History YMMV / NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular

* {{Narm}}: The fact that so many characters seem to have a hard time realizing that Tomoko and Tomoki are brothers can come off as a silly [[CaptainObviousReveal Captain Obvious]] InternalReveal given they both share a huge StrongFamilyResemblance so is not really hard to connect the dots, special mention to [[spoiler: Sacchi being actually shocked to discover the truth in Chapter 220]], althought she immediately lampshades how obvious it was in retrospective.

* {{Narm}}: The fact that so many characters seem to have a hard time realizing that Tomoko and Tomoki are brothers can come off as a silly CaptainObviousReveal given they both share a huge StrongFamilyResemblance so is not really hard to connect the dots, special mention to [[spoiler: Sacchi being actually shocked to discover the truth in Chapter 220]], althought she immediately lampshades how obvious it was in retrospective.

* VanillaProtagonist: Far from an universal opinion, but there's some fans who feel once her CharacterDevelopment properly kicks in and her friends started to get more fleshed out, Tomoko became not nearly as interesting as the characters she was surrounded by.

** After Tomoko gains a solid group of friends, her original objective of gaining a boyfriend is completely forgotten besides [[ForgotFlandersCouldDoThat the brief reminder every 30 or 40 chapters]], while there is [[TransparentCloset a very popular fan interpretation of why that happened]], Tomoko trying to gain a boyfriend could have being a way to keep Tomoko with an objective post-GenreShift and keeping the focus on the CringeComedy the series started downplaying in that point without denying Tomoko of the friendships she has gained (and showing her life was still far from perfect and not making look her supposed unpopularity as a ArtifactTitle) [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption even if the writers were not intending to give him a boyfriend.]]

* ContinuityLockout: The series has an tendency of re-introducing characters that hadn't being relevant in years without explanation to suddenly make them relevant again (in the most extreme cases, characters would be brought back for one gag and then dissapear for other twenty chapters) or contantly turning irrelevant characters into {{Ascended Extra}}s. The fanbase is small but very dedicated so a lot of them can follow it but more casual fans are often confused on who the hell are half of the characters in the newest chapter. Also, later third year chapters had a tendency of referencing events or details from older chapters either in the form of {{Brick Joke}}s or [[PlotDeviceAllAlong suddenly turning it relevant to the main plot]] which is rewarding for invested fans but confusing for those who don't remember every single detail from previous chapters.

** Tomoko and Wada was also a rather popular option given he was the first male character Tomoko could talk to regularly back in the day, sadly it lost steam once Wada went back to be a LivingProp. Then chapter 192 gave Wada an AmbiguouslyGay implication that may or may not have been a joke.

*** 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).

** Anna's popularity seemed to jump after chapter 142 where she was given a proper name and, more importantly, invited Tomoko to hang out at lunch because she found her funny.
** Ucchi's friends after chapter 152 generally and specifically Kayo and Nagi. Kayo already had this status a bit due largely to her design but the former [[FanNickname Glasses-chan]] saw a surge of fanart due to her easygoing personality and [[ShipperOnDeck taking the lead in trying to get Tomoko and Ucchi closer]].

** 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.

** Due to several amusing incidents therein, fans have dubbed the events of chapter 170 and beyond the "[[ItMakesSenseInContext Silver Pubes arc]]".

** "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'''!

** This is a bit of a [[BrokenBase divisive example]] however as there's some fans who found the pre-Kyoto Field Trip portion of the manga more unique and find everything after to either be good but not as good as the early volumens or SeasonalRot, nevertheless the GenreShift helped a lot to the popularity of the manga in Japan, so most will agree it was a necessity so the story will continue.

** In chapter 9 of the manga, Tomoko has a [[SelfInsertFic self-insert fantasy]] about ''Literature/FateZero'', where she's [[SailorEarth an eighth Master]] and her Servant is [[UsefulNotes/TheShinsengumi Souji Okita]] as an Assassin. Several years later, ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' would introduce Souji Okita as a Servant, but Okita turns out to be a Saber-class Servant as well as [[HistoricalGenderFlip female]].[[note]]She had always been around in the ''Koha-Ace'' gag comics, but they weren't confirmed to be canon to the ''Fate'' multiverse until ''Grand Order''. Also, Okita would later have an Assassin form introduced in the Summer 2019 event, though this is a [[WalkingSwimsuitScene summer version]].[[/note]]

** [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in chapter 132. While reading a shoujo manga, Tomoko observes how the protagonist looks beautiful and attracts a lot of male admirers even though she's supposed to be plain, and goes on to speculate that a live-action adaptation would most likely cast her with a model. Tomoko notes how the use of this trope in manga is what largely instilled in her the hope that a real plain girl like her could have a similar high school experience.

