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Cringing With Love: Anxiety in Watamote
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2017
- GOD DAMN IT I WILL BEAT THESE COPYRIGHT STRIKES WITH THE POWER OF MUSIC.
An examination of Tomoko's anxiety as it is portrayed in Watamote.
Scope: Watamote anime.
The copy right strike just made this video better.
art from adversity
That Other Angry Dude ima cherry man
Sorry For My Old Comments It's like ChannelAwesome
Super Nova eeeehhhhhhhhh no... not so much them... this actually rolled with the punches and was done well, along with taking replacing what he couldn’t show with something entirely different that we never knew we wanted until we saw it, all the while still bringing attention to the bs copyright strikes. Doug Walker would just growl and grumble and scream bitterly about #wheresthefairuse
I love the singing
Watamote is hated so much because people find themselves relating to Tomoko a bit too much.
This! ^^
I lovehate it
That's why I love it! I can laugh and cry at the same time! Yay self hate! 😭
I related to Tomoko to such an uncomfortable degree it was literally the last straw in convincing me to try and overcome my social anxiety. This show makes me lowkey depressed because she just has _zero_ concept of a healthy relationship and based off her attitude, probably never will. The sad part is that the vast majority of kids who end up coming across this show by way of the algorithm of the universe will end up relating to Tomoko in at least one way, and Tomoko, being the epitome of a broken person, makes us so damn uncomfortable.
@@amideadyet268
Thankfully though, now she actually has friends in the manga and doesn't act like a complete bastard anymore lmao
If you liked Watamote, make sure to read the manga. Her character development really picks up right after where the anime ends. The payoff is so satisfying after all the struggle she has been going through.
yeah its so heart warming
Where can i read it?
where
Yes, thank god there's a manga; I knew it ! (I would've found that out sooner rather than later, but still)
I know its been a long time since you wrote this comment, but I still want to thank you for it. After watching Watamote, I'm left with intense need for catharsis from this show/series/title, and knowing it can be found in the manga makes it a must-read for me now.
This show made me realize that I actually have real psychological issues that require attention, I found it extremely concerning when a character that I often saw described as an over the top representation of an exaggerated case of social anxiety found herself in at least a dozen situations every episode that where almost exact retellings of my own life, I found myself painfully relating almost every single scene in every single episode, I remember losing my bag and immediately thinking that it was stolen, going almost as far as actually hurting a classmate, just to realize it was on the ground under my desk, I remember intentionally packing yogurt past the expiration date to get sick and be sent home so that I could be alone, I remember playing an unhealthy amount of dating sims to get something remotely similar to a human connection, I remember getting a ridiculous change of appearance that backfired so bad, that I wore only black and grey pants and t-shirts for 3 months, I remember cheating on chests against kids before winning made me feel good about myself, but what really got me thinking to the point where I had to get help, was that I remember crying myself to sleep while repeating"I'm happy" and not understanding why I felt the way I did almost every night for almost 3 years, that scene got me harder than any scene before or since
I... feel you.
Stay strong friend
...going by personal experiences I'd say that...sometimes life(and more to the point other people) "pull out the chair from under you" so many times, just nearly enough for a breaking point, that you always end up being the one overreacting over the "simplest" of life's snafus "expecting the other shoe to drop," and you've just have had enough, up to your absolute tolerance levels to deal with anymore "BS" from reckless and uncaring or outright (yet somehow still covert enough to fly under ygr radar of orhers ir zeems or just enough to m a ke other people not xare enough)sadistic people, not at all, not for anything, and even the suggestion, the thought if it making you mentally sick ...a spiral, a self feeding spiral, like many psychological or neurological disorders and aberrations...and more to the point as I am left contemplating this and empathizing with you on this, I feel it, such responses that is, are largely, not in of themselves at least, in their origins, are faulty or evident of a fault in us ourselves so much as our society constructs and our cognitive nature proving highly incompatible in practice...under pressure of life as we've developed and grown (apparently imperfectly so) to adapt to and accept as "normal" or more to the point standard, due to out own affinity towards complacency, as something that nothing can be done about...
You just gotta get out and do it. I had social anxiety, got a cashier job (so I had to speak with people) and slowly but surely it got better. I'm not perfectly fixed, I still have a bit of anxiety but I can finally talk to people calmly. I even got a gf now finally. You just gotta get out there and talk!
