History Manga / NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Anime/WelcomeToTheNHK'', at least until the GenreShift in the third year.
** SpiritualAntithesis: According to some people, ''[=WataMote=]'' is this to ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows''. Both works feature main characters with huge experience in romance games and dating sims, but while Tomoko is obsessed about using that knowledge to become popular and respected, the protagonist of the latter doesn't care that much about RealLife. Not to mention that Tomoko's experiences with games, in contrast, all prove to be utterly incompatible with reality.

** Tomoko's movie, "A Youth Like This," is the kind of thing you would expect a bunch of high school students with no filmmaking experience to whip up in a couple of weeks. The plot is nonsensical, [[InformedAttribute characters are frequently described to have skills and attributes they never display at all]], some scenes are thrown in just to pad out the run time, cameramen frequently get caught in the shot, multiple takes are obviously re-used, and the ending was obviously thrown together, with the characters acting like it's no big deal that one of their friends got pregnant (from another girl with "both sets of equipment") or that another outright ''died''.
** The play that Tomoki stars in isn't any better. It starts off looking like a straight retelling of ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}'' before veering sharply (and clumsily) into DarkerAndEdgier territory when it's revealed that the family are a clan of assassins plotting to kill the prince. The ending is very obviously tacked on, the play takes itself very seriously despite coming across as a FracturedFairyTale, and Tomoki's acting is noted to be monotonous and sinister even though his character is supposed to be TheWisePrince. That's all before it reaches its disastrous end when [[spoiler:Sayaka accidentally falls on top of him and is kissed moments before he was supposed to kiss Akari's character]]. To illustrate how bad the play is, ''Tomoko'' is visibly uncomfortable watching it.

** The play that Tomoki stars in isn't any better. It starts off looking like a straight retelling of ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}'' before veering sharply (and clumsily) into DarkerAndEdgier territory when it's revealed that the family are a clan of assassins plotting to kill the prince. The ending is very obviously tacked on, the play takes itself very seriously despite coming across as a FracturedFairyTale, and Tomoki's acting is noted to be monotonous and sinister even though his character is supposed to be TheWisePrince. That's all before it reaches its disastrous end when [[spoiler:Sayaka accidentally falls on top of him and is kissed moments before he was supposed to kiss Akari's character]].

** Tomoko gets an idea that working at a pastry shop / bakery would help her socialize and mentions this to her mother, who is happy that Tomoko is wants a part-time job and eager to help her. GilliganCut to disappointed Tomoko behind an assembly line in a pastry factory.

* StylisticSuck: Tomoko's movie, "A Youth Like This," is the kind of thing you would expect a bunch of high school students with no filmmaking experience to whip up in a couple of weeks. The plot is nonsensical, [[InformedAttribute characters are frequently described to have skills and attributes they never display at all]], some scenes are thrown in just to pad out the run time, cameramen frequently get caught in the shot, multiple takes are obviously re-used, and the ending was obviously thrown together, with the characters acting like it's no big deal that one of their friends got pregnant (from another girl with "both sets of equipment") or that another outright ''died''.

* GirlsAreReallyScaredOfHorrorMovies: Tomoko tries to exploit this during the culture festival when she takes Yuu to the haunted house, hoping it'll scare her friend so much, she'll cling to Tomoko. It doesn't work; the effects are too cheap to scare Yuu at all, which thoroughly pisses Tomoko off.

See also ''Manga/{{Choku}}'', an earlier manga by the same authors, and ''Manga/KuzuToMeganeToBungakuShoujoNise'', also by the same authors. For tropes belonging to the movie Tomoko makes for her third year cultural festival see ''JustForFun/AYouthLikeThis''

See also ''Manga/{{Choku}}'', an earlier manga by the same authors, and ''Manga/KuzuToMeganeToBungakuShoujoNise'', also by the same authors.

* AmateurFilmMakingPlot: For her class' third year cultural festival, Tomoko sets out to make a movie with all her assorted friends and acquaintances. It's a long story arc where the project suffers various setbacks, from Tomoko struggling to come up with an actual story, getting some of her actors to agree to say the lines she wrote for them, having to cut out some of the racier content, throwing an ending together a day before the deadline, and pulling an all-nighter on the eve of the festival, but it ''does'' get completed. The end result is [[StylisticSuck terrible, amateurish]], and hilarious.

* EsotericHappyEnding: In-universe with "A Youth Like This," the movie Tomoko makes for the culture festival. It ends with [[spoiler:Yuri's character [[TeenPregnancy getting pregnant while still in high school]], Hina's dying, and Asuka's repeating the year for lack of attendance]]. All of these are revealed [[AngstWhatAngst while the characters are smiling and talking about what they should eat]].

* OhAndXDies: Early on in Tomoko's movie, the film pauses to inform the viewer that Nemoto (the character Hina was playing as) would die for real. The end unceremoniously reveals she died offscreen from getting hit by a dead ball in the baseball game. None of her friends seem bothered by it.

