History YMMV / NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular

** The ending of the first chapter of the spin-off series reveals that Tomoko's lust for Yuu dates back to the very day the two met. In the second chapter she gets jealous when Yuu reveals that she befriended another girl while Tomoko was staying home sick.

* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Americans Love Tomoko]]: The manga has rapidly gained a [[CultClassic fanbase]] outside of Japan via [[{{Imageboards}} /a/]] -- [[ThisLoserIsYou mainly out of empathy.]] It also has a fanbase on /v/ as well, despite their irrational hatred of anything that can be somehow traced back to Japan. The cover of the first volume even acknowledges the foreign fanbase.
** This has also become a ColbertBump - a significant number of people have bought copies of the tankōbon (despite not knowing the language) simply to support the author, which in itself has drawn even more attention to the manga.

** The Mangaka on her twitter even said that this act was responsible not only for the Anime being made, but also the continuation of the manga itself.

* Squick: Tomoko sure is bent on getting her little brother to be attracted to her.

* AwesomeMusic: [[http://youtu.be/uOEEqJLKpdg The opening]] has gotten very positive reactions.

** This leads to the discussion about how Tomoko remains a jerkass, but being worse off in high school may make readers overlook her less savory traits. In the main series, she still has the same jerkass tendencies but she's [[JerkassWoobie depicted more pitifully]]. At present, her only friend attends a different school while she's making no new friends on her own, and she's also a massive ButtMonkey, Whereas in the prequel, Tomoko is less pitiful since she regularly hangs out with her only friend and Komiyama, and isn't as much of a ButtMonkey. The main manga also shows Tomoko's point of view while the prequel shows what other people think of her.

** The ending of the first chapter of the spin-off series reveals that Tomoko's lust for Yuu dates back to the very day the two met. In the second chapter she gets jealous when Yuu reveals that she befriended other girl while Tomoko was staying home sick.

** The Mangaka on her twitter even said that this act was responsible not only for the Anime being made, but also that the continuation of the manga.

* HollywoodHomely: Tomoko, when she's not trying.
** Less so than most examples. For an anti-social shut-in, she actually looks the part, with dull, baggy eyes and regularly making some rather unflattering facial expressions.

* {{Tear Jerker}}: Poor Tomoko. The fact that she can't communicate with other people is quite depressing.
** The ending of chapter 27. Tomoko is shown starting a club of her own and bonding with her schoolmates... and then it's revealed that [[YankTheDogsChain it was all in her imagination]], her proposal for a club got rejected by the school council and she's sitting alone in her room, having a tea with her puppets and retreating into her fantasies.
** Chapter 40: Tomoko reads manga in class and imagines people coming up to her to ask what she's reading, then eats snacks to get people to come up to her and ask if they can share. It doesn't work of course, as usual, but the difference this time is the utterly broken expression on her face (not to mention the '[REDACTED]' thought bubble). Eventually the teacher calls her into the staff room to tell her she should make some friends; the teacher's been watching her all week and has noticed that Tomoko's ''not OK''. Just the acknowledgement that Tomoko's having problems makes it all a lot more real somehow.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
** In the prequel series by the original authors, Tomoko is less sympathetic than in the original, thanks to her {{jerkass}} treatment of SitcomArchnemesis Komiyama.
*** This leads to the discussion about how Tomoko remains a jerkass, but being worse off in high school may make readers overlook her less savory traits. In the main series, she still has the same jerkass tendencies but she's [[JerkassWoobie depicted more pitifully]]. At present, her only friend attends a different school while she's making no new friends on her own, and she's also a massive ButtMonkey, Whereas in the prequel, Tomoko is less pitiful since she regularly hangs out with her only friend and Komiyama, and isn't as much of a ButtMonkey. The main manga also shows Tomoko's point of view while the prequel shows what other people think of her.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In the prequel spin-off, Tomoko is more a jerkass and less sympathetic than in the original, thanks to Komiyama. Interestingly, it's written by the original authors.
** Which leads to the discussion that Tomoko has always been a jerkass, its just her lack of friends, or even a life, in the original, as well as being a massive ButtMonkey causes fans to overlook her less savory personality, due to pity. Where as in the prequel, Tomoko has one friend and one SitcomArchNemesis, both of which she often hangs out with and isn't as much of a ButtMonkey. So since fans don't pity her as much they see more of her jerkass tendencies.

** Which leads to the discussion that Tomoko has always been a jerkass, its just her lack of friends, or even a life, in the orignal, as well as being a massive ButtMonkey causes fans to overlook her less savory personality, due to pity. Where as in the prequel, Tomoko has one friend and one SitcomArchNemesis, both of which she often hangs out with and isn't as much of a ButtMonkey. So since fans don't pity her as much they see more of her jerkass tendencies.

* {{Moe}}: Yuu fits well in this trope. [[spoiler: Except when it comes to inocence in regard to sex.]]

* Moe: Yuu fits well in this trope. [[spoiler: Except when it comes to inocence in regard to sex.]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In the spin-off, Tomoko is more a jerkass and less sympathetic than in the original, thanks to Komiyama. Interestingly, it's written by the original authors.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In the spin-off, Tomoko is more a jerkass and less sympathic than in the original, thanks to Komiyama. Interestingly, it's written by the original authors.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In the spin-off, Tomoko is more a jerkass and less sympathic than in the original, thanks to Komiyama. Interstingly, it's written by the original authors.

** Then again she has repeatedly made (failed) passes at [[BrotherSisterIncest her brother]] so this could be a case of AnythingThatMoves