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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.

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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.

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Originally Posted by Foshi

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.

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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.

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yeah, he really acts like a retard in that episode... i felt uneasy with some parts

what is strange is that in episode 1 and 2, he felt like a normal shy person and now he's a crazy frightning perv ^^

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Originally Posted by Hello_Kitty

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yeah, he really acts like a retard in that episode... i felt uneasy with some parts

what is strange is that in episode 1 and 2, he felt like a normal shy person and now he's a crazy frightning perv ^^

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Don't be surprised when his personality changes again later, then.

It happens quite frequently.

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I'm in the process of getting #3 now, but as Hello Kitty has mentioned, he doesn't really seem like a Hikikomori, but more of a bipolar disorder with illusions of grandure of himself, projecting more than he really is (see my screencap). I'm surprised he gets upset at the loud music next door, as I'd think that if he's shut himself there for years, then perhaps he'd get used to it.

Densha Otoko seemed more of a hikikomori personality because he seems so frightened to talk to anyone, however considering Yamada-San had a job, as well as socialized with fellow anime otaku, then he didn't really fit the description of one who is under the hikikomori status. Also note, well, I've never encountered personally with anyone who is diagnosed like this, mainly because they're mostly all in Japan, but I don't really know how they would react to people if they do decide to come knocking at the door and into the room. Which is why I can or can't say that Satou-san's dramatic personality is how an average hikikomori would react to people.

His "adventures":

From what I've seen so far in the anime alone, his only regular outdoor excursions are to the "molester" park and the corner store to get all his instant ramen, and this obviously excludes his special trip to that potential hiring place.

I was speaking idiomatically.

OK, so I was watching Oyasumi's releases of this (since it seems ADTRW is gonna be dropping this, as expected,) I must comment on how much I find their releases to be full of fail, simply for one reason.

And that is: Who the fuck hardsubs MKVs, a format which has support for built-in softsubs?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Just watched episode 4 and the budget must be shot to shit. Animation has completely gone down the crapper. This breaking the show for me..will probably just stick to the manga now =X

FELIPE NO

Yeah, I shipped through, not thinking it would be noticeable, but it is. I hope it's a one-episode thing.

I'd really hate to see this full-on Gonzo Clause.

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Is episode 4 even considered animation. I'll just stick to this since I normally like seeing animated versions, but man. The episode itself was pretty entertaining while checking out the moe shops and maid cafes.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Well, if it is of any consolation to you guys, I watched the raw of episode 5, and the animation does improve.

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You will never look at an apple the same way again...

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Hmmm...apple pie I suppose.

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

I probably won't buy the manga (lack of money)

So I'll stick with the anime! I really liked ep.2 and 3 - so I guess it won't be a mistake watching it further *loads ep.4*

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Originally Posted by ORLY

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You will never look at an apple the same way again...

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Can we just get back to the snake, the water, the apple, the sword and the handgun again.

Yeah, I downloaded and watched episode 5, and the art quality was at normal. Crisis averted, I'd say.

Although episode 4 was more of a "for fun" episode, but it did introduce a fairly important character, so I'm sort of disappointed in that.

I was speaking idiomatically.

For some reason I have a serious problem playing most of these shows with at least the error message popping up that it can't read the or it starts skipping or doing some stupid shit. Other MKV files play perfectly fine, but for some reason when I use Core Media Player, Media Player Classic, VLC Player, WMP, or any other player, it keeps skipping at certain parts and the error pops up. Episode 7 is plagued with these spots. Anyone else experiencing this?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Nope, can't say I have ever had any problems with it.

Codecs maybe? I'm using a default install of DefilerPak with post processing disabled, playing with Media Player Classic.

FELIPE NO

for some odd reason it works on my winamp when i save the file as .avi (of course with the title). Works juuust fine ^^. Try that out if its giving you problems..

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I'll see if there's any updated CCCP codecs available. I swear NHK is the only one doing this to me. At least for not it's only one series.

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

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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.

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Originally Posted by Foshi

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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?

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The story in the manga has it that she completely sees through it, but only reveals this to Misaki. Satou will make a hilarious fool out of himself, as usual, since he does not know that.

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

The OP and ED singles and the first volume of the OST have been released. I will put torrent links to the Nipponsei releases in the first post for them.

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

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

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

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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!!

I was speaking idiomatically.

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?

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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 kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Not true at all.

Some DVD releases get extensive work done on them, including art fixes (either bad art quality or simple mistakes, like Haruhi able to rotate her hips in the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya OP or her hips appearing over a table in an episode,) and even adding new episodes (for REC, they added a new episode that appears between episodes 7 and 8.)

They tend to make buying the DVD release worth it.

So, I would definitely see the possibility of them touching up the art in episode 4 for the DVD release.

FELIPE NO

I've just read all 5 volumes that have been released by evil-genius up until now and I've got to say the manga is getting somehow depressing. Maybe it's because I can see myself in some of the characters, because I went through something similar several years ago.

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It's just getting worse, seeing all of the characters having all kind of problems, without any hope of getting helped. The drugged senpai, who's throwing knives at her husband, Satou who went back home after he had been on a drug trip, and of course Misaki. I've never expected her to be that weak.

btw. does anyone know what happened with the manga releases by the way? The last chapter was released at the end of june/july.

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Originally Posted by Schandmaul

btw. does anyone know what happened with the manga releases by the way? The last chapter was released at the end of june/july.

Evil_genius says they're understaffed and in need of translators. They're making progress on chapter 27 of NHK, but very slowly (like a page/week).

Jam it back in, in the dark.

It's nice, but i don't appreciate the drug alusions on the manga. Bad western influences spreading through :P .

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