Chapter 205 | ||
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Volume Number | 22 | |
Chapter Title | Because I'm Not Popular, I'll Take the Mount. | |
Published | July 6, 2022 | |
Previous Chapter | Chapter 204-3 | |
Next Chapter | Comiket Special |
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[]
Without her face, Sachi sits at Mako and Yuri's table and remarks that the three of them did not have much to talk about. Mako agrees. "Koharu-chan was always there, right," Sachi continues. With her face, Sachi addresses Yuri: "Maybe Koharu-chan was there, so Tamura-san didn't talk much." She adds that the two do not get along, then asks, "Is it true you're the chatty type?" Yuri emits a "no." Sachi continues, "If you can talk like that, don't just talk to the boys you like, talk to me too." She concludes that she has always wanted to be friends with "Tamura-san."
Yuri and Mako stare back at her. Yuri emits a "yes." Yuri looks towards the silent but smiling Mako. Surrounded by animesque blossoms[1] Mako inwardly notes that she has been recently spent a lot of time with friends of Yuri, then concludes that she has missed Yuri's thinking. As a smiling and beaming chibi, Mako claims that because it was Yuri's favorite story, she talked about it a bit much. Chibi Yuri looks at her confused and emits an "E?" but then a "yeah." Faceless Chibi Sachi asks her what she was talking about.
With a view of Mako and Yuri's legs under the table, Yuri responds, "discussion of acting." Sachi repeats this phrase then feigns the excited rhetorical conclusion that Class 3-5 is making a film which Yuri is in. With her face, she continues that since Koharu-chan never talks about it, she must not be in it, then exclaims, "outcast?"[2] Mako assures her that she is also not in it but is behind the scenes. "Well, Koharu-chan's too fat to be an actress," Sachi opines as Yuri makes her practiced smile and nods her head.[3] Inwardly, Mako wants Yuri not to react since it could be a trap. "By the way," Sachi continues, "that second-year boy . . . do you know him?" Chibi Yuri emits a "yes." Faceless Chibi Sachi asks if he is a friend. Chibi Yuri repeats "friend," pauses, then replies that he is not but she does know him.
Sachi emits a small laugh as she sips her drink. "What?" Mako wonders to herself. Meanwhile, Yuri inwardly grouses that everyone keeps asking about her and Tomoko's younger brother, but they misunderstand. "Komiyama-san and Yoshida-san are more friends than me, I think," she tells Sachi. "Yoshida . . . -san I know," Sachi replies, "Who's Komiyama? What kind of person?"

Shown: "Occasionally Normal"
As Yuri inwardly repeats, "what kind," she has a flashback to Kotomi screaming her patented "Ooi!!" to Masaki in the cafeteria, followed by Masaki punching her in the stomach, then her siting at her desk, with her pen on a chart as she states that it is not particular answer.[4] "Occasionally normal," she inwardly concludes. She responds to Sachi that she is, "a little unusual glasses person." Mako reacts with surprise and thinks that Yuri choosing her words means she has matured. However, Yuri continues, "Also, Mako told me that something happened with a naked Yoshida-san at home." Chibi Mako marvels, "Yuri . . . that's unnecessary to. . . ."
"Hē," the Faced Sachi responds. With a view of her playing with her straw in her drink, she laughs then continues, "So . . . then they did it, those two?" Both Yuri and Mako react with surprise. As she nervously holds her own near empty drink and plays with the straw, Mako replies that she does not know but does not think so. Happy Faceless Chibi Sachi asks if there is any other situation where he could go home and see someone naked. Normal and with her face, she continues that it is always possible that when one goes to a house one will find someone naked, "so what else is there to do?" She then asks, "It's not like you two haven't done it before, right?"
Mako and Yuri both stare back at her. This causes the Faced Chibi Sachi to inwardly rage. For her part, Yuri inwardly confesses that she was there too, but will keep quiet. Normal, Sachi stares back but inwardly rants, "Their faces. . . ! Is it possible. . . ?! Experienced?!"
She loses her face as she sits quietly, plays with her straw, and thinks in front of the equally silent Mako and Yuri. "If I recall, Mako was the first of us to have fun with a boy." She continues to muse that "Tamura's a mystery," but she "looks like she's experienced." She inwardly confesses that she became irritated when she heard some bad things about him, then took the easy "mount" on them to vent her anger. She imagines Maki and Nori giggling together on the opposite side of the table in the same relative positions as Mako and Yuri, and she muses that if it was Maki and Nori they would return a "rough mount"[5] immediately. "On the other hand," she concludes, "they would've put me down if they found out I'm a virgin."

She then imagines Koharu. With a serious look, she thinks that since she has only talked to Koharu[6] recently, her conversational skills have diminished.

