Hmmm. Whilst I understand why Satou’s mother needs to let things be for the purposes of the plot, she knows what’s up with him and turns a blind eye to his situation, which doesn’t make much sense. Whilst the episode was cute and all in a fairly standard will-they-won’t-they-way, I had hoped for an actual [...]
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If anyone remembers an old episode of Spaced in which Brian the artist tries to lie to his mum about his job and lifestyle you'll have a rough idea about the discomfort and suspense that ep #8 of Welcome to the NHK offers. More or less, at least. This is when Satou's desparate plan to keep his dark secret from his family is about to go into full swing. There were two very telling pieces of characterisation that occured i...
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Well well, this certainly was an interesting episode, with a very splendid little deviation from the manga. but I have absolutely no complaints about it. This episode revolves around Satou reunion with his mom, and all the acting he has to do to keep his lie intact. So we start off with our heroic hikikomori trying [...]
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It’s time to meet the parents, only Satou doesn’t have a girlfriend, or a job, or a life outside of his apartment, making the whole arrangement pretty awkward from the get-go. If only Robert De Niro was his Dad - what laughs we would have!Judging by his mother’s phone call in the previous episode, I wasn’t expecting her to be quite so cool though. She wasn’t the demanding and expectant figure anticipated, instead she comes across as the first thoroughly likable character in Welcome to the NHK!, in other words, a real parent to her..
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