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Welcome to the NHK episode 2: Welcome to the Creator!
After last time it’s fair to say that Satou is a guy who should get out more. Despite having an attractive young female trying to help him out of his situation (with great patience and determination I might add) he’s still in denial. Then what he sees as a solution comes from an unexpected direction…
He’s in serious trouble here: Misaki has yet to break through his shell of isolation and the weird next door neighbour is still driving him mad. Then Satou can take no more: he confronts the guy only to find out he’s a computer nut with an extensive anime and manga collection. See, I told you he was weird. ^_^
This complicates things because Satou now has a distraction in terms of getting out of the stay-at-home hikikomori lifestyle. In the case of himself and the otaku guy (who coincidentally is an old school friend), a problem shared is a problem two people have: I doubt that this is a positive devolopment but time will tell.
All in all this is proving to be a very unusual but refreshing series from GONZO. They are adept at making stuff that looks nice enough but the innovation shown in Welcome to the NHK so far is more akin to what I’d expect from a Studio Madhouse effort - meant in a good way, obviously! I’ll be keeping my eyes open for the OST on CD too - the incidental music had me reaching for my guitar (which was in another room, sadly) and the end theme is a gleeful blast of madness featuring that strange blue-grey…thing.
This ep came with a couple of pics that outline the rules of Misaki’s ‘contract’, posted here for your viewing pleasure. I sincerely hope that Satou considers them more seriously but after what I’ve just seen, I have my doubts…
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