* MemeticBystander: Futaki (FanNickname'd "Potential-san" based on [[https://i.imgur.com/oJ4tvV7.png this omake]]), the recurring student with a completely blank dot-eyed expression and later an equally-fixed triangle-mouth. She's immediately memorable just for [[NonStandardCharacterDesign looking really, really weird]], and fans have been coming up with theories as to who she might be despite having only a few background appearances and two short lines before the authors gave her a more prominent role starting with chapter 147.

** Mako being a terrible sexual degenerate.[[note]]A joke largely stemming from the chapter where Mako corners Tomoko in a bathroom stall to try and make friends with her which leaves Tomoko with the impression that she's a "psycho lesbo". Became something of an AscendedMeme when Hatsushiba shows up in chapter 131 sketching the characters at Ride/{{Disneyland}}. His sketch of Mako and Minami involves Minami in a bondage mask being led around on a leash by Mako which likely comes from a piece of fanart depicting nearly the exact same scene.[[/note]]

** Yoshida's mom has so far only made one small appearence in chapter 160.

** While Koharu Minami was never widely disliked by the fan base, she nevertheless always served as something of a HateSink that gave her little love. That changed when she was given her own story arc that ran from chapters 187 to 191, where she was shown in a more sympathetic light and underwent a lot of CharacterDevelopment.

* ShockingMoments: [[spoiler:The reveal of Sachi's eyes in chapter 188 and her subsequent intentional torching of her friend group in chapter 189. It's considered one of the most uncomfortable moments in the entire series and unlike other uncomfortable moments it's not played for laughs.]] It's so unlike anything else in the series that it [[EnsembleDarkhorse vaulted Sachi's popularity practically overnight]].

*** Wada was another AscendedExtra that suddenly started talking with Tomoko once she became more social but he stands up as the first ''male'' character Tomoko started talking to regularly and who happened to share some of her interests. While Tomoko dismisses [[ShipSinking the chance to being attracted to him almost immediately]] ([[ShippingGoggles not like that's gonna stop fans from shipping them anyway]]) he could have still being a interesting addition to the cast and a potential TheOneGuy for Tomoko's friend group specially after his WholesomeCrossdresser tendencies were revealed later on the manga, but after a couple of appearances he went back to be a LivingProp and doesn't seem to hang out with Tomoko anymore.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Ogino in Chapter 211. She's absolutely right that the movie is very inappropriate to put in a school festival, but the fact she decided to check on the content of the movie barely 2 days before the festival giving them little to no time to make any changes in case it is inappropriate (which ends up being the case) makes her look just as irresponsible as the crew.

** Akari, like Kotomi has problems expressing her feelings for Tomoki but unlike her she has managed to approach him multiple times and become his friend.....only for him to be completely indifferent towards her despite have being in the same grade for at least 3 years and of course every time Tomoko or her best friend Sayaka appears in scene she would often end up completely humillated and sometimes in tears.

* ContinuityLockout: The series has an tendency of re-introducing characters that hadn't being relevant in years without explanation to suddenly make them relevant again (in the most extreme cases, characters would be brought back for one gag and then dissapear for other twenty chapters) or contantly turning irrelevant characters into {{Ascended Extra}}s. The fanbase is small but very dedicated so a lot of them can follow it but more casual fans are often confused on who the hell are half of the characters in the newest chapter. Also, later third year chapters had a tendency of refencing events or details from older chapters either in the form of {{Brick Joke}}s or [[PlotDeviceAllAlong suddenly turning it relevant to the main plot]] which is rewarding for invested fans but confusing for those who don't remember every single detail from previous chapters.

* ContinuityLockout: The series has an tendency of re-introducing characters that hadn't being relevant in years without explanation to suddenly make them relevant again (in the most extreme cases, characters would be brought back for one gag and then dissapear for other twenty chapters) or contantly turning irrelevant characters into {{Ascended Extra}}s. The fanbase is small but very dedicated so a lot of them can follow it but more casual fans that don't remember every single detail from previous chapters are often confused on who the hell are half of the characters in the newest chapter. For similar reasons, the constant use of {{Boomerang Gag}}s can make some jokes confusing if one doesn't remember the chapter it's referencing.

** 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.

** Asuka has some GreenEyedMonster moments towards Tomoko but is fairly downplayed and mostly keeps it to herself and doesn't seem to actually do anything about it against the other girls. That doesn't stop fanon sometimes from portraying her as a ClingyJealousGirl if not a blatant {{Yandere}} that wants Tomoko only to herself.

