Chapter 214-2 | ||
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Volume Number | 24 | |
Chapter Title | Because I'm Not Popular, it's Festival Eve (Second Part) | |
Published | May 19, 2023 | |
Previous Chapter | Chapter 214-1 | |
Next Chapter | Chapter 214-3 |
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[]
This chapter continues from the previous. The cover depicts two pairs of feet standing in front of Shiki, Emiri, Tomoko. Shiki reacts with surprise, Tomoko maintains her own "emoji face" from the previous chapter, whilst Emiri stares at her. One set of feet greets them, while the other set encourages, "Futaki, Kuroki, let's go to the sauna."
In the sauna, Tomoko sits on the bench next to Shiki, who sits next to Anna, who sits next to Reina. Emiri sits on the floor in front of them staring ahead. Reina suggests that the first one to leave has to buy juice. She then asks Emiri if she is also okay with joining in.[1] Emiri curtly responds that she is only here because she wants to respond if something happens.
As she stares ahead flushed and sweating, Tomoko inwardly insists that she is a little more confident in these situations: "I'm a good marathoner. If anything I'd say it's because I'm a masochist."[2]
The four sit flushed and sweating on the bench in the sauna. Tomoko watches as water is sprayed on the coals which produces a blast of steam. She reacts in horror as the steam hits her face. Inwardly, she screams, "My face burns!! My body's screaming, I don't think this is good for my body!!" The next panel focuses on Tomoko's lap covered by a towel. Her legs and arms shake. She continues to inwardly scream that she wonders if it was foolish to challenge the "delinquents" and "Mk-II."[3]

Meanwhile, Emiri reacts to two other girls entering the sauna. One squeals about how hot it is. Shocked, Emiri immediately slides over to place her head in front of Tomoko's groin, to Tomoko's surprise. Inwardly, she screams that, "Kuroki's kuroki[4] cannot be exposed to the public!!" For her part, Tomoko imagines herself as a smiling cartoon with a smiley face Emiri's face covering her Unmentionables: "Emoji . . . variety mosaics my crotch, methinks."[5]
Meanwhile, a quite sweat-drenched and haunted Shiki stares ahead. Without a word, she stands and makes her way out of the sauna. Both Tomoko and the Still [Wo–Ed.]Manning Third-Base Emiri stare after her in shock. Tomoko inwardly marvels, "Mk 2 unexpectedly quit . . . I've won!!"

"May Oyashiro-sama have mercy on your souls, for I shall have none!"
A hand holds a bottled coffee drink. The next panel reveals it is Shiki handing one from a vending machine to Tomoko. Anna gives a cheer[6] as Reina sips hers and Emiri dutifully waits. All of them have clearly cleaned off the sweat and arranged their hair as usual, including Shiki. Anna playfully asks Shiki if she is feeling unwell since she was the first to quit. Shiki calmly replies, "I just don't like the heat."
She reacts to an arcade game in the room they are in. She then turns towards the rest, which reveals the small arcade, and remarks, "If it's a game, I won't lose. One more match with a game." Anna asks her what she wants to play, and Shiki insists, A stuffed-animal capture showdown, or collecting medals showdown, or an arcade quiz show, or anything is good." Observing her, Tomoko inwardly marvels, "I can't tell by your face, E[7], but losing to the heat are you getting hotter?"[8] Reina suggests that they call Masaki.