This is the exact reason I didn’t even get through the first episode. I related to much to her and noped the fuck out.
says "Asshole" and "acting maliciously"
Bakugo appears on screen
gg
and the asshole's fiends are Joey and Téa. Kek
the musical improvisation is amazing
hats off to that
adarsh28 This is how I know this dude is going places.
nathan casarez oh, there's no doubt about that at all. copyright strikes are a right of passage
My Hero Academia OverHyping Federation WE NEED MORE COPY RIGHT STRIKE!!!!!!
I've never thought I would say that and actually meant it as a good things
Huh?
This is weird, some of my favorite video on UA-cam was taken down because of copy right.
I don't know what feel anymore, help.
so good
My Hero Academia OverHyping Federation so true.
... Did someone copy my life and make it about a Japanese girl?
Kevin Barber did YOU copy my life ?
You two copied my life!
No all of you copied me
*Copystrike* them
Hideyoshi obviously
Literally, this is a show about the cycles of anxiety and depression (obviously it's predominantly anxiety). Which is why it works SO well. It's not just about "being nervous/afraid." It's about the whole, seemingly inescapable pattern and escalation of it all
Oh. And it's about little victories. Baby steps.
And I love it
Yo dood. If you upload your videos on private and let it sit for an hour or two, you can then tell if their going to strike your video or not without it being public, and then just hit publish when you know your in the clear.
Thanks man! I appreciate the tip. Great videos, too. You're the reason I wound up watching One Punch Man, so thanks for that.
Don't listen to Super Eyepatch Wolf, he is just jealous of your fabulous barbershop improv :D
Just kidding, love both of you!
Thanks! Only just started watching your videos today. Your immensely talented. Keep at it.
2 of my favorite youtubers having a conversation in the comments IT'S LIT!
D'aww. Thanks. You too!
This is literally the BEST analysis on Watamote, and Social Anxiety Disorder, on the Internet. Ironically, I think too many bloggers and reviewers are just too close to, or are currently living in, Tomoko's mental state to talk about the characters mental state in a clear concise psycho-analytical way.
HotSkull agreed considering this video made me realise more about my anxiety and why I didn't like the show at first, too close to home to be funny
I dunno. I found it funnier precisely because I relate so much to it.
Tomoko might not be me as such, but it comes dangerously close to combining the worst elements of two different parts of my life, and I find it all the funnier for it.
@@KuraIthys I can't really watch it because secondhand embarrassment really gets to me. I wonder why?
@@imprisic6319 Yeah, no idea.
But then, everyone is different.
I mean lots of things in the series are embarrasing to witness...
But some people are OK with that, some aren't.
Up to the point I saw the comments here I had assumed that a series like this would be hard to watch unless you could personally relate to it or at least had intimate knowledge of someone like that, because if you don't then laughing at any of it just seems cruel, but if you can understand that kind of situation you might be able to find the humour in it.
But... I guess I may have misjudged that...
Funny thing is now Tomoko is a harem queen with decent mental state
I high key loved Watamote. Only “slice of life” anime I actually like. The manga gives her a huge amount of growth where she actually makes a healthy amount of friends (that she has normal conversations with) and talks to people in her class. I’d love to see it animated, but the manga is still ongoing
It’s Me The manga is absolutely great. I loved how natural her growth felt and how she just gradually started getting used to being around people. Its hilarious and also heartwarming. She ended up getting her harem, just with a bunch of girls interested in her. Also a slice of life manga I genuinely enjoyed was Yugami-kun ni wa tomodachi ga inai. I highly recommend it, you should check that out.
MrChannelforwatching oooo thanks for the recommendation
@推ししか勝たん Nah, Lucky Star is Watamote without the reasons on why Watamote is good.
It's like watching a superhero movie, but just the scenes where the good guy punches the bad guy. Simply no.
I can relate to her so much with the umbrella part. Like I usually instantly assume my stuff Is stolen if it's missing.
I've had stuff stolen and my entire grade hates me and bullies me so I can assume my shit gets stolen
In my country, you wouldn't be the only one to think that.
