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*She's been sort-of aware of this for a while. She sees the people around her as manga/anime charaters. Which is why "Emoji-Face" has an emoji face, despite being a pretty cheerleader in "real life" as everyone else sees her.
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** Confirmed. Chapter 132 introduces said kohai into Tomoko's growing social circle, and expected, she's got an ''extremely'' positive perception of Tomoko. She's not related to Megumi at all, though.
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[[WMG: Tomoko had some kind of DarkAndTroubledPast]]
Tomoko is unrealistically shy a bit of a jerk and had a lot of strange charecter traits.
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[[WMG: The girl who was applying for the school's entrance exam will play a part in Tomoko's third year]]
* Because of all the new additions to Tomoko's vastly-expanded social circle, she's still missing the odd freshmen who has a skewed perception of her. And no, Akari doesn't count. Bonus points if said junior happens to be related to Imae.
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[[WMG: The series will end in a WhereAreTheyNow style ending, with a more confident Tomoko meeting Imae-senpai again, and telling her a story on just how much her life's changed since they last met.]]
* Because why not? It would also serve as a nice way to show just how much Tomoko's CharacterDevelopment progressed since the series started.
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* Jossed. From Chapter 82 onward, Tomoko makes new friends (or at least regular social acquaintances), let's go of most of her resentment against schoolmates more popular than her, and matures emotionally as well. While her life is still not all flowers and sunshine, things are on a whole on the upturn.


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* Tomoki is clearly more in the [[GamingAndSportsAnimeAndManga life of a sports series]] (friends, social life, afterschool sports), the students Tomoko sees daily are from a [[SliceOfLife slice-of-life comedy]] (constantly talking and hanging out), and Imae is the protagonist of her own series; possibly a magical girl (popularity, friendly even to [[TheWoobie Tomoko]]). To each of them, Tomoko is a side character of their own series, hence why she never gets a high viewpoint from any of them but Imae who may want her to join her team or just be her [[MuggleBestFriend friend]].

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* Tomoki is clearly more in the [[GamingAndSportsAnimeAndManga life of a sports series]] (friends, social life, afterschool sports), the students Tomoko sees daily are from a [[SliceOfLife slice-of-life comedy]] (constantly talking and hanging out), and Imae is the protagonist of her own series; possibly a magical girl (popularity, friendly even to [[TheWoobie Tomoko]]). To each of them, Tomoko is a side character of their own series, hence why she never gets a high viewpoint from any of them but Imae who may want her to join her team or just be her [[MuggleBestFriend friend]].
friend]]. On that note, other possibilities include...
** Yuri is from a more serious and dramatic ComingOfAgeStory about an insecure teenage recluse who has to put up with the turbulence of high school life and frequent bullying from the resident AlphaBitch, and who learns to come out of her shell thanks to the antics of her wacky new friend (Tomoko).
** Hina Nemoto stars in a comedic anime that celebrates otaku culture, much like ''Anime/LuckyStar'' or ''Anime/HimoutoUmaruChan''. Regular school girl by day, extreme fan of anime and pop culture by night!
** Ucchi is the protagonist of a [[YuriGenre yuri]] dramedy about a teenage girl coming to terms with her lesbianism after developing her first crush on a girl.
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[[WMG: An upcoming chapter will feature Tomoki getting a part time job.]]
Because what better way to push Tomoko into getting one herself? Tomoki's at an age where most people start working for the first time in their lives, and, being the responsible and hardworking young man that he is, it's only natural that he'd do the same.
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** If this is true, it's likely that one of her grandparents on the foreign (most likely her father's, as her mother seems to be Japanese) side of her family is [[TheCatcherInTheRye Holden Caulfield]].

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** If this is true, it's likely that one of her grandparents on the foreign (most likely her father's, as her mother seems to be Japanese) side of her family is [[TheCatcherInTheRye [[Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye Holden Caulfield]].
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[[WMG: Tomoko eventually becomes a serial killer]]
The opening credits show her being arrested, even chained to a wall, because she has lost her mind and has become HannibalLecter levels of dangerous. Maybe she even had a murderous meltdown in public.
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[[WMG: Tomoko is autistic.]]
* She doesn't behave like a person with autism. More likely is she has [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avoidant_personality_disorder Avoidant Personality Disorder]]
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* The author says that the series is based on her life, so it makes sense.

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* The author says that some parts of the series is based on her life, come from old high school memories, so it makes sense.
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The ending theme has Tomoko sing a tune with an uplifting tone. It tries to go with StylisticSuck but frequently slips up, causing Tomoko to sound quite good. She's just a little rough around the edges unless she's starting to have an emotional breakdown, then it goes into the crapper but that's true for everyone. Of course the ending theme is obviously not part of the main story. ChekhovsGun? Doesn't quite fit the definition. {{Foreshadowing}}? Yeah, that's more appropriate.

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* The ending theme has Tomoko sing a tune with an uplifting tone. It tries to go with StylisticSuck but frequently slips up, causing Tomoko to sound quite good. She's just a little rough around the edges unless she's starting to have an emotional breakdown, then it goes into the crapper but that's true for everyone. Of course the ending theme is obviously not part of the main story. ChekhovsGun? Doesn't quite fit the definition. {{Foreshadowing}}? Yeah, that's more appropriate.



