Welcome to the NHK! (NHK ni Youkoso!)

Originally Posted by Merv Burger

I also highly recommend you download and read the manga (or wait until Tokyopop starts shipping Volume 1 in October.)

Is there any real reason to read the manga if I plan on watching the anime? Are they the same storyline?

It's usually one or the other for me. If I watch the anime then there is no reason to read the manga and vice versa. Unless it's radically different or I really loved the manga/anime. Something like Full Metal Alchemist or Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Episode 2 has yet to be released.

While you wait you may want to check out the two other fansub groups subbing this series.

Both Episode 1

Oyasumi

Anime Assassins

How ya doing, buddy?

What the hell happened here?

Anyway, episode 2 was even better than 1.

Spoiler:

Satou must be a weak hikkimori. He leaves his apartment with relative ease. I wonder if he just likes Misaki? It was funny when he started to sing the song that is always playing in the next apartment. So, now he is stuck learning how to make a game from an old classmate to show to Misaki in a month to prove that he is not a hikkimori. Funny thing is his old classmate wants to make a hentai game. Next episode looks like Satou will be having a lot of delusions about Misaki while making the game.

Yeah, I used spoilers!

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by omglasplagas

This anime is prolly gonna have a crapload of filler since the Manga only has like what? 3 volumes out?

The mangaka is pretty damn slow

Hopefully, when they run out of manga story they will diverge into a new storyline. Nothing worse than an anime that can't make itself into something special when there isn't any more manga to go off from.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Episode Three has been out for a couple of days and is very funny. Basically, it's about Satou falling in love with the world of Bishoujo games.

Spoiler:

His penis must hurt with all that masturbating. lol. So, I guess being a hikkimori means that he shuts himself out from all forms of interaction including the Internet because he is so amazed by all of the porn he finds. He really falls down into the dumps this episode. At least we were able to see Misaki again. I wonder if her project is something school related or something deeper and more personal.

@Spatula; a very funny line indeed.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I love this kind of anime that looks into the lives of it's characters.

Spoiler:

Episode 7 was another interesting one. Seems Satou's mom is coming to visit so he goes into hyper mode getting things set up; girlfriend, job. Misaki willingly says she will play the part of his girlfriend. I wonder how that will work out for real next episode because they just play dated this episode. Will his mom buy it or see right through it?

Hope the soundtrack will be released soon as all of the music is excellent.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I'm usually up to date on these things. How the hell did I miss this one. Thanks Merv.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by packrat

Did anyone else notice in episode 6 what appeared to be an allusion to the poor art quality in episode 4?

Spoiler:

When Yamazaki is walking into his classroom, you overhear some students talking about how a certain show had absolutely terrible art, and that it appears the art director didn't review the artists' work at all, and they expected the problem would be fixed in the DVD release.
Looks like shenannigans in the workplace!!

Yeah, that was pretty funny. I immediately thought of episode 4 as well. It's unlikely that a DVD release would change anything though. Usually the only thing changed for DVD's is uncensoring censored bits of anime.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?