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after watching it, I quit my job

I actually thought it was funny in a really dark way.

I could see some semblances of myself, but I'm not a shut-in who rarely goes outside and is retarded when it comes to socializing, so it didn't hit too close to home.

i thought: unrealistic shit, no fucking hikkomori leaves his room, EVER!

It was during a time where I was going on a 2year stretch of not leaving my room after I read the first volume I decided leaving my house (going to local /v/ store) and after some time I got a job their, shit sux now that its under new management

No. Satou isn't an elite human weapon that can karate chop through diamonds. We have nothing in common.

>>19938472
name of anime series?

Quit after episode one, hit too close to home.

>>19938681
But you can't karate chop Dragonforce, the hardest metal known to man.

>>19938688

YOU WON'T FOOL ME TROLL BOY

I just thought it was funny because the first time i watched it i was in highschool.
I'm still in highschool

When I watched two years ago I thought I identified with Satou. Jesus fuck I was naive back then, only now do I know what Satou was going through.

Shitsux.

>>19938722
the gayest metal known to man maybe
oh wait thats manowar

Could relate to him only a little bit but mostly just found it hilarious.

>>19938741
im a troll because i dont know the name of an anime series?

Neither, I just thought it was pretty funny and that Misaki was cute.

>>19938791

yes

>>19938802
fuck you, sempai was more awesome

>>19938791
Yes. Either that or you're illiterate.

>>19938821
riiiiight, look i just want the name of the series thats all

I was like
"Oh fuck, I am about to become like that". Two years ago.
And yes, now I AM LIKE THAT LULZ

>>19938861

Your trolling is not accomplishing anything, bro

>>19938791
You're a troll if you think that we think that you didn't read the opening post, when in reality we all know that you did indeed read the opening post and thought it'd be funny to ask what the anime it is even though it was directly stated in the post.

I watched it before I was a NEET, back when I had something of a social life. Found it a sad and intriguing look at various subcultures, felt sorry for the main character.

If I only knew. ;_;

>>19938861
Genshiken.
Don't know why you guys are being such dicks, its not hard to tell him

>>19938879
more like reverse trolling, im the one getting pissed off here

The first time I watched it I, I felt sympathy for Satou, but couldn't really relate to him.

I think I've become more similar to him in the past couple of years, but I still relate to Misaki more, mainly because she and I have fairly similar backgrounds. Either way, I'm a miserable person.

Novel > manga >>> animu

>>19938472
My friend was so incredibly insistent that I watched this. Over and over again he would say that the main character was EXACTLY me, no exceptions, every part of him.

SO I watched it and the only thing about him that matched me was the fact that he didn't have a job/go to school.

1. I am not a social recluse, I just can't be fucked most of the time.
2. I don't have incredibly adorable women doing shit for me.
3. I don't smoke.
4. I don't sponge off my parents.

Semi relatable:
1. I do play MMOs, but nowhere near as retardedly.

I'm probably more like his old school buddy/neighbour.

I have thus lost all faith in my friend's ability to analyse and compare anything (which was already almost nill anyways).

But on the topic, I enjoyed it. Kinda lacked a focus point until the end, but that's the type of series it was, the adventures of a NEET with no direction in life, so why should his story?

>>19938905
thank you.

>>19938741
>>19938821
>>19938857
>>19938898
you are the real trolls

>>19938959
NOT YOUR FUCKING BLOG FAGGOT.

>>19938971
Don't let the door kick you in the balls on the way out.

>>19938959

>1. I am not a social recluse, I just can't be fucked most of the time.

>I-I just can't be fucked most of the time. S-stupid /a/. ;_;

Fixed it for you.

Although I don't have any avoidant tendencies.

I'm extremely introverted to the point where talking is a chore, unless it's something I'm interested in.

But I mainly found it pretty funny how he learned literally everything the hard way.

...and I liked Misaki.

I've yet to finish the last four episodes though.

I'd fuck Misaki's voice

>>19939025
dont let the knife stab you on your journey thorugh life

>>19939142
Mine was funnier you bitch.
Now make like a tree and go fuck yourself.

I enjoyed watching his friend unintentionally make him worse.

Oh, Yamazaki...

>>19938905
Excellent stuff. /a/'s not as bad as people say, is it?

By the way, I'm thinking of watching/reading this; should I go for the novel, manga, or anime?

>>19939820

All three have their advantages and disadvantages. Most people start with the anime, which is what I recommend. It'll make you appreciate the novel even more.

