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| Original Title: | NHKにようこそ! |
| ISBN: | 1427802564 (ISBN13: 9781427802569) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Tatsuhiko Takimoto
Paperback | Pages: 248 pages Rating: 4.04 | 1731 Users | 112 Reviews
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| Title | : | Welcome to the N.H.K. |
| Author | : | Tatsuhiko Takimoto |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 248 pages |
| Published | : | October 9th 2007 by TokyoPop (first published January 28th 2002) |
| Categories | : | Novels. Light Novel. Sequential Art. Manga. Fiction. Cultural. Japan. Asian Literature. Japanese Literature. Drama |
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I really liked how this book led me on a journey through the main character Satou's despair, and his absolute wreck of a life inspired me to change my own. It's like... more subversive than Chuck Palahniuk, but less offensive than Mein Kampf, if you get what I mean. This book is pretty heavy stuff to deal with if you're ALREADY depressed, but it may help you realise there are good and VERY BAD ways to deal with one's melancholy and bleak circumstances.I have a more philosophical treatment of the ending here:
http://aspergers.dasaku.net/?p=1249
This book is #2 on my list of "Books not to let your parents know you own", the #1 spot being taken up by the works of Anais Nin.
Five stars well deserved, but I would prefer to evaluate the merit of a book without an established merit system. Emotions can't be put on a scale.
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Ratings: 4.04 From 1731 Users | 112 ReviewsAssessment Regarding Books Welcome to the N.H.K.
I started reading this novel because I had very much enjoyed the anime and manga that were based on it. Although ostensibly a 'light novel', the themes involved in this book are far heavier and darker than the usual stuff marketed under that banner.It follows the life of Satou, a 22 year old 'hikikomori' (for the sake of brevity, an agoraphobic, jobless shut-in) who has dropped out of college and spent the last four years becoming more and more isolated from and embittered towards JapaneseI watched the anime a few years ago and liked it, but the novel doesn't bring much more. Satou and Yamazaki are constantly thinking about how miserable their lives are and convincing each other of their respective theories. They are so comically desperate that it's nowhere near being believable. And Misaki isn't further explained... she's still the conviently beautiful and deeply hurt - yet supportive and honest - girl who just happens to be there and make the story move forward. I had hoped to
Welcome to the NHK is an inside look at the hikikomori (shut-in) life, written by a man who lived it himself. It has a lot to say about human nature and how we cope with our surroundings: in the novel, characters escape reality, act irrationally and try to justify it, lie to themselves, and fake being OK. You could sum it up by saying that Welcome to the NHK is all about people avoiding their problems instead of solving them, with philosophy, religion, drugs and computer games providing means
The anime that this book inspired helped save my life. No joke, I was an American hikikomori and every day I wondered what the purpose of mylife was, and why I was so worthless. Soon, three years passed and my growing fear of my all of my failures gave rise to anxiety so bad I couldnt even enter crowded areas. After watching Welcome to the NHK, I realized that not only was I not the only one who suffered from this grief, but that I could find the answer of how to save myself. There isnt a
So what makes a college student drop out and shut himself away from the rest of society? According to Satou, its because of a conspiracy perpetrated by the Japanese TV broadcast company N.H.K. Satou becomes one of the growing number of hikikomori agoraphobes after his persecution complex kicks into high gear. He sits alone in his tiny one-room apartment, rarely venturing into the outside world. He really does want to overcome his status as a worthless, noncontributing member of society, but
While truly quite funny at times this book totally bummed me out. I simply see too much of myself in Satou. I've been somewhat of a hikikomori since I graduated college last May and there are indeed times when I feel as though fate is conspiring to marginalize me. I say this only to attest to the accuracy of Satou's feelings throughout the novel. It made me sadder still to read the afterwords of this book, which make it apparent that Satou's struggle is very much the author's struggle as well,
I bought this book as a gift for my ex crush, but I didn't read it until last month. And I did spend 3 week reading a 300 pages-book just to realize that I don't like this book and this is such a waste of time.At first I was interested in the introduction about social problems nowadays like otaku, NEET, self-violence, suicide...and the promise of a humorous and pround tragedy. But I was dissapointed. Reading about characters's despair didn't bring to me any empathy, connection or pleasure.
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