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I think this show is highly overrated. While it does have some really interesting characterization and a strong, logical message which I really appreciated, a lot of it seems to ride on the "life is pointless" thing way too hard. I mean, great, life is pointless, I didn't need to watch 15+ episodes of this guy doing absolutely nothing or doing things that come to no fruition whatsoever.

Not to mention the fact that the ending is not ambiguous at all, but instead of giving a satisfying ending, they left things loose. Admit it everyone, it's fairly obvious that he and Misaki are an item, or at least going to be one, so why did they have to leave things like that? Why is it after so much progress, he's still a loser living in his apartment with cans all over the place, alone, getting notes from his successful friends? I'm not asking for a cliche kiss or anything, but seriously, somehow they've gone through all this and their relationship appears to be structurally exactly the same? I'm calling BS, they should just rename this series to "Blue Ball Beta: The Show." So many missed opportunities -- at first, I was upset at Sato for just being an idiot and not doing the right thing, but I realized after watching the ending that it's just the emo screenwriter.

Oh well, whatever. It was a pretty enjoyable show, the scenes in the last couple episodes were very powerful. Too bad the last ~10-15 minutes had to ruin it all. 7/10. Could have been much higher.

Kinda wanted them to kiss, but meh it was a great anime overall 8/10

I have watched anime long time ago, recently completed manga also.
If you completed anime, read also manga. <3

2 questions do they become couple?and is there a kiss scene tru the anime?simple yes or no thanks

Their relationship progresses very slowly but if you think about it just by Satou and Misaki becoming a couple might be a bit too cliche for the anime to end the way. The contract that they agreed at the end of the series is basically their version of a kiss. If NHK was given more seasons it's safe to say that they'll have a marriage contract.

I loved the anime. The ending was open ended because it was supposed to symbolize that no miracle thing happened to him. His life still has problems, and no matter how well you do in life, you will still experience problems. This anime just goes to show that you have to keep trying in life because that 10% of joy is worth all of the 90% of pain endured while living.

I know people wanted a kiss, but it's obvious that not only are Misaki and Satou living together, they are in love and going to be together for a long time.

I didn't enjoy this anime as much as I wanted to. The main reason for that is because of Yamazaki. He had true goals for his life and a girl he wanted to go out with but he ended up married with a new girl and evolved into a drunkard. That isn't what I've hoped for since I was able to connect with him. Neither did I enjoy Matou's conclusion regarding the contract.


That should explain the rest.

I wish I had someone like Misaki in my life

Omg, I can't believe people not liking this ending,
you would want to end it elegantly instead of two people being all clingy and stuff (American thinking = sigh)

I wish they would have gotten together, but that's just what I wanted - it's probably better as it was. 10/10, such a powerful anime that I'll never forget. No problems with the ending at all, really; yeah, they didn't get together, but they've got enough problems by themselves anyway. I'm sure that as others have said, down the line, they'd get together. But that's left to the imagination - everyone got on with their lives, and everything just felt so real. No storybook endings, no magical saving grace, just real life. Friends move away, and some things go unresolved, just like Satou's possible romance with Hitomi - it just didn't happen.

I do think that Satou and Misaki will end up together, though. Maybe it didn't actually happen, but I'm going to assume it happens down the line, like I said.

hah, sounds like someone missed the point. imo this anime, in contrast to many, is about facing reality as opposed to escapism. how did you manage to miss this? its so blatant lol

it's based on a light novel. if you read the novel, its somewhat faithful aside from some "filler" that was added for the anime (or the manga adaptation, i didnt read that one). but the ending is more or less unchanged as i recall. the author didn't write the novel to give people an escape or cheer people up, he wrote it to express his own thoughts and feelings and experiences as a hikikkomori. no doubt the character of misaki was entirely made up and the author didnt have anyone like that to comfort him. if anything, this ending seems almost too optimistic in light of that. but anyway, this is a rock solid ending i feel. its relatively honest, and not some sugarcoated bullshit. this anime rules, and i wouldnt change anything about it.

the point of that is "shit happens" and not everyone's life goes the way they planned or wanted it to. and even though yamazaki got married he could always get a divorce later if he ends up unhappy. your life isnt over until its over.

Not sure what the big deal is about the show. I went in thinking it was going to be amazing, but I kind of had to force myself to watch the first half. The second half got a little better, but nothing to amazing. Overall I didn't find this to be as good as people made it seem. 7/10

I just finished this anime and it is great

Yeap.

I enjoyed it but I found Sato to be too relatable to. It's kind of worrying, haha. I need to go outside more, but it's scary :\.

I am similar to the main char in the anime myself and i can totally see how the ending would happen the way it does.

The thing with social anxiety problems is that there is really no magic cure, altho everyone hopes there would be. even at the beginning of the series i actually thought i might find some new insight watching the main char struggle and hopefully overcome his problems, but i shouldve known that there wudnt be a 'magical' ending.
After enough time i find that like satou, we just have to grit our teeth and try and push our way thru life with all the problems were carrying and hopefully gain the wisdom we need to progress thru it little by little

Getting back up after falling down for someone like satou is extremely hard, probably 10x harder than for a regular person. he finally got a consistent job and tried hs best to live a normal life and that felt really satisfying to see. i wouldve liked to see the relationship develop between misaki and satou tho, but overall a great anime and very realistic

Well, I am totally satisfied with the ending. I just wished that it didn't end. One of the best anime I have watched so far.

This anime left a deep emotional and psychological impact on me that I will never be able to explain with words.

I actually overlooked this anime quite a few times until I noticed it had a strange combination of genres:
"Comedy, Romance, Slice-of-life, Psychological"

Seeing that drove me to watch this anime, because I was thinking "How can those genres possibly mix?"

At the start, it seemed like it was primarily a comedy anime focusing on the delusions of a shut-in. As the series progress, however, it started getting very deep, and by the time I was at episode 12 it was making me laugh, cry, smile, frown, and come to a self-realization about just how fleeting and unimportant life really is, almost simultaneously.

I'm probably just crazy, but after it was all over, I didn't feel like I had watched the anime, it felt like I had experienced the anime. It felt like the anime, throughout those short 24 episodes, was sending subconscious and conscious messages to me in the most personal way possible.

I can't really explain how I felt watching this anime in any other way. 10/10.


I couldn't agree more. Rather, I wish people like her actually existed. Satou and Yamazaki said it best: Girls (or anyone, for that matter) like that don't exist in reality, even in the most sincere relationship.

I actually thought this would be an anime about an hikikkomori who begins work for the NHK to cure himself xD I didn't read much about it beforehand

Great series overall, in the first episodes I would have given it a 10 / 10 but having watched it all I think a 9 / 10 is more appropriate.

The ending wasn't bad but Yamazaki sure had it rough, he lost the chance with that girl from school and didn't succeed with the game, I know this isn't a everything ends up well anime but Yamazaki had nothing good happen to him. There could have been a kiss scene with Misaki but the inexistence of such doesn't detract from the experience.
What really detracts from the score is how up until the last episodes the game was almost all they talked about, and in a single episode they wrapped up that storyline, the pacing sometimes was off. I don't mind slow but mixing it up feels weird.
Misaki remaining a mystery for so long didn't affect me too much since they hinted at the violence in her past while the series was midway through (on that island closest to heaven)

Major strongpoint: Characters
Weak link: Pacing
Still, it was almost perfect, a 9.5 if that was possible in here