User:Juhachi/NHK episodes
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| Screenshot | Title | Original air date | # |
|---|---|---|---|
| Image:プロジェクトにようこそ！.png | "Welcome to the Project!" "Purojekuto ni Yōkoso!" (プロジェクトにようこそ！) |
July 9, 2006 | 01 |
| Satou Tatsuhiro's hikikomori origins are explained. His anxieties lead him to believe that he is a victim of a conspiracy led by the TV Channel NHK. He meets a mysterious girl called Misaki who claims to be able to cure his hikikomori ways. | |||
| Image:クリエイターにようこそ！.png | "Welcome to the Creator!" "Kurieitā ni Yōkoso!" (クリエイターにようこそ！) |
July 16, 2006 | 02 |
| Misaki tries to convince Satou to sign a contract with her, whereby he will be obligated to listen to her as she tries to ease him out of his hikikomori lifestyle. Later, Satou discovers that his otaku neighbour is actually his high school junior Yamazaki Kaoru who is studying a media course in creating games. Using Yamazaki's book, he lies to Misaki that he is actually a games creator, not a hikikomori, and that he could show her a game that he had made. Overhearing this conversation, Yamazaki decides to help Satou make a eroge, and assigns him the role of a scenario creator. | |||
| Image:美少女にようこそ！.png | "Welcome to the Beautiful Girls!" "Bishōjo ni Yōkoso!" (美少女にようこそ！) |
July 23, 2006 | 03 |
| Yamazaki introduces Satou to eroge, and Satou spends all his time playing all of Yamazaki's erotic games and collecting pornographic pictures for reference material. He ends up not doing any work on the game, much to Yamazaki's chagrin. | |||
| Image:新世界にようこそ！.png | "Welcome to the New World!" "Shin Sekai ni Yōkoso!" (新世界にようこそ！) |
July 30, 2006 | 04 |
| Satou is now a full-fledged otaku, and Yamazaki brings him to Akihabara in hopes that it will inspire him to work. They end up going to maid cafes and spending all their money on otaku merchandise. By chance, Satou bumps into his high school senior Kashiwa, and ends up having a drink with her. | |||
| Image:カウンセリングにようこそ！.png | "Welcome to Counselling!" "Kaunseringu ni Yōkoso!" (カウンセリングにようこそ！) |
August 6, 2006 | 05 |
| Kashiwa and Satou's past is explored briefly. Satou finally admits to Misaki that he is a hikikomori, and signs the contract. They have their first counselling session, and Satou embarrasses Misaki with Freudian symbolism. | |||
| Image:クラスルームにようこそ！.png | "Welcome to the Classroom!" "Kurasurūmu ni Yōkoso!" (クラスルームにようこそ！) |
August 13, 2006 | o6 |
| Satou discovers from Misaki that Yamazaki has a cute girlfriend in his media school. Despite his hikikomori condition, Satou ventures out to Yamazaki's school to ascertain the truth. However, while the trip causes him another panic attack, he manages to find out the truth about Yamazaki's supposed relationship. | |||
| Image:モラトリアムにようこそ！.png | "Welcome to the Moratorium!" "Moratoriamu ni Yōkoso!" (モラトリアムにようこそ！) |
August 20, 2006 | 07 |
| Traumatised by his latest panic attack, Satou refuses to leave his apartment. Under the guise of a summer flu, he gets Yamazaki to buy him his daily necessities. Later, he is surprised by a phone call from his mother who tells him that she would like to visit him and discuss his future. Afraid of what his mother might think, he lies to her that he has a job and a girlfriend whom he plans to marry. This leads Satou in even deeper trouble, and he gets Yamazaki to help him create a phony games company. Misaki later volunteers to be his girlfriend. | |||
| Image:中華街にようこそ！.png | "Welcome to Chinatown!" "Chūkagai ni Yōkoso!" (中華街にようこそ！) |
August 27, 2006 | 08 |
| Satou is in a desperate attempt to clean his dirty apartment before his mother comes, and Misaki helps him. The two and Satou's mother later have lunch in a chinese restaurant. When Satou leaves to go to the bathroom, his mother tells Misaki that she knows this was all a setup because she could always tell whenever Satou is lying. Satou overhears this and starts feeling even guiltier. However, in his presence, his mother goes along with the story and does not give Satou a chance to clear himself. Later, Satou and Misaki get carried away with their fake relationship. | |||
| Image:夏の日にようこそ！.png | "Welcome to Summer Days!" "Natsu no Hi ni Yōkoso!" (夏の日にようこそ！) |
September 03, 2006 | 09 |
| Yamazaki is crushed when the girl he asks out for a fireworks festival turns him down. She claims that she has an audition the same night, Yamazaki accepts this excuse but does not believe it. Meanwhile, Satou is tormented by his newfound feelings for Misaki, and is so disturbed he can't concentrate on writing a scenario. Yamazaki and Satou decide to showcase their game in Natsucomi, a comiket. | |||
| Image:ダークサイドにようこそ！.png | "Welcome to the Dark Side!" "Dāku Saido ni Yōkoso!" (ダークサイドにようこそ！) |
September 10, 2006 | 10 |
| Satou and Yamazaki decide that Misaki is being purposefully mysterious and misleading. They stalk her in order to find out her real motives. | |||
