hikikomori

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Tatsuhiro Satou is a hikikomori - four years ago, he dropped out of college, and for the past year he hasn't even talked to another person!

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  • Closeup of the scariest Ronald ever that we saw earlier on in the Another poster reminding folks not to buy open source goods - or be fined up to post-hikikomori, now part-time network engineer —  dannychoo.com - Your portal to Japan
  • Tiny Red Man in Singapore, Maju Camp i'm not sure .. but as a dad, he should be the one educating his own children. from what i can see, his wife was able to lead his daughter into living a normal life, one that is non-hikikomori, nor NEET. —  AnimeBlogger.net Antenna
  • Of the trio of mismatched short stories in this anthology tribute to Japan's capital, only writer-director Bong Joon-ho's tale of a hikikomori (hermit) and his epiphany with a pizza delivery girl merits a deep look.
  • Bong manages a few lively shots of the city-emptied of people in the wake of the last earthquake, as the hikikomori runs through the streets-but the majority of the film is devoted to the rather insubstantial relationship between an agoraphobe and an android. —  The Harvard Crimson :: News
  • In voiceover the male protagonist, a "hikikomori" (shut-in) describes life inside his apartment as the camera drifts about the tiny yet organized flat, exquisite lighting tapping into the pathos of shadows. —  SpoutBlog
 

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