History YMMV / NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular

** The movie arc became infamous in the fandom to the point of being compared with [[Anime/DragonBallZ the previous]] TropeNamer. It started on Chapter 178 when Tomoko and Nemoto started planning to make a movie for the Cultural Festival and it started avanzing intermittently for the following forty chapters, Chapter 186 has her presenting the idea. Chapter 201 has Tomoko finally writing the script after multiple chapters of doubting on what she was gonna make, Chapter 204 is a 3-parter of the characters trying to start filming (which all of them backfiring) and they don't conclude with the movie until Chapter 212. Then Chapter 213-214 are both 3-parters dealing with the day before the festival only for the Cultural Festival to finally start in Chapter 215, once the Festival finally started many fans were less excited and more expecting it to be over soon so the manga could go with something else.

* AlternativeJokeInterpretation: Some fans have taken [[spoiler: Tomoko admiting she has no idea what ending give to the movie and that she thought she will figure it out at when the moment came]] at the end of Chapter 211 as a meta commentary from ''Creator/NicoTanigawa'' admiting they had no idea what ending give to the very long movie arc or even the series as a whole.

** The movie arc became infamous in the fandom to the point of being compared with [[Anime/DragonBallZ the previous]] TropeNamer. It started on Chapter 178 when Tomoko and Nemoto started planning to make a movie for the Cultural Festival and it started avanzing intermittently for the following forty chapters, Chapter 186 has her presenting the idea. Chapter 201 has Tomoko finally writing the script after multiple chapters of doubting on what she was gonna make, Chapter 204 is a 3-parter of the characters trying to start filming (which all of them backfirirnh) and they don't conclude with the movie until Chapter 212. Then Chapter 213-214 are both 3-parters dealing with the day before the festival only for the Cultural Festival to finally start in Chapter 215, once the Festival finally started many fans were less excited and more expecting it to be over soon so the manga could go with something else.

** A weirdly positive example. Despite how constantly unhelpful and invasive Ogino's attempts to help her students are portrayed as, she's mostly remembered for the one time she did something right, with that being groping Tomoko with Yuri, Yoshida and Ucchi in the school trip, which lead to Tomoko befriending the three of them.

* LauncherOfAThousandShips:

** Tomoki being TheOneGuy also gets a bit share of this. Not helped by at 4 girls (Komiyama, Akari, Yoshida and Sacchi) being attracted to him in canon and the possibillity of other girls being interesed in him (Sayaka and Yuri) had been discussed.

* {{Adorkable}}: Yoshida, who mixes being a BruiserWithASoftCenter with an endearing child-like obsession with everything related to Disney and a display of very clumsy social abilities when she start to attempt to approach Tomoki.

** Komiyama doesn't fare much better. Despite being in love with Tomoki the longest, she has managed to have the least amount of contact with him and has barely the acquaintance category while the other suitors can at least be considered his friends. This mixed, with her lack of improvement on her social skills in comparison to Tomoko or Yuri had lead to her being denominated as the biggest loser in a series [[ThisLoserIsYou where Tomoko is the protagonist]].

* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Pick a named character. Any named character. Chances are good someone is shipping them with Tomoko. [[DumbBlonde Yuu]], [[TheStoic Yuri]], [[PerpetualSmiler Nemo]], [[TeamMom Asuka]], [[HeroWorshipper Shizuku]], [[StalkerWithACrush Ucchi]], [[WholesomeCrossdresser Wada]], ''[[BrotherSisterIncest Tomoki]]''? All valid picks.
** Tomoki being TheOneGuy also gets a bit share of this. Not helped by at least 3 girls being attracted to him in canon.

* MemeticLoser: Poor Ucchi, she's already a ButtMonkey in canon, but FanWorks love to play it up to eleven, turning her into such a huge HopelessSuitor that everyone in the school including her own best friends had better chances to hook up with Tomoko that she has.

** Fuuka, while [[BaseBreakingCharacter she had fans since day one]], many fans criticized her as a forced SitcomArchNemesis for Tomoko and a boring character that appears too much. Then, she got flanderized into a TooDumbToLive PluckyComicRelief and she quickly became an EnsembleDarkHorse, not only because she became a funnier character but because now her appearances tended to lend on the CringeComedy aspect that the manga has downplayed for a while, leading to many older fans looking foward to her appearences, she also became the only character capable of making Asuka lose her temper, which gave Asuka more comical elements to her characters that some fans felt she missed before.

