/hikki/ - Hikikomori

>>168

Since this is a hikikomori media thread anon you should watch pic related it's a pretty damn good movie it's about a young female Japanese hacker who returns to Japan for a quick visit but then is caught up in a web of crime and violence by Tokyo's most notorious hikikomori psychopath.

Full movie here. -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDT2E_7B9ks

Download Link. -

https://mega.nz/#!HNBgWKJI!gZqav-5I75wcLoAi5Yb4d2MhtlN17jg606meZhzPzgY

The Pain Artist is a dark psychological novel about a young man who, after being abandoned and left homeless, is forced to move in with his invalid grandmother who lives in a gang-infested neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles. Crippled and in constant pain, he becomes a self-described Hikikomori (a Japanese term for young men who withdraw from society to live mostly on the internet). The novel explores the horrific challenges of today’s inner-city youth. From the chilling opening, to the existentially alarming conclusion, the reader is carried along with the protagonist on his journey of learning and self discovery.

https://www.amazon.com/Pain-Artist-American-Hikikomori-ebook/dp/B00UF1YM80/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1511087346&sr=8-2&keywords=American+hikikomori

>>168

>Goddamn satou, I was younger than you but now you're younger than me.

I was just thinking that…. fuck I've lived this life for too long

The Quiet one is a 2004 Japanese film about a 18-year old named Kiyoshi who has been living in the kitchen of his parental home for 2 years. His parents cannot seem to get through to him anymore and they are ashamed of him. To the outside world they pretend that he studies abroad. The only person Kiyoshi communicates to is his little sister. On the internet he has contact with youngsters who have all retreated from society and family life. It is with them that he talks about the things that occupy him most, such as drumming, sex, computer games, films, life and death. When Kiyoshi frightens the dinner guests the family is pushed into crisis.

22 year old college dropout Tatsuhiro Satou has been a hikikomori for almost four years now. In his isolation, he has come to believe in many obscure conspiracy theories, but there is one in particular which he holds an unshakable faith in: the theory that the evil conspirator behind his shut-in lifestyle is the Japanese tv. corporation known as the NHK.

All episodes of Welcome To The NHK. can be found here.

https://www.mediafire.com/?7d86nd1tdl9v9

15-year-old Tomoko Kuroki is a budding hikikomori—a shut-in who spends her time playing dating sims and watching anime. But even a lifetime of experience wooing virtual boys can't prepare her for the greatest challenge of all: high school.

All Watamote episodes can be found here.

Sub - http://www.crunchyroll.com/watamote-no-matter-how-i-look-at-it-its-you-guys-fault-im-not-popular

Dub - http://ww1.cartooncrazy.net/anime/watamote/

American Hikikomori is a 2015 short film that explores the emotional struggles of a Japanese teenager named Isamu Fujihara, when he moves from Japan to America.

Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZCXZ334JiE

Inspired by the real-life Japanese social phenomenon called hikikomori and the professional “rental sisters” hired to help, Hikikomori and the Rental Sister is about an erotic relationship between Thomas, an American hikikomori, and Megumi, a young Japanese immigrant hiding from her own past. The strange, insular world they create together in a New York City bedroom and with the tacit acknowledgment of Thomas’s wife reveals three human hearts in crisis, but leaves us with a profound faith in the human capacity to find beauty and meaning in life, even after great sorrow. Mirroring both East and West in its search for healing, Hikikomori and the Rental Sister pierces the emotional walls of grief and delves into the power of human connection to break through to the world waiting outside.

https://www.amazon.com/Hikikomori-Rental-Sister-Jeff-Backhaus/dp/1616201371/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1511087417&sr=8-4&keywords=hikikomori

Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei (Japanese: さよなら絶望先生 Hepburn: Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei, literally "Goodbye, Mr. Despair") is a comedy anime about a teacher who takes all aspects of life, word, and culture in the most negative light possible. It satirizes politics, media, and Japanese society one of the side characters in the anime is a hikikomori.

