Are NEETs here having a collective awakening?

Probably.
I turn 22 tomorrow so I'm finally planning on watching it tor the first time.

>>279718372
Despite what the show says, You have plenty of time at 22 to fix your shit.

>>279718445
This, I'm 31 and deeply regret thinking it was over at 23

>>279717929 (OP)
Im a neet because its literally impossible to get a job

>>279717929 (OP)
It's quite the somber masterpiece.

>>279718563
And you'll deeply regret thinking it was over now when you're 40.

>>279718563
Me too. I'm 32 now and I realise all I needed was some reasonably smart decisions and some initiative taking to be successful in my 20s.

>>279718563
>>279719100
I'm 23 right now and I greatly regret not going to college earlier.

>>279717929 (OP)
I had one for some reason yeah
though now I'm thinking it was just the change in weather
welp, back to playing video games

>>279719021
No, things radically change in your 30s. You're not in your physical peak anymore and if you wasted your 20s as a NEET or being aimless it gets exponentially harder to get a job in your 30s due to career gaps and such. The corporate world is brutal and it gets millions of fresh grads each year, so people in their 30s with no relevant experience are lower on the pecking order.

>>279719177
it's even worse for women in their 30 i'd imagine

>>279719162
If you're in a western country then you have plenty of time. Although thinking you have plenty of time can make you complacent. So I suggest you don't waste anymore time and hurry.

>>279719218
There are some "back to work" schemes offered by corporates for women trying to get back into the industry actually. No such things exist for men.

>>279719296
they do in countries that have paternal leave

>>279717929 (OP)
>What's with the uptick in
tiktok, it's always tiktok
anyway, 11 years neet going strong here, still waiting for my misaki

>>279717929 (OP)
The world is opening it's heart to global Misaki love

>>279719612
>still waiting for my misaki
Bros....I fear she is not coming :(

As a NEET, it's one of the most unrelatable show I've ever watched (which isn't a bad thing)

>>279719866
i'm starting to believe the real misaki is a bullet to the head...

>>279717929 (OP)
Oui, everything is a conspiracy and it’s factual.

>>279720013
My country is cucked and it's not easy to buy guns. So I'll have to go with some poison that isn't too painful probably. Heard sodium nitrite is a good option.

>>279718563
I always hanged around grown people ever since I’m young and 30 to 35 you still young you can’t always realize your dreams at this stage of your life, since everything is a conspiracy you have to sacrifice to step into any buisness and so it’s whenever you’re ready to lose yourself/values or have contacts or luck ig then you lose contacts wnv you stop uni or wnv just don’t loose faith idk

>>279719177
Yea people should start working even when they’re at school just to have a little CV and I wish yall to find something that really interest yall

Reminder to stop wishing for a Misaki to knock on your door.
At its heart, Welcome to the NHK is a brutal exploration of hikikomori life, mental illness, and the struggle to break free from self-imposed isolation. Satou, a 22-year-old shut-in, starts the story trapped in a cycle of paranoia, shame, and escapism, blaming external "conspiracies" like the NHK (Nihon Hikikomori Kyokai, in his delusions) for his stagnation. His arc, across both the anime and manga, is about confronting his own agency (or lack thereof) and taking halting, imperfect steps toward change.

The key to Satou’s growth is that it’s self-initiated, even if spurred by external pressures. The story doesn’t glorify passivity or external saviors; it shows that real change comes from within, often through pain and necessity. Satou’s moments of progress (whether it’s attempting to create a Galge with Yamazaki, confronting his internet addiction, or eventually seeking a job) stem from his own decisions, however reluctant or flawed. The narrative repeatedly hammers home that no one else can "fix" him, and leaning on others, like Misaki, often perpetuates his problems rather than solving them.

>>279717929 (OP)
Misaki is yet to enter my life

>>279720716
>R
stpped reading right here

>>279717929 (OP)
It was aired during the Christmas stream so I figure that's why more people are talking about it here

>>279717929 (OP)
>DUUUUUUUDE you should totally watch NHK its fits you so well, its about a neet mc and it also talks about depres...
>Uhh, What you mean you dont sympathise with the MC?? What do you mean youre not a creep that takes pic of high school students panties? What you mean you dont act like a full retard when you go outside to do groseries? What you mean you dont want to bang a girl that is build like a 13 old?

I tried to watch this. It could be great actually, it had potential. But the mc is so god damn cringy, unfunny and retarded that it forced me to drop at episode 4. Also a creep.