** Fuuka, while [[BaseBreakingCharacter she had fans since day one]], many fans criticized her as a forced SitcomArchNemesis for Tomoko and overlooked her as an boring character. Then, she got flanderized into a a TooDumbToLive PluckyComicRelief and she quicly became an EnsembleDarkHorse, not only because she became a funnier character but because now her appearances tended to lend on the CringeComedy aspect that the manga has downplayed for a while, leading to many older fans looking foward to her appearences, she also became the only character capable of making Asuka lose her temper, which gave Asuka more comical elements to her characters that some fans felt she missed before.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
** Given who the main character ''is'', Tomoko merits several pages of discussion on her own:
*** Just how much of a jerk is Tomoko, anyway? Yuu's spinoff shows that Tomoko has ''always'' been like this, though her jerkishness is shown to be less pathetic (and sympathetic) as she had two other people to bounce her smug personality off to (Yuu and Komiyama). The moment she stepped into high school however, she had to start from scratch, which made her attempts to get attention much more pitiful (and sympathetic).
*** To what extent is Tomoko's situation really her fault, and to what extent is it under her control? Many of the earlier chapters imply that a lot of her problems stem from her desperate need for attention and affection stumbling over her innate cynicism and belief that the world is out to get her.
*** Tomoko's [[AmbiguouslyBi sexuality]] also gets discussed a lot. Is she bi-curious, or genuinely in the closet? Earlier in the manga, it could be argued that, despite her attraction to other girls (see Yuu), she still had had an end-game goal of getting a boyfriend (and getting laid) in mind. After a certain point however, her attraction to other girls become blatantly sexual in nature (see Asuka), and she barely even thinks about boys anymore.
*** Tomoko has a tendency to, rather [[{{Jerkass}} rudely]] and [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocritically]], think of fellow unpopular people as being losers, those more popular than her as sluts, and generally has a negative opinion of anything that doesn't have to do with her. Is this her genuinely being narcissistic and hateful, or is she coming up with excuses to give herself a (frankly much needed) confidence boost? Note that she rarely, if ever, actually voices this negativity, and keeps it all inside.
** Could Tomoki [[AccompliceByInaction do more to help his sister]] - or does he have his hands full with her already, since she often acts like an AnnoyingYoungerSibling, apart from her issues (filching his drinks, etc.)?
** Tomoko's classmates typically don't bully or mock her, but they don't take much notice of her either. Though whenever they talk to her, they treat her normally. Even considering Tomoko's own issues, are her classmates more {{nice|Guy}} or [[AccompliceByInaction indifferent]] people?
** Did Komiyama really [[spoiler:want to reconcile with Tomoko for her sake]] or [[spoiler:did she just want to get close to her crush Tomoki? Or both? Was Tomoko ironically on the right track when she accused her of only craving his cock? On one hand, Komiyama only responded to Tomoko's own overtures of friendship when she found out Tomoki attended their school too. On the other hand, she honestly admitted to Tomoko that she didn't like her back then, and said she hoped they could get along now.]]