* ResolvedNoodleIncident: After 3 years of teasing what the hell was Tomoko and her friends recording for the School Festival, Chapter 216 finally shows the entire movie.

* UnderdogsNeverLose: Played straight in Tomoko's movie, "A Youth Like This". The Literature Club is forced to play a game of baseball against the Student Council to keep their club from being shut down. Even though the Student Council are much better players who are willing to cheat to win, the Literature Club manages to prevail by cheating even ''harder''.

** Back in Yuu's first appearence she's described by Tomoko as having "rather average looks and rather average grades" which seems to go against later appearences where she's shown to be a complete BrainlessBeauty (or at least having very poor grades) and Tomoko having lusted for her since their very first encounter. She's also impressed by Yuu smelling so good implying is the first time she notes that while in the spin-off Tomoko smelling Yuu is basically a RunningGag

* EsotericHappyEnding: In-universe with "A Youth Like This," the movie Tomoko makes for the culture festival. It ends with [[spoiler:Yuri's character getting pregnant while still in high school, Hina's dying, and Asuka's repeating the year for lack of attendance]]. All of these are revealed [[AngstWhatAngst while the characters are smiling and talking about what they should eat]].

* EsotericHappyEnding: In-universe "A Youth Like This" the movie Tomoko makes for the festival ends with [[spoiler: Yuri's character getting TeenPregnancy, Nemoto dying and Asuka repeating the year for lack of attendance.]] All of these is revealed [[AngstWhatAngst while the characters are smiling and talking about what they should eat]].

* BaseballEpisode: As part of a promotion with the Chiba Lotte Marines, Volume 10 of the manga featured a special chapter where Tomoko, Yuu, and Kotomi attend a game of theirs. [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall They even mention how the team is involved in a cross-promotional deal with some manga or anime that's "about a loner protagonist]]." [[spoiler:[[BaitAndSwitch It was]] ''[[Literature/MyYouthRomanticComedyIsWrongAsIExpected My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU]]''.

* StylisticSuck: Tomoko's movie, "A Youth Like This," is the kind of thing you would expect a bunch of high school students with no filmmaking experience to whip up in a couple of weeks. The plot is nonsensical, [[InformedAttribute characters are frequently described to have skills and attributes they never display at all]], some scenes are thrown in just to pad out the run time, cameramen frequently get caught in the shot, multiple takes are obviously re-used, and the ending was obviously thrown together, with the characters acting like it's no big deal that one of their friends got pregnant (from another girl with "both sets of equipment") and another outright ''died''.

* StylisticSuck: Tomoko's movie, "A Youth Like This," is the kind of thing you would expect a bunch of high school students with no filmmaking experience to whip up in a couple of weeks. The plot is nonsensical, [[InformedAttribute characters are frequently described to have skills and attributes they never display at all]], some scenes are thrown in just to pad out the run time, cameramen frequently get caught in the shot, multiple takes are obviously re-used, and the ending was obviously thrown together, with the characters one of their friends getting pregnant from another girl (with "both sets of equipment") and another ''dying'' like they're no big deal.

* NoAntagonist: Tomoko is her own worst enemy in most situations. And when she gets a better handle on things, everyone ''else'' shows that they're their own worst enemies too. Later chapters give him multiple SitcomArchNemesis but even then they are pretty harmless.

* NoAntagonist: Tomoko is her own worst enemy in most situations. And when she gets a better handle on things, everyone ''else'' shows that they're their own worst enemies too.

* LongRunnerTechMarchesOn: A mild example, as the characters grow up and move up school years at a realistic pace, but trends are always a couple years ahead (helped by the fact that no specific years are given). Tomoko once mentions watching ''[[Manga/MahouShoujoSite]]'' and ''Anime/{{Persona5}}'', both shows that aired in 2018, yet a flashback in a later chapter shows that last year she watched ''[[Anime/Tiger&Bunny]]'' in 2011 (the same year the manga started). Later chapters show V-tubers, which only exploded in popularity in 2020.

* RelativeError: A surprising number of characters, including Akari and Sachi, don't latch on to the fact that Tomoko and Tomoki are siblings, and mistake the two's snarky attitude toward one another as signs of flirting or closeness. Which of course causes friction to develop because they see Tomoko as a rival for Tomoki's affections. Of note, Ucchi's the only one to see the StrongFamilyResemblence and deduce that they're brother and sister at a glance.

* TeensAreShort: Adults tower over the predominantly teenage cast without fail, even teenagers in the 17-18 age bracket. And poor Tomoko is dwarfed by most of her own peers.

* LongTitle: The untranslated title reads ''Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui!'' (literally "Whatever way I see it, it's your fault I'm not popular!").
** The official English title ''No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!'' also falls into this trope.