Origami. The Midnight Archive. Sapiens Anonym. MeARKET beta: Play As A Team To Win. Zoklet.net. Intro to AI - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence - Oct-Dec 2011. Japan's Lost Generation: NEET. Now that you have the background from part 1 of this discussion, let's continue with my analysis of hikikomori after a couple years of reflection on my field work in Tokyo.
In my usual overly verbose style I had this to say in the comments section of March of 2009 Moritheil posted a blog article titled "Aversion and Hikikomori" over on Anime Edit Blog: "Having done ten months of research at a Tokyo rehab center for hikikomori I can tell you that there is nothing “cool” about youth who are actual hikky. First the media scare on “Dangerous hikikomori youth” back in 1999 and 2000 and the recent the pop culture depictions have really distorted and glorified the whole hikikomori phenomenon.