>be me>>go through several hoops and move to Japan with steady job through American business.>>don't know Japanese>>don't have any friends except a few work acquaintances that I go out drinking with now and then>Can't get a girlfriend/make local friends due to language barrier and general shut in lifestyle.>>begin devolving into semi-hikikomori who just works and then holes up for the rest of the day playing vidya and watching anime.>>Accidentally gave myself a blend of the worst parts of an otaku and salaryman lifestyle.>>mfw>real talk I am trying to learn the language and go out more, I've made strides in some ways like acquiring a real train card through scrupulous means. It's just been tough. Idk why the fuck I'm posting here I'm just bored and maybe theres like 2 other people with the same situation and if so what's it like?
>was already a hikikimori before arriving>so it's the same as before but with more things to doI'm kind of in the same boat, but I play pokemon cards so I kind of know people from that, though the language barrier is hard with my lack of skill (and even when my comprehension is good I keep forgetting words when I have to use them)find an IRL hobby I guess? Something you can do without that much language skill but that involves other people.
It's tough because the Japanese are themselves also lonely, neurotic, depressed. Many are alcoholics and workaholics.
>>78285592Congratulations, you unintentionally became more Japanese then you could have expected by becoming a depressed and lonely anti-social workaholic. I guess this is bad?I dunno, for me I sometimes fantasise about going to Japan specifically to indulge in being a hikikomori.