Mako interrupts her musings by declaring that, while she does not know about the others, but she does not believe that is the case with Yoshida-san. Without her face, Sachi responds that Yoshida-san looks likes she "plays," and Yuri inwardly imagines "Yoshida-san's play, . . ." which consists of Masaki happily hosting a tea party for her stuffed bunny and cat. Mako responds brightly that she is not like that if one talks to her. She claims that if Masaki did do something like that, she could tell by her aura.[7]
Sachi stares darkly back with an inward surprise at Mako's response.
Yuri transfixes a smile as she imagines Masaki punching out Tomoko for holding her stuffed animals in a fashion that violates their warranties. Mako looks down as she sips from her straw. For her part, Sachi inwardly rages, "What's that? You're pressuring me, telling me you can tell if I'm a virgin or not by my aura!!" She then adds that she cannot tell what "Tamura" is thinking next to Mako. With her face, she smiles slightly as she thinks that since Mako is troublesome, she will start with Yuri. She asks if "Tamura-san" has any other boy she is close to other than the one she just met. Yuri sheepishly denies that she does. Without her face, Sachi smiles and continues, "E- but, Tamura-san, there are boys who like you, right? Have they talked to you?"
"No," Yuri calmly replies.
Somewhat surprised, the Faceless Sachi inwardly wonders if even if it is not normal for her, can she not pretend?[8] Staring back with her face, Sachi thinks, "It's like saying you're not popular, don't you think about being ostracized?" She inwardly claims that this not caring is what Koharu hated, she does not like it either, so she stopped talking to her. Her left finger taps her chair as she inwardly confesses that she feels like an idiot trying to "mount" someone who does not even care. She concludes that "this one" is not like Nori and Maki, and what she really wants to hear. . . . She interrupts her thought by remarking, "about that guy."[9] Chibi Yuri repeats "that guy" as a question. Faceless Chibi Sachi clarifies, "You're talking to a second-year boy." "Tomoki . . . . . . -kun," Yuri replies. "He's called 'Tomoki,'" Sachi concludes.
Normal, but without her face, Sachi addresses Mako, "Yoshida and he aren't dating, right?" "Absolutely not, I think," Mako replies. Without her face, Sachi continues to asks Yuri if, when she was talking with him, did he say anything about her. Yuri simply responds that he did not say anything, which elicits a "Yuri . . . " from Mako. Sachi laughs as she claims that is good, then she claims that she is enjoying their conversation. She asks if she can ask lots of questions about "that guy."

Shown: "Komiwhat" (こみなん) and "wa" particle (は) to give the hyperliteral, "As for/regarding Komiwhat."

Shown: Triumphant Chibi Hina-chan!!
The scene shifts to the sign outside Class 3-5. The narration reads, "next day after school." A Chibi Tomoko asks about "Komisomething." Chibi Hikari responds that she probably knows where she is and will go get her. Chibi Hina declares that they will all go together. Sheepish Chibi Yuri asks why she has to go, but Triumphant Chibi Hina responds that while they are at it they will buy drinks for everyone.
The scene then shifts to Tomoki and Akari rehearsing in the class before Director Glasses-Chan. Kotomi watches from the door, and a faceless Sachi peers in next to her. With her face, she inwardly marvels that "that guy" is really acting. From down the hall, Yuri, Hina, and Hikari approach. Hikari appears to react to seeing Kotomi. Faceless Sachi continues her musing as she looks at Kotomi next to her, wondering who is this "glasses." She finds her is "mysterious," then notes she is a third year. "I feel like I've seen her somewhere before." She then startles at the approach of the trio.

Hikari tells Kotomi that she has come to call her. Kotomi greets her while Hina looks in ans asks if "that" is "Kuro's."[10] In the next panel, Sachi has moved to hide behind a corner while listening as the rest of the girls look through the open class doorway. Chibi Hina asks if he is acting. Nonplussed Chibi Yuri asks "Nemoto-san" if she did not know that. She then states that the day before the two talked about acting. Chibi Yuri continues that on the day Hina called her, she stayed over and had dinner with him. Smiling but Sweating Chibi Hina firmly replies that it has been some time since she has received a "mount" over something she does not care about. Meanwhile, Yuri's statement elicits an expression from Sachi that WataMote Wiki cannot adequately describe.
She turns towards Yuri and Hina, who react with surprise. With her face, and smiling, she exclaims, "hey, you're the same bitch as us.[11] I'm relieved," to Yuri's surprise.
Without her face, Sachi turns and walks away from Yuri. Behind Yuri, Kotomi emits a soft "Oi." She then explodes to demand why they spent a night and shared a meal.
