What's your thoughts on Densha Otoko TV series, /jp/?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJHRtklMRwc
>>15458567
It's a stupid drama where the impossible happens because let's make money off a meme!
Where the fuck is my John Titor show?
>>15458617
you sound upset
>>15458617
the only thing that really bothered me is that Densha kept crying for a while when he was on the rooftop in the last episode with Hermes.
>>15458877
The reaction faces were great.
>>15458567
It's good for emotional relief
You should probably stop watching it if you feel like character development's going nowhere, which is what I felt
>>15460412
I watched the whole series.
Who were they trying to fool?
Girl? On the internet?
It was a TV series?
I remember watching a movie.
>>15461062
There is a TV series and a movie, I watched the TV series but not the movie or read the manga.
>>15460502
so did I, unfortunately
>>15458617
>where the impossible happens
It's literally based off a true story. If you search the Japanese internet you can find the 2ch archives of the threads the real Densha Otoko posted in and all the replies from anons that helped him get to where he ended up.
>>15458567
I've only read the book but I liked it.
Terrible.
The snivelling main character put me off the most. Goddamn it, the amount of scenes that dragged on with him snivelling out some emotional speech with fucking snot running down his face. He was infuriating.
Then there was the amount of celebration scenes panning across all the characters, over reacting because he received a text message or something.
The stereotypes of all the characters (huur I like the army, so my bedroom looks like a goddamn warzone and I type at my PC in full camo gear), the awful 'emotional' soundtrack.
The ONLY good thing about it was that guy who was fucking with the main character, like suing radio controlled cars to try and sabotage dates and such. He was funny at least.
You could say I might have taken it a little too seriously, but how people can watch this and not find the main character insufferable is beyond me.
>>15462420
based on*
Also, that's no guarantee of anything.
>>15462535
Densha is pretty boring, but I liked the sides characters behind their computers.
>>15458567
does the tv series end like the movie? in the movie it turns out he was just dreaming and that he remains a girlfriend-less virgin
>>15460671
>couples and normies browse message boards for incels
>>15463136
no, it doesn't end the same it seems, in the series he gets the girl.
>>15463258
Isn't that board a normie board? Or one that's so inclusive normies won't ever notice the niche stuff that they're not interested in.
>>15461968
so did i , dont tell me why . i was still young , i made mistakes.
It made me cry.
>>15466887
Why did you cry?
It's fucking hilarious
>about to phone girl
>suddenly gets a call from bitch woman
>ringtone is darth vader theme
>>15463468
fairly sure 2channel is one of the biggest sites in Japan
futaba is the wierdo site
>>15468304
I was wondering how they manage to get the rights to use the Imperial March into the series.
>>15458567
The TV series had a lot of wacky shit they made up (like fucking SURFING) but the TV protagonist is a LOT better than the guy they had in the movie.
>>15468778
Don't forget the fucking swat team in the shop
just another example of greedy japs clumsily exploiting otaku culture for easy cash with no regard for creative integrity or sociological implications
>>15462420
>based on
>everything must be real
what a fucking retard
>>15458567
Unrealistic as fuck.
Also inb4 based on true story. It was never confirmed on 2ch and the cunt disappeared after.
>>15462420
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Densha_Otoko#Authenticity
http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue20/freedman.htm
Also:
>If Train Man were real, he should receive part of the copyright, which now belongs to Nishimura.
Holy sheet Hiro owns the copyright to this.
I prefer stories like this:
https://sukikatte.wordpress.com/2012/05/10/koboro/
No drama, just an aimless, drifting VIPper sharing his experiences with the world.
>>15471309
>nearly 8000 yen for a train ticket
what the fuck
>>15471309
that's a nice story. Strange how these secluded train stations come to be.
Here's one near me, 1500 annual passengers.
>>15471349
Admittingly its a 183 km one way trip that takes close to 3 hours to get there from Sapporo Station.
>>15471309
Thanks for sharing this again. I forgot about it.
Deserves its own thread really.
>>15471449
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koboro_Station#Surrounding_area
>>15471661
>Thanks for sharing this again. I forgot about it.
I find it calming and yet weirdly nostalgic at the same time. It's the type of trip that I'd want to spend a day taking when I eventually save enough money to go to Japan.
1-san also comes across as the prototypical depressed, underachieving, awkward NEET /jp/sie, so I find it easy to identify with him.
>Deserves its own thread really.
I don't think that's necessary, this story has had its own thread before and I've reposted it at opportune intervals since then.
Besides, we already have a /JR/ general.
>>15471349
That's fairly affordable for a return ticket. I've paid worse for intercity rail here in Canada.
>>15471714
How the fuck can intercity rail cost that much?
Either it's a really big city or UK trains aren't as overprices as I thought
>>15471722
disregard this, I am dumb and keep thinking intercity means cross-city
>>15458567
It's because of Densha I discovered 4chan.
>>15463468
Yep. 2ch's version of >>>/adv/ if /adv/ was only about romance.
>>15471309
Why are their posts so cute?
>>15458617
I second a drama based on John Titor.
>>15468273
Episode 1 gets me every time.
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm10019748
I find it unlikely that some rich ojousama starts dating a dweeb salaryman just because he intervened with some drunk on the train
>>15479506
No shit
>>15458567
I like trains
>>15480210
Me too.