* ...but later realises her newfound popularity is shallow, and that people don't love her for who she is, so she wishes to return to the honest friendships she had with Yuu and (possibly) Komiyama, the moral of the story being that it doesn't matter being popular as long as there's at least one person out there who considers you a true friend.

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* ......but later realises her newfound popularity is shallow, and that people don't love her for who she is, so she wishes to return to the honest friendships she had with Yuu and (possibly) Komiyama, the moral of the story being that it doesn't matter being popular as long as there's at least one person out there who considers you a true friend.



* At the end of the series, she comments that her story doesnt matter and then laughs. She learned to laugh at her problems instead of taking them and herself so seriously, finding a certain humor in them. also, Tomoko's situation isnt completely hopeless; Though she didn't become popular, someone out there wants to "keep an eye on her".

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* At the end of the series, she comments that her story doesnt doesn't matter and then laughs. She learned to laugh at her problems instead of taking them and herself so seriously, finding a certain humor in them. also, Tomoko's situation isnt completely hopeless; Though she didn't become popular, someone out there wants to "keep an eye on her".
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** If this is true, it's likely that one of her grandparents on the foreign (most likely her father's, as her mother seems to be Japanese) side of her family is [[TheCatcherInTheRye Holden Caulfield]].
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[[WMG: The reason why Tomoki's grown cold toward her sister...]]

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* Or tried to get ''him'' to "rape" her. We've seen Tomoko try to get Tomoki to play along with her scenarios, i.e. "wall-slamming" her, and she's displayed an inability to distinguish fantasy from reality, especially when at a low point. That plus Tomoko's tendency to ignore the effect she has on others, and the fact that Tomoki's the only guy she has real conversations with (plus the tendency of H-games to feature BrotherSisterIncest, blood-related or otherwise), could mean trouble.
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[[WMG: Tomoko is a stealth TakeThat to {{yandere}} fans]]
* Showing how messed up you have to be in order to be into that.
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* At the end of the series, she comments that her story doesnt matter and then laughs. She learned to laugh at her problems instead of taking them and herself so seriously and finding humor in them. also, Tomoko's situation isnt completely hopeless. Though she didn't become popular, someone out there wants to "keep an eye on her".

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* At the end of the series, she comments that her story doesnt matter and then laughs. She learned to laugh at her problems instead of taking them and herself so seriously and seriously, finding a certain humor in them. also, Tomoko's situation isnt completely hopeless. hopeless; Though she didn't become popular, someone out there wants to "keep an eye on her".
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* In fact, she might have been the TV witch.


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[[WMG: Tomoko recieved an EstoricHappyEnding]]
* At the end of the series, she comments that her story doesnt matter and then laughs. She learned to laugh at her problems instead of taking them and herself so seriously and finding humor in them. also, Tomoko's situation isnt completely hopeless. Though she didn't become popular, someone out there wants to "keep an eye on her".
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[[WMG: Near the end of the series, Tomoko will get exactly what she wants, and becomes popular.]]
* ...but later realises her newfound popularity is shallow, and that people don't love her for who she is, so she wishes to return to the honest friendships she had with Yuu and (possibly) Komiyama, the moral of the story being that it doesn't matter being popular as long as there's at least one person out there who considers you a true friend.
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The ending theme has Tomoko sing a tune with an uplifting tone. It tries to go with StylisticSuck but frequently slips up, causing Tomoko to sound quite good. She's just a little rough around the edges unless she's starting to have an emotional breakdown, then it goes into the crapper but that's true for everyone. Of course the ending theme is obviously not part of the main story. ChekhovsGun? Doesn't quite fit the definition. Foreshadowing? Yeah, that's more appropriate.

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The ending theme has Tomoko sing a tune with an uplifting tone. It tries to go with StylisticSuck but frequently slips up, causing Tomoko to sound quite good. She's just a little rough around the edges unless she's starting to have an emotional breakdown, then it goes into the crapper but that's true for everyone. Of course the ending theme is obviously not part of the main story. ChekhovsGun? Doesn't quite fit the definition. Foreshadowing? {{Foreshadowing}}? Yeah, that's more appropriate.
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The ending theme has Tomoko sing a tune with an uplifting tone. It tries to go with StylisticSuck but frequently slips up, causing Tomoko to sound quite good. She's just a little rough around the edges. Of course the ending theme is obviously not part of the main story. ChekhovsGun? Doesn't quite fit the definition. Foreshadowing? Yeah, that's more appropriate.