Characters[]
In order of appearance
- Sachi Mima
- Yuri Tamura
- Mako Tanaka
- Koharu Minami
- Tomoko Kuroki
- Kotomi Komiyama
- Masaki Yoshida (flashback)
- Maki
- Nori
- Tomoki Kuroki
- Hikari Itō
- Hina Nemoto
- Akari Iguchi
- Director Glasses-Chan
Referbacks[]
- From The Continuity Department: this chapter continues events of the previous chapter, but also reflects the same events from the perspective of different characters from the last few chapters.
- "The three of us haven't really gotten to talk like this": Chapter 172 revealed that Yuri was part of the group composed by her, Mako, Koharu and Sachi, but Chapter 187 suggests that Yuri ditched them in middle of the Christmas party.
- "You two didn't get along after all": Yuri's intense dislike for Koharu is obvious in Chapter 156 when she showed her disappointment after Koharu was in time for the class. A similar episode is depicted in the Reality versus Expectation of Volume 15. As for Koharu, she reveals in Chapter 191 that she opposed having Yuri in their group, and Yuri only joined because they went to the same middle school.
- "Koharu-chan hasn't been talking about it much ": Sachi was informed about that by Koharu in Chapter 203.
- The Naked Prey: Tomoki walked in on Masaki when she exited shower at the Kuroki home in Chapter 168.
- Gropegate I: A New
GrHope: while Yuri recalls the events that led to this, she does not mention it to Sachi. - "We're not friends... I just know him": It has become a trend for Yuri to be asked about her relationship with Tomoki, beginning with Kotomi in Chapter 133, then Mako in Chapter 204-3, and now Sachi.
- Komi's Answer: CHECK
- The Yuri Tamura Experience: "Excuse me, while I kiss the sky!": Regarding the concern noted below, Yuri does not appear to have it, though she was a bit worried in Chapter 185-5 when she did not recognize a condom. Masaki is frequently embarrassed by her own innocence, particularly with regards to the recreational schedule at Love Hotels as seen in Chapters 95 and 182, but unlike the rest of the WataGirls, she appears very reticent to discuss such matters. The only time she does is when she sheepishly asks Mako about the terms "rubber" and one that is censored that she overheard Reina and Anna discussing.
- "I've been too...": Yuri spent time and slept over in Tomoko's house in chapters 183 and 183.5.
- "Makocchi was the first among us to go playing with boys": In Chapter 163, Yuri reveals that Mako dated a guy in her first year.
- Mako Tanaka:
CrazyHypocritical Lesbo: Mako has accused Masaki of "playing with boys." In Chapter 173, she asks her if any boy had seen naked recently after overhearing Akari and Sayaka. Later in Chapter 194, she joined in Sachi's badmouthing by revealing to them that Masaki did play around with a guy younger than her. In 204-3, she demanded that Yuri ask Tomoki about his relationship with Masaki and the incident in the bathroom. Now, Mako is hypocritically denying that Masaki could have done it with a boy. - "Cats and Bunnies": When Yuri pictured Masaki "playing around," her cat and a bunny, curiously, are the same animals that Mako drew on the blackboard in Chapter 199 to explain her what "rubber" is. Furthermore, the stuffed cat is the one Masaki tried to win from the crane machine in the Chapter 92, and the bunny is the one Reina gave her as a peace offering.
- "That's why we stopped talking to you": In Chapter 187, Koharu revealed her disgust with people who go in their own pace and do not know how to read and match the mood, which is a feeling that Sachi expressed Chapter 203.
- "I think I know where she is": Hikari saw Komiyama barging into class 2-4's rehearsal in 204-3.
- "I feel like I've seen her before": Sachi saw the fight between Yoshida and Kotomi in Chapter 134 but seemingly does not recognize the latter.
- "Call Me!": Hina calls Tomoko to practice her ASMR only to hear someone in the background. Fearing it is Tomoko's mother, she panics and calls Yuri hoping to find out it is Yuri. Yuri being Yuri, she merely says she is studying, leaving Hina to fear who it was. This is the first time, seen, that Yuri mentions that she was staying over with Tomoko when Hina called her.
Cultural References[]
- "Meanwhile . . . in Japan": Sexual Education: since the subject comes up and "WataMote Wiki Cares," here is a video from NHK on the subject. Readers may find it interesting that mention of contraception and actual intercourse are forbidden. This may explain Yuri not recognizing a condom, and Masaki asking Mako to explain why the bear should not bounce his seed off of a bunny's face . . . probably.
Trivia[]
- "Pass Her Guard and Mount Her:" Whose perspective is the chapter from? It seems obvious that it is Sachi,'s since she initiates the "match" between her and Yuri and uses the term "mount"; however, she ultimately confesses that Yuri has "mounted" her. Whether or not she "grounds and pounds" her WataMote Wiki has no official opinion, but dōjin in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1. . . .