Who needs anime clips when you have musical talent, this was a great re-upload!
this was 100% the best way to get around the copyright issues. you sir are a legend
Andrew Harding battling copyright is a right of passage
Andrew Harding It's like ChannelAwesome
The thing is that Watamote honestly has Avoidant Personality Disorder far more than merely “crippling social anxiety”. That’s why those with anxiety might find this show to be a bit of an exaggeration, but as somebody who suffers from AVPD, it’s one of the most relatable shows I’ve ever seen. And it’s also why she can’t get better no matter what she tries. For years, I’ve have had the same thought processes as her “I’m going to make friends this semester, I’m going to be popular, etc.” and each year it never happens. She constantly procrastinated making friends (aka avoiding making interpersonal contact). You can also notice that she is more freaked out about talking one on one with people than she is with actually being in social situations (such as standing in line or sitting in class). I’m fine with being in social situations or crowded areas as long as I don’t have to talk to anyone. This is probably the first anime I’ve watched that addresses an actual avoidant personality character rather than social anxiety.
If you have social anxiety, you can get cured. But if you AVPD, it’s your personality and a cure is not possible. That’s why she remains the way she is. Of course, if she reached out to therapy, she can definitely improve and learn to cope.
Intro:
Me who just started watching evangelion: w h a t
Oh, you poor thing... you can't fully experience it now that's it's been spoiled.
I'm scared
@@arumaru3433 correct
It's been two years, I assume you have watched End of Evangelion. What's your opinion?
I watched evangelion while already knowing about that scene and other spoilers but it didn't really ruin my experience at all, still a great series
I've always had problem with social anxiety and watching watamote made me laugh and cringe and cry for many reasons. Like you addressed in your video tomako is scared that the only way she can feel happy is if she is alone. I've had this exact though go through my head and it had almost the same affect on me as it did tomako. It's sad to think that your life will always be miserable unless you're alone with out human connection and that's where depression comes in. The only way somebody can truly believe that thought proses is if their brain can't feel happiness; it can only feel numb. That's why I love watamote bc it resonates with me on a fundamental level. Also little side comment I absolutely love your channel if you had more videos I could watch them all night.
Honest Rebellion 20 I felt the same way
Tomoko*
the question is what is true now. Can't one be happy living alone?
I think this is turning out to be another eyepatch wolf situation.
"Guy comes outa nowhere with amazing anime discussion and gains massive amounts of subs seemingly overnight."
You should start a patreon now while the iron is hot.
Im sure many people would love to throw money at you and if you keep up this level of humour and quality then the subs will keep rolling in.
if I saw a patreon link I'd totally smash that shit
This guy is much better imo.
Funnily enough I just saw Eyepatch Wolf comment on this video about tips on how to avoid strikes before publishing a video to the public for Explanation Point. Started freaking out seeing them go back and fourth
i love your name
Homestuck Spotted.
Literally never watched Watamote and hearing somone just describe the bear scene had me tearing up.
I have social anxiety, it was completely debilitating as an adolescent. As a child I couldn’t watch watamote, but now as an adult I think its great. I definitely put myself in some watamote situations because of my anxiety 😂 Thanks for the video
This is how you counter strike a copyright strike. Next time gotta play ukulele
Please make the "improv singing the description of the scene" a recurring thing!!! That shit was hilarious!!!
Seriously don't even wait for the copyright strike, start singing NOW!!!!
YES
4:56 after re-reading the manga , i noticed how she was actually crying out of sadness but made herself believe she was having the most fun.
Same with the star gaze episode where she wants to think everything is ok but starts crying a little on her ramen cup while watching the star gaze alone , later comforts herself saying a male cat was watching it with her so she did made her dream come true somehow.
Its quite sad actually , worst when you know how the relation of imae and tomoko ended , worst how you know that everything would have changed if nemoto hina was willing to talk to her on the 1st day of school or if tomoko actually didnt run away in the last episode of the anime.
I’m completely honest that this video made me realize that I have social anxiety. I noticed so many things that you described did match my own behavior and thought patterns that I legit asked my parents to sign me up for therapy and I’ve seen a psychiatrist regularly for the past 6 months. Soooooo thank you for kickstarting my mental health increase. I guess..