All seasons can be found here -

https://ww3.gogoanime.io//search.html?keyword=Sayonara%20Zetsubou%20Sensei

Loner is a 2008 South Korean Drama thriller movie about a student who becomes a hikikomori in response to her best friend's suicide and locks herself in her room. She believes that someone is in the room with her. And her alarmed family hires a psychologist to intervene.

New Link The full movie can be found here on Dailymotion.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3bj7v9

Tobira no muko (Left Handed) is a 2008 Japanese film about a teenage boy who shuts himself away in his bedroom and for the next two years refuses to come out or let anyone else in.

Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfPhjktVA_c

This made a big fuzz in Japan at the time it was written by Dr.Tamaki Saitō and published (1998). and translated into english in (2010).

https://www.amazon.com/Hikikomori-Adolescence-without-Saito-Tamaki/dp/081665459X

PDF file Download here-

https://mega.nz/#!HAIHmSqR!bpzoNCZRw2ZHlGN4NYGTGfoxEOCDunf6GVCtrIcoC5s

Board owner here I just bought Tamaki Saitōs book off of Amazon.

The Welcome To The NHK. manga series was illustrated by manga author Kendi Oiwa. It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's manga magazine Shōnen Ace between December 26, 2003 and May 26, 2007.

You can read all full volumes here -

https://mangarock.com/manga/mrs-serie-272194

>>1580

100 Yen Love: A hikikomori 'recovery' story that might appeal to some.

A 32-year-old woman living with her parents meets a boxer and finally starts a life.

Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjSW303IjLw

Watch the full movie with English subs here -

http://123movie.mn/watch/ox1ZOPGN-100-yen-love.html

The world's second-wealthiest country, Japan once seemed poised to overtake America as the leading global economic powerhouse. But the country failed to recover from the staggering economic collapse of the early 1990s. Today it confronts an array of disturbing social trends, notably a population of more than one million hikikomori: the young men who shut themselves in their rooms, withdrawing from society. There is also a growing numbers of “parasite singles”: single women who refuse to leave home, marry, or bear children.

https://www.amazon.com/Shutting-Out-Sun-Generation-Departures/dp/1400077796

Welcome to the N.H.K. is a Japanese novel written by Tatsuhiko Takimoto, with a cover illustration by Yoshitoshi ABe, and was published by Kadokawa Shoten in Japan on January 28, 2002. The novel was first published in English by Tokyopop on October 9, 2007.

Amazon Link.

https://www.amazon.com/Welcome-NHK-Novel-Tatsuhiko-Takimoto/dp/1427802564

PDF File Download link.

https://mega.nz/#!TcpWlaZC!fgAHcZgLAPBEH6KeDS8IiX4PDY4-prbqJFJRmqAyyjM

Castaway on the Moon is a 2009 South Korean romantic comedy love story between a suicidal man turned castaway on Bamseom in the Han River and a Hikikomori woman who spots him while engaging in her nightly habit of photographing the moon.

Watch the full movie with English subs here.

https://gomovies.pet/film/castaway-on-the-moon-14608/watching.html?ep=892962

Cat Street (キャットストリート) is a Japanese tv drama from (2008) about a talented child actress who wins back her dream after retiring from acting. Keito was once a popular child actress, but she had shut herself away from society for 10 years after a traumatic acting incident.

Full Episodes here with English subs.

http://gooddrama.to/japanese-drama/cat-street

Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy - 幼獣マメシバ is a 2009 Japanese drama film about a 32-year-old man who lives at home with his parents and doesn't go outside or socialise with people. After the death of his father, his mother runs away and leaves behind a 6 month old dog named Ichiro and some clues for him To find his mother, he will have to venture out into the world.

