"Taking the premise surprisingly seriously" is how all the good manga work (especially those sports ones where everyone in the world is obsessed with mahjong or something) but Watamote, which is still going, is getting amazing mileage out of it too.
It turns out if you want to make your comedy more serious, throwaway gags make good plot hooks.
"Taking the premise surprisingly seriously" is how all the good manga work (especially those sports ones where everyone in the world is obsessed with mahjong or something) but Watamote, which is still going, is getting amazing mileage out of it too.
It turns out if you want to make your comedy more serious, throwaway gags make good plot hooks.