| Image:陰謀にようこそ！.png | "Welcome to the Conspiracy!" "Inbō ni Yōkoso!" (陰謀にようこそ！) |
September 17, 2006 | 11 |
| Kashiwa's feelings of isolation lead her to join a mysterious internet group, where she makes up stories about being beaten up by her lover (whom she imagines to be Satou). Meanwhile Satou and Yamazaki have finished making the game for Natsuocomi (a comiket) and are preparing for the trip. However, a phone call from Kashiwa to Satou cause changes to the plan. | |||
| Image:オフ会にようこそ！.png | "Welcome to the Offline Meeting!" "Ofukai ni Yōkoso!" (オフ会にようこそ！) |
September 24, 2006 | 12 |
| Satou and Kashiwa meet up the other members of the internet group, and they head off to a beach island. The dark and grim atmosphere of the group makes Satou suspicious. | |||
| Image:天国にようこそ！.png | "Welcome to Heaven!" "Tengoku ni Yōkoso!" (天国にようこそ！) |
October 1, 2006 | 13 |
| The offline meeting turns out to be a suicide pact, and Satou gets entangled in their dark scheme. Meanwhile, Jougasaki, Yamazaki and Misaki are able to put together what is happening, and rushes to save the group. | |||
| Image:現実(リアル)にようこそ！.png | "Welcome to Reality!" "Riaru ni Yōkoso!" (現実(リアル)にようこそ！) |
October 8, 2006 | 14 |
| After recovering from the offline meeting the group ends up getting checked into an onsen (hot springs) courtesy of Jougasaki, who also contacts each person's family. Their loved ones come and show them that their lives mean something. Misaki and Satou are still on bad terms until they meet for one more meeting. Will it be their last one? | |||
| Image:ファンタジーにようこそ！.png | "Welcome to the Fantasy!" "Fantajī ni Yōkoso!" (ファンタジーにようこそ！) |
October 15, 2006 | 15 |
| Satou's allowance is cut and he needs to get a job! He decides to join an MMORPG called Ultimate Fantasy to make some cash by Real Money Trading (i.e. selling RPG items for real money). His obsession with the RPG makes him not do any work on his eroge scenario and he misses counselling sessions with Misaki. Meanwhile on the MMORPG world called Vina Teelo, Satou meets a catgirl called Mia. . . | |||
| Image:ゲームオーバーにようこそ！.png | "Welcome to the Game Over!" "Gēmu Ōbā ni Yōkoso!" (ゲームオーバーにようこそ！) |
October 22, 2006 | 16 |
| Misaki walks in to a rather disheveled Satou and a messed up room, as Satou has apparently relapsed into his old hikikomori ways. When Satou decides to gain an item for Real Money Trading, his partner Mia invites a party to do dragon slaying. Both Yamazaki and Misaki attempt to free Satou from his obsession, but Satou's fantasy gaming comes to a sudden close when the catgirl partner Mia turns out to be someone he knows. | |||
| Image:はぴねすにようこそ！.png | "Welcome to Happiness!" "Hapinesu ni Yōkoso!" (はぴねすにようこそ！) |
October 29, 2006 | 17 |
| Satou meets up with his an old high school friend, his class representative called Kobayashi. When he divulges to her that he's a hikikomori, she tells him she knows someone who can help cure his NEET problem, and whisks him off to an old dilapidated building where he finds himself listening to a sales pitch. Satou manages to escape, but Kobayashi chases after him and tells him her sad story. Is she only trying to help him or is she just using him? | |||
| Image:ノーフューチャーにようこそ！.png | "Welcome to No Future!" "Nō Fyūchā ni Yōkoso!" (ノーフューチャーにようこそ！) |
November 5, 2006 | 18 |
| Realizing he has been tricked, Satou meets with Kobayashi to call the deal off. Although she at first seems willing to let him go, she soon manages to distract the group (Satou, Yamazaki and Misaki), eventually selling them another phoney product which would allegedly help Satou stop being a hikikomori. On the way home, they realize they have been fooled and ultimately confront Kobayashi at her house, only to find her brother is actually one of the players who tagged along Satou in the "Ultimate Fantasy" MMORPG. | |||
| Image:青い鳥にようこそ！.png | "Welcome to the Bluebird!" "Aoi Tori ni Yōkoso!" (青い鳥にようこそ！) |
November 12, 2006 | 19 |
| The Mouse Road corporation is found out and the leaders are arrested by the police. Kobayashi does not come home for a few days (because of her being arrested) and her brother starves. Being, so hungry, he begs for food at the ramen shop and gets hired to deliver. Kobayashi decides she may go back to college. | |||
| Image:冬の日にようこそ！.png | "Welcome to the Winter Day!" "Fuyu no Hi ni Yōkoso!" (冬の日にようこそ！) |
November 19, 2006 | 20 |
| Image:リセットにようこそ！.png | "Welcome to the Reset!" "Risetto ni Yōkoso!" (リセットにようこそ！) |
November 26, 2006 | 21 |
| Image:神様にようこそ！.png | "Welcome to the God!" "Kamisama ni Yōkoso!" (神様にようこそ！) |
December 3, 2006 | 22 |
| Image:岬にようこそ！.png | "Welcome To Misaki!" "Misaki ni youkoso!" (岬にようこそ！) |
December 10, 2006 | 23 |
| Image:N･H･Kにようこそ！.png | "Welcome to the N.H.K!" "N.H.K. ni Yōkoso!" (N･H･Kにようこそ！) |
December 17, 2006 | 24 |