** Ogino's lack of subtlety when dealing with Nemoto's wish to become a voice actress. Is she just being her usual bumbling herself or is she purposely trying Nemoto to spill the beans since she doesn't want Nemoto to feel isolated for her career of choice?
** Hina Nemoto in general. Is she genuinely friendly, or is it all just an act? The revelation that she's a ClosetGeek muddles things even further. [[spoiler:After Chapter 122, the popular interpretation is that while Hina's really a NiceGirl, she's ''also'' tired of putting up a public facade in order to fit in with her more normal friends, and has been using Tomoko as an outlet to vent her frustrations at the situation.]]
** Is Yuu a DumbBlonde, or is it actually ObfuscatingStupidity? There has been some evidence for the latter.
** Asuka Katou's sudden interest in Tomoko begs a ''lot'' of questions, especially since we don't get into her head (via thought bubbles) ''at all''. Why is a hot, ''popular'' girl all of a sudden interested in befriending the class outcast? Is it because of Tomoko's social circle noticeably growing to include her own circle of friends? Is it because, due to Tomoko's "I don't care anymore" attitude that she can be herself and comfortable around Tomoko? Is Tomoko just ''interesting'' because of her weirdness? Is she gay? Your guess is as good as ours.
** Yuri after CharacterizationMarchesOn set in. Is she a highly sympathetic character who has serious issues with loneliness and communication? Or is she a clingy, needy brat with no tact or social graces?
*** On her ImagineSpot on Chapter 200 she imagines herself living with all of her friends as an adult including ''[[TheFriendsWhoNeverHang Ucchi and Asuka]]'' (But not ''[[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Nemoto]]''). Does this mean that despite barely talking with them she does consider them true friends? Or did she just assumed [[OnlyHasSameSexAdmirers they were gonna be there because of Tomoko's presence.]]
** Why did Ucchi decided to go against her own plan of going with Tomoko to the Love Hotel in Chapter 200? Did she realized how innocent Tomoko truly was and [[EveryoneHasStandards felt guilty of manipulating her into it?]] Or the opposite: she felt it was so easy to convince her that it meant Tomoko [[ReallyGetsAround would go with anyone and therefore she wasn't achieving anything?]] Also was she trying to go to the Love Hotel [[ReadyForLovemaking for his traditional use]] or just wanted a chance to spend a night with Tomoko, given how she has never tried something as direct as that in any other point of the manga?
** Chapter 214 heavily implies that Mako also has [[ManipulativeBastard her own manipulative side]] [[NotSoAboveItAll similar to Minami and Sachi]]. This leads to a lot of questions around her character. Is she really the AllLovingHero she was believed to be or does she hang with them precisely because she can be more open with that part of herself?
*** With this in mind, was Yuri truly overreacting about Mako's less virtuous qualities and constantly treating her like a traitor or [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight was she aware of the true nature of her friend?]]
** Are all the flaws in ''JustForFun/AYouthLikeThis'' a case of amateurish production or a deliberate attempt from Tomoko and friends to invoke SoBadItsGood in-universe?