You can buy the DVD here there is more than 10 copies available right now.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/DVD-Japanese-Movie-Mameshiba-Cubbish-Puppy-English-SUB-A08/282069104501?hash=item41aca0f775:g:howAAOSwcwhVNwj7

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Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRn6D_52ELw

Fireworks from the Heart - おにいちゃんのハナビ is a 2010 Japanese romance film based on a true story about a high school student named Hana who comes home from the hospital after six months of treatment for leukemia. She then discovers that her older brother Taro has become a hikikomori Taro used to be tender, smart and proud of his younger sister, but now he even turns his back on her and stays in his room. Her parents act like there is nothing wrong with him.

Later that evening, Hana attends the Katakai Fireworks Festival and observes the town's youth group happily planning for next year's event. She decides to get Taro involved with the group in an effort to bring him out of his shell.

Trailer. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D7wI2nnZyo&list=

Hikikomori is a Ebook by P.H.Davies.

When Jessica starts her new job, she finds there are tasks and duties that go beyond the administrator’s role she applied for. The owner of the business, Miri, has a son called Edgar, a young man who can’t leave his room, whose very presence is shrouded in secret. The requests to take lunch up to his door appear benign enough at first, but bit-by-bit Jessica is drawn into his strange world and her own desires and fears slowly start to unravel.

https://www.amazon.com/Hikikomori-P-H-Davies-ebook/dp/B00LEWCPBA/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

"NEET Onna To Shougaku 2-Nensei" (NEET Woman and the Second Grader)

Oneshot manga with six short tales of fantasy and friendship by Shimizu Aki.

- The NEET Woman and the Second Grader: A 19-year-old NEET and near-hikikomori named Tsuda Yasue encounters a crying second grade girl outside her apartment and tries to figure out how to handle her.

- "Flow My Tears", the Onion Said: A girl suddenly is spoken to by an onion she is preparing to cook.

- The Young Lady and the Gardener: A young, wealthy lady who lost her sight after her father died sits at her window and makes grandiose requests while a gardener that works outside her window tries to fulfill them.

- The Ouroboros-drome: An Alice-in-Wonderland like tale.

- The Secret of the Pair: Two history fangirls meet, and one of them reveals a secret that leads to the other playing out a very familiar situation.

- Advice on Love: A five-years-later continuation of the NEET Woman and the Second Grader.

http://mangasupa.com/manga/neet_onna_to_shougaku_2nensei

Hikikomori siblings Sora and Shiro together make up the most feared team of pro gamers in the world, The Blank. When they manage to beat god himself in a game of chess, they are sent to a world where all disputes are settled with games.

All episodes of No Game No Life can be found here-

English Dub.

http://123yts.net/watch/RGb6pnGY-no-game-no-life-dub.html

Sub.

http://123yts.net/watch/qvop2Oxl-no-game-no-life-sub.html

Is It Safe to Come Out Yet? Japan's Policy for Hikikomori. is a book that discusses several critical dimensions of the Japanese health policy response to hikikomori. For Japanologists, this book will provide one more window into the nature of modern Japanese society, without the prejudices that are sometimes apparent in more popular treatises on the syndrome. For health policy analysts this book should provide another example of a government creating and enacting a health policy initiative - and any fresh example should add to our knowledge of how policy works in the 'real world'

Book is expensive as hell.

https://www.amazon.com/Safe-Come-Out-Yet-Analysis/dp/B01JXTO78O

Jared lives his life as a Hikikomori, locked away inside his apartment never to step foot outside again. His imaginary lover is his only companion. When the ghost of his dead girlfriend haunts him, Jared spirals out of control, with paranoia and fear creeping from every dark corner of his home and his mind. The Haunted Hikikomori is a tense exploration of terror, madness and guilt; a tight story which surges forward with irresistible momentum, with twists and turns that will have you teetering on the edge. This is a mind-splicing mystery, a harrowing horror and an emotional explosion. This is a book that you have to talk about afterwards!

https://www.amazon.com/Haunted-Hikikomori-Lawrence-Pearce/dp/1492153052/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1519898939&sr=1-3&keywords=hikikomori

17 year old high school student Takumi Nishijou lives like a hikikomori in a metal container and spends most of his time playing games in his room One day he hears about the 'New Gen' murders that have been occurring around the city. Although dismissing the subject because it doesn't involve him, Takumi begins to experience strange mishaps around him, from a horrific picture he received while on his PC, to a mysterious Pink-Haired girl standing at a murder scene.

