I've watched nhk for two times now, I'm getting infuriated from not finding another anime like nhk.
You can try reading it personally i think the manga is way better. There's nothing that similar to nhk that i can recall but i recommend Kubo-san wa Mob wo Yurusanai it kinda has the same plot (loser gets picked by some female) way more lighthearted tho.
Idk, just read cunny fanfic bro
Link?
The most similar work is a visual novel called Chaos Head Noah, and the Japanese light novel author Yuuya Satou. I suggest you read/watch Aku no hana, Battle Programmer Shirase, Ressentiment, Watamote, Legend of the Strongest Man Kurosawa, Onanie Master Kurosawa, et al. Dm me if you finish those or if you want to talk.
Do NOT read that shit the main character is insufferable through the whole story and the ending is ass unless you grind it for 50 hours.
Satou is more like a white knight type of character with some other traits while Takumi is an absolute meltdown that is useless and saved nobody except when given very clear instructions once.
Most of the anime he sexualizes Misaki, and only thinks about himself. In every medium he's a worse person than Takumi objectively, but since Takumi is more the robust incelish people don't like him. Also the latter happens with satou both are saved by deux ex machina for plot convenience.
I doubt you read Chaos Head if you think some highschool romcom depression archetype main character is worse than Takumi. (Takumi formed 4 full sentences thru out the whole vn and was running away from females built like twigs)
>Drog Addict
>CSAM enjoyer
>Woman as sex objects
>Self grandiose
>Joins pyramid Scheme
>He is also useless get's saved by Misaki, Yamazaki, or other characters
>Constant liar
>Entitlement
>Jealousy
> Malthinks of other people
Atleast Takumi has a reason to not confront his problems, he's facing murders, and constant paranoia it's understandble why he doesn't, Satou, only get's pressed for economic, or social reasons, while Takumi a whole conspiracy whose culprit is suppousedly him. Even in some chapters there's a more fleshed reason than Satou over his fear of the world around him.
Both are great stories in their own right, I actually prefer nhk, but won't be honest of me not giving the credit Chaos Head Noah deserves.
I gotta correct myself for some reason i was thinking about the oreimu protagonist probably cause that’s all that people say to these types of reccs that aside my point still stands even without the mentality of getting chased he gets cold sweats/paranoia/vertigo even attempting to talk to women he cant even talk to his only friend except a few “mhm’s”. The traits you listed for Satou can spin back to Takumi 10 times worse if you just think about it.
Takumi had figurines of lolicon, he would likely also fall for pyramid schemes considering he went out of his way to go buy a toy sword and japonese media wont really show highschooler’s doing drugs. Anything you say Takumi had it worse and was worse.
Of course they are ifs cause they just might be complete different genres influenced by complete different thinking in complete different ways of writing. If i took them literally and compared Takumi had it 1000 times worse considering he was getting harassed the whole time. My point is it is NOT a good read and the only similarities are the main characters being similar-ish.
But here are my sources:
Author in his own foreword:
In the beginning of the twenty-first century, the hikikomori phenomenon suddenly broke out wildly acrossjapan.
As a sharp-eyed man, I thought I'd jump on the tide of the times and earn a ton of money. I'll write a story about hikikomori and become famous! I'll become a best-selling author with my hikikomori story! I'll go to Hawaii using the royalties! I'll go to Waikiki!
My dreams stretched out endlessly. However, once I actually started trying to write the story, I soon regretted it. It was painful.
What happens when a real hikikomori writes a hikikomori story? Inevitably, you start having to use your own experiences in your creation. You start having to write about yourself.
Of course, stories are fiction, and no matter how much one of the characters I used looks like me, he is himself, and I am myself. Even if we speak the same way and live in the same apartment, we are still unconnected. We inhabit separate worlds.
Regardless, it was still painful. It was embarrassing. I felt as though I were taking my own shame and revealing it to the whole world.
In the end, I got caught up in paranoid fantasies.
What if everyone is secretly laughing at me while I write this kind of story? I really thought this.
In truth, I still can't read this story objectively.
Each time I reread it, I start to have light hallucinations. I break into a cold sweat.
Each time I approach one of a few specific places in the plot, I start wanting to throw the computer out the window.
At other particular points, I start wanting to run away from home to live deep in secrecy in the mountains of India.
That was probably because the themes addressed in this story are not things of the past for me but currently active problems.
I can't look at it from afar, thinking, "How young I was then."
This is all a real problem.
