Densha Otoko: Net Hatsu, Kakueki Teisha no Love Story

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Synonyms: Train Man, Densha Otoko: Net Development, the Love Story of a Local Train

Japanese: 電車男ネット発、各駅停車のラブ・ストーリー

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 3

Chapters: 27

Status: Finished

Published: Jan 6, 2005 to Sep 5, 2005

Genres: Romance, Slice of Life

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Young Sunday (Weekly)

Authors: Nakano, Hitori (Story), Hara, Hidenori (Art)

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Ranked: #1010²

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Popularity: #1908

Members: 10,463

Favorites: 129

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Manga adaptations of threads started on 2chan where zero-experience-with-females males, whose natural habitat is a room with an internet connection, find themselves in an unlikely situation: in contact with an attractive female (or 3/4, in Chikan!) that's out of their league. Their response to these turn of events is to post SOS messages on the internet. (More than once, Train Man gets referenced in Molester Man.)

In Train Man, its lead stands up to a drunk on a train and ends up in the good graces of the woman he got hurt protecting... after a visit to the police. In Molester Man, a paranoid woman assumes its lead is stalking her and ends up getting him arrested... meaning another visit to a police station in order to clear things up, which left Ms. Paranoid feeling indebted to the lead for creating such drama.

The responses of the anonymous leads to these events was the same: go on 2chan and make a thread asking for advice over what to do next. The threads became the stuff of legend. In Train Man its lead was a glasses-wearing, high-level type of loser, and he did everything he was told. In Molester Man the lead didn't have the look of a loser and it seemed to be more a case of reporting the events that transpired, most of the time.

Train Man was a lot more straightforward in the sense there's one girl, one goal and no distractions. In comparison, Molester Man throws an early curveball into the romance. read more

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Young adult otaku who have their first relationship with beautiful older women. 

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Ore Monogatari!! addpermalink

Both Densha Otoko and Ore Monogatari start off with the main protagonist rescuing a woman on a train, but while Takeo is a huge man, "Densha" is a nerdy otaku. However despite their dissimilar backgrounds, both guys are really "pure" in their intentions and bashful when it comes to dealing with the opposite sex and both seek out the advice of friends on how to manage and improve their relationship - the twist being that in "Densha Otoko", the man "Densha" recieves his advice from a popular 2chan message board (the story is actually based off a number of threads that really appeared on 2chan). 

These two stories have a similar setup, two male leads that are shy and bashful romance novices, two female leads that are sweet and adorable and a similar light and fluffy romance tone that is just happy to read. If you enjoyed these aspects of Ore Monogatari then you'll probably enjoy Densha Otoko as well.
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Mel Kano. addpermalink

Romance stories that involve a lot of use of the internet is the similar theme here,  and email  romance and both have a lot of comedy.     If you haven't read Densa Otoko yet, go do it - it's a classic romance and a lot of fun!   In Mel Kano the guy has online girl friends but acts different in person than online where he can express himself well but when he is in person he doesn't know how to act to girls - whereas  in Train Man he looks at the girl but doesn't know how to communicate in person either.  Both stories have  strong internet and online themes. read more 

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I find style of this mangas somehow similar, although plot is rather different. 

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Miman Renai addpermalink

Both stories are about men who haven't had girlfriends in their whole lives and how they manage to change when they meet someone they like. The art is a bit similar as well. 

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If you're one of those guys who never got a break then I recommend I"s and train_man...These are love stories about guys who you typically wouldn't expect to get a break. Their stories are very inspirational and uplifting, not to mention frickin' hysterical. 

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