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* TheWikiRule: [[http://watamote.wikia.com/wiki/WataMote_Wiki Here]].
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** One of the more popular fan-theories is that some of the supporting cast are stand-ins for the authors and/or people they know. Tomoko is Iko (the writer), Yuri is Niko (the artist), Hina post-anime is Izumi Kitta, etc.
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** One of the more popular fan-theories is that some of the supporting cast are stand-ins for the authors and/or people they know. Tomoko is Iko (the writer), Yuri is Niko (the artist), Hina post-anime is Izumi Kitta, etc.etc.
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** Tomoko's character design was originally meant to be [[HugeSchoolGirl taller]], with smaller sanpaku eyes, however, the publisher asked for a cuter design. Arguably a positive example, since making Tomoko scrawnier and with oversized eyes ended up complimenting her characterization by making her look sickly and stunted.
** Yuu-chan wasn't originally a part of the manga, however the publishers thought it was too depressing for Tomoko to have no friends. Again, this was arguably a positive example, as Yuu has turned into a character foil who amplifies Tomoko's social maladjustment.
** Yuu-chan wasn't originally a part of the manga, however the publishers thought it was too depressing for Tomoko to have no friends. Again, this was arguably a positive example, as Yuu has turned into a character foil who amplifies Tomoko's social maladjustment.
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** Tomoko's character design was originally meant to be [[HugeSchoolGirl taller]], with smaller sanpaku eyes, eyes; however, the publisher asked for a cuter design. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Arguably a positive example, example]], since making Tomoko scrawnier and with giving her oversized eyes ended up complimenting her characterization by making her look sickly and stunted.
** Yuu-chan wasn't originally a part of the manga, however the publishers thought it was too depressing for Tomoko to have no friends. Again, this was arguably a positive example, as Yuu has turned into a characterfoil {{foil}} who amplifies Tomoko's social maladjustment.
** Yuu-chan wasn't originally a part of the manga, however the publishers thought it was too depressing for Tomoko to have no friends. Again, this was arguably a positive example, as Yuu has turned into a character
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to the Japanese Wikipedia at least, the authors originally planned Tomoko not to have a single friend. The editor found this premise too depressing and asked the authors to introduce a friend for Tomoko, which is why [[OnlyFriend Yuu]] was created. Also, Tomoko's design (see Executive Meddling).
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to the Japanese Wikipedia at least, the authors originally planned for Tomoko to not to have a single friend. The editor found this premise too depressing and asked the authors to introduce a friend for Tomoko, which is why [[OnlyFriend Yuu]] was created. Also, Tomoko's design (see Executive Meddling).
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: The series is based on the authors' own experiences, so much so that one of them decided not to have Tomoko be bullied because it would have made the whole thing too personal.
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: WriteWhoYouKnow:
** The series is based on the authors' own experiences, so much so that one of them decided not to have Tomoko be bullied because it would have made the whole thing too personal.
** The series is based on the authors' own experiences, so much so that one of them decided not to have Tomoko be bullied because it would have made the whole thing too personal.
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* FanNickname: It might actually be easier to list characters who don't have some sort of a nickname. If a character shows up at least somewhat prominently rest assured that the fans will bestow a nickname on them and make liberal use of it. Bonus points for nicknames that Tomoko herself had come up with for the people around her over the course of her many, ''many'' internal monologues.
** /v/'s nickname for Tomoko is "Spaghetti-tan", because of their meme about spaghetti leaking out of their pockets during socially awkward situations, seemingly for no other reason than to make the situation even more awkward and embarrassing for them. Turns into an AscendedMeme when, as a thank-you to foreign audiences, Tanigawa drew a picture of Tomoko actually eating spaghetti.
** World Three, the primary scanlation group for the series, affectionately gave the manga the project title "loser girl."
** "Slut-chan" for Yuu, because, in Tomoko's eyes, girls more socially adept than she is are "bitches" or "sluts".
** Yoshida's friend Anna is "Heroin-chan" because of her relatively large eyes and eye bags. She's also called "Meth-chan" for the same reason. Yoshida's other friend Rena tends to be called "Dark-chan" due to most of her face being shadowed over by her hat.
