WataMote: No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular! - Vol. 16 Ch. 151 - Because I'm Not Popular, I'll Win

[MangaDex]

 

[Shockmaster]

I'm glad Tomoko is still the same sperg she started the series as, even if she's grown a bit.

 

[nightmoves17]

Man, she really just wants to one-up Nemo in the Tomoko department. She even used her name casually while bragging about hanging out.

 

[PlanOfInaction]

Smug Yuri is best Yuri

 

[Gustbk]

Ooohh, the doujins will have a field-day with this chapter.
Yuri & Nemo keep this rivalry going...but they still need to catch up to Asuka. Meanwhile my girl Ucchi is still MIA!!!
Two girls casually watching porn at the cafe...nice to see Tomoko is still just a goofy wierdo and that Yuri is taking steps into improving herself, not just in ping-pong, but in the fact that she’s now open to the idea of hanging out with Kuro’s bigger friend-groups.

 

[DragonTiger]

I love how Tomoko doesn't mostly change and everyone just accepts her for the dumbass that she truly is

😂🤣

 

[ivv]

SMUG YURI!!!
FK Im falling inlove so deep right naaAAoooOOo

 

[azerez]

yuri plz

 

[Saike]

Yuri's subtle growth is a nice thing to see. Best Grill.

 

[Ominous]

So petty...!

 

[Mr_Ixolate]

Think i misread the situation, thought someone was going to be darted.

 

[artichoke]

Yuri's "Top that, bitch!" smug face

 

[Chuggoth]

komi-something was demoted to just "other girl"

 

[Syapaaye]

flex on your rival to assert dominance

 

[Sceleris]

I didn't really get the cover image. “I wonder what I really think of her”? I assume it's Yuri, but they're already past the “I wonder if we're friends now” hurdle. I mean, I guess everyone's yuri jokes could actually be real and Yuri's at the point of “I wonder if I'm romantically in love with her now” (in which case, a lesbian character named Yuri? Oh you, Tanigawa Nico…), but while the series obviously flirts with the idea, I haven't gotten the sense that it has or ever will get beyond jokes. (Although I did find interesting the read on Tomoko as a gay girl who hasn't internalized she's actually gay; her “sexual harassment” would stem from that coupled with her social ineptitude, and would be seen as an inappropriate way of showing affection.)

On my first read-through, I in my limited understanding took the original Japanese “私の中の気になるあいつ” as “[this is a] person interested in my [= Tomoko's] inner [life]” i.e. “interested in getting to know me”, which implies someone who isn't already a friend. So honestly, I thought it was someone else. (I was unsure who, though; layout-wise I was reminded of the panel with Wada with whom Tomoko discussed manga in chapter 144 page 7, but that'd just be out of left field.)

In the end, I guess it's Yuri and it's either a yuri thing or, (in my opinion) more likely, Yuri wanting to become best friends with Tomoko.

 

[Serenata]

Yuri chapters are do wholesomeeeee hahahaha and lol Tomoko is still spaguetti

 

[Buraindo]

now THAT's a watamote moment

 

[oichifan39]

Cute.

 

[OniBarubary]

Awww Yuri finally gets a day to just hang out.

I kinda get what she's feeling. Sometimes if you're friends with someone it always turns into a "hey let's call this person and this person and them" situation and even if it's fun the dynamic between hanging out in a group and hanging out with your bud is very different. If you only ever see them in a group it's hard to say how good a friend with them you are.

I think Yuri just really likes hanging out with Tomoko, not necessarily the group most of the time. So she's really unsure how good of a friend Tomoko sees her as. She's definitely an introvert so she probably likes one on one friend hangouts than bigger social gatherings.

I think her name is just a bait and switch and she doesn't romantically like her, but hey, I could be wrong.

 

[PandaMoni]

Nemo's speechless face at the end was just priceless