Top 10 Anime Singers
Wow, what a great way to combat copyright... We applaud you sir 👏👏 Truly earning your rapidly growing channel
and now we're all re-watching your entire video... brilliant
;D
Tomoko is literally me in middle school and high school, I’ve improved a lot from back then(extreme social anxiety), I’m in college currently and taking online class and I don’t have to stress having to do in-person face to face interaction with people 😃 it took a lot off my shoulders. I still have social anxiety but not as then where I literally am scared of people and talking to people, quarantine is basically heaven, I don’t even have to go out 😃
Tomoko is the kind of person who will grow up to be too scared to leave her house for fear of dying in a public spectacle.
Read the manga. U will be proud of her development
Marcus S I’ve actually been reading the manga, it’s not bad.I still need to finish it though.
@@Misan_Trope9009where to find
I never feel uncomfortable or cringe when I watch this show but it makes me feel oddly nostalgic for all the years I spent depressed and obsessing over not having friends. It’s kind of become a comfort show for me.
I read the manga in class and I was reading the totally not McDonald’s scene and I flipped the page and there it was her pigtail duck face scene and I closed the book and put my head down
As a person who gets socially anxious a lot, this anime gets so much right. I felt like they were laughing with me about problems they understood as well.
Saw the second version and wondered why only the first clip got hit, but honestly all the improv songs are perfect, keep fighting that copyright
Nice video, really insightful. The manga continues from the anime and she does start gradually making progress after meeting imae. More people start approaching her and even a teacher actively tries to help tomoko make friends.
I suggest reading from chapter 37 if anyone wants to pick up the manga, gonna be some filler still but its past the bits the anime covers.
Watamote has the best depiction of depression I've seen in anime
I love WataMote so much that I started reading the manga and I'm almost finishing it, but why the fuck does such few people talk about?
None of my real life friends have even made into the end of the anime, and most of them hadn't even heard of it before in the first place
And there's probably, like, less than 10 serious videos in English on UA-cam about WataMote.
Some of my friends really hated it, but i think it's so underrated, because the anime is funny, the manga is awesome and even wholesome at times, and I love the characters.
*Why doesn't it has the recognition it deserves?*
Watamote is discriminating "escapism", the main reason why people watching anime in the first place.
ok ok I know that the copyright strikes are bad but the way you handled it is both hilarious and the best way I have ever seen that problem solved
this guy is like a king of barbershop improv rofl
I have social anxiety, it's a battle everyday just to talk to people. I literally fucking cried while watching this. Thank you!
When I tell you I relate to Tomoko so much it’s actually crazy. The internal desire to be cruel to others, which leads to my distrust of others. The general inability to interact with people, and when I do I struggle to not be mean because it’s all I really know. And the waiting. God the waiting. I spent most of my life waiting for someone to talk to me, but of course people don’t want to talk to someone who never talks back. I only realized recently that life isn’t an anime and I have to talk to people if I want them to like me.
Watamote is incredibly important.
Season 2 never.
A shame too since I would have liked to see that emoji-faced girl animated.
Ucchi-san is such a tsundere but i think she's really cute with Kuroki. I believe the author will release Season 2 when the manga is finished( Which is soon ) he just doesn't want to be clogged up with projects
says "condescending almost mocking tone"
theanimesnob's profile picture appears
Musical Edition is Best Edition.
After reading the manga last year (which mind you, is still going on strong), I can conclude two ways to break this kind of fate. Both include becoming at least a little more social.
1) Try to fit more with people. Take better care of your appearence, learn more about what other people like, and try to get close with them by acting nice and interested about what they like.
2) Do stupid stuff that'll either entertain the people near you or make them interested about you (if possible, obsessed). Make your bizarre aura so strong, that it envelops everyone around you, making them almost as weird as you. Thus, you'll never have any problems about acting weird or opening up to your friends because they already see you like a freak, and don't care about it because they still love you.
If you've read the manga, you'll also see how the first option is wrong, while the second option is valid. Tomoko did achieve in getting friends with the help of someone I won't mention because she's fucking annoying and I'm pissed about having to be grateful to her.
And she did so by going with the second option. There, she meets many girls with waaaaay different attitudes than her.
From silent and introverted Tamura, to chuuni pseudo-normie Nemoto, to "kind" delinquent Yoshida, to abnormal normie Uchi.
(and Tomoko still acts like a damn lesbian from time to time, now with more victims).
All the while Yuu went with option one, and we see how much she hangs with Tomoko's friends instead of hers, from which we can assume Yuu doesn't really fit with her "friends" at all, and when she asked Tomoko in the anime if she still likes anime, we see how Yuu doesn't have any confidence in opening up about her stuff with her so called friends.