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* BaseBreakingCharacter: [[BrokenBase/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular Now has its own page]].

* BrokenBase: [[BrokenBase/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular Now has its own page]].

* 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]]".
** Prior to her name being revealed Rise, the fifth member of Asuka's friend group, was called Succubus-chan by English speaking fans due to the fact that she's both very pretty and open about being sexually experienced.
** "Movie Namek" for the storyline regarding the film project that Tomoko's class votes to do for the cultural festival due to the incredibly slow pacing. How slow? Despite only being a few weeks in universe, in real life it's been ''two years'' between when the class voted to make the film and getting to the point of being close to actually finishing it. If you include when the idea was first proposed, back in Chapter 178, then this plotline has been going on for almost '''three years'''!

* BaseBreakingCharacter:
** Tomoki is seen by many fans as a really hilarious and sympathetic OnlySaneMan ButtMonkey who always justify his appearences and find his dislike for his sister justified in every scene they share but think [[HiddenHeartOfGold he truly cares about her]]. On the other hand you will find a good number of viewers who see it as a unlikeable brat with no interesting traits besides reacting to the girl's antics and liking soccer who gets too much screentime, think [[TheArtifact he started lacking any purpose]] in the manga once Tomoko gained friends and has shown little to none CharacterDevelopment in comparison to his sister. Whatever his UnwantedHarem storyline is hilarious or a forced way to keep the character around is up to debate. There's also some division on how sympathetic his ButtMonkey status should be seen, to his fans he doesn't deserve any of it, to his oppositors he could avert a lot of conflict if he GrewASpine and put limits to other people.
** Hina Nemoto early on, particularly during the chapters where her anime hobby got accidentally discovered by Tomoko. Some like her for her (usually) friendly attitude towards Tomoko. Meanwhile, others are more leery, seeing her as a more antagonistic figure who's [[BitchInSheepsClothing not as nice as she seems]]. Even in-universe, Tomoko doesn't know what to make of Hina. After getting in a few bouts of PassiveAggressiveCombat with her, Tomoko tends to act suspicious of Hina, only to get caught off-guard whenever she [[PetTheDog does something genuinely nice]].
** Asuka has been getting a lot of criticism from Western readers due to how, compared to the rest of Tomoko's acquaintances, she's too pretty and too ''perfect'', which makes her boring as a result, made worse later on when she started gaining more focus as Tomoko's potential crush leading to accusations of being an way too perfect SatelliteLoveInterest. On the other hand many fans love her primarily due to how different she was compared to the host of weirdos Tomoko had as friends and think her interactions with Tomoko are adorable and are glad she's constantly making Tomoko [[PositiveFriendInfluence gave the best of her]], some fans also argue she's not nearly as perfect as her detractors paint her given she has a bit of a controlling nature, and gets jealous when Tomoko's involved. Also once she went OutOfFocus after the Summer Camp arc fans seem divided between those who are glad and those who miss her.
** Yuri was the BreakoutCharacter of the series in his moment and even got 1st place in the Popularity Poll but as time passed she became one of the most divisive characters of the series. While adored by many fans for being a realistic depiction of a socially inept introvert, many more started to dislike Yuri as her issues with jealousy and possessiveness came to light and felt that she became increasingly unlikeable.
*** Her CharacterizationMarchesOn is also rather divisive. Originally, Yuri was characterized as the OnlySaneMan of the Kyoto group, and after that arc she was a NiceGirl OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent who invited Tomoko to lunch and walked to and from school with her. During the end of year party, however, Yuri suddenly became even more [[NoSocialSkills socially inept]] than Tomoko and was TheStoic most of the time. Depending on the fan this is a jarring change on characterization that threw away a lot of the elements that make the character well-loved in the first place and turned her unlikable or it works better for the series since it gives the character more issues to work on in the point where she became a more prominent character and even argue that's not that different from her previous characterization and can be handwaved as Tomoko getting to know her better during third year.
*** From the Disneyland field trip and onwards Yuri became so prominent she arguably became the series' deuteragonist, which lead to some fans to accuse her of being a SpotlightStealingSquad, while others see it as justified given her popularity and her friendship with Tomoko getting closer.
** Fuuka to a degree. Some find her running gag and storyline regarding her curiosity over what's going on with Asuka and her behavior funny and don't mind how frequently she appears. Others find her forced and overused. Over time that's lessened as she's fallen into the role of Tomoko's dumb as rocks SitcomArchNemesis and brought back some of the more [[CringeComedy awkward]] aspects of the manga's humor.
** Sachi quickly became extremely popular over her introduction for being a chilling AlphaBitch whose appearences [[KnightOfCerebus are taken much more seriously]] but has started gaining some HypeBacklash of some fans who either don't see the big deal or don't feel she fits well with the tone of the manga. Also because of her popularity she started to get more and more screentime despite not having much to do with the recurring arcs and so far [[UnknownRival having not interacted with Tomoko yet]] leading some fans to accuse her of being an SpotlightStealingSquad and a major source of the ArcFatigue of the movie arc, meanwhile other fans are fairly fascinated to where her storyline is going so naturally don't see it as an issue.