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The ending theme has Tomoko sing a tune with an uplifting tone. It tries to go with StylisticSuck but frequently slips up, causing Tomoko to sound quite good. She's just a little rough around the edges.edges unless she's starting to have an emotional breakdown, then it goes into the crapper but that's true for everyone. Of course the ending theme is obviously not part of the main story. ChekhovsGun? Doesn't quite fit the definition. Foreshadowing? Yeah, that's more appropriate.
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[[WMG: Tomoko has genuine singing talent.]]
The ending theme has Tomoko sing a tune with an uplifting tone. It tries to go with StylisticSuck but frequently slips up, causing Tomoko to sound quite good. She's just a little rough around the edges. Of course the ending theme is obviously not part of the main story. ChekhovsGun? Doesn't quite fit the definition. Foreshadowing? Yeah, that's more appropriate.
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[[WMG: The reason why Tomoki's grown cold toward her sister...]]
...is because she attempted to molest him in the past. With the things she's interested in and her desire to get laid, she may have tried resorting to rape at one point.
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[[WMG: Each secondary/background character is a [[HeroOfAnotherStory protagonist]] of their own series.]]
* Tomoki is clearly more in the [[GamingAndSportsAnimeAndManga life of a sports series]] (friends, social life, afterschool sports), the students Tomoko sees daily are from a [[SliceOfLife slice-of-life comedy]] (constantly talking and hanging out), and Imae is the protagonist of her own series; possibly a magical girl (popularity, friendly even to [[TheWoobie Tomoko]]). To each of them, Tomoko is a side character of their own series, hence why she never gets a high viewpoint from any of them but Imae who may want her to join her team or just be her [[MuggleBestFriend friend]].
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[[WMG: Episode 12 of the anime...]]
* [[spoiler:... ended with Tomoko [[NoticingTheFourthWall realizing that she is just an anime character]], and [[GoMadFromTheRevelation being driven insane by this realization]]. This is why she [[MediumAwareness became aware of the narration]], and agreed with the narrator than her story doesn't matter.]]
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[[WMG: Tomoko is Konata Izumi in an alternative universe.]]
* Because I can't be the only one who is reminded of a really messed up [[Anime/LuckyStar Konata]] when I see Tomoko.

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[[WMG: Tomoko is [[Anime/LuckyStar Konata Izumi Izumi]] in an alternative universe.]]
* Because I can't be the only one who is reminded of a really messed up [[Anime/LuckyStar Konata]] Konata when I see Tomoko.
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[[WMG: Tomoko is Konata Izumi in an alternative universe.]]
* Because I can't be the only one who is reminded of a really messed up [[Anime/LuckyStar Konata]] when I see Tomoko.

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Then she wakes up, turns out it was AllJustADream or something, but hints are dropped that the life-threatening situation from the dream may happen soon in real-life, cut to black, the end.

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[[WMG: [[Anime/WelcomeToTheNHK It's a conspiracy by the NHK.]]]]
* Tomoko is a borderline shut-in, who cannot take normally around anyone except her family. The perfect victim for the NHK's machinations. The boy giving her an umbrella? The middle school kids she hangs around with? All ploys to give her a sense of hope, before it is brutally torn away from her. They'll stop at nothing to turn her into a NEET and a hikkikommori. Nothing, I say!
** Or maybe a mixture of mental issues and internalized misanthropy is keeping her from having friends. Whatever works.
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[[WMG: Tomoko is autistic.]]
* She doesn't behave like a person with autism. More likely is she has [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avoidant_personality_disorder Avoidant Personality Disorder]]
[[WMG: The series will end with Tomoko starting a manga based on her life.]]
* The author says that the series is based on her life, so it makes sense.
[[WMG: The finale will be about her and some guy in serious danger of dying,]]
* So she'll try invoking MustNotDieAVirgin, then will turn out the guy is not a virgin at all, then she confesses her own virginity, awkwardness issues, but she'll get her wish anyway.
Then she wakes up, turns out it was AllJustADream or something, but hints are dropped that the life-threatening situation from the dream may happen soon in real-life, cut to black, the end.
[[WMG: Tomoko will never become popular while in high school...]]
... but she will find happiness, friends and love at some later point in her life. The series will conclude with AnAesop that having no friends in high school isn't the end of the world, and that life can always get better.
[[WMG: Tomoko is foreign.]]
* Most likely European or American, given that she has green eyes, but she lives her life in Japan. Japan has a habit of xenophobia (especially since Japan isn't very culturally diverse, 98% of Japan's population is Japanese), and therefore the students could be excluding Tomoko because she's foreign. She grew more and more secluded because of the exclusion. When she started high school, she's had enough of being so introverted and tries her best to fit in, but because she's spent so long by herself, it isn't working.
[[WMG: Tomoko will develop feelings for her brother.]]
* Tomoko seems to, ever so slowly, be getting closer to her brother. And has in the past thought that him looking at her strangely was an indication that he viewed her as more than just a sister. There will be at least one chapter where she believes herself to be in love with her brother, in that kind of way. Though knowing the manga, it will turn out to be something completely different before the chapter ends. Possibly a momentary lapse in sanity after her brother finally does something kind towards her. She seems to freak out towards '''anyone''' showing her even a little bit of kindness after all.
[[WMG: Tomoko is actually Haruhi Suzumiya.]]
* Because someone had to do this. Tomoko is what Haruhi would be if Haruhi never awakened/received her RealityWarper/GOD status.
[[WMG:Kyubey is stalking Tomoko.]]
With that much desire within her, she'd make the perfect [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Magical Girl]].

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