Welcome to the NHK or NHK ni Yokoso is definitely one weird manga. Weird indeed. However so, it gives you the feeling of happiness and satisfaction after reading it. Personally I've just read all 40 chapters of the mangas online and I'm definitely satisfied. I'm not really sure what gave me this satisfaction, perhaps it was seeing that all of the characters in the series are all so pitiable in a sense compared to myself, or perhaps the story isn't as predictable as I've first thought and expected. Everything may go upside down at the very last minute, just because everyone's telling lies - big fat lies that everyone so helplessly fall into even though it's very obvious. Maybe that's what human beings are in the first place.

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When sakurakessho featured this single in music_and_more, I knew that I had to download this single by Makino Yui.

This single features "Madokashii Sekai no Ue de", which is also the second ED of the anime, N.H.K. ni Youkoso, which means "Welcome to the N.H.K.". Some of you might think that "N.H.K." might stand for a television channel in Japan, "Nippon Hoso Kyokai". That is correct. However in this anime, "N.H.K." actually stand for "Nippon Hikikomori Kyokai", which means "The Japanese Hikikomori Association". As for what the hell "Hikikomori" is, it is some sort of mental disorder. You might as well go here for more infomation. I'm not sure whether this pun was intented or not...

I do not watch N.H.K. ni Youkoso, so I might as well quit making anymore assumes.

( For sampling of Madokashii Sekai no Ue de, click here.. )