Despite his own idiosyncrasies, Yamazaki is one of the more stable characters in the story. Despite Misaki's offer and pressing attempts at salvation, it is Tatsuhiro's neighbor and high school friend, Kaoru Yamazaki, whom Tatsuhiro often turns to in moments of need and support. Both Tatsuhiro and Misaki, however, have a tendency of over-doing things, such as hiding the truth, especially from each other and themselves. One of their first meetings in fact deals with interpreting Tatsuhiro's recent dreams. During these outings, many subjects are discussed, though they almost always pertain in some way to psychology or psychoanalysis. She presents him with a contract basically outlining that once a day they would meet in the evening in a local park where Misaki would lecture to Tatsuhiro in an effort to rid him of his lifestyle. One day just when his life seems entirely unchanging, he meets Misaki Nakahara, a mysterious girl who claims to be able to cure Tatsuhiro of his hikikomori ways. He leads a reclusive life as a hikikomori, ultimately coming to the conclusion that this happened due to some sort of conspiracy. The main protagonist is Tatsuhiro Satō, a university dropout entering his fourth year of unemployment. Many different lifestyles are shown though most of the time the story focuses on the concepts of being a hikikomori (a reclusive individual who withdraws from society), anime otaku, and having most of the characters experience intense feelings of depression and loneliness. revolves around the lives of several young adults all living in or around the city of Tokyo. While it mainly deals with the phenomenon of hikikomori, the plot also explores many other Japanese subcultures-for example otaku, lolicon, and Internet suicide pacts.
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In Japan, NHK refers to the Japan Broadcasting Corporation ( Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai) public broadcaster, but within the series the main character believes it stands for Nihon Hikikomori Kyōkai ( 日本引きこもり協会, The Japanese Hikikomori Association), which is a reference to the protagonist's claim of a subversive conspiracy led by NHK (the real-life broadcaster) to create hikikomori. In 2008, the anime became one of over 30 ADV titles acquired by Funimation. In North America, the series was licensed for English release by ADV Films, who released it on DVD in 2007. The novel was also adapted into a 24-episode anime television series by Gonzo which aired in Japan between July and December 2006 on Chiba TV. The English edition of the manga is published by Tokyopop, and the first volume was released in October 2006. The manga's forty chapters have been collected into eight bound volumes released in Japan and overseas. The manga was serialized between June 2004 and June 2007 in Kadokawa Shoten's manga magazine Shōnen Ace. was adapted into a manga series, also written by Takimoto, with art by Kendi Oiwa. The novel profusely analyzes the hikikomori phenomenon, which is relatively widespread in Japan. Common themes throughout the story deal with depression, anxiety, isolation, existential dread, the hardships of life and how people must deal with them in their own way.
The story revolves around a 22-year-old hikikomori, an asocial recluse, who gets aid from a strange girl who seems to know a lot about him, despite never having met him before. It was published by Kadokawa Shoten in Japan in January 2002, and in English by Tokyopop in October 2007. ni Yōkoso! ) is a Japanese novel written by Tatsuhiko Takimoto.
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