From there on Takumi struggles to cope with the events unfolding around him, and is soon unaware of what is real or a delusion. As his fate opens up before him, the perpetrator behind the 'New Gen' events attempts to find him, leading him into a world where nothing is as it seems.

All episodes of Chaos Head can be found here-

Dub.

https://ww5.gogoanime.io/category/chaoshead-dub

Sub.

https://ww5.gogoanime.io/category/chaos-head

Tokyo is a 2008 Japanese film that is divided into three short films, each one directed by a different director.

"Interior Design" Segment

Directed by Michel Gondry

"Merde" Segment

Directed by Leos Carax

"Shaking Tokyo" Segment

Directed by Bong Jon-Hoo

The third and final short film deals with a hikikomori who falls in love with a pizza delivery woman.

Full movie can be found here. -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp2aJbtBlOM

Now, I… (今、僕は) is a 2008 Japanese film about a kid named Satoru who belongs to the growing group of Neets in Japan. (Not engaged in employment, education or training’) . Satoru is also a hikikomori hardly leaving his room in his mother’s house and without any real contact to the outside world, he lives a secluded life. When his mother’s friend Tosawa tries to help him to break out of his inner prison, things do not get any easier for Satoru.

Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzf0sw_b0XA

>>3043

>>3096

As opposed to what? "Muh socially hobbled young adults are the real victims" like every other hikki media piece?

Traumatized by school, Jun Sakurada spends his days at home as a shut-in, purchasing things online, only to send them back before the free trial period ends. So when a note appears on his desk, asking whether or not he would wind something, he assumes it was something he ordered and carelessly circles "yes," changing his life forever.

A box arrives with a wind up doll inside, but this is no ordinary toy: after Jun winds her up, she begins walking and talking as if a normal person. With a haughty attitude, she introduces herself as Shinku, the fifth doll in the Rozen Maiden collection, a group of special dolls made by the legendary dollmaker Rozen. These sisters must battle each other in a competition called the Alice Game with the help of a human to ensure victory. The winner becomes Alice, a real girl who is worthy of meeting their creator.

As more sentient dolls end up taking residence in Jun's house, and a foe from Shinku's past makes her appearance, Jun's life becomes far more complicated than he ever thought possible.

Season 1

https://ww3.dubbedanime.net/anime/1023-rozen-maiden

Season 2. https://ww3.dubbedanime.net/anime/1024-rozen-maiden-traumend

Season 3.

https://ww3.dubbedanime.net/anime/1226-rozen-maiden-zuruckspulen

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Narumi Fujishima is an ordinary high school boy who remains isolated from his fellow classmates. One afternoon fellow classmate Ayaka Shinozaki invites Narumi to join the gardening club and introduces him to a shut in detective named Alice. Alice hires Narumi as an assistant and puts him to work solving the strange mysteries of Angel fix, an illegal drug. Little does he know it could put him and Ayaka in serious trouble.

All episodes of Heaven's Memo Pad here.

https://ww3.dubbedanime.net/anime/422-heaven-s-memo-pad

Lt. Carolyn Latham investigates the suicide of four teens that came from varied parts of the country to Cypress Village, Oregon in order to die together. Following their trail, Carolyn discovers a world she’d never imagined. An organized support group for those waiting to “take the bus” orchestrated by a mysterious Monitor. When Yoshitomo Tagawa a Japanese teenager that has withdrawn from the world never leaving his room. living in reverse, sleeping during the day staying up at night and is living with his uncle in the United States disappears, Carolyn knows that she doesn’t have much time to save this teenager’s life. Yoshi, like over one million of Japan's youth, is a hikikomori.