This can be understood better with Tomomote, a spin-off from the series that has Yuu as protagonist, and takes place when she, Tomoko, and manga-only baseball fanatic Komiyama, go to middle school. There, while looking kind of plain, Yuu is seen by the class as a cute girl with potential to become really beauty, yet they only care about her appearence, and the only ones who do care about her as a friend are Tomoko and Komi.
I don't want to boast, but the second option really works. Kind of. Maybe.
I'm an introvert, and I've been working full time in a little kiosk ran by my aunt since some months before the pandemic.
I have a dumb and weird sense of humor that can be _tolerated_ by the internet folk, but it doesn't suit irl people. I've been putting my best smile at work (even when I have my mask on), being nice and crap, and after a year I've seen some clients catching up the weird from me, even making the same kind of jokes I make, and most people either tolerate my stupid self or smile about it, looking at me like "that sympathetic dork" (which is kind of the point of my dumb humor).
I repeat, I didn't have really good social skills from before working here, I am an introvert, and yet people kind of liked it. Nowadays I don't have much problem about socializing (it tires me as it would introvert, but I have no impediment aside from that).
So...uh...different people have different ways to socialize?
oh my god we must protect you at all costs :0 master teach me your ways :c lmao how are things going a year later? Are you less cringe?
@@Freakcheeks Internally? No, I'm as cringey as I have always been.
Externally? Yeah, I've learned how to keep the cringey stuff to myself a little better. Socializing is a useful tool, but you have to practice it quite a lot if you weren't born with social skills.
If you ask me, most people are easier to approach than it looks like, and you only have to try and talk to them, holding the cringe to yourself as much as you can. It won't go smoothly the first couple of times, but you'll eventually get the hang of it.
i avoid embarrassment with humour and try to make friends with it but my humour is really dark and unconventional so i only make things worse-
@@Freakcheeks Yeah, that. Avoid doing that.
If you want to approach someone with humor, try something that's more normie. Normies like normie stuff
I absolutely loved this show.
I was able to relate with Tomoko on *NEARLY* every level.
The only thing I was disappointed with(Because it felt a bit unrealistic) was how easy it was for Tomoko to just toss years of anxiety away in about only a minute in the last episode.
Though I can't really blame that on the creators, as I'm sure they had to end it that way since they were limited on the amount of episodes they could work with.
Just a great show that I'm sure all socially awkward people can relate too.
Also, amazing analysis!
Gabriel Rosalez I can relate to her thoughts.
But she didnt just toss away years of anxiety. Its not like her life is fixed at that moment, at least thats not how I interpreted it. She just kinda has a moment of realization, but ultimately we only see her improve a little bit in terms of actual human interactions. Thats just the shows final message more than anything else (as well as a call back to episode 1)
This show is like a really bad car accident, or a cartel torture video. It's uncomfortable, but you just can't look away
Good Summary lol I’m thinking of getting the Manga soon
An incredibly apt description
ah~ Anxiety the Anime. It's not about Overcoming Anxiety, but rather not letting it overtake you, It's part of you, and you grow from it.
I'm going to say this that I literally went through what she was going through and it was like a test to myself where I literally passed with flying colors where I was literally depressed and has social anxiety even when I was in middld school elementary school high school..... I felt like when she was feeling where I had barely any friends and had barely anybody to talk to especially the fact when all my friends were dating people and wanting me to hear about them dating someone all the time when I was lonely..... I felt like a guinea pig and it made it worse when things happened time and time again in my life
People adore Bocchi because she's awkward in a softer manner but Tomoko really exemplifies the negative parts of having social anxiety and that not everyone who has it is a soft uwu couch potato
a bloated ego and a low self esteem aren't mutually exclusive
Bocchi you mean bocchi the rock? I love that animeeee! I relate to bocchi because she has social anxiety, I love her for that; and I love Tomoko because she’s so funny and silly and I love that she has anxiety because I relate to her because I also have anxiety
Great analysis! You brought up so many reasons why I and so many other people love Tomoko and why her actions are so relatable even if we haven't been in the same exact situation.
