This is what every anime, manga, game otaku should see!

basically, this is a true story of how an otaku got the girl of his dreams! of course, the journey isn't easy, he has to go and ask his online friends in a forum for help in almost every step! watch as he changes from otaku to the "ladies man" ;) (jokes!). How will she react when he learns that he's an otaku!? How will she react when she finds out the stuff he chats behind her back in the forums!? watch it and find out!

genre: comedy, romance



Synopsis:
Adapted from the best selling book "Train Man," this is the true life story of a geeky young man's romance with a beautiful young lady. The book is based on actual messages posted on a huge internet discussion board in Japan. A million internet users followed the Train Man's romance, giving him advices on how to impress the girl and take her out on dates. Train Man belongs in the so-called "Akiba-kei" category: a term that describes nerdy looking men who hang out at Akihabara (the famous electronics area in Tokyo) all day, who are obsessed with video games and computers.
After a long day working, Saori rides the train home only to be involved in an incident that would change her life. Inside the train, Saori is harassed by a heavily drunken man. When the drunk reaches to touch her face, a young man stands up and says, "S... stop that!"
The young man is 23-year old Tsuyoshi Yamada. He is the typical nerd obsessed with anime and computer games. He always hangs out in Akihabara, the electronics center in Tokyo. Tsuyoshi has no interest in fashion and other trends, and his age equals the number of years he hasn't had a girlfriend. He works as a salesman at an employment agency but is always scolded by his boss.
The only things Tsuyoshi is usually interested in are anime and video games. But something about Saori's beauty lit a fire in his heart, giving him courage. When he's looking for words to apologize, Saori hands him her date planner. "I want to return a favor, so can you write down your address?" Tsuyoshi is taken back. He has been humiliated a thousand times by women, but never appreciated, especially from a beautiful woman like Saori. Saori has a sweet smile on her face as she watches Tsuyoshi write down his address with shaking hands
He has never had a girlfriend in the past and is at a loss about what to do. That is when he visits a huge internet discussion board for some help. Tsuyoshi immediately becomes the center of attention. Other computer freaks reply one after another. "Call her and say thanks!" "No, it's better to keep it a memory." Reading the heated discussion, Tsuyoshi is touched that so many people are supporting him even though they don't know each other at all.
What happens when Saori finds out what the real Tsuyoshi is like? How will she react when she discovers she has become a heroine on an Internet site?

Good blog that i refer to:
http://randomc.animeblogger.net/category/d...a-otoko/page/2/

Source:
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Densha_Otoko

where to get it?:
ep 1-3 shinsen subs:
http://www.shinsen-subs.org (go to tracker or bots section)

ep 1-11 (complete: download raws then apply subtitles ".srt" with VLC player or some other player):
raws: http://d-addicts.com/forum/torrents.php?se...=View+all&sort=
softsubs: http://d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t...ht=densha+otoko :D

Wow, it seems like everyone's getting into this show :P I've only watched one episode but it seems really funny. :lol:

its a decently entertaining show. Yamada gets on your nerves after a while and the main girl is naive to the point of wanting to strangle her!!!...but shes hot so i forgive her :)

i'm on the last episode

theres also a movie out, should hit the torrent sites once the dvd hits (theres a crappy cam job circulating at the moment)

the hair of the main character reminds me of kent's last year :lol:

forgive me, kent!

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but damn, it's true, yamada is fucking soooooooooo irritating the watch (especially at confession scene... i was like... fucking SAY IT ALREADY! then he gives a shitty long speech... and what's really bothersome is that saori already knows what he's gonna say... i mean we all know!... she then had to encourage him further too! lol)

fuck!

saori is kinda irritating too... she's so naive... didn't she read the part in the forums about what kinda of things sakurai did to yamada - the part in hospital, subway station, etc)

couldn't she get a hint!?

both are kinda retarted so... i guess it's wrong to say they don't have anything in common ;)
haha sorry fellow otakus, i guess u guys have to find a pretty, naive, and kinda retarded girl :D, but that's good in a way cuz you can get her to dress as watever you want :) maid, moe (if u don't kinow this word, u're no otaku! - actually i had to learn from a friend), nurse, etc etc


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thanks for reading my rant, but aside from these faults, the series is AWESOME!

but i just can't cry to it even tho it had its special moments. i did get sniffy and teared a bit tho.

this show rocks, I'm on ep 9

just finished it...the last ep was kind of a let down, it was very predictable and dragged on a bit long

overall, decent series...downloading a show called lunch queen now...hope its good

is it on dc++ yet? o.O

This is the only show of any sort that I have watched this year, and it is awesome. Make sure you get the "Another Story" extra episode; it's the best one of the series.

hmm havent heard of the extra ep...most download

downlaoded, it was alright.

I can't seem to find it on DC++ yet... But the first episode was really good so I'll probably watch it over the Christmas holidays... ^_^

DC++ rarely has anything that UTAMA needs to "research" on.

Because we're too forefront.

that's not true, it has a lot of the anime's that i've heard about at utama...and it's my exclusive anime source. you just have to search for it. and there's also a request page that has an anime requests section, so if something isn't on there, you can request and see if anyone has already bittorented it.

The stuff updates once a week, and they're Chinese subs anyway (English too slow).

So yeah...that doesn't help. BT internal would have like no one supporting it.

Hmmm at first I passed it off as something not very interesting... But when i read the synopsis again...I suddenly feel like i wanna watch it o.o

Damn you, Yuwing!

Gotta say this: Last episode was the biggest waste of my hour + 10 minutes. I'm still getting nightmares from [spoilers, highlight to read]Yamada's sad excuse of a kiss[/spoiler].

Some of the episodes I found cute. Funny thing is, whenever Yamada tilts his head sideways, he reminds me of a puppy. XD

Ph33r the manga. There are countless versions of the story now.

what the hell, there's another manga? I read one that's like this one but they appear more adult-ish. that's just kiddy looking