Meet Sato Tatsuhiro, 22 years old. This man can tell you everything about loneliness, because he is a hikikomori, a recluse of the 21st century. He doesn't study or work, his phone is always silent, he hasn't spoken to anyone for several years, he sleeps sixteen hours a day and only leaves the house at night to buy food. One day, Sato will realize that he has become the victim of a conspiracy sinister organization N.H.K. “This is due to the taunts of the insidious agents of N.H.K. I have become a hikikomori!” - he decides. And then a lovely girl will knock on his door and offer him her help. Who is this girl, a savior angel or an N.H.K. agent? What is N.H.K. In fact? And how to return to normal life? Sato will have to answer these and many other questions. This book talks about the problems faced by modern young people, not only in Japan, but throughout the world: loneliness, inability to adapt to adult life, the search for their destiny. Translation into Russian from American publication was carried out by a group of enthusiasts. The following people worked on the translation: 3chapter-kun, anon17, brfbhg, chapt5, edit-kun, failred, johny_sniper (Chen), nhkproject (Scanner-kun), rumesto, readers also helped us with their edits on the wiki. Send your comments and suggestions to our mailbox: [email protected].

The novel that inspired the manga and anime!Twenty-two-year-old Satou, a college dropout and aficionado of anime porn, knows a little secret — or at least he thinks he does! Believe it or not, he has stumbled upon an incredible conspiracy created by the Japanese Broadcasting Company, N.H.K. But despite fighting the good fight, Satou has become an unemployed hikikomori — a shut-in who has withdrawn from the world…One day, he meets Misaki, a mysterious young girl who invites him to join her special “project.” Slowly, Satou comes out of his reclusive shell, and his hilarious journey begins, filled with mistaken identity, Lolita complexes — and an ultimate quest to create the greatest hentai game ever!