Thanks for this. I and others share the same fondness for the "cringe humor" of Tomoko's plight, but it's really nice to see it so well addressed in your video. Your singing is pretty hilarious and awesome as well. Also I hope you've read up on the manga, because she's made a lot of progress in terms of social interaction so far!
they should make more female character with insecurities in anime, it would be more realistic and relatable
Found your channel due to Mother's Basement, so you might have to blame him for your subscriber count
What did he do? o.o
I don't know what he did either, but your videos kept popping up in my recommended videos, so I'd say you got lucky with UA-cam algorithms or something. Either way, your content is great and you deserve all the subs you have.
JuSaKuO it's because of how long his videos are and how well excited and creative the presentation is. We all watch the entire video because we don't want to miss a single quip or funny photoshop
You were in the reccomendeds for one of the videos of his I was watching. I guess you're close enough in style that youtube correctly guessed people would like you.
Plus watch minutes cuz his vids are long.
Man, your videos are absolutely amazing, keep up the great work! Editing, that improvisation, reference to other anime, it's all great. Please never polish your editing (to make video flow better with images), there are a lot of youtubers with perfectly synced and edited picture and audio, but you take it to another level by not giving a shit about composition at all, instead making it kinda random but completely fitting with your narration.
It just feels like I am reading your flow of thought directly, even though I know you've developed a proper script for this video!
it feels like someone is talking to me, and the images popping up are just images that are popping in my head
1:47 "She cheats against children while playing TotallyNotMagic."
Hello, based department?
DAMN!!! I had my phone loud, that intro was not expected.
I hate my social anxiety 💔😢😭😞
Kinda too late but if it makes you feel better, everyone has social anxiety to some extent.
@@boeuf-in9oe And that's normal. Not many people actually have a disability of it.
Don’t ask me why this brought me to tears, but I really long for what this video explained is the story and evolution of Tomoko. I relate to her entire experience on a deep level, and would love more than anything to obtain the same triumph she now has. I’ve never seen Watamote, but I am really inspired to watch it now, thanks to you. Thank you so, so much for making this video, and I hope that someday I can complete the experience she went through as well! ❤️
Anyone whos watched Watemote can vouch for the accuracy and mood of these improve descriptions. So silly, but so true.
As someone who also has social anxiety this anime’s protagonist is painfully accurate
femcel kino
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I agree sir, (how does this comment have 2 likes?)
wait a fucking minute the fuck are you doing here
@@wowptrnews UA-camRS ON OTHER YOUTOOBER CHANNELS WHAAA??????
(≡3≡) She's gotten way better in the manga.
Watamote is my favorite anime and ive watched it multiple times it shocks me that its not more popular than it currently is its just so damn good
For anyone who wants to see the long-term effects of Tomoko moving on to another stage in her life, the manga is still ongoing and she has been on a fairly consistent upward slope, with a few stumbles and freakouts. The best part is that, as she puts herself out there and interacts with other people more, the reader also learns new information about her that they didn't know before, because now she's able to talk about it.
I absolutely love the musical improv XD Think you could do something on sports anime like Kuroko no Basuke or Hajime no Ippo?
i can really see myself in tomoko’s struggles. throughout the whole series i just thought “i feel ya, girl.”
Watamote is cringe in the most relateable way possible. The little moments where she poorly interacts or her mom walks in on her doing something, i just have to try my hardest to not look away because its so relatable i start to remember.
This anime was so fucking relatable that i cried
I've noticed a lot of high quality UA-cam channels very very recently emerging and getting huge amounts of subscribers after only 2 or 3 videos, I'm going to guess some kind of algorithm change is causing it be a lot easier to find stuff like this, I honestly can't tell weather you're more deserving or lucky. ;)
B-but that would mean UA-cam did something right for once! That's impossible!
gamedragon bro has a point, UA-cam can't do something right, its impossible ba-ba-baka.
here before it gets taken down again :-)
It should be here to stay this time!
That singing bruh!
Explanation Point
You totally should make a Vid.me account and put your videos there as well!
You may not get the same number of subscribers over night (seriously, what kind of black magic did you use to do that?!), but it's a lot content creator friendly and you'll most likely suffer less with copyright claims over there.
You interpreted the ending a lot more positively than I did when I was young. I thought it represented Tomoko giving up and laughing at her own absurdity, giving the show a grim, morbid vibe to me as in the end despite everything she ultimately fails. But hearing you explain your interpretation of it, combined with the other events of the episode, it makes a lot more sense!
