Currently Reviewing: Welcome to the NHK
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![Sato and Yamazaki work on the game. Hitomo (old high school flame) has a mild fight with her boyfriend. She takes a shower, takes a pill, goes on an Internet […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/WelcometoTheNHK_ep11_shot2-115x115.png "Episode 11: Welcome to the Conspiracy")
Episode 11: Welcome to the Conspiracy
Posted on February 2, 2014 | No CommentsSato and Yamazaki work on the game. Hitomo (old high school flame) has a mild fight with her boyfriend. She takes a shower, takes a pill, goes on an Internet […] -
![Makoto Shinkai’s first short is a brief, elegiac piece about the way a happy young cat views his apparently troubled master. There are three versions of the short – one […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/she-and-her-cat-115x115.jpg "She and Her Cat")
She and Her Cat
Posted on February 1, 2014 | No CommentsMakoto Shinkai’s first short is a brief, elegiac piece about the way a happy young cat views his apparently troubled master. There are three versions of the short – one […] -
![NHK‘s slice of lack of life approach makes it a little difficult to analyze. Not only does very little happen in each episode, but each small action is analyzed to […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/WelcometoTheNHK_ep10_shot1-115x115.png "Episode 10: Welcome to the Dark Side")
Episode 10: Welcome to the Dark Side
Posted on January 29, 2014 | No CommentsNHK‘s slice of lack of life approach makes it a little difficult to analyze. Not only does very little happen in each episode, but each small action is analyzed to […] -
![Women cannot love what they pity. There may be some emotional confusion in the more compassionate (e.g., nurse types), who think that when they deliver the broken from their infirmity […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/WelcometoTheNHK_ep9_shot1-115x115.png "Episode 9: Welcome to a Summer Day")
Episode 9: Welcome to a Summer Day
Posted on January 23, 2014 | No CommentsWomen cannot love what they pity. There may be some emotional confusion in the more compassionate (e.g., nurse types), who think that when they deliver the broken from their infirmity […] -
![Sato tries to clean his room. He goes out to lunch with his Mom, Masaki pretending to be his girlfriend. He feels bad. He tries to tell his mom their […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/WelcometoTheNHK_ep8_shot1-115x115.png "Episode 8: Welcome to Chinatown")
Episode 8: Welcome to Chinatown
Posted on January 21, 2014 | No CommentsSato tries to clean his room. He goes out to lunch with his Mom, Masaki pretending to be his girlfriend. He feels bad. He tries to tell his mom their […] -
![This episode’s title refers to a two-day period before everything in Sato’s life will be placed under a pressure with which it cannot bare: parental scrutiny. Last episode’s humiliation in […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/WelcometoTheNHK_ep7_shot2-115x115.png "Episode 7: Welcome to the Moratorium")
Episode 7: Welcome to the Moratorium
Posted on January 19, 2014 | No CommentsThis episode’s title refers to a two-day period before everything in Sato’s life will be placed under a pressure with which it cannot bare: parental scrutiny. Last episode’s humiliation in […] -
![My God, Welcome to the NHK is a downer, a depressing show with human misery front and center, 24/7. Sato’s misery might be the most obvious and direct, but it […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/WelcometoTheNHK_ep6_shot1-115x115.png "Episode 6: Welcome to the Classroom")
Episode 6: Welcome to the Classroom
Posted on January 15, 2014 | No CommentsMy God, Welcome to the NHK is a downer, a depressing show with human misery front and center, 24/7. Sato’s misery might be the most obvious and direct, but it […] -
![At heart, Welcome the the NHK has a series of very dodgy relationships. Central is, of course, Sato and Misaki, a 23 year old man and a 17 year old […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/WelcometoTheNHK_ep5_shot1-115x115.png "Episode 5 – Welcome to the Counseling")
Episode 5 – Welcome to the Counseling
Posted on January 13, 2014 | No CommentsAt heart, Welcome the the NHK has a series of very dodgy relationships. Central is, of course, Sato and Misaki, a 23 year old man and a 17 year old […] -
![An extension of the previous episode’s depravity, “Welcome to the New World” is like a trip into a weird hell for Sato. It’s a hell he thinks is a heaven […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/WelcometoTheNHK_ep4_shot2-115x115.png "Episode 4: Welcome to the New World")
Episode 4: Welcome to the New World
Posted on January 8, 2014 | No CommentsAn extension of the previous episode’s depravity, “Welcome to the New World” is like a trip into a weird hell for Sato. It’s a hell he thinks is a heaven […] -
![Sato is loathsome. By the end of this episode, the NEET shut-in who can barely talk to other people has a) spent a week playing porny Japanese games, b) woken […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/WelcometoTheNHK_ep3_shot2-115x115.png "Episode 3: Welcome to the Beautiful Girls")
Episode 3: Welcome to the Beautiful Girls
Posted on January 6, 2014 | No CommentsSato is loathsome. By the end of this episode, the NEET shut-in who can barely talk to other people has a) spent a week playing porny Japanese games, b) woken […]