** "Komi-something" for Kotomi Komiyama after Tomoko's ignorance to properly saying her name.
** Ucchi is usually referred to as "Emoji", due to her simple but expressive face.
** Asuka Katou was referred to as "Makeup-chan" for the longest time due her penchant of applying makeup on Tomoko, and because it took a while for the manga to even attach a name to her face. The Japanese fandom on the other hand come to call her "Katou-mama", after Tomoko sarcastically called her the "class mom" during the 2nd-year Christmas party.
** Tomoko's social circle at high school is affectionately referred to as the "Reject Posse" due to initially consisting of loner girls who couldn't find a group for the field trip to Kyoto, though it's since expanded to include everyone Tomoko regularly interacts with at school. It consists mainly of Tomoko, Yuri, Yoshida, and Mako, with Ucchi and Hina being more tenuous additions.
** Speaking of Tomoko's new friends, Masaki Yoshida is often referred to as the "Pure Deliquent" due to her tough-girl attitude coexisting peacefully with her love of all things cute. The trip to Disneyland in Chapter 126 highlights this, as she's the only other member of the group after Mako who's ''genuinely enjoying herself''.
** Futaki, the girl [[NonstandardCharacterDesign with the dot eyes and fixed triangle mouth]] has been given a few nicknames due to not being named until chapter 128, including "Potential-san" [[https://i.imgur.com/oJ4tvV7.png based on a line from the Vol. 9 omake]], "Emoji Mk.II", or simply "Mk.II" due to her having a similar design quirk to Ucchi as listed above.
** Minami is typically called "Fang" or "Kibako" due to her most prominent physical trait being, well, [[CuteLittleFangs a fang]].
** "Pineapple" for Okada due to her hairstyle looking like the top of a pineapple, thanks to her bangs being held up with a scrunchie.
** Shizuku Hirasawa, Tomoko's new junior, is referred to as "Scum" (''kuso'' in the original). She's also commonly referred to simply as "Kouhai".
** Ucchi's friend Kayo tends to be called [[Franchise/{{Naruto}} Hyuga-chan]] due to her distinctive eyes. Ucchi's group of friends as a whole are referred to as [[Music/LilPump Ucchi Gang]] by the English-speaking fandom, and as "the Female Cats" by the Japanese fandom, after the name of the room they were staying in during the Kyoto trip.
** Due to several amusing incidents therein, fans have dubbed the events of chapter 170 and beyond the "[[ItMakesSenseInContext Silver Pubes arc]]".
** Among English speaking fans, the as-yet-unnamed fifth member of Asuka's friend group is some times called Succubus-chan due to the fact that she's both very pretty and seems to be open about being sexually experienced.
** /v/'s nickname for Tomoko is "Spaghetti-tan", because of their meme about spaghetti leaking out of their pockets during socially awkward situations, seemingly for no other reason than to make the situation even more awkward and embarrassing for them. Turns into an AscendedMeme when, as a thank-you to foreign audiences, Tanigawa drew a picture of Tomoko actually eating spaghetti.
** World Three, the primary scanlation group for the series, affectionately gave the manga the project title "loser girl."
** "Slut-chan" for Yuu, because, in Tomoko's eyes, girls more socially adept than she is are "bitches" or "sluts".
** Yoshida's friend Anna is "Heroin-chan" because of her relatively large eyes and eye bags. She's also called "Meth-chan" for the same reason. Yoshida's other friend Rena tends to be called "Dark-chan" due to most of her face being shadowed over by her hat.
** "Komi-something" for Kotomi Komiyama after Tomoko's ignorance to properly saying her name.
** Ucchi is usually referred to as "Emoji", due to her simple but expressive face.
** Asuka Katou was referred to as "Makeup-chan" for the longest time due her penchant of applying makeup on Tomoko, and because it took a while for the manga to even attach a name to her face. The Japanese fandom on the other hand come to call her "Katou-mama", after Tomoko sarcastically called her the "class mom" during the 2nd-year Christmas party.
** Tomoko's social circle at high school is affectionately referred to as the "Reject Posse" due to initially consisting of loner girls who couldn't find a group for the field trip to Kyoto, though it's since expanded to include everyone Tomoko regularly interacts with at school. It consists mainly of Tomoko, Yuri, Yoshida, and Mako, with Ucchi and Hina being more tenuous additions.
