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Watashi ga Motenai no wa dō Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui! |
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No Matter How I Look at It, It’s You Guys' Fault I’m Not Popular! |
No Matter How I Look at It, It’s You Guys' Fault I’m Not Popular! |
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| − | Title:<span style="font-weight:normal;"> </span><span style="font-weight:normal;">Because I'm Not Popular, The Year's Ending</span> |
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| + | The opening page depicts Tomoko standing on a road warming her hands with her breath with the caption: "This year's about to end too." |
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| + | Tomoko snuggles with her new toy under the ''kotatsu'' proclaiming "this is heaven!" while the television announces the coldest day of the year. She chortles to herself at scenes of people commuting to work until [[Mrs. Kuroki|mother]] calls her to clean the bathroom. As Tomoko cleans, she grumbles to herself. When she finishes, her mother then asks her to clean the windows. When Tomoko suggests that her [[Tomoki Kuroki|brother]] brother do it, her mother angrily reminds her that he did all of the cleaning the year before when Tomoko had to study for an exam. This year, Tomoki has an exam. When Tomoko protests, her mother interrupts to remind her that Tomoki does a lot of chores, including making his own lunch and cleaning his room, without needing to be asked, unlike her, "the older sister." Tomoko reacts badly to this. She runs to her brother's room and denounces him for his initiative which makes her look bad. Her mother witnesses this and slaps her. |
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| + | Sitting somewhat ashamed in her room, Tomoko recalls her mother telling her she will not ask for her to help anymore, but she "could at least" sort out her things in the storeroom. A tearful Tomoko determines to finish quickly and return to the ''kotatsu''. As usual, Tomoko inwardly blames Tomoki for being more responsible. As she sorts through things, she finds a box marked "Memories of Summer." In it, she finds the discarded shells of cicada. She initially finds them gross but then recalls as a child telling her brother they could sell them for "100 ''yen'' a piece!" She discards these and other thing, then finds a notebook Tomoki kept during earlier school days. In it, Tomoki writes about how much he loves his older sister. Wordlessly Tomoko picks up the cicadas. |
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| + | Having successfully returned to the ''kotatsu'', Tomoko eventually reemerges and goes outside with her now quite warm smaller plush pillow. She tosses it into the snow and watches it sink a bit. Retrieving it, Tomoko notes how cold it is as she looks at her brother's window. |
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| + | She returns to her brother’s room. As he protests against another interruption, she tosses her warm big purple toy at him, saying that she is lending it to him. |
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| + | Tomoki notices a cicada shell stuck to the back of the toy and expresses that it is gross. |
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| − | This chapter is told out of order with a flash forward into the future. While cleaning her stuff out of the storage room, [[Tomoko Kuroki|Tomoko]] discovers cicada shells. She decides to throw them away, preferring to not keep a memory of herself and her [[Tomoki Kuroki|brother]] catching cicadas as kids. |
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| − | In the present, Tomoko’s [[Hahaoya Kuroki|mother]] calls her to help with winter cleaning chores. After doing one chore, Tomoko tells her mother to get Tomoki to do them instead. Her mother tells her that she should be more responsible as the older sister and that Tomoki is studying for an exam so she has to do them all. Infuriated, Tomoko storms into Tomoki’s room to yell at him for making her look like a fool. Their mother witnesses this and slaps Tomoko. |
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| − | Tomoko is let off the hook from cleaning but is told to organize her stuff from the storage room. While throwing out her stuff, Tomoko finds a notebook from Tomoki’s younger school days. In it, Tomoki writes about how much he loves his older sister. Wordlessly Tomoko picks up the cicadas. |
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| − | After finishing up, Tomoko goes outside to play in the snow. Outside, she looks toward her brother’s window and realizes how cold it is. She goes back to her brother’s room and tosses her big purple toy at him, saying that she’s lending it to him. Tomoki notices a cicada stuck to the back of the toy and expresses that it’s gross. |
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==Characters== |
==Characters== |
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*[[Tomoko Kuroki]] |
*[[Tomoko Kuroki]] |
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*[[Tomoki Kuroki]] |
*[[Tomoki Kuroki]] |
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==Referbacks== |
==Referbacks== |
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*Tomoko’s mother says that despite her being the older sister, she is not as responsible as Tomoki. She also slaps her for having a negative attitude, both of which happened before in [[WataMote Chapter 014|chapter 14]]. |
*Tomoko’s mother says that despite her being the older sister, she is not as responsible as Tomoki. She also slaps her for having a negative attitude, both of which happened before in [[WataMote Chapter 014|chapter 14]]. |
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*Tomoko’s purple toy first appeared in [[WataMote Chapter 026|chapter 26]]. |
*Tomoko’s purple toy first appeared in [[WataMote Chapter 026|chapter 26]]. |
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==Cultural References== |