Amazon Link.

https://www.amazon.com/Monitor-Cathy-Vasas-Brown-2014-03-18/dp/B01K95LIO2/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

Joshua's Withdrawal is a digital Ebook written by John Flannery.

Joshua West is a 25-year-old physics graduate. Who has lived the life of a recluse in his parent’s comfortable Cambridge home for two years. Joshua has been influenced by the Japanese phenomenon called Hikikomori whereby thousands of young men have withdrawn from society.

Having had plenty of time to ponder his situation, Joshua has concluded that he is now obsolete and is therefore preparing himself and his family for his imminent act of ritualistic suicide. Part of his preparation involves writing a series of death poems that he reads to his family.

Joshua’s parents are dealing with this situation stoically, while his little sister is trying to persuade him not to die prematurely for her sake. Joshua is convinced that he is doing God’s work by taking his own life.

This text also deals with the effects of the changing role of young men in a modern society where women are beginning to take on a more masculine working role.There are some lighter moments in this very dark novella but it deals mainly with a young man struggling to cope with his own imminent mortality.

Amazon Link.

https://www.amazon.com/Joshuas-Withdrawal-John-Flannery-ebook/dp/B00GN6IWQE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1531224377&sr=8-1&keywords=joshua%27s+withdrawal

One year ago, Sagiri Izumi became step-siblings with Masamune Izumi. But the sudden death of their parents tears their new family apart, resulting in Sagiri becoming a hikikomori which cut her off from her brother and society.

While caring for what's left of his family, Masamune earns a living as a published light novel author with one small problem: he's never actually met his acclaimed illustrator, Eromanga-sensei, infamous for drawing the most lewd erotica. Through an embarrassing chain of events, he learns that his very own little sister was his partner the whole time!

As new characters and challenges appear, Masamune and Sagiri must now face the light novel industry together. Eromanga-Sensei follows the development of their relationship and their struggle to become successful; and as Sagiri slowly grows out of her shell, just how long will she be able to hide her true persona from the rest of the world?

All Episodes of Eromanga Sensei English Subbed.

http://ww8.kiss-anime.me/Anime/eromanga-sensei

So I was watching "shaking tokyo" a short by some korean director, and he depicted hikis as having a streak of obsessive compulsiveness about them. The environment of the protagonist was very organised (had a stack of pizza boxes in the living room, neatly arranged). I was wondering how many of you live in a dirty environment, or is it similar to this movies depiction

>>6404

>So I was watching "shaking tokyo" a short by some korean director, and he depicted hikis as having a streak of obsessive compulsiveness about them. The environment of the protagonist was very organised (had a stack of pizza boxes in the living room, neatly arranged).

I've seen that short film before and yeah it did look like they were depicting us as having OCD

>I was wondering how many of you live in a dirty environment, or is it similar to this movies depiction

For me i like to keep clean for the most part and i can be all OCD about a lot of things and want to keep stuff organized but at the same time when i procrastinate and don't clean for long periods my environment gets dirty sometimes how about you anon what is your hikki cave like?

>>6404

I normally let my room build up until the dust levels becomes unbearable (live by a busy road so its pretty quick), most of the time its lazyness or lack of motivation to clean it. Rest of the house is pretty much clean though.

>>6404

Cleaning the room itself once every week or two is generally enough. It's definitely not a mess. Some people would maybe see it that way, but only because I'm surrounded by computers and electronics. I tend to keep everything within my reach. My main obsession is with being efficient, so I organize everything with that in mind as my first priority, even if I end up with wires all over the place. Still, it's about as optimized as it can be without spending more money. I could improve it if I bought a bunch of pipes. There are no wires attached to the ceiling, but it will probably happen at some point.

I do have some obsession with keeping things clean, but when it comes to something minor, like dust, I try not to clean too much because that would also be inefficient as well (cleaning things that are almost clean is kind of a waste of time), and I don't want to end up with a new obsession. I definitely care a lot more about keeping myself clean than anyone else I know, though.

