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More often than not, these series are comedies, and the characters in these series are recluses or NEETs (not in education, employment, or training) that are very manic or stoic individuals that become inconvenienced by seemingly simple tasks. There are several series that highlight this as the forefront of the anime while bringing fans along on a ride to recovery or a wacky adventure. Here are some of the best anime about NEETs.
7 I Can’t Understand What My Husband Is Saying
I can’t understand what my husband is saying is a comedic series following a loving couple who are polar opposites in their relationship. Tsunashi, Kaoru voiced by Tamura Yukari, is a cute, hard-working, and well-rounded office worker with an outgoing attitude and a little bit of a drinking habit.
Juse, Nozomu voiced by Sakai, Toshifumi is a hyper Otaku who shuts himself in his room all day and supports himself by writing an online blog. The series follows the lovebirds down the road of a happy, somewhat chaotic marriage as they deal with the challenges of learning each other’s quirks and learning to accept them.
6 The Wallflower
The Wallflower follows Nakahara, Sunako, a young girl who is scorned by unrequited love. Voiced by Takaguchi, Yukiko, Sunako confesses to her crush and is rejected based on her appearance. After, she decides to reject and hate all forms of beauty and shuts herself inside her room, becoming infatuated with all things the occult.
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The series shifts into a somewhat reverse harem when Sunako is forced to live in her aunt’s mansion with several boys whose mission is to turn her back into a “proper lady”. Thus starts a wave of adventures as Sunako becomes less abrasive and finds herself again with the help of her new friends.
5 BToom!
BToom! Follows Sakamoto, Ryouta, an unemployed, uninspired teenager who has no aspiration or worthy achievements other than being one of the best players in a popular game called “Btoom!”. Ryouta finds himself transported to a deserted island where someone has recreated his favorite game in real life and placed him right in the middle of it.
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Now he must survive with the help of another player, Himiko before other players in the game kill him. BToom! is brutal and sometimes visceral with very extreme situations, so watchers should be prepared for sensitive material.
4 Rozen Maiden
Rozen Maiden is a fascinating series following a young boy named Sakurada, Jun, who has been traumatized by his school life and decided to say inside making online purchases, never needing to leave the house.
One day a mysterious package is sent to him, and his life is forever changed. He’s asked to wind up a doll, and upon doing so, the doll comes to life, and Jun is drafted into a competition between the Rozen Maidens to claim the title of Alice, become a real person, and meet their creator. This pulls Jun back into the world in a way he never thought possible as more and more dolls begin to appear.
3 Mekakucity Actors
Life is pretty uneventful for Kisaragi Shintarou; he’s a recluse NEET that hasn’t left his home in the last two years. The series picks up while he’s in the middle of an argument and spills soda all over his computer; going outside makes his anxiety rise but not as much as living without his computer.
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Yuuta sets out to the department store and runs into several strange characters with equally strange abilities. Before he knows it, Shintarou is forced into the group of these shady characters, joining them on odd adventures as he learns more and more about each individual that leads him to their origin and indirectly to a group of people he can call friends.
2 Recovery Of An MMO Junkie
Recovery of an MMO junkie is a cute and fun series that follows the main characters’ daily antics, Morika Morioka, a 30-something recluse who spends her days sleeping and playing her favorite computer game. The series explores her social anxiety and love life which Mirioka lives bi-curiously through her favorite game.
The strings of fate cause Morioka to bump into a colleague in the game, and the two become very close. A winding road of romance and indecision forced Mirioka out of her box and into someone’s arms.
1 Welcome To The NHK
Welcome to the NHK is perhaps the most well-known and most praised anime about NEETs. It’s a slice of life anime that tackles the main character Satou Tatsushiro, a hikikomori NEET in his mid-20s suffering from the trauma he went through as a child and crippling depression and anxiety.
Satou is befriended by a young nationhood girl named Misaki, who seeks to cure Satou of his NEET ways and bring him back into the world. Along the way, Satou becomes a game writer, a teacher, falls back into his recluse ways many times, and even tries his hand at romance.
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