Densha otoko: A Japanse drama about anime nerds and the internet

_DrAgOn · August 12, 2005, 6:03pm

Densha otoko (Which translates to Train Man) is a drama running in Japan right now, it’s really pretty funny and I thought some of you might like it.

Basicly its a romantic comedy (And a super hilarious one at that) about this guy who is a very stereotypical otaku who meets the woman of his dreams on a train and after an incident, starts talking to her and goes back to post all about it on an internet board (He does that a lot during this show, but thats one of the best parts so thats okay ).

Anyway I don’t want to spoil anymore but the show is actually all based on a 2-chan thread (Which is a big japanese forum for those that don’t know) and as well as this drama its been made already into a novel, manga and film, but well, for one thing I don’t think any of them include the imperial march theme!

All in all its all very reminiscent of a shounen manga, here’s some pictures:

The Protagonist:

The internet crew after some dramatic turn of events:

Otaku’s being Otakus:

The main characters love interest:

Episode One:
http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?info_hash=5c4e9dde1d7c991abd090bd241b6ef97f162c7e6

Episode Two:
http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?info_hash=351cb323a6636f92a8331b86a1bc41c7a4b79887

Episode Three:
http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?info_hash=eac451782557d28b301a598f3758439a9d1c7eae&sid=2ccfe4d2e9c9573537db5a002771050a

Episode Four:
http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?info_hash=f262a8c38a73b130c3a1e50fde4711a7819d419f

Episode Five:
http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?info_hash=1f8ba796b67f8d92263322017668ca964fed4c96

Episode Six:
http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?info_hash=82cc49f0d2e5260dd7f6a275637fbc152aa02238&sid=65a858e9c644ac53263945e565ebf614

Episode Seven:
http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?info_hash=35f66da26cda6b5188af41230f08a40d3111a18c