>>279720848
And she never will>>279720716

>>279722467
>>Uhh, What you mean you dont sympathise with the MC?? What do you mean youre not a creep that takes pic of high school students panties? What you mean you dont act like a full retard when you go outside to do groseries? What you mean you dont want to bang a girl that is build like a 13 old?
Ecstatic truth.

>>279722467
false, the social anxiety makes him more fun or tragic maybe idk

>>279722467
It's good but I hated this show when I was a neet and I hate it years later after I stopped.

>>279722467
>>279722712
The real issue to me is that the conclusion, no matter what adaption you pick, is never satisfactory.

Like, wow Satou gets a job. Doesn't even look happy with it. How uplifting.
Yeah, it's realistic, but to a fault.

>>279722809
Work for the sake of work is stupid. It should be a means towards something that matters to you in life.

>>279722809
He also gets a cute waifu.

>>279723614
thats the most unrealistic part

>>279723834
Let men dream I guess.

>>279722467
>what you mean you dont want to bang a girl that is build like a 13 old?

It's a summer anime. I think I won't rewatch this year as it always depresses me. Still listening to the OST
>>279722467
Bait post

>>279717929 (OP)
>What's with the uptick in welcome to NHK posts recently
Most Zoomers are reaching their mid 20's and have begun to realize the game is fucking rigged, just like you did in your 20's, they sympathize with the MC who uses vices to numb the pain of modern existence just like you did or still do if you are pathetic subhuman

>>279724506
Sad part is, I'm so lonely I'm okay with this, and I let her ruin the few things i have left in life for her own sick pleasure, and deep down. I know the second she stops being amused by my suffering, she is gonna leave, and that day, I would have NO TOHER CHOICE BUT TO ANHERO, picrel is me, I FUCKING HATE THIS WORLD

>>279724506
Misaki is a good girl who was just kidding

>>279724793
you doing okay anon?

>>279717929 (OP)
>Are NEETs here having a collective awakening?
huh? awakening of what? being a NEET it's great

>>279725594
Awakening to the fact that being a NEET is great. Society wants you to believe that you have to work a 9-5 otherwise you suffer

>>279724793
I don't get it

>>279717929 (OP)
I followed its advice when I was Satou's age, finished my bachelors and got a programming job like a proper socially inept loser.
>still at virgin in my late 20s
>exploited at current company, worked ~300 hours of unpaid overtime in last 8 months, found new job
>currently taking a sick leave until my notice period completes since boss wants me to work on my solo projects until the bitter end because he won't hire replacements
>still live with parents, never got a mortgage because of insane housing prices and job instability
>decent chance programming will be automated in the next 5 years
>>279717929 (OP)
I followed its advice when I was Satou's age and finished my bachelors and got a programming job like a proper socially inept loser.
>still at virgin in my late 20s
>exploited at current company, worked ~300 hours of unpaid overtime in last 8 months, found new job
>can barely do anything besides doomscrolling for fun
>currently taking a sick leave until my notice period completes since boss wants me to work on my solo projects until the bitter end because he won't hire replacements
>still live with parents, never got a mortgage because of insane housing prices and job instability
>decent chance programming will be automated in the next 5 years
Overall, all I got was the stresses of adult life without any benefits. But I guess that's exactly the message of the anime: working sucks, but you're forced to do it.

>>279727844
Are you a robot?

>>279727892
No, I just edited my post in Notepad, then forgot to delete the existing text in the message box before copying the edited text due to being tired.

>>279725371
What the hell is wrong with /r9k/ that they have a desire to completely submerge themselves in pity like this? This has never helped anyone.

>>279727943
Fair enough, Skynet.
>>279727844
Yeah man, I get it. It really fucking blows. I'm in a similar boat where I just finished my undergrad and now have to become a wagie. I just wish it didn't feel so awful. Can we skip forwards 100 years to the robot paradise where nobody has to work?
>>279727977
Wallowing in pity feels fucking great, speaking from experience

>>279728059
>Wallowing in pity feels fucking great, speaking from experience
You're gunna end up like the miserable mental patients on wizchan that can't do anything on their own except whine even though their like 40 years old

>>279728093
Well yeah, I know. But you asked why people do it and that's the answer. Knowingly engaging in self-destruction feels great because you've already set up a moral framework in which you are a fundamentally bad person. Therefore it's okay for you to do bad things (to yourself or others) because you're only playing the part, you're filling your role.