- "The mean girl knows the playboy's name": during the meeting in the cafeteria, after Sachi asked Yuri about 'that boy', she makes her to know that his first name is "Tomoki".
- "A Megane has a Nickname!": The Ever-Concern'd with Appropriate Address Tomoko usually referred to Kotomi as "Komisomething" (こみなんと・Kominanto)," but she has recently addressed her properly. However in this chapter, she uses, hyper-literally, "as for what is Komi" (こみなんは・Kominan wa)." In better English, she says, "Hey. Komiwhat."
- "Kittens 'n Bunnies": WataMote Wiki confesses initially missing that Masaki punches Tomoko because Tomoko is making her stuffed bunny [CENSORED – Ed.] her stuffed cat.
Memorable Moments[]
- "Your Face!": this is a chapter from another character's perspective. In this case, it is Sachi.
- "Are You Experienced?": to avoid the too obvious "Like a Virgin" reference. Sachi reveals the concern seen in Hina and Fūka, and to some extent Tomoko, that others see her as "innocent" and "virginal."
- "You'll See What it is Friends!": Sachi appears more concerned with her relative appearance and standing. She happily calls Koharu fat publicly then inwardly diminishes her as insignificant.
- Tomoki X Yuri: Yuri not only denies that she is interested in Tomoki, she does not inwardly consider the possibility.
- Tomoki X Sachi: she does appear a bit smitten with him. Dōjin in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1. . . .
- Yuri X Hina [Stop that. – Ed.]: Yuri again tweaks Hina over her not knowing about Tomoki. She also remains clueless to the implications of her boasts.
Quotes[]
- "Maybe Koharu-chan was there, so Tamura-san didn't talk much." – Sachi Mima to Yuri Tamura
- If you can talk like that, don't just talk to the boys you like, talk to me too. – Sachi to Yuri
- "Yuri's only been around people she gets along, so seeing her like this feels so nostalgic" – Mako Tanaka
- "Occasionally normal. . . ." – Yuri thinking about Kotomi Komiyama
- "Also, Mako told me that something happened with a naked Yoshida-san at home." – Yuri
- "So, have those two done it? " – Sachi about Kotomi and Masaki
- "I wonder. . . I don't think they have, but. . ." – Mako
- "Eh? But what other reason could she have for going to his house and winding up naked? I mean, there's always the possibility of that happening when you go to someone's house. . . And she was naked, right? What else could it be?" – Sachi
- "It's not like you two haven't done it before, right?" – Sachi to Yuri and Mako Tanaka
- "Thinking back on it, Makocchi was the first among us to go playing with boys... Tamura's a mystery, but she's got this face like it wouldn't be strange for her to have experience" – Sachi inwardly
- "What's that? You're pressuring me, telling me you can tell if I'm a virgin or not by my aura!!" – Sachi inwardly
- "E- but, Tamura-san, there are boys who like you, right? Have they talked to you?" – Sachi
- "Does the thought of being looked down not occur to you? Koharu-chan hates how you're never bothered by anything, and I don't like it either. That's why we stopped talking to you..." – Sachi thinking about Yuri
- "You didn't know, Nemoto-san? We had a conversation about acting yesterday. I was spending the night at his house and eating dinner with him on the day you called me too, Nemoto-san" – Yuri
- "It's been a while since you tried to mount me over pointless crap!" – Hina
- "Hey, you're the same bitch as us. I'm relieved." – Sachi to Yuri
- "WHAT! YOU SPENT THE NIGHT AND ATE TOGETHER!! HOOOI!!" – Kotomi rendering a reserv'd and rational observation to Yuri
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References[]
- ↑ WataMote Wiki feels the need to stress that they are neither lilies nor strawberries.
- ↑ ハブ (habu).
- ↑ Which makes the sound "piku (ぴく)."
- ↑ Two large circles stand in for whatever it is Kotomi says it is not.
- ↑ *Snicker! Snicker!* More seriously, "mount (マウント・maonto)" as in what one does to a horse. It implies domination. No, WataMote Wiki is not mad about what you are imagining whenever Sachi uses this term, just disappointed. . . .
- ↑ Translation Note: the furigana above "Koharu-chan" is ザコ (zako) which means "insignificant" from its original meaning of "small-fry."
- ↑ 空気 (kūki).
- ↑ Translation Note: she literally asks if Yuri could not at least "smell/sniff" it.
- ↑ Translation Note: Sachi says "あいつ (aitsu)" in the furigana with the kanji for Tomoki to clarify. This is why Yuri repeats "that guy?"
- ↑ Probably referring to Tomoki as in "Kuro's brother."
- ↑ Translation Note: なあんだ私達と同じクソ女じゃん with クソ女 literally meaning "shit woman" and can stand for "bitch," "wench," and other laudatory appellations for the female of the species.
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