Damn, that was painfully relatable.
Okay a: Your singing is adorable. B: These videos are really funny and though I don't necessarily agree with you about all the things I found them really informative and helpful as analyses. I hope that someday you make some more!
Honestly, I could say Watamote shows a better representation of social anxiety than Komi can't communicate.
Yesss!!!
That method of side-stepping copyright claims (like seriously youtube, Fair Use?) is easily the best thing I've ever heard. You made it sound really catchy and I'm going to go back and listen to that again. And share it to some friends.
Also, congratz on almost reaching 75K subs.
I love Tomoko so much the people hating are stupid. Tomoko thinks exactly like a lot of people out there and just wants to be treated like a human being and make connections but her experiences have made her understandably have a distrusting nature of others. I think she is a very human character and to say this show is being insensitive and disrespectful to the condition makes it seem like they are saying there is something wrong with the person who thinks and feels like this thus dehumanizing them further and making them feel like they are a "special case" who needs to be treated differently than others. I bet MOST people have felt like Tomoko at some point in their lives.
people think this show is tkaing anxiety lightly?wtf its realistic af...its not like komi cant communicate where it romanticizes anxiety so how come people dont have a problem with komi
Thank you so much for making this video. This series really speaks to my anxiety.
That "szene removed but I sing it" szene gave you another subscriber
Never watched anything from you until now, but I will
Thank you so much for creating this wonderful, amazing, educational, life-changing video. This made me wanna RE-READ the entire watamote manga. I've re-read the manga a few times already, but this time I am going to analayze the manga and learn from it. Idk how I'm gonna do it cuz I'm not really good at literature (it's my worst subject at school). But I love the series so much, so...... idk.
And now it's a yuri harem manga. Which, honestly, is the 100% Secret Ending we needed.
Wait did it actually turned into a yuri harem manga?
@Terraria Heaven What's that even mean?
@@smartesttemmie did it actually??? Please reply back
@@margaritabulos Well, more than one girl are actively romantically interested in Tomoko, so yes.
@@smartesttemmie okay thank you so much
The manga is fantastic. There seems to be another act after this where others become more infatuated with her odd behavior while she slowly becomes more comfortable with their presences.
This has to be the one of the most mutually entertaining and wholly satisfying in depth analysis of a show I ever seen. I am honestly shocked at how good this was and now I can see that how fast your channel blew up is a not surprise.
I found it through one of those anime clip channels and gave it a watch
I enjoyed it “so freaking much”
*Hope they make more episodes!*
Glad to see you've caught such a massive following! :D :D
Amazing video!
Glad to see you're glad to see I've caught such a massive following, First Subscriber.
Millawls This interaction is really cool, and why I love watching small channels explode.
this is so much better than previous version, for the future - do this every time...please I need this
I used to be like that. Seeing everyone with spite and envy, living everyday with social anxiety thinking everyone was out to get me, everyone is being fake with me, everyone is being happy or is suceeding to make me depressed. I see a younger version of myself in tomoko. A person full of guilt for their actions but complacency to stay the same.
However, what I find more endearing than anything is the determination and perseverance of tomoko. I combat everyday to appease my social anxiety and social awkwardness. Seeing tomoko stride time after time to the next step, biting tooth and nail to improve herself, is liberating.
I've been through it and continue through it. But, seeing her fight so hard. Makes me feel competitive. So I'll fight harder, I'll continue to stride.
As someone who had some of the worst crippling social anxiety and managed to somehow overcome it, this video warms my heart. I haven't watched the anime yet, but after this analysis I think I might give it a go.
~Tomoko lays in bed!~
(in bed)
~and she cries while she's saying she's soooooo hapy!~
Subscribed. Surprised I forgot to do so after the MHA vids.
Your videos are a great watch even the third time around, can't wait for what you make next!
I personally really like this anime and hope to read the manga,I myself am struggling with Social Anxiety and Tomoko is pretty relatable and I like the humor,which always managed to make laugh a bit.I was also the awkward and lonely quiet girl who's lost in my head almost constantly,because it was where I felt the most comfortable (and because I had a habit of spacing out..a lot)especially at school where I was surrounded by people..I was scared to talk to anyone and make friends,so I never really had any friends at least till 11th grade,that stayed that least and wanted to really get to know me and had similar interests.
