Watamote anime

Bamyasi · July 16, 2013 09:44 AM

Episode 2

lasse · July 16, 2013 11:50 AM

also good yep

Bamyasi · July 23, 2013 11:31 AM

Episode 3

rtil · July 27, 2013 11:37 PM

tomoko feels like a genuine character. whoever writes this stuff had to have lived it. she reminds me of my middle school and about half of my high school years, including the cynicism, which stayed with me up to today. and that's why her crippling shyness and perception of people in general is so funny to me. even though they dissolve in to comedic situations, i like the brief touching moments as well. i haven't laughed this much at an anime since season 4 of minami-ke. hope it continues to be this good

ZennyPLUS · July 30, 2013 07:01 AM

Quote from: rtil on July 27, 2013 11:37 PM
tomoko feels like a genuine character. whoever writes this stuff had to have lived it. she reminds me of my middle school and about half of my high school years, including the cynicism, which stayed with me up to today. and that's why her crippling shyness and perception of people in general is so funny to me. even though they dissolve in to comedic situations, i like the brief touching moments as well. i haven't laughed this much at an anime since season 4 of minami-ke. hope it continues to be this good

It's great to see an anime with an "everyman" type character, especially one that is relatable. I just finished the first episode and I can't wait to see the rest.

ZennyPLUS · July 30, 2013 07:05 AM

That ending is funny and painfully cute.

rtil · July 30, 2013 07:38 AM

glad you like it! episode 4 out now

soup · August 1, 2013 08:19 PM

just saw up till ep4 today, love it
i found it extremely watchable, the funny bits are actually funny, and its surprisingly endearing
and wowoww the intentionally awkward scenes are truly cringe inducing

[spoiler]

What is this sweat!?
Is this a basketball manga or something!

[/spoiler]

rtil · August 1, 2013 08:24 PM

Quote from: soup on August 1, 2013 08:19 PM
[spoiler]
What is this sweat!?
Is this a basketball manga or something!
[/spoiler]

that whole rain scene was fucking hilarious
she came up with the absolute worst things to say

lasse · August 2, 2013 10:16 PM

final scene of ep4 was art

Flash · August 3, 2013 04:12 AM

watching ep4 now, this show is awesome. it's almost constantly depressing but then it hits you with a hilarious scene. love it

lasse · August 6, 2013 06:11 AM

episode 5
still the greatest anime of all time

rtil · August 6, 2013 10:03 PM

this episode was pretty meta and introspective. i didn't catch some of the references near the end. i could tell they were parodying something but i don't know what.

ZennyPLUS · August 12, 2013 05:55 PM

Even the ending was worthy of a few "..huh?" on ep 5.

rtil · August 13, 2013 01:35 AM

apparently the ending is a reference to this (minus the ahegao face)
まんが日本昔ばなし　エンディング

rtil · August 13, 2013 07:32 AM

ep 6

Kött · August 13, 2013 09:22 PM

Even though they to take their time for the punchlines (just as the manga itself), they just manage to execute it to wonderfully. I really love the style of this studio. Most of the stylistic devices used in some scenes are pretty damn clever and so are most of the cuts/transitions to the subsequent scenes after the spaghetti moments. Oh, and they actually manage to maintain this thin line of love/pity and despite that you feel for the main character.
I feel kinda bad for already having read a major part of the manga and already knowing the punchlines of each story, but the way they managed to adapt it really makes up for it. Another nice aspect of the show is how they manage to play with her emotions and interact her thoughts. Despite completely knowing what she thinks, it is still pretty hard to analyze her actual feelings (especially at the end of each episode). This show is a mixture of extremely sadistic comedy on a social level and very subtle drama and one of the few that actually make me feel a bit sorry for the main character.

The firework in the end was a pretty nice way to conclude the episode and I guess the tune in the background was some Miku song. If that's not a tba bonus, I don't know... In any case, this show already is a piece of cult for me and considering the clever execution and the many details and references built in by the animators and directors, it should become a cult show in general. Unfortunately, I am not quite sure whether or not it has the same success in Japan... Watamote seems to be more of an oversees thing.

Kött · August 13, 2013 09:24 PM

Also thanks for posting that video! I was wondering what kind of reference the ending of ep5 might have been.

BluPhoenix · August 15, 2013 05:13 AM

Quote from: lasse on August 2, 2013 10:16 PM
final scene of ep4 was art

rtil · September 3, 2013 10:22 PM