WataMote Chapter 81

Chapter 81
Information
Volume Number	Volume 9
Chapter Title	Because I'm Not Popular, I'll Stop By Akihabara For A Bit
Published	July 23, 2015
Previous Chapter	Chapter 80
Next Chapter	Chapter 82

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

Tomoko arrives at Akihabara Station and decides to stick around Tōkyō for a little while instead of going home straight away. She tries to buy some mature material but fails due to the strict rules in town.

Soon after, Tomoko finds out that around Akiba people can pay to walk around with girls dressed as high school girls, and she has an older man come up to her for service. Tomoko runs away. Later, another man more handsome than the first approaches Tomoko and asks to walk with her. Tomoko decides she will walk with him so she can earn some money for an expensive figurine. However, the man was only trying to show off an expensive painting to her in his gallery. Tomoko buys a postcard version which she give to her brother as a gift.

Characters

In order of appearance:

• Ogino
• Tomoko Kuroki
• Tomoki Kuroki

Referbacks

• This chapter concludes the Kyoto field trip arc which started from Chapter 71.
• The bullet key chain on Tomoki's desk is a souvenir Tomoko bought from Chapter 75.

Trivia

• Tomoko has not come to Akihabara before this chapter.
• The character figure Tomoko is looking at is a reference to Shishio Makoto .

Cultural References

• Walking with High School Girls: is an actual thing and can be a serious problem in Akihabara.
• Tomoko sees a poster of Hatsune Miku, who covers the song "Natsu Matsuri" as the end title song for Episode 6.

Memorial Moments

• Tomoko discovers that people pay to "walk with high school girls."

Quotes

• "Seriously? There's someone out there who'd be willing to pay that much just so they could take a walk with me?" – Tomoko Kuroki
• "Unlike that other girl where you can't even be sure if she's a real high schooler or not, I'm a bona fide high school girl!" – Tomoko

Gallery

Tomoko researches "walking with high school girls."