** Speaking of Tomoko's new friends, Masaki Yoshida is often referred to as the "Pure Deliquent" due to her tough-girl attitude coexisting peacefully with her love of all things cute. The trip to Disneyland in Chapter 126 highlights this, as she's the only other member of the group after Mako who's ''genuinely enjoying herself''.
** Futaki, the girl [[NonstandardCharacterDesign with the dot eyes and fixed triangle mouth]] has been given a few nicknames due to not being named until chapter 128, including "Potential-san" [[https://i.imgur.com/oJ4tvV7.png based on a line from the Vol. 9 omake]], "Emoji Mk.II", or simply "Mk.II" due to her having a similar design quirk to Ucchi as listed above.
** Minami is typically called "Fang" or "Kibako" due to her most prominent physical trait being, well, [[CuteLittleFangs a fang]].
** "Pineapple" for Okada due to her hairstyle looking like the top of a pineapple, thanks to her bangs being held up with a scrunchie.
** Shizuku Hirasawa, Tomoko's new junior, is referred to as "Scum" (''kuso'' in the original). She's also commonly referred to simply as "Kouhai".
** Ucchi's friend Kayo tends to be called [[Franchise/{{Naruto}} Hyuga-chan]] due to her distinctive eyes. Ucchi's group of friends as a whole are referred to as [[Music/LilPump Ucchi Gang]] by the English-speaking fandom, and as "the Female Cats" by the Japanese fandom, after the name of the room they were staying in during the Kyoto trip.
** Due to several amusing incidents therein, fans have dubbed the events of chapter 170 and beyond the "[[ItMakesSenseInContext Silver Pubes arc]]".
** Among English speaking fans, the as-yet-unnamed fifth member of Asuka's friend group is some times called Succubus-chan due to the fact that she's both very pretty and seems to be open about being sexually experienced.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: One gag sticks out in particular, as it relies upon Tomoko confusing the headphone and microphone jacks on her computer. It wasn't much later that computers started using a common jack for both, to accommodate headsets with a single plug.
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** Futaki, the girl [[NonstandardCharacterDesign with the dot eyes and fixed triangle mouth]] has been given a few nicknames due to not being named until chapter 128, including "Potential-san" [[https://i.imgur.com/oJ4tvV7.png based on a line from the Vol. 9 omake]], or "Emoji 2" due to her having a similar design quirk to Ucchi as listed above.
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** Futaki, the girl [[NonstandardCharacterDesign with the dot eyes and fixed triangle mouth]] has been given a few nicknames due to not being named until chapter 128, including "Potential-san" [[https://i.imgur.com/oJ4tvV7.png based on a line from the Vol. 9 omake]], or "Emoji 2" Mk.II", or simply "Mk.II" due to her having a similar design quirk to Ucchi as listed above.
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** Shizuku Hirasawa, Tomoko's new junior, is referred to as "Scum" (''kuso'' in the original).
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** Shizuku Hirasawa, Tomoko's new junior, is referred to as "Scum" (''kuso'' in the original). She's also commonly referred to simply as "Kouhai".
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* Among English speaking fans, the as-yet-unnamed fifth member of Asuka's friend group is some times called Succubus-chan due to the fact that she's both very pretty and seems to be open about being sexually experienced.
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* ActorAllusion: In chapter 56, Tomoko gets to school late after she catches an episode of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' on TV and gets drawn in. ("Who the hell schedules a cartoon like that in such an early time slot? Even elementary schoolers couldn't watch that without missing school!") The show isn't named, but Tomoko's TV shows an image of Rainbow Dash -- who is voiced in the dub by Tomoko's actress, Izumi Kitta.
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** One of the more popular fan-theories are that some of the supporting cast are stand-ins for the authors and/or people they know. Tomoko is Iko (the writer), Yuri is Niko (the artist), Hina post-anime is Izumi Kitta, etc.
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** One of the more popular fan-theories are is that some of the supporting cast are stand-ins for the authors and/or people they know. Tomoko is Iko (the writer), Yuri is Niko (the artist), Hina post-anime is Izumi Kitta, etc.
