I'm writing this as I listen to the ending song on a loop. As I followed Tomoko around, the whole situation went from funny, to concerning, to nervously saddening. The way her delusions are again and again cause of self-sabotage are stomach churning. Her vast experience in fantasizing situations up have a tendency to give Tomoko surreal expectations of how real life works and her disappointment is depressing to watch. You have to keep remembering that at least she has a decent family and at least one friend, Yuu-san, who really deserves all merits for putting up with Tomoko. I'm really glad that she does.
Tomoko wants to be popular, but as the show progresses, she just want her existence to be acknowledged. Her best shot at that is obliterating a cockroach during class, causing an adverse impression on her classmates. Meanwhile she makes up a past where she has friends and everybody looks up to her, have an imaginary club with imaginery friends, an imaginary boyfriend, taking all fantasies too far, often leading to disaster or a mental breakdown. Apparently it's really hard for her to stop or learn her lesson.
She has serious issues and is one of the biggest sour grapes persona out there, but in the end I really like her and kept hoping things to improve, which I suppose they do in the manga. I've seen the cover of the last issues and apparently she has more friends now. I should check that out. It seems even the author feels like he had enough of punishing poor and silly Tomoko. It's all good from here!
Lovely show, it really explores the character and leads it to interesting, sad and happy situations. Tomoko has her moments of deep insight and the show offer very sensitive, even poetical moments in almost every episode. I'm really glad I picked this one.
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