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Welcome to the NHK is a haunting and chilling story, but in a good way. It takes risks that most stories never would, but question is, do those risks pay off? Well, for the most part, yes.

The story of Welcome to the NHK revolves around Sato, a hikikomori. He dropped out of school, has no job, and lives in his apartment by himself, too depressed and afraid of the world to go outside because he is convinced that the NHK, a popular Japanese television broadcasting company, is one big conspiracy to turn people into hikikomori just like him. One day, a religious missionary comes to his door trying to spread the word of God. Sato passes it off as a simple annoyance and tries to pretend that he’s just fine on his own, but the missionary’s niece Misaki sees right through Sato’s act, and goes on a quest to cure him of his hikikomori ways and integrate him back into society. However, Misaki has her own personal reasons for doing this, and as more and more people get pulled into her tenuous relationship with Sato, truths are revealed that will change these people’s lives forever.

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