If Satou’s mother doesn’t know he’s a hikikimori, why is she paying his rent? I find NHK quite painful to watch sometimes. Watching Satou dig himself deeper and deeper through his stupidity is quite cringe-worthy; come clean, you idiot! Whilst I guess he’s right that he’d get sent back to Hokkaido to live with [...]
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Impressions: Another pretty good episode. I’m not sure why I liked this episode, as if I were to reason with myself, I’d say that nothing really happened. I think it’s because there were a lot of psychological references. Satou’s thoughts and such are probably what I liked about his episode, as it wasn’t all jokes and [...]
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Things are looking decidedly bleak for Satou after the fiasco at college last week: he's back to his reclusive ways more than ever, with nightmares and conversing with his fridge again. Not healthy behaviour, as I'm sure you'll agree! On top of that, his mum wants to visit and see how he's getting on. Satou is, as Misaki points out at one point, a hopeless liar so he has to come up with some interesting ruses to fool his mum during her visit in th...
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Although it's not nearly the "best" series airing at the moment, I often watch Welcome to the NHK! as soon as it’s downloaded. I have the first 6 episodes of Bokura Ga Ita stocked up, another four of Legend of the Galactic Heroes and even the most recent Honey & Clover- but it seems (whether I like it or not) NHK! comes first. It's not that I find it easy to watch - it's actually the opposite, Satou scares me. His deluded fantasies, wild pipe dreams and attempts to cover up his "NEET" life style are morbidly close to t..
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