Welcome to the N.H.K.

Twenty-two-year-old college dropout Tatsuhiro Satou has spent nearly four years as a hikikomori, cut off from the outside world. Alone in his apartment, he clings to an array of conspiracy theories—chief among them the conviction that his NEET life is the result of a shadowy group called the Nihon Hikikomori Kyokai (NHK), supposedly dedicated to spreading shut-in culture.

Welcome to the N.H.K. follows Satou’s uneasy attempts to break free from paranoia and self-imposed isolation, even as everyday steps like leaving home or finding work feel overwhelming. A chance meeting with the enigmatic Misaki Nakahara offers a possible turning point, but it also forces him toward the one thing he’s been avoiding most: facing society head-on.