Heard: the sound of WataMote Fanboys screaming in frustration.
The next panel shows a wooden sign advertising the "Stone Sauna."[9] The next panel depicts Tomoki sleeping lying with laying next to Masaki who lays next to Yuri. Masaki asks Tomoki why he[10] came.[11] He replies that his sister's watchful parent asked him to.[12] The next panel reveals them in a room – with a couple across from them dotting on one another with "♡" floating above them though they are on separate slabs since this is not an eroge, goodness no – with the heads of Reina and Anna in the immediate foreground. Tomoki continues to explain, "If she does it again, she's suspended, she's an idiot, and aren't you worried about her?" Masaki confesses that since she was responsible for it, she cannot say anything.
Reina acidly asks Anna, "What kind of asshole is she flirting with?"[13] Anna tells her to leave it alone; however, as a chibi, Reina loudly teases, "Hey! Don't start messing around here!" A Shocked-Chibi Anna tells the "idiot" to stop it. Masaki reacts with an "A!"
Faceless Sachi arrives walking next to Mako, who stares ahead with her transfixed smile, and Koharu who seems upset.[14] Sachi notes that he is not there and asks if "Makocchi" lied to her. Koharu whines to Mako that they go quickly to the baths. Mako notes Anna and Reina as "Yoshida-san's friends." She peeks in the room and sees Tomoki, Masaki, and Yuri. As a slight chibi over the seen, she inwardly remarks that Yuri is there as well. Meanwhile, Sweating slightly, Masaki stares upward and inwardly complains, "That fucking bitch, right, had to say something!"
With her face and eyes narrowed, Sachi inwardly notes the presence of "Yoshida and Tamura. . . . Seriously, they follow you around like flies, right." Mako continues to stare ahead with her small smile, while Koharu complains that "those girls" also came.
"Sacchan," Mako addresses Sachi, "Next to that boy there's an open spot. Why not go next to him?" Faced Sachi emits an "E?" Losing her face, she continues, "E – but – isn't it too blatant to suddenly go next to him? Because a girl who only thinks about boys like that is annoying." Mako pleasantly insists that she thinks it is cute if it does not involve Masaki. Koharu whines to Mako again that if they are not going to go to the bath, she is just going to go to sleep. Faceless Sachi retorts by asking if Mako could not think of a stalker, "is it not disgusting?"[15] "It's never disgusting!" Mako beams back, "because it's cute, Sachi-chan!" Koharu stares in silent indignation while Sachi thinks, "As expected Makocchi, you're good at such annoying and meaningless conversations, right!"
Faceless Sachi emits another "E – but – " whilst thinking, "Look, press a little more so it'll appear like I have no choice but to go!!" Mako dutifully suggests that she thinks the boy is also waiting. Ignoring them after being ignored, Koharu wanders forward, and over an objection [16]from Sachi, promptly plops down next to the sleeping Tomoki facing away from him. As an Irritated-but-Faced Chibi, Sachi inwardly screams, "Hey Pig!! Why are you sleeping[17] next to him!!"

"You are welcome!" – WataMote Wiki
Faceless, Sachi begins to say, "Pi," but switches to "Koharu-chan." She asks why she is sleeping there, points to the other side of the room, and suggests it would be good if she slept there. Koharu grouses back that there is a couple and old man there. Meanwhile, Mako greets Yuri and Masaki. Faceless Sachi kneels next to Koharu and tells her to move out of the way so she can sleep. Koharu emits an emphatic "nyah."[18] Inwardly, Sachi screams, "It's not 'nyah,' you little brat!" With her face, Sachi glares towards the reader with a spider web or shattered glass background as she thinks, "Wait, this can be useful!"

Shown: A "Lascivious" Smile
Faceless, she deposits herself next to Koharu, placing her right hand on Koharu's left thigh, and offers, "well then, let's sleep together, Koharu-chan." Koharu whines in response, "E?! What, it's gross. . . ." Undaunted, Sachi spoons the somewhat shocked Koharu as she thinks, "You're the one that's 'gross,' here." As she embraces Koharu, she looks over her shoulder with a lascivious smile and thinks, "Besides, girls being friendly like this guys like!"[19] while confessing a bit of disappointment if he cannot see through this fake friendship.
Faceless-Chibi Sachi stares in silent disappointment as Tomoki snoozes. Masaki regards him as Sachi, still embracing Koharu, inwardly grouses about how "this guy" can sleep with girls around him: "He's too familiar with women!"

"My favorite film is Ringu. You?" – Sachi Mima
In his slumber, Tomoki turns towards Sachi. Without her eyes, Sachi thinks, "close!" Tomoki opens his eye to find Sadako Sachi staring right at him. Sweating a bit, he remarks, "Evil eyes."[20] Sachi rhetorically asks if he can talk about the expressions of other people. Tomoki continues to ask why she is staring at a person's sleeping face. "I'm not staring at you," Sachi replies. With a view of their waists, Tomoki asks her how long she has been next to him, but Smiling Faceless-Chibi Sachi chirps, "Not telling."