For the time being, I went ahead and wrote the whole thing. I decided to write everything I could. And what came out of it was this story.
Reading back over it, my face turning red... well, how is it, really?
When I read it on days when I'm in a good mood, I think. Amazing! I'm a genius!
And on days when I'm depressed, I think, I suck to have written something like this! Die right now!
Even so, I think that what is probably true about it is simply: I wrote everything I could possibly write.
Well then, hello, everyone. My name is Tatsuhiko Takimoto. This is my Afterword, for my second book.
I owe a lot to many people this time around, too. Everyone who had something to do with this book and everyone who is reading it, thank you so very much.
I still will do my best after this. I will get pumped up and try hard.
Tatsuhiko Takimoto
December, 2001
Dostovyesky mentioned in the light novel:
Welcome to the NHK novel ita : Tatsuhiko Takimoto, Jpop edizioni : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
la novel di welcome to the nhk in italiano in formato pdf, appena jpop ristamperà la novel cancellerò questo archivio
archive.org
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If you read Dostvoyesky particulary white nights, or notes from the underground you would see the clear inspiration.But here are my sources:
Author in his own foreword:
In the beginning of the twenty-first century, the hikikomori phenomenon suddenly broke out wildly acrossjapan.As a sharp-eyed man, I thought I'd jump on the tide of the times and earn a ton of money. I'll write a story about hikikomori and become famous! I'll become a best-selling author with my hikikomori story! I'll go to Hawaii using the royalties! I'll go to Waikiki!My dreams stretched out endlessly. However, once I actually started trying to write the story, I soon regretted it. It was painful.What happens when a real hikikomori writes a hikikomori story? Inevitably, you start having to use your own experiences in your creation. You start having to write about yourself.Of course, stories are fiction, and no matter how much one of the characters I used looks like me, he is himself, and I am myself. Even if we speak the same way and live in the same apartment, we are still unconnected. We inhabit separate worlds.Regardless, it was still painful. It was embarrassing. I felt as though I were taking my own shame and revealing it to the whole world.In the end, I got caught up in paranoid fantasies.What if everyone is secretly laughing at me while I write this kind of story? I really thought this.In truth, I still can't read this story objectively.Each time I reread it, I start to have light hallucinations. I break into a cold sweat.Each time I approach one of a few specific places in the plot, I start wanting to throw the computer out the window.At other particular points, I start wanting to run away from home to live deep in secrecy in the mountains of India.That was probably because the themes addressed in this story are not things of the past for me but currently active problems.I can't look at it from afar, thinking, "How young I was then."This is all a real problem.For the time being, I went ahead and wrote the whole thing. I decided to write everything I could. And what came out of it was this story.Reading back over it, my face turning red... well, how is it, really?When I read it on days when I'm in a good mood, I think. Amazing! I'm a genius!And on days when I'm depressed, I think, I suck to have written something like this! Die right now!Even so, I think that what is probably true about it is simply: I wrote everything I could possibly write.Well then, hello, everyone. My name is Tatsuhiko Takimoto. This is my Afterword, for my second book.I owe a lot to many people this time around, too. Everyone who had something to do with this book and everyone who is reading it, thank you so very much.I still will do my best after this. I will get pumped up and try hard.Tatsuhiko TakimotoDecember, 2001
Dostovyesky mentioned in the light novel:
Welcome to the NHK novel ita : Tatsuhiko Takimoto, Jpop edizioni : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
la novel di welcome to the nhk in italiano in formato pdf, appena jpop ristamperà la novel cancellerò questo archivioarchive.org
Buffalo 66 poster
tldrBut here are my sources:
Author in his own foreword:
In the beginning of the twenty-first century, the hikikomori phenomenon suddenly broke out wildly acrossjapan.As a sharp-eyed man, I thought I'd jump on the tide of the times and earn a ton of money. I'll write a story about hikikomori and become famous! I'll become a best-selling author with my hikikomori story! I'll go to Hawaii using the royalties! I'll go to Waikiki!My dreams stretched out endlessly. However, once I actually started trying to write the story, I soon regretted it. It was painful.What happens when a real hikikomori writes a hikikomori story? Inevitably, you start having to use your own experiences in your creation. You start having to write about yourself.Of course, stories are fiction, and no matter how much one of the characters I used looks like me, he is himself, and I am myself. Even if we speak the same way and live in the same apartment, we are still unconnected. We inhabit separate worlds.Regardless, it was still painful. It was embarrassing. I felt as though I were taking my own