I do think the flanderization of the characters is very real, this manga has gone from a "Tomoki constantly making an ass of herself for thinking life works like a manga" to what basically another yuri gag-manga. Yet, despite the original point of Watamote being lost I'm not going to say I dislike where it's going. Yes older characters have become a bit flat but there's also been some fun new ones introduced. In the last few chapters the characters have been interacting in new ways which also breathes a lot of new life in the manga.I know flanderization is far from being a novelty at this point (Yuri, Komiyama and Yoshida as the most noticeable examples), but what makes the situation particularly annoying with Tomoki is that nowadays we are seeing only his angry side 100% of time compared to he being the "levelheaded" contrast to Tomoko(and her classmates)'s stupidity before (he even smiled in one chapter where he was talking to his male friends).
As a result, we end up getting a loop of the same jokes over and over with no expectation of growth or even some barebones change out of these chapters.
I mean, boys and girls have diferent social structures in the micro-cosmos of a school, so i don't think the diference in treatment is that strange.I know flanderization is far from being a novelty at this point (Yuri, Komiyama and Yoshida as the most noticeable examples), but what makes the situation particularly annoying with Tomoki is that nowadays we are seeing only his angry side 100% of time compared to he being the "levelheaded" contrast to Tomoko(and her classmates)'s stupidity before (he even smiled in one chapter where he was talking to his male friends).
I think it's fine for him to be frustrated by unwanted advances and his own unfortunate situation with the play but from those latest chapters, he became ironically worse than Yoshida. And yet we pretty much don't see any real consequences whatsoever for this behavior similar to like, Tomoko being made fun of for her appearance or for looking at penis pictures on her phone, or Nemo's friends's silence when Nemo made weird noises in the movie, or Fuuka making girls uncomfortable by her crass attitude. Tomoki tells girls to die, Tomoki nearly cripples one of them, Tomoki acts like a literal delinquent and yet nope! Status quo preserved! It's painful because he doesn't even like any of those girls so of course we aren't gonna see Tomoki doing any emotion that isn't being pissed.
As a result, we end up getting a loop of the same jokes over and over with no expectation of growth or even some barebones change out of these chapters.
The only distinct feeling Tomoki has showed to harbor so far is that he seemingly has unsolved feelings for Tomoko from their childhood (we don't know yet if she's the reason he doesn't seem to be interested in girls or if he's unwillingly Tomokosexual). So.... yeah, unless the writer finally pulls something out of his ass to justify he becoming into another character, from the hints we were given so far, all of these chapters will amount to nothing besides short-term jokes.
It's crazy too because it is acknowledged that people noticed Tomoki's attitude as well as how he attacked Sayaka to the point that she can barely put weight on her left leg yet everyone brushes that aside.Tomoki tells girls to die, Tomoki nearly cripples one of them, Tomoki acts like a literal delinquent and yet nope! Status quo preserved! It's painful because he doesn't even like any of those girls so of course we aren't gonna see Tomoki doing any emotion that isn't being pissed.
Tomoko, so yeah, more fuel for the Kurocest shippers.who is the "she"?
Okay, some good points and I was with you until suddenlyI know flanderization is ...
What even the hellunsolved feelings for Tomoko from their childhood