"My favorite anime is Mirai Nikke. You?" – Masaki Yoshida
As Tomoki wonders how many more people other than her can can be here, he is interrupted by Masaki screaming behind him, "Oi! Hey! Punk!"
He turns to find her staring intently at him in a manner WataMote Wiki cannot hope to describe. She continues, "Why are you ignoring me. HEY!"
Tomoki replies, "Bad eyes, or rather I'm completely overwhelmed."
Mako smiles quietly as she looks at the snoozing Yuri next to her. Over them, Sweating Chibi Tomoki complains that he was not ignoring her like she says, but he was sleeping. Irritated Chibi Masaki retorts that she was not sleeping.
Sweating, Tomoki looks up at the ceiling as both Sachi and Masaki stare at him. He inwardly wonders why both sides are staring at him. Is he a shoplifter?
He gets up thinking he is hungry and wants something to eat. Faced Sachi and Masaki stare at one another for a moment. Masaki sits up, and Sachi starts to wake up Koharu telling her they should go to the baths.
Mako regards the snoozing Yuri. She playfully puts a handkerchief over her face. Yuri still snoozes.
Characters[]
In order of appearance
- Shiki Futaki
- Tomoko Kuroki
- Emiri Uchi
- Anna Haruna
- Reina
- Masaki Yoshida
- Yuri Tamura
- Tomoki Kuroki
- Mrs. Kuroki (mentioned)
- Mako Tanaka
- Sachi Mima
- Koharu Minami
Referbacks[]
- Marathon Girl "Is it Safe?": Tomoko bragged about it in Chapter 30.
- Tomoko Spreading: Tomoko does have the habit of sitting with her knees spread. She infamous fell asleep in such a position when she suffered hay fever in Chapter 38. Children were horrified.
- Hate the Game, Not the Player, Shiki-Chan: After placing last place in a mahjong game in Chapter 147, Shiki expressed her desire to pay back Anna in Chapter 163, suggesting the gamer Shiki does not like to lose. She confessed to Koharu her desire to get revenge on people through video games in Chapter 190.
- "My mom asked me to keep an eye on sis": A request asked on previous chapter.
- "She's an idiot who'll get suspended it she screws up again": Tomoko and Masaki got suspended from the chapters 157 to 160. Whether for being obligated to watch over his sister by his mother, or because he's genuinely concerned for her, Tomoki worries that the same situation will happen again.
- "Yoshida and Tamura...": It's been seen now not few times along the series how Sachi assumes that Masaki and Yuri are interested in Tomoki. With Masaki on chapters 194 and Volume 23 Omake, and with Yuri on chapters 204-3 and 205; up to the point that in 213-2, Sachi assumed those two formed part of Tomoki's acceptance circle.
- "She's good at these annoyingly pointless conversations": In 214-1, Sachi was aware that Mako was trying to manipulat her so that she went along her to the bathhouse, however, she chose to go along since she heard Tomoko was there. In this chapter, Mako tries to manipulate Sachi so that she goes to lie with Tomoki in the stone sauna, thing of which Sachi is totally aware and expects Mako pushes her a little more so that she pretends to have no choice.
Cultural References[]
- Crotch Mosaic: Tomoko describes the placement of pixelation or objects in front of "naughty bits" as seen in manga, and anime.
- Stone Sauna (岩盤浴): "facility where one rests on towels laid on a slab of heated natural rock," per the convenient 10ten dictionary extension.
- コラ (kora): slang to get someone's attention.
- "DEAD Girl!": While playing with the depth of Yuri's slumber, she recreates what is often seen in anime and manga when someone dies: a cloth covers the face. WataMote Wiki is seeking a good link to explain this specific practice.
Trivia[]
- Lots of Trivia
Memorable Moments[]
Gropegate III: The Road to PerditionRoad Block: WataMote Wiki will confess to over viewing the panels whilst translating to interpret the scene as Emiri placing her head against Tomoko's Road to a Christening with Tomoko reacting in shock[21]; however, it is curious that Emiri is concerned that other women will view said Avenue given that they have not only bathed together naked in the past, Emiri rather presented herself naked to Tomoko. WataMote refuses to believe that Emiri somehow does not realize that "all girls," even WataGirls, "have one!" It seems that Emiri projects her, well, specific interest onto other girls. It is true that in her Ever Clashing Conflict of Desire and Denial [Available on VHS. – Ed.] Emiri assumes other girls are attracted to Tomoko, that Tomoko is attracted to them, and it is all "disgusting," but makes her "feel good!" She seems to specifically expect that if girls view Tomoko's Jade Pavilion they, too, will become overwhelmed with lust, キモい!キモい!Which makes her previous presentation to Tomoko quite the invitation. Which means Emiri has some interest in protecting Tomoko's Road to a Christening. Leaving aside the lascivious humor, Emiri has made some progress. Indeed, she could dismiss Tomoki by declaring that, at best, he reached second base on an error while she successfully defended third base.- Wingwoman Anna: Anna realizes that Masaki is talking to a boy, does not want her embarrassed, nor ruin her "moment." Reina does not realize Masaki has an actual crush on Tomoki; he seems to be some random guy she is talking to, so she teases her.
