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NHK ni Youkoso!
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After "Jaku-chara Tomozaki-kun", watching the anime "NHK ni Youkoso!" is like switching from folk-pop to heavy metal. "NHK ni Youkoso!" deals very seriously with the issue of "hikikomori". Since the anime is from 2006, it already drew attention to the phenomenon at a time when it was not yet on everyone's lips. What's amusing here is that the story of "NHK ni Youkoso!" feels like the answer to the question what would have happened if Fumiya hadn't had a meeting with Aoi, who set him right. Maybe he would have dropped out of school and closed himself off to video gaming in his apartment. In
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