Crunchyroll]] for people living in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Also It's also available on Creator/{{Hulu}} in the USA
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** After chapter 162 depicted a scene where [[ItMakesSenseInContext a slip of paper draped over Yuri's nonplussed face]], fanart of her as a [[ChineseVampire jiangshi]] became popular. Then in Ocotober 2020, as part of a Halloween-themed art exhibit, Nico Tanigawa released an image of the girls all dressed up in costumes...[[https://www.medicos-e.net/newsdetail/goods_watamote/ and sure enough, Yuri was a jiangshi]].

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** After chapter 162 depicted a scene where [[ItMakesSenseInContext a slip of paper draped over Yuri's nonplussed face]], fanart of her as a [[ChineseVampire jiangshi]] became popular. Then in Ocotober October 2020, as part of a Halloween-themed art exhibit, Nico Tanigawa released an image of the girls all dressed up in costumes...[[https://www.medicos-e.net/newsdetail/goods_watamote/ and sure enough, Yuri was a jiangshi]].



* AuthorAppeal: The author seems to be a fan of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiba_Lotte_Marines Chiba Lotte Marines]], as the manga includes several refences to the team and to baseball in general, and in-universe Kotomi Komiyama is a fan of the team. It is unlikely to be a coincidence that all named characters share the surnames of Chiba Lotte Marines current or former team members.

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* AuthorAppeal: The author seems to be a fan of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiba_Lotte_Marines Chiba Lotte Marines]], as the manga includes several refences references to the team and to baseball in general, and in-universe Kotomi Komiyama is a fan of the team. It is unlikely to be a coincidence that all named characters share the surnames of Chiba Lotte Marines current or former team members.
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* SittingOnTheRoof: Averted. Tomoko tries going to the school's rooftop to eat lunch in solitude, only to find the door is locked. She bitterly notes how roofs are usually left wide open in anime and light novels.


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* SittingOnTheRoof: Deconstructed in the OVA. Tomoko and Aomatsu are only able to get onto the school roof because the former was able to snatch the key off the floor after a teacher dropped it. When she hangs out on it later, a teacher notices the door is open and closes it, locking Tomoko on the roof and sending her into a panic. She's eventually found, but she gets in trouble and is never able to get onto the roof again.

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* ExpyCoexistence: An unstated example from the anime is the ProductPlacement of ''Manga/{{Arachnid}}'' volume 8 from the same publisher being read by Tomoki. Volume 7 featured Momoko "Geji" Ashida, an expy of Tomoko, on the cover.


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* ExpyCoexistence: An unstated example is the ProductPlacement of ''Manga/{{Arachnid}}'' volume 8 from the same publisher being read by Tomoki in episode 1. Volume 7 featured Momoko "Geji" Ashida, an expy of Tomoko, on the cover.

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* ExpyCoexistence: An unstated example from the anime is the ProductPlacement of ''Manga/{{Arachnid}}'' volume 8 from the same publisher being read by Tomoki. Volume 7 featured Momoko "Geji" Ashida, an expy of Tomoko, on the cover.



* {{Fanservice}}: As the manga continuous further on, more and more fanservice scenes are shown, most prominently shower scenes.

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* {{Fanservice}}: As the manga continuous continues further on, more and more fanservice scenes are shown, most prominently shower scenes.
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The series has been licensed by Creator/YenPress. A [[TwelveEpisodeAnime one-cour]] anime adaptation premiered in July 2013 as part of the Summer2013Anime lineup. An OVA was released in October 2014.

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