>>279728261
It's not okay to be an emotional vampire and create a crab in a bucket scenario. Some of you really deserve your lot in life.

>>279728360
I know it's not "okay", but it's like smoking. Most smokers say they hate it, but they still smoke because it feels good

>>279719177
>You're not in your physical peak anymore
Speak for yourself, I was a scrawny twink in my 20s and now at 34 I'm in the best shape I've ever been in
In fact, if anyone asks I'm just going to lie about my age and say I'm 25, I'm embarrassed to be associated with lazy slob normalfags the same age as me because they say stupid shit like this blaming their age instead of the fact that they're fat lazy slobs.

>>279728694
Smoking doesn't effect others. Smokers aren't grooming naive 20 year olds to be miserable and ignorant.

>>279720166
gass yourself with carbon mono-oxide (it's painless) or carbon di-oxide (it's relatively painless.)

>>279729215
>Smoking doesn't effect others.
Secondhand
>Smokers aren't grooming naive 20 year olds
They used to, then it became illegal to show ads

>>279717929 (OP)
It was a Christmas miracle.

>>279727977
I don't know but I think there are two types of neets those that want to escape reality and those that are stuck and don't know how to change

>>279717929 (OP)
It's probably one of them these here legendary discord raids you keep hearing of. just add their keywords to your filter and ignore them I guess.

>>279717929 (OP)
I'm 22 and I don't know what the fuck do with my life. I am trapped in a college career (psychology) only for my family's aprovation but I've never read a single book about it

>>279717929 (OP)
I haven't seen a NHK thread in mad long, but thank you for ruining that streak.

>>279729128
well it is a fact your not at your physical peak anymore in your 30's, you were just a skinny piece of shit before so you're doing better by comparison.

>>279729215
>Smoking doesn't effect others
Being a false statement isn't the only thing wrong here. Normally I would've brushed this aside but you also used their wrong only two posts ago.

>>279717929 (OP)
You know, every time anyone comments on this anime anywhere on the internet, it's always with that exact promo shot of the protagonist grabbing his head.
If you didn't know anything about it, you'd think it is entirely reduced to that one, exclusive image.

>>279719296
>There are some "back to work" schemes offered by corporates for women trying to get back into the industry actually. No such things exist for men.
Well mate, you know what to do. Put on a wrinkled, size-too-small gothic lolita outfit you bought off Temu and demand everyone call you "Jennifer."

>>279717929 (OP)
Nah, just lots and lots of tourists watching it tor the first time.

>>279732410
>God... le bad!

>>279732512
>create a world that sucks
He kinda is

>>279732694
>>create a world that sucks
You're free to leave at any time.

>>279729128
Yeah, Yeah I get it You work out but it is objectively true that you're not at your physical peak in your 30s in normal circumstances. Your doing better now because of lifestyle change. But If you were working out from your 20s you would notice the difference. Don't be dumb. I'm a poorfag from a poor country, I don't have the luxury of eating 125 grams of protein everyday for a gymcel diet.

>>279732724
>get sent to an even worse world if I do
Is this meant to be a defense?

>>279732694
I mean, couldn't it be you who suck?

>>279717929 (OP)
Because I'm watching it for the first time so the universe decided that this 2006 anime should be relevant now so I could talk about it. It's all a conspiracy, you see.

It makes me sad because even if I'm not a hikki anymore and my job is decent, I'll never have someone to share my life with.

>>279733188
>and my job is decent,
You're like half way there imo.

>>279732974
Is it too late to start working out at 26 after never lifting a dumbbell once in my life? I'm not fat, just a little bit of chub around the belly and very skinny arms.

>>279733346
Yes, you will explode

>>279733234
I don't make a lot of money and could end up jobless if my 70+ years old boss doesn't sell the company before retiring. At least is a pretty relaxed and I enjoy it.
But what's the point of just being half way? I'm still missing the other half of my ideal boring life.

>>279733346
No. Great time to start. You're always better off gymcelling.

Sex with NEETs

How do you start lifting without going to the gym? I have space in my house for gym equipment.

>>279733855
Go to the gym retard

>>279733937
No way

>>279733855
calisthenics

>>279721629
>stpped reading right here
immeasurably based R hater

>>279717929 (OP)
Until erectile dysfunction is cured, there's no reason for me to engage with society. When a girl gave me a chance it just made it more painful.

