Comments on: Hikikomori (Reclusive shut-ins) http://www.japanfortheuninvited.com/articles/hikikomori.html Japanese culture from a bemused foreign perspective Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:41:51 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: SAK http://www.japanfortheuninvited.com/articles/hikikomori.html/comment-page-1#comment-612 SAK Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:43:18 +0000 http://www.japanfortheuninvited.com/articles/hikikomori.html#comment-612 To say reality is inaccurate. Rather a different part of reality or a more real reality. To say reality is inaccurate. Rather a different part of reality or a more real reality.

]]> By: Tyciol http://www.japanfortheuninvited.com/articles/hikikomori.html/comment-page-1#comment-387 Tyciol Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:34:28 +0000 http://www.japanfortheuninvited.com/articles/hikikomori.html#comment-387 I think Welcome to the NHK and Zetsubou Sensei are anime which have given a refreshing perspective on the Hikikomori. I think Welcome to the NHK and Zetsubou Sensei are anime which have given a refreshing perspective on the Hikikomori.

]]> By: Nanashisan http://www.japanfortheuninvited.com/articles/hikikomori.html/comment-page-1#comment-318 Nanashisan Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:35:02 +0000 http://www.japanfortheuninvited.com/articles/hikikomori.html#comment-318 Publicity-seeking shrink. xD Although I've heard that it was to call attention to the seriousness of the matter, not Saitou-sensei himself, that figure was definitely made up; he admitted it in his biography. He said it was based on the number of schizophrenics in Japan. Anyway, those articles are ridiculously biased. Of course there are plenty who are as described, by far most hikikomori leave their houses every so often, if not on a regular basis. They just don't do anything social, although they can online; 2-channel is milling with them. Publicity-seeking shrink. xD Although I’ve heard that it was to call attention to the seriousness of the matter, not Saitou-sensei himself, that figure was definitely made up; he admitted it in his biography. He said it was based on the number of schizophrenics in Japan.

Anyway, those articles are ridiculously biased. Of course there are plenty who are as described, by far most hikikomori leave their houses every so often, if not on a regular basis. They just don’t do anything social, although they can online; 2-channel is milling with them.

]]> By: Earl H. Kinmonth http://www.japanfortheuninvited.com/articles/hikikomori.html/comment-page-1#comment-274 Earl H. Kinmonth Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:08:01 +0000 http://www.japanfortheuninvited.com/articles/hikikomori.html#comment-274 The figure of 1 million hikikomori was made up by a publicity seeking shrink. It has no basis whatsoever in fact. EHK The figure of 1 million hikikomori was made up by a publicity seeking shrink. It has no basis whatsoever in fact.

EHK

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