==Cultural References== |
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| + | *'''''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotatsu Kotatsu] '''''(炬燵)''':''' an ever present warming device in Japanese homes. |
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| + | *'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEET NEET]''' ("Not in Education, Employment, or Training")''':''' a term from Britain that came to Japan to refer unemployed youth. Tomoko uses this term frequently. |
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==Memorial Moments== |
==Memorial Moments== |
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| + | *While she retreats back to her defense mechanism of blaming others, Tomoko feels a bit of guilt. The reminder that he loved her and looked up to her as an older sister pushes her to do something nice even if he does not understand it. |
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==Quotes== |
==Quotes== |
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| + | *"You're bothering me, so please get out!" – Tomoki |
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| + | *“Even though you're my younger brother, you're making a fool out of me!!” – Tomoko |
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| + | ==Gallery== |
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| + | Tomoko_Truth_Hurts.png|The Truth hurts! |
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| + | </gallery> |
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| + | ==Navigation== |
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[[Category:WataMote Chapters]] |
[[Category:WataMote Chapters]] |
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| + | [[Category:Volume 4]] |
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Revision as of 05:51, 7 May 2019
| Chapter 32 | ||
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| Volume Number | Volume 4 | |
| Chapter Title | Because I'm Not Popular, The Year's Ending | |
| Published | 07 December 2012 | |
| Previous Chapter | Chapter 31 | |
| Next Chapter | V04 Special Edition | |
私がモテないのはどう考えてもお前らが悪い!
Watashi ga Motenai no wa dō Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui!
No Matter How I Look at It, It’s You Guys' Fault I’m Not Popular!
Synopsis
The opening page depicts Tomoko standing on a road warming her hands with her breath with the caption: "This year's about to end too."
Tomoko snuggles with her new toy under the kotatsu proclaiming "this is heaven!" while the television announces the coldest day of the year. She chortles to herself at scenes of people commuting to work until mother calls her to clean the bathroom. As Tomoko cleans, she grumbles to herself. When she finishes, her mother then asks her to clean the windows. When Tomoko suggests that her brother brother do it, her mother angrily reminds her that he did all of the cleaning the year before when Tomoko had to study for an exam. This year, Tomoki has an exam. When Tomoko protests, her mother interrupts to remind her that Tomoki does a lot of chores, including making his own lunch and cleaning his room, without needing to be asked, unlike her, "the older sister." Tomoko reacts badly to this. She runs to her brother's room and denounces him for his initiative which makes her look bad. Her mother witnesses this and slaps her.
Sitting somewhat ashamed in her room, Tomoko recalls her mother telling her she will not ask for her to help anymore, but she "could at least" sort out her things in the storeroom. A tearful Tomoko determines to finish quickly and return to the kotatsu. As usual, Tomoko inwardly blames Tomoki for being more responsible. As she sorts through things, she finds a box marked "Memories of Summer." In it, she finds the discarded shells of cicada. She initially finds them gross but then recalls as a child telling her brother they could sell them for "100 yen a piece!" She discards these and other thing, then finds a notebook Tomoki kept during earlier school days. In it, Tomoki writes about how much he loves his older sister. Wordlessly Tomoko picks up the cicadas.
Having successfully returned to the kotatsu, Tomoko eventually reemerges and goes outside with her now quite warm smaller plush pillow. She tosses it into the snow and watches it sink a bit. Retrieving it, Tomoko notes how cold it is as she looks at her brother's window.
She returns to her brother’s room. As he protests against another interruption, she tosses her warm big purple toy at him, saying that she is lending it to him.
Tomoki notices a cicada shell stuck to the back of the toy and expresses that it is gross.
Characters
In order of appearance:
Referbacks
- Tomoko and Tomoki getting along has been referenced before in chapter 9.5.
- Tomoko’s mother says that despite her being the older sister, she is not as responsible as Tomoki. She also slaps her for having a negative attitude, both of which happened before in chapter 14.
- Tomoko’s purple toy first appeared in chapter 26.
Cultural References
- Kotatsu (炬燵): an ever present warming device in Japanese homes.
- NEET ("Not in Education, Employment, or Training"): a term from Britain that came to Japan to refer unemployed youth. Tomoko uses this term frequently.
Memorial Moments
- While she retreats back to her defense mechanism of blaming others, Tomoko feels a bit of guilt. The reminder that he loved her and looked up to her as an older sister pushes her to do something nice even if he does not understand it.
Quotes
- "You're bothering me, so please get out!" – Tomoki
- “Even though you're my younger brother, you're making a fool out of me!!” – Tomoko
Gallery
| Story Navigation | |
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| Volume 4 Chapters | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | Special | Omake |
| Manga Volumes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| TomoMote Chapters | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 10th Anniv |
| Anime Episodes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | OVA |