>>279733855
You just need adjustable dumbbells and a bench, for a beginner you don't really need more than like 20kg.

Mon-Wed-Fri or whatever 3 days a week
Do 3 sets of 10 each exercise
Squats, romanian deadlifts (skip these two if you don't care about legs)
Bench press (or other chest exercise), shoulder press (or other shoulders exercise), rows or pull-ups (or other upper back exercise), curls, seated extensions (or other triceps exercise). Also shrugs if you want. Increase weight per exercise when you can complete all 3 sets. That's how I started and I got results within a few months, and I've been on the same routine for years now, never really paid attention to protein/diet either but I still have enough muscle mass that people comment on it.

>>279733937
Definitely don't do this, it's unsanitary, loud, equipment always taken up, and seeing girls makes me depressed

Mi Mi Misaki
>Misaki Misaki Misaki
Mi Mi Misaki
>Misaki Misaki Misaki
Mi Mi Misaki
>Misaki Misaki Misaki

>>279734927
Only 3 says of the week?

>>279722467
If you don't want a story about conflicted characters suffering from several issues and weird urges, go watch Dragon Ball already, you fucking retard.

>>279719908
satou was NOT a typical neet, he was a psychotic drug addict. once again anime fails to depict manga.
sure neets are typically agoraphobic but youd be surprised how many of them never touched drugs despite being close to or above 30 years of age.

My goddess, my saviour, Misaki.

>>279735137
The manga was complete garbage so that's fine

>>279735137
The anime fails to depict anything. There's a perfectly good LN and manga that are both wildly different and the anime manages to churn out something bad, probably due to the need to tone stuff done like the fucking suicide episode - but it butchers the characters as a result.
Satou is the one to bitch out instead of like in the manga where he's the only one who's life IS miserable enough that he tries to kill himself and is only alive due to the others saving him once he's passed out.
They lose probably the best gag in the entire series when Misaki follows an alarmed Yamazaki thinking he's going to find Satou only to find he's taken her to comiket to sell their game demo and is convinced nothing dramatic will happen IRL to Satou would be fine.
Drugs are completely scrubbed, suicide gets a lecture after it, the 3dpd is turned into just lolicon images and Yamazaki is way less of a madman, though still not on the level of the drugged out Ruri worshiper from the LN.

Shame, since the VA's they got are fine - but the anime's script deserves nothing but a shredder.

Anime > LN >>>>>>>> Manga
Particularly Misaki

LN > anime > garbage> dirt > jews >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> manga

>>279733855
Power rack with safety bars, bench (adjustable is nice but optional), barbell, some weight. Buy more weight as needed. If poorfag, doorframe pullup bar.

>>279719162
i graduated at 32 years old

>>279734994
Great post

>>279717929 (OP)
It's just recent zoomer CS graduates

>>279735137
>youd be surprised how many of them never touched drugs despite being close to or above 30 years of age.
Literally me. Not 30, but I haven't ever tried drugs, cigerettes or alcohol either.

>>279735348
Out of curiosity, how much does it cost per semester for a gender studies degree?

>>279735864
accounting actually
went to university of texas and it was like 2-3k per semester. 12k is what i owe in student loans

>>279735864
Why'd you assume he went for that degree?

>>279735896
>4-6k a year to learn how the + key works on a calculator

>>279717929 (OP)
Misakiposting and everyone loves Misaki.

>>279736001
its more about getting the non-educated stigma monkey off your back. mostly did it for aging folks

Misaki... you are so cute...

>>279717929 (OP)
I watched this last year when I was 18 and a couple days away from graduating highschool
It kind of felt like an omen.

>>279736016
It's Misaki summer!

>>279736158
Bro, you've got time to figure stuff out. Don't expect to have all your shit together at that age because no one really does. Just find something you like/are good at and work towards something you want. With effort and grit, you'll survive.
t. 30 boomer who freaked out a bit after college

>>279735518
What's happening to CS chuds? I thought that's where all the money was at? Oversaturation?

>>279735896
It could be a lot worse. In a couple of years, if you live frugally and make good money, you can get those squared away

>>279736358
Not so uppity now huh

>>279736358
A combo of factors, according to my dad, a lot of programs don't turn out very many high-quality candidates, and there's a huge market for foreign labor coming out of Asia to undercut costs

Misaki, where are you?

>>279736358
Oversaturation, Indians, end of zirp

>>279725713
Then shouldn't they be watching Eden of the East? That's a real question, as i only vaguely remember the plot.