* BrokenBase:
** As the series goes on, it becomes apparent that Tomoko's [[CharacterDevelopment not as much as a social wreck]] as she was when she first started high school. You'd be surprised at the amount of people who say that this is a ''bad'' thing for her, since it takes away from what they consider the fun of the story. On the other hand, others say that she becomes a bit of a WeirdnessMagnet, since as she becomes more normal, everyone ''else's'' quirks become more prominent. And she still isn't even remotely well-adjusted, just less of an absolute loner.
** Due to the series leaning heavily into CringeComedy territory concerning Tomoko's social anxiety, a debate sprung up over whether the humor of the series was too mean-spirited given the subject matter. Others find it fair game since the majority of the bad things that happen to Tomoko end up being [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist self-inflicted]].
** As the cast expanded to include more and more of Tomoko's schoolmates, the fandom got divided even further. Though many welcomed the additions, there's a small but very vocal minority that disliked all the focus given to the new characters, as they felt that Tomoko was getting [[OutOfFocus alienated from her own series]].
** The increased amount of LesYay and ShipTeasing from the Disneyland trip onwards. While many don't mind and parts of the fandom even enjoy it, others feel that the constant LesYay and ShipTeasing undermines the focus on platonic friendships, detracts from proper CharacterDevelopment, and comes across as PanderingToTheBase since it happened after shipping became a major part of the fandom.
** Should the manga have ended already? You would find a good number of fans online arguing that once Tomoko gained a solid group of friends (the End of Second Year or the Disneyland Arc being common points where fans point out this happened) the story lost any point and the rest of the series can be seen as unnecessary. The other side of the fandom does defend the extension of the story arguing it's much more interesting to see Tomoko actually participating in the relationships she has developed, explores mores sides of the other characters and think Tomoko gaining different challenges besides trying to become more popular was the better choice. There's also a division between those who think the series should end with a GraduateFromTheStory or want to see Tomoko in other stages of her life.
** The Tomoki and Sachi ship. For some fans it's an unexpected but welcome pairing, but for others it's an unexpected and forced pairing. What side a reader falls on also tends to track with whether they like or dislike yuri ShipTeasing elements mentioned above, although some dislike it because they feel that the elements of Sachi's character that made her surprisingly popular are being downplayed to accommodate it. That's not even getting into the fans who ship Tomoki with either Yoshida or Komiyama or Sachi with Koharu.
** Related, Tomoki gaining an UnwantedHarem can be seen as a base breaker. For some, it's a pleasant break from the girl-on-girl ship tease and allows Tomoki to have his own subplots away from his sister. On the other hand, every girl he attracts has been drawn to him by some accident or misinterpretation, and a majority of his time with the harem has been actively avoiding it or deliberately being rude to the girls for obsessing over him. It's with this that detractors say that the harem is a waste and a [[RomanticPlotTumor detriment to all the characters involved in it]], especially if the girls didn't have an established relationship with Tomoki prior to their crushing on him. A third faction actually enjoys the subplot precisely because of how unwilling is Tomoki of participating on his admirers's antics finding it to be a hilarious desconstruction of how annoying an UnwantedHarem would be in real life.
** Some fans feel the third year chapters are not as good as the first two years for their LighterAndSofter tone and being more of a EnsembleCast rather that focusing only on Tomoko, while others fans see them as a EvenBetterSequel for those same reasons. Another faction think they were pretty good until the [[ArcFatigue movie arc]] started and feel the series felt into SeasonalRot after that and on the other hand, there are those who think the movie arc [[WinBackTheCrowd actually revitalized the manga]] after a bunch of rather uneventful arcs.

** For all of Sachi's popularity, some fans have grown tired of much time has passed since her introduction while she has yet to make anything of relevance to the plot, and hasn't even met Tomoko yet, despise having multiple chapters focused on her. Part of the reason can be atributed to the ongoing Movie Arc going on at the same time that the Sacchi subplot.

* HypeBacklash: As noted in BaseBreakingCharacter, a lot of fans struggle to understand why Sacchi became so popular with the fanbase, either arguing she's nothing but a generic AlphaBitch that adds nothing of relevance to the story, regard her as a boring character or simply feel she doesn't fit with the tone of the manga. Even those who do like or love her admitted surprise once she got 5th place in the popularity poll, with more that a few fans feeling the series has much more interesting or funnier characters that got lower places in favour of her.
* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: Sacchi starting to misundertand the relationships around Tomoki got some criticisms as is the third time a subplot about a secondary character being EntertaininglyWrong about the Kurokis has happened after Akari and Fuuka.

** Mako started gaining this reputation in the aftermath of the movie arc, with many fans pointing out she had started to engage in badmouthing out of jealousy towards Yoshida's relationship with Tomoki and later was starting to display manipulative tendencies similar to those of Sacchi to the point of allying with Sacchi to have Tomoki out of her way. Suddenly, Mako's perception changed from an AllLovingHeroine to a ManipulativeBastard, with recurring jokes of her being EvilAllAlong and the true BigBad of the manga, if not a GreaterScopeVillain.

** Depending on who you ship Yoshida with, either Tomoki is an jerkass that doesn't appreciate her enough despise how much she has being trying to be friendly to him or Mako is a BitchInSheepsClothing that's capable of ruining everyone's life for the sake of getting with Yoshida.

** Once Asuka started gaining GreenEyedMonster tendencies towards Tomoko despise being otherwise the [[NiceGirl nicest person on the entire cast]] it became common to joke she is a few days away of becoming a {{Yandere}} with the Watamote wiki even calling her "a future serial killer" in some of the chapters summaries. Also Tomoko's tendency of falling sleep on her legs is sometimes joked to be because of her [[InstantSedation drugging her so she can be close to her]]