It varies from person to person. Some people don't seem to care at all about their rooms. I care about it a lot, because it's where I live, and it's part of me to some extent. I have seen people that are extremely organized that don't seem to ever clean their stuff, though.

>>6408

I am autistic myself, and yes, it can be the case, but I think it probably varies a lot from person to person. Autism seems to affect different people in different ways.

Sala Samobojcow is a Polish movie about a teenager who locks himself in his room after being humiliated in school and becomes addicted to a video game where he meets a suicidal hikki. Pretty decent movie. Every few months there's an English subbed version on youtube but it keeps getting removed

Spanish subbed version (couldnt find the english one) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKbI6h_XZTk

Watched this a while ago. The guy wanders around a lot, but I seem to recall the narrator mentioning things very relevant to hikikomori life in spots.

>>6736

I've seen this film mentioned a number of times. Look interesting, I guess, but I don't have the wherewithal to watch it. Last film I watched was like 3-4+ months ago now. Something to keep in mind when I do have the energy again, though.

mob psycho just had a minor hikikomori character. even said the word.

>>6404

I like keep my space quite clean mostly since, being that my room may as well be my entire universe and is the place where I spend all my time & energy, I'd rather it not be a festering dung heap. Any and all food I bring in here, I eat on a plate on top of my TV table. The minute I finish I immediately leave my room and put the plate away in our kitchen's dishwasher. I also only drink bottled plastic water, of which I usually have a few sitting neatly on a side table nearby. When I'm done with one I crush it down and throw into my garbage bin, to eventually be emptied out later. No food or water ever comes close to my main computer desk which, aside from a light layer of dust, is essentially spotless. Aside, from the odd pillow or blanket being strewn about, there's also not all that much loose clutter in here either.

Despite all that, I wouldn't really classify myself as being an obsessive neat freak. Just because I'm not a slob doesn't mean I'm Howard Hughes scrubbing the skin off his hands all the sudden. Be that as it may, I did used to suffer quite a bit from my many random OCD related rituals and, sometimes, still do. My OCD used to mainly manifest in the form of thought rituals where I'd need to think of three good thoughts to get rid of a bad thought. The thoughts themselves usually revolved around one of my many irrational fears/phobias. Sometimes it would be as arbitrary as having watched a scary movie or played a scary game and having something from that stick in my head for ages afterwards (like that one scene from Looper where that guy is having all his limbs disappear). In the case of Looper, to stop the panic I'd think of three other time travel movies that weren't as scary (for me, anyway) like BTTF, Star Trek IV, and The Terminator. Unfortunately, doing this would only embed the negative thought further as I'd finish thinking of three good thoughts only to think of what was upsetting me which then followed with me being force to redo the thought ritual and so on and so forth. The only physical manifestation of these thoughts would appear as me often resisting the urge to swallow my spit before I could make three full repeats of three good thoughts and then swallowing to serve as almost an exclamation point to the ritual. Also, when I'd go to sleep I'd often have to face a certain direction before, again, swallowing my saliva.

Embracing whatever the negative thoughts happened to be at the time certainly helped sometimes, but more often than not it wasn't much more than a minor palliative to what I was going through. The ritual was everything and resisting or embracing it didn't change the palpable discomfort I felt from not completing it.

Fortunately enough for me, I don't get these thought rituals much anymore. Sometimes when I'm playing a game I'll force myself to do certain weird things to fulfill a random ritual, like running back a good minute or so to touch a certain item and then leaving only to run back a minute later and touch it again, or turning the camera just enough from a random enclosed space to feel like I've properly moved past it, so it doesn't trigger my claustrophobia, which would happen if denied the ritual. Like I said though, it's super random and times where you'd think I'd be bothered by it I'm not, and then other times I am. In the end, I've always been bothered by how the whole concept of being prone to OCD has become erroneously synonymous with fastidiousness. It goes much further beyond just that such as with, at worst, the debilitating, heart stopping panic that can come from not being able to fulfill impossible rituals. Which, itself, has been the source for at least two nervous breakdowns for me in the past.