>>279736634
>Misaki_(657)
Wew

>>279729215
>grooming naive 20 year olds to be miserable and ignorant.
As if it's required.

>>279736745
?

>>279735368
Funny shoes

For everyone who has only watched the anime. Misaki is significantly different in the Light Novel and the manga. Pretty much all the characters are significantly different; one scene I always found interesting was the offline meeting arc between the anime and the manga, in the anime it seems like Yamazaki and Misaki genuinely care for Satou while in the manga he comes to the conclusion to not kill himself on his own. If you never read the manga, It is great

>>279736823
Why do you have that many pictures of Misaki?

>>279717929 (OP)
One of us, we are growing

>>279736823
People always seem confused when I tell them I save a lot of photos and I organize them. I don't really know why, but that's why he's confused

>>279737401
That's not a good thing chud.

>misaki thread is kill
not on my watch

>>279738703
Ora

>>279736122
>>279736016
Her voice actress was great.

>>279734927
>erectile dysfunction
Best wishes to you

>>279736956
Because she loves me and I really really really really love her.

>>279735984
It's the meme degree

>>279734927
>Until erectile dysfunction is cured, there's no reason for me to engage with society
There's more to life than women.

>>279739590

>>279740648
the anime's art wasn't very good

>>279717929 (OP)
I remember being 14 and discovering this anime through YouTube and thinking "lol how did this guy end up like that? what a freak and a loser!"

I'm currently the same age as Satou and in the same exact life position. College dropout because of social failure and no future in sight.

>>279717929 (OP)
Men's space was taken away

>>279742256
I'm 32 and a NEET. Just wanted to tell you that it can get exponentially worse if you don't fix your shit now.

>>279742214
I think it's cutesy.

>>279740648
Left - pump and dump
Right - wife material

>>279744438
left - wife material
right - wife material

>>279735095
>conflicted characters
>literally a copypaste of the same insufferable beta loser mc who also happens to be a creep and a fucking pedo, but lets make him unemployed and use his anxiety as le epic excuse for him to act like the retard/cringe badly written motherfucker he is.

>>279745233
>insufferable beta loser mc
What makes him a beta? He's not even a virgin like all beta loser MCs.

>>279736358
i guess there's AI to contend with too, but CS graduates have been getting replaced by h1-b pajeets pretty heavily.

Don't forget to appreciate Misaki today.
https://litter.catbox.moe/e24dxd0ca7k9w25b.mp4

Now that we are 20 years later it has become an undeniable fact Satou was, in retrospect, the biggest normalfag neet imaginable.
>still went to college
>dropped out because of nonsensical reason
>supported by his family
>has his own appartment
>close friend next door
>cute high schooler going outside at night with him everyday
>lost his virginity at 18 by his sexy senpai without doing any effort
The anime depiction of neetdom has been OBLITERATED by the passage of time. Nowadays this would be considered a fucking dream for the average neet. I don't relate to characters but if the purpose was to relate with this fucking tard I'd never fucking relate to an asshole who lost his virginity for free at 18 and who's only schizo tendency are imagining his furniture talk to him.
Satou has no social anxiety, he is good looking, he has perfectly normal social skill, he's not mentally handicaped, he's a fucking normalfag who has unregular traumatic episode that could be fixed easily.
He is not a fucking hikki, a hikki is a person the police discovers their rotten corpse 8 months after their death because they neighbor was smelling something weird next door.

>>279745898
I'll never forgive this faggot for trying to hurt my angel.

>>279745898
I like the show but yeah, things can get magnitudes of orders worse for a NEET.

How can you not love her?

My angel
>Misaki
My angel
>Misaki
My angel
>Misaki

>>279745473
He literally threatened with violence the girl who was trying to help him. Thats a beta move. You dont need to be a virgin to be a beta. As fellow anons here already has said. He lost his virginity with his hot senpai in high school and yet still managed to become a LOSER

>>279735348
I'm so so sorry.

>>279746835
>threatened with violence the girl who was trying to help him
satou must be beheaded

>>279746835
>He literally threatened with violence the girl who was trying to help him.
Oh come on. He raised his arms.

>>279747663
shut up satou, you subhuman trash

>>279747903
>t.nhk

>>279748302
misaki...

>>279740648
Left-angel
Right-angel

Misaki blowjob

>>279746131
Simp

>>279750943
Dama ningen!