And this video is pretty good analysis on the character and social anxiety and can myself relate,especially when it comes to jumping through hoops I don't even need to to avoid social situations..
(Ex:Mom ordered pizza,pizza guy comes and dad goes to door and gets them pizza and pays and stays there while my mom in other room gave me the tip money and told me to bring it to my dad at front door,as too anxious to be near a stranger.I stood on other side of the wall near the front door too scared and considered walking to my room,grabbing my phone going back to the wall and text or call my dad quietly to come and , get the money from behind the wall instead..before deciding against it and just doing it which was nerve wracking for something so simple but it wasn't so bad after..)
I find Tomoko a bit too well painfully relatable and recognized the anxiety,dreadful and even depressing situations that I've been in that feels like it's no big deal for anyone else,which makes me feel like I'm incapable of simple things like ordering at a restaurant which is nerve wracking for me,especially if I'm not mentally prepared..but,it's nice that it is relatable,cause I can say,"Exactly!Thats how it feels!"It feels nice that there's something that shows a understanding of many with social anxiety and help others maybe understand too...
Some people with social anxiety can have different levels of it depending how much they've overcome and what makes them socially anxious so,there may be some parts that aren't as relatable to them,but I like it because of how I have a personal understanding of it and because of my nostalgia of it because,it was one of the first animes I got into years ago.
(For anyone else who is struggling with social anxiety,know that I and others with it can relate to what your going through and believe you can work through it,it may take patience,time and lot of awkward and scary mistakes but,nothing great has been done without a few dozen mistakes.Still the social anxiety and anxiety will still linger,but it's best to try and be positive and focus on the good through this scary anxiety and seek support and help,which I also have..both social anxiety and general anxiety,so it can be hard with both being triggered at once in a social situation but I've been working on it more and it is terrifying,trust me but,I'll survive)👑
I struggle really bad with anxiety and right now its worse than ever. I am spiraling into depression and suicidal thoughts. its always been this way and I always related to watamote. It made me cry uncontrollably when I watched it because i saw myself in her so much. I never struggled with looking attractive because ive had boyfriends who came to me and liked my shyness, but I always would question everything until it was gone. I had an abusive boyfriend and it made it to where I would stutter when someone was being aggressive and I would even shake when someone stood behind me. I put up walls that takes months to break down. Im afraid to go outside and I wish someone would tell me they want to be my friend and not leave but im too scared to do anything when they do. Im always looking for hope but im loosing it in myself. I dont know what to do or how to do it. Im not in school anymore and I dont have the chance to just go up to people and try to start a conversation anymore like I used to try to do. My parents never really spoke to me, even in 8 hour car rides. I was always silent and observed, and now I dont know how to talk to people without feeling like im going to cry or say something weird and have them never talk to me again. I obsess over things like vampires and its pretty much the only thing that has kept me fit and healthy aside form how pale I am but even that interest alone is enough for people to call me a freak. I dont know what to do, and ive even had moments like hers where I was sitting alone screaming and crying for help knowing no one would ever come. Its self immolation in a way, and im scared that im not going to last much longer.
Watamote is beautiful.
YOU GO, TOMOKO!
READ THE MANGA!!!
Elven Anbu i cAnT fInd it daMMi T
@@lostdraft mangadex
As someone with severe social anxiety I can safely say that Tomoko is genuinely such good representation of what social anxiety is and what it feels like, for me anyways.. and I’m so glad of this because I feel like there’s not enough depictions of mental disorders in media that aren’t watered down this is like the true unfiltered portrayal of social anxiety and it’s just so..wow
This is excellent, and precipitating out the comorbidity of Tomoko’s anxiety with her vengefulness and resentment struck me as something I should have already thought of considering I identify so heavily with it
but mostly I came here to say how much I appreciate that you actually recorded vocal harmonies on the copyright strike parts
amazing
I swear to god you are the best thing this site has ever birthed
God damn I relate to her so much. this is like a free therapy class
I went to watch watamote halfway through this vid and it instantly became one of my fav anime. Thanks m8
I don't know how it happened, but I guess I found you because UA-cam's algorithm has become very good and they knew I'd like your content. Seems about right honestly.
i personally don’t think Watamote is cringe in my opinion i love the series,