>>19940041
Thank you, although that seems a slightly backhanded recommedation...

I have a few friends, but still were quite asocial, living by myself since i was 16, not going to school, tried working, but quit and never found another job (Not that i tried too hard). Then my good friends moved away for different reason (univ. Army. etc).

Now these two last years, i have been lonley.

But last year, one of my buddies recommended NHK, because it reminded him of me. I watched it, and it inspired me to pull my shit together, and i have become much better, even working part time while having casual contact with friends. And the best part?

I know the difference from being happy alone, and happy in a society now..

first i felt "oh haha this is hilarious"
then i was like "oh, wow this is getting a little disturbing"
then i downed a bottle of xanax and spent the next month in psychiatric care

The anime taught me:
"Life in society is always shit,
make the best out of it."

I liked it, more like this?

Can be the english version of the novel found somewhere over the internet?

I waited for the ending and the solution to his problems.

There weren't any, neither for him nor for her depressions.

I got a job and started playing guitar.
I also started drinking.

I thought it was a great series and I hope it nudges the odd hikkikomori in the right direction.

>>19940376

better yet tell me how did you support yourself as a 16 year old living alone for 2 years doing nothing

>>19940866
>right direction

wage slavery?

>>19940874
I live in Norway, the state pays good money for losers.
So indirectly, you can say it was the goverment who kept me down (so i didn't have to force myself into working just to survive)

Now i'm 21, been in the army (tremendously helped my social skills) and can now support myself

>>19940936

waht the fuck
moving to norway

NHK made me re-evaluate my life and I decided to go back and get my high school degree and now I'm in university.

>>19941286
But bro.. It's an double edged sword..
Sure you can live an comfortable NEET lifestyle (I got 7500 kr each month (bills paid by the state), check the valuta calc)

But you will never leave the shithole unless you yourself motivate yourself enough... And it's hard when you can feast well everyday (by forgoing travel and doing something out of yourself)..
But then again, i come from a rather extreme poverty, by norwegian standards, so i was happy with what i got, and also, nobody wanted to hire an past homeless, even if he was just 14 at the time (afterwards, i learned how to push the state into paying me)

>>19941654

Wait wait wait.
that kr is the norwegian krone right?

counted into my countries currency you are getting a WELL payed worker's (with 1-2 diplomas) payment, for doing nothing AND have your bills payed.

You have to be lying, isnt it like 750 or something

>>19941943
HAHA! 750 kr (kroner) is what the average norwegian for maybe.. 3 days?

As i said, losers and lazy fucks get too much money for their own good. But being a humane society, it's more important that everyone is happy, than everyone works for happiness..

The usual rate are around 4500 kroner (with paid bills).
This is called social aid.

But people who have a reason (like being forgotten when they needed help at the most) for blackmailing the state can get at max, 7500 kroner each month with bills paid.. (but remember, living IN norway, 7500 is just barly enough to live comfortably.. (If i could move to China and still get this much... Well, i would! I'll be rich)

Again, 7500 kr is alot everywhere else in the world, but not in Norway

>>19942306
Ya hav'ta be kidding me.. No wonder every arab or african wants to enter your country when they actually get some knowledge about the difference in EU

>>19942306
Just an example:

My rent for a small apartment is on 3300 KR each month, while the electricy is for around 1000 each month. Internet is around 1400 kr for 2.5 months. But that isn't covered by the state, even if it was and are my most important tool today)

A small but healty dinner cost around 100 Kr daily. Snacks cost 20-30 kr. Books from around 200-500 kr.

A big menu at McDonalds: from 70 to 140 kr

>>19942306

well still fuck that

Sure I was never homeless and shit, even if I wanted to I could get a social aid that wouldn't even be enough to pay just ONE kind of bill you get each month.

If I were you I'd never work, I'd study stuff that interest me, I could fill up my entire life by that.

>>19942652
So did i. Untill i realised that, knowledge itself won't bring me to my goals.

Anyway, I was like Satou, but my "mother" was the state, who paid for me.

Besides, believe me. Just sitting home everyday without social contact (i was rarly on 4chan then).. Well, it gets old real fast, and that may be the sole reason that made me start working, even if i didn't want to.. That said, my part time work are just barly more than what i would have gotten by sitting on my ass all day (which is obviously a bad thing)

Not to mention all those criminals and other lazy assholes who ISN'T interested in doing something out of themself