Manga Written by two people under the pseudonym Nico Tanigawa,
WataMote began serialization on
Square Enix's
Gangan Online service on August 4, 2011. The first tankōbon volume was released on January 21, 2012, with 28 volumes and an official fan book released as of March 12, 2026. An
anthology was released on June 22, 2013. The second volume, released on May 22, 2012, ranked #10 in the
Oricon charts in its opening week. As of July 2013, the series has printed over 1.5 million copies. The manga gained popularity overseas after
fan translations of the series were posted on the English-speaking
imageboard 4chan, the Western equivalent of Japan's
Futaba Channel.
Yen Press has licensed the manga in North America and the UK, and began releasing the series from October 29, 2013. A spin-off
4-panel manga series, , known as for short, ran in Square Enix's
Gangan Joker magazine between January 22, 2013, and July 22, 2015, and was collected into one volume released on August 22, 2015. A
novel anthology written by Nico Tanigawa,
Masaki Tsuji, Yugo Aosaki, Sako Aizawa and Van Madoy was released on November 15, 2019. In the Yen Press English version, individual chapters are called "Fails" and are preceded with "I'm Not Popular, So". she struggles to find a boy to share the experience with. In the special chapter, Tomoko goes shopping and wins a
massage wand. }} }} Tomoko's class changes seating, but Tomoko does not make new friends and hides in a group of desks during lunch. In prepping for the school's culture festival, she tries to fit in by taking on miscellaneous jobs. During the festival, she meets up with her friend Yuu. She tries a
photo booth. She has a rainy bad hair day and looks for her umbrella. She is bothered that she is not attractive enough to be
groped on a train, but then it happens. Following an accident in P.E., Tomoko returns home, where she nurses her brother who has a cold in order to try to catch it. She tries to start a school club. In order to experience lewd dreams, she tries sleeping on her stomach. }} Tomoko reconsiders working as a cabaret girl after visiting the red light district. She tries for a job making cakes, only to end up with a not-so-glamorous factory job. On a school run, she needs to go to the bathroom. She is embarrassed when Yuu reminds her of her delusional career plans from middle school. She is surprised to find her brother's affectionate essay from elementary school. She is invited to a Christmas party, but wanders off to spend time alone. On a New Year's shrine visit with Kii, Tomoko is embarrassed by Kii's maturity. When a cockroach enters the class, she kills it hoping to be praised as a hero, only to leave a less than desirable impression on her classmates. She forgets to mail Tomoki's high school application and tries to win his forgiveness. On her birthday, she catches up with Yuu over coffee. }} }} }} }} • Special chapter 3 }} }} }} }} • Special chapter 4 }} }} • Special chapter 5 }} }} • Special chapter 6 }} }} • Special chapter 7 }} }} }} }} }} }} }} • Special chapter 8 }} }} }} }} }} }} • Special chapter 9 • Special chapter 10 }} }} }} }} }} }} • Special chapter 11 • Special chapter 12 }} }} • Special chapter 13 • Special chapter 14 }} }} • Special chapter 15 }} }} • Special chapter 16 • Special chapter 17 }} }} • Special chapter 18 • Special chapter 19 }} }} }}
Anime An
anime television adaptation of the manga was announced to have been greenlit in an advertising for the third manga volume on December 20, 2012. The television series was produced by
Silver Link and aired between July 8 and September 23, 2013. The series is directed by
Shin Oonuma and written by
Takao Yoshioka, with character design by Hideki Furukawa. An
original video animation episode was released with the seventh manga volume on October 22, 2014. The opening theme is by
Konomi Suzuki and Kiba of Akiba, which reached #43 on the
Japan Hot 100. The main ending theme, featured in all but four episodes, is by
Izumi Kitta. It charted at #79 in Japan. The ending theme for episode six is by
Utsu-P & Toka Minatsuki, featuring vocals by
Hatsune Miku (a cover of the
original 1990 hit song by
Jitterin' Jinn). The ending theme for episode eleven is by Velvet.Kodhy and μ. The series was simulcast by
Crunchyroll.
Sentai Filmworks licensed the series in North America and released it on Blu-ray and DVD on August 26, 2014. After the acquisition of Crunchyroll by
Sony Pictures Television, the series, among several other Sentai Filmworks titles, was dropped from the Crunchyroll streaming service on March 31, 2022.
Episodes ==Reception==