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* AdaptationDisplacement: The anime only got to adapt the first 34 chapters of the manga, as such most audiences seems aware of ''Watamote'' as a MinimalistCast CringeComedy involving the always failed attempts of a girl attempting to make friends despite this only applies to the first third of the manga and ignores she has being much more succesful in her objectives since then. General perception of Tomoko is also of a UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist ButtMonkey that never learns a lesson which ignores all of the positive CharacterDevelopment she gains throught the manga. Likewise while the recurring cast of the series like Nemoto, Yuri and Ucchi are iconic and well-loved characters among the fanbase they are completely obscure to the average Anime fan.

** 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 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.

* AngstAversion: A major reason why the series wasn't a big hit when it was released. Many viewers found the premise of a friendless girl being subject to [[CringeComedy embarassing and humiliating situations]] in poor attempts to become popular was too depresing to watch even if it was PlayedForLaughs. It was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally gonna be much worse]] as [[OnlyFriend Yuu-chan]] didn't exist and the idea of Tomoko being bullied was considered before the writers realized it would make the whole thing too personal.

** In general, pretty much any LighterAndSofter mangas starring a ShrinkingViolet -''Manga/BocchiTheRock'', ''Manga/HitoribocchiNoOOSeikatsu'', ''Manga/SenryuGirl'', ''Manga/{{Shy}}''- would get some heat from ''Watamote'' fans who feel they are only using social anxiety as a gimmick rather that trying to portrayed realisticly. Although, is less harsh that with ''Komi-san'', as many fans appreciate the different approaches.

** In general, pretty much any LighterAndSofter mangas starring a ShrinkingViolet -''Manga/BocchiTheRock'', ''Manga/HitoribocchiNoOOSeikatsu'', ''Manga/SenryuGirl'', ''Manga/{{Shy}}''- would get some heat from ''Watamote'' fans who feel they are only using social anxiety as a gimmick rather that trying to portrayed seriously. Althought, is less harsh that with ''Komi-san'', as many fans appreciate the different approaches.

** With ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate'', both are mangas about a ShrinkingViolet trying to gain friends. One is a lighthearted SliceOfLife with RomanticComedy elements focused on a larger cast, the other is a brutal CringeComedy focused on [[DeconstructedCharacterArchetype the more embarassing consequences of living like that]]. Given the different approach both works take, fans of the two series tend to debate which approach is better. With ''Watamote'' fans finding ''Komi-san'' too unrealistic and ''Komi'' fans finding ''Watamote'' too cruel. It doesn't help that ''Komi-san'' is a mainstream hit and one of the more popular animes of TheNewTwenties while ''Watamote'' is a modestly popular CultClassic.
** In general, pretty much any LighterAndSofter mangas starring a ShrinkingViolet -''Manga/BocchiTheRock'', ''Manga/HitoribocchiNoOOSeikatsu'', ''Manga/SenryuGirl'', ''Manga/{{Shy}}''- would get some heat from ''Watamote'' fans who feel they are only using social anxiety as a gimmick rather that trying to portrayed seriously. Althought, is less harsh that with ''Komi-san'', as mant fans appreciate the different approaches.

** In general, pretty much any LightherAndSofter mangas starring a ShrinkingViolet -''Manga/BocchiTheRock'', ''Manga/HitoribocchiNoOOSeikatsu'', ''Manga/SenryuGirl'', ''Manga/Shy''- would get some heat from ''Watamote'' fans who feel they are only using social anxiety as a gimmick rather that trying to portrayed seriously. Althought, is less harsh that with ''Komi-san'', as some fans appreciate the different approaches.

** The Manga's use of ComicBookTime tends to be ignored, as a lot of fans prefer to believe the events of the series happened in a established time, usually starting in 2011 (the year the manga started) and ending in 2014. As such most fans prefer to ignore references to post-2014 things in later chapters like ''Website/TikTok'' or ''Manga/BocchiTheRock'' and mentions of later years (a certain 2016 chapter mentions the year, but is so minor that it's often ignored).

** Not counting the WhatIf bonuses, Sachi and Tomoko never gets any form of direct interaction despite scenes where they are extremely close to each other. Speaking of, Sachi also [[FailedASpotCheck still doesn’t realise Tomoki and Tomoko are siblings]] despite being presented with all sorts of evidence. This also applies to TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter.

* DeathOfTheAuthor: The Manga's use of ComicBookTime tends to be ignored, as a lot of fans prefer to believe the events of the series happened in a established time, usually starting in 2011 (the year the manga started) and ending in 2014. As such most fans prefer to ignore references to post-2014 things in later chapters like ''Website/TikTok'' or ''Manga/BocchiTheRock'' and mentions of later years (a certain 2016 chapter mentions the year, but is so minor that it's often ignored).

* FanonDiscontinuity: While far from universal, there's some fans who though the Disneyland Arc worked perfectly as a GrandFinale and found everything afterwards to be unnecesary, therefore those fans tend to pretend the latter chapters didn't happen.