Yeah, Japan is weird. First off, I think Sato just being a clueless hikikomori helps a lot. A, for Americans like me who know very little about Japanese culture, him not knowing this stuff and kind of spoon feeding what is going on is a big help. And then for Japanese, I’m sure taking a moment and hearing something they’re used to a new person was somewhat eye opening. But yes, this was the first I heard about this shit when I watched this for the first time. And Japan is weird, but it’s all about culture shocks. But just the name the New World is perfect because he’s surrounded by all this… fantasy, there’s practically nothing real. I made a creative topic recently about this, it’s like number twenty three or something, you should check it out. But anyway, after all this stuff, he gets smacked with possibly the most real thing he could see, his old fling from high school. And yes, sometimes you see the person you want to see the least at the place you don’t want to be seen in the most. And sometimes you gotta run. But that was the cliffhanger. But for the summary, since I kind of skipped that part. The new duo can’t get inspiration for the game, (well pretty much just Sato) so they go to the heart of otaku culture. Then as I said before, after a day of weird, he sees his old friend. But I really liked this episode because it was so new to me, but I can’t really say it was great. It was a little much. I’m sure somebody who is really relating to this is just taking a good look on life, but for me, I’ll just nod my head with a smirk and keep going.

Welcome to the NHK Episode 4 (Welcome to the New World) gets a 3/5

<==Previous Episode

Next Episode==>