shame and revealing it to the whole world.In the end, I got caught up in paranoid fantasies.What if everyone is secretly laughing at me while I write this kind of story? I really thought this.In truth, I still can't read this story objectively.Each time I reread it, I start to have light hallucinations. I break into a cold sweat.Each time I approach one of a few specific places in the plot, I start wanting to throw the computer out the window.At other particular points, I start wanting to run away from home to live deep in secrecy in the mountains of India.That was probably because the themes addressed in this story are not things of the past for me but currently active problems.I can't look at it from afar, thinking, "How young I was then."This is all a real problem.For the time being, I went ahead and wrote the whole thing. I decided to write everything I could. And what came out of it was this story.Reading back over it, my face turning red... well, how is it, really?When I read it on days when I'm in a good mood, I think. Amazing! I'm a genius!And on days when I'm depressed, I think, I suck to have written something like this! Die right now!Even so, I think that what is probably true about it is simply: I wrote everything I could possibly write.Well then, hello, everyone. My name is Tatsuhiko Takimoto. This is my Afterword, for my second book.I owe a lot to many people this time around, too. Everyone who had something to do with this book and everyone who is reading it, thank you so very much.I still will do my best after this. I will get pumped up and try hard.Tatsuhiko TakimotoDecember, 2001
Dostovyesky mentioned in the light novel:
Welcome to the NHK novel ita : Tatsuhiko Takimoto, Jpop edizioni : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
la novel di welcome to the nhk in italiano in formato pdf, appena jpop ristamperà la novel cancellerò questo archivioarchive.org
Buffalo 66 poster
Well yea considering you follow the main character thru 80% of the visual novel and he is mostly alone xd.
my “he is mostly alone” point didn’t mean it as a bad thing it was meant as following that character way more thru monologue and if the character is bad that is horrid to read. Reading comprehension: 0
The angel next door spoils me rotten is pretty close tbh
Sharty troll tries roleplaying as a well read person fails miserably and reverts to posting unfunny media epic moment xdSoyboy
I started reading it expecting to drop it after a few chapters turns out it’s actually keyed since its a 2 person dynamic through out the whole manga. Another win for suggestive manga.
I don't remember it being that suggestive apart the summer arc tbh, I found it extremely cute and wholesome. Reminded me a lot of Isshuukan Friends but better (besides the main plot point of forgetting every week ofc). The Girl I like forgot her glasses is also a very peak wholesome romcom.
I already explained why xdxd but you were too tunnel visioned to comprehend.
RETARD
Many times during the conversation you tried changing the way it went. First of all, you were confused about what we were talking about. I expressed clearly that it was about Satou, not other protagonists of romcom anime, and you lashed out over a nothingburger (hypocrisy from somebody pointing out that I have zero reading comprehension). Afterwards, you said that NHK is a romcom, which I disproved by the foreword of the author, and explained that it was mainly inspired by novels or other media which aren't romcoms. Lastly, you tried to go back to the original stance you held which is that the discussion is that Chaos Head Noah is bad, just because of the character you don't like or respect. Since you didn't have any counter arguments.
And it's kind of funny, but in the mediums both works are categorised for shounen, so many times you were just articulating out your schizophrenia just to justify your lack of a specific concise easily provable arguments. Lastly, just cause the character is hateful, or disrespectable doesn't ruin the experience, since most of those stories derive from Notes From the Underground which has quasi-same attributes.
What’s suggestive about it is no sideplot drama or too many side characters its just them and their days which is chill and guud. Just a 2 people dynamic thru out.
1. I woke up and took Satou for another character in a dizz which i already addressed myself.
2. I addressed the romcom thing also
3. Yes a visual novel where the main character is horrid and you have to follow him thru 80% of the vn in monolouge is bad any decent vn reader would say the exact same thing albeit some readers think Takumi was a good character xd. (i already addressed this too)
4. Neither are shounen you sped xd.
if i have to keep repeating myself i will just ignore you.
Before any wrong interpretation of what I say, I only taken account the manga productions of both. But even at the end both have the same age audience. In correction is the sources of why NHK and CHN are from the shonen demographic.
Correction
4) https://archive.org/stream/manga_NHK_ni_Youkoso/Welcome to the N.H.K. v01 (2006) (Digital) (AnHeroGold-Empire)_djvu.txt
The manga was produced serialized as a shonen , and still continued to have that content. And the CHN also was produced by Dengeki Daioh, which is another shonen demographic based.
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