Quotes[]
- "I'm a little more confident in these endurance confrontations. I'm a good marathoner. It anything I'd say it's because I'm a masochist." – Tomoko Kuroki
- "My face burns!!" – Tomoko
- "Was it foolish of me to take on the fearless delinquent and the high-spec MKII...!?" – Tomoko Kuroki
- "Kuroki's kuroki cannot be exposed to the public!!" – Emiri Uchi
- "I just don't like the heat." – Shiki Futaki
- "I can't tell by your face, E, but losing to the heat are you getting hotter?" – Tomoko about Shiki
- "That one's over-protective parent asked me." – Tomoki Kuroki answering Masaki Yoshida's question as to why he came . . . to the spa . . . to the spa, damn it.
- "If she does it again, she's suspended, she's an idiot, and aren't you worried about her?" – Tomoki to Masaki
- "I'm responsible for it, so I can't say anything about it." – Masaki
- "Hey! Don't start messing around here!" – Reina to Tomoki and Masaki
- "Idiot stop it!" – Anna Haruna
- "That fucking bitch, right, had to say something!" – Masaki thinking about Reina
- "Yoshida and Tamura. . . . Seriously, they follow you around like flies, right." – Sachi Mima
- "As expected Makocchi, you're good at such annoying and meaningless conversations, right!" – Sachi inwardly
- "Look, press a little more so it'll appear like I have no choice but to go!!" – Sachi inwardly
- "The boy's also waiting, I think!" – Mako
- "Nyah!" – Koharu Minami
- "It's not 'nyah,' you little brat!" – Sachi inwardly
- "Well then, let's sleep together, Koharu-chan." – Sachi
- "E?! What it's gross. . . ." – Koharu
- "I mean, how long have you been next to me?" – Tomoki
- "Not telling!" – Sachi
- "Oi Hey! Punk!" – Masaki
- "Just how many people are here besides sis" – Tomoki
- "Why am I getting stared at from both sides? I feel like a shoplifter" – Tomoki about Masaki and Sachi staring at him
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Reina uses the rather rude version of "you": お前 (omae) also used in the title.
- ↑ Using "M" with the furigana エム (emu).
- ↑ Tomoko's inner nickname for Shiki.
- ↑ As in the pickie, she says 黒木のクロキ (Kuroki no kuroki), which could be interpreted as "Kuroki's black tree." WataMote Wiki is not angry that you interpret this to mean Tomoko is no longer "silver," just . . . disappointed.
- ↑ WataMote Wiki is ever hyperliteral to convey the idioms. Would agree with Fanilators that she is basically noticing that "Emoji" is acting like various methods of censorship.
- ↑ An abbreviation of the classic gochisōsama (ご馳走様): ごち (gochi).
- ↑ Tomoko thinks the first kanji of "emoji" (絵).
- ↑ Tomoko puns on "heat" in Japanese that is similar to the dual meaning of "hot" in English. Both kanji are pronounced the same (atsui). The first (暑い) usually means hot as in weather, and the second (熱い) usually means hot things. Tomoko essentially wonders if Shiki is becoming passionate because she lost to the heat.
- ↑ 岩盤浴 (ganbanyoku): see Cultural References.
- ↑ Masaki uses the rude "you" from the manga title: お前 (omae).
- ↑ Mayhaps WataMote Wiki needs to rephrase that.
- ↑ Translation Note: Tomoki actually says the ruder "that one" (あいつ・aitsu) which often is translated as "bitch" in the furigana over the explanatory kanji for "sister" (姉) as is WataMote's wont. So . . . "that bitch's watchful/hypervigilent/helicopter parent asked me."
- ↑ 何アイツ野郎とイチャついてんだ (nan aitsu yarō to ichatsuitanda)?
- ↑ And is wearing a dress with strawberries and "Princess" on it. WataMote Wiki does not speculate.
- ↑ Using the Emiri-chan Trademark expression.
- ↑ It is the ending of a command (. . . って ・-tte) which the Fanilators interpret as Sachi trying to say "wait" or matte. Basically, Koharu plops down before Sachi can properly verbalize her completely wholesome objection.
- ↑ Sachi naturally uses the rude "you" omae explained previously. She also says in the furigana "sleep" (ね) over the kanji 養豚 (ようとん・yōton), or "pig farming!" Perhaps one should translate it as "wallow!"
- ↑ With the kanji vocalized "ya (や)." Sachi repeats this vocalization.
- ↑ Citation Not Needed
- ↑ 目つき悪: me tsuki waru
- ↑ Even considered titling the Moment as "Emiri Reaches Third Base on an Error, Sliding in Head First." No, WataMote Wiki has no shame.
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