Posted August 10, 200519 yr source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2ch Between March and May of 2004, an anonymous user posted in a thread for single men to decry their woes. His post detailed an event that had happened that day as he was riding the train. According to his account, he was sitting on the train when he noticed an attractive woman. Suddenly, a drunken man entered the car and bothered many passengers, who did not offer any resistance to his disturbance. This man then began to badger the woman, and seeing no one else coming to her aid, the poster took the risk of telling the man to stop bothering the passengers. The two struggled for a short time while the other passengers used this distraction to summon the conductor, who took control of the situation. This poster was an extremely introverted, socially inept otaku. Never having done such a thing before in his life, he was amazed to find that the woman was thanking him deeply for saving her from harassment. They exchanged addresses and parted ways. The poster, upon returning home, began talking with other posters in the thread and was nicknamed "Densha Otoko" (Train Man) for his bravery. A bit later, Densha received a package from the woman he had saved. This package, originally thought to be a generic thank-you gift such as one would buy in a drugstore, turned out to be an expensive tea set. Flabbergasted, the he turned to the 2channelers for advice; he was soon convinced that such a gift was too expensive to be a mere thank-you gift. Densha contacted the woman and began meeting her regularly, all the while posting updates and conversing with other posters. Following their collective advice, he got a haircut, purchased new clothes, and began to come out of his shell. After a while of seeing her, his personality had changed for the better and this culminated a few months later in his confessing his love for her. She accepted and when the 2channelers were informed of this there was a mass celebration; posts began flowing in congratulating the new couple, extravagant Ascii Art pictures were posted. Because 2ch has an enormous impact on net culture in Japan, this story quickly spread throughout the media and became an instant hit. Its almost fairy-tale-like simplicity and emotional power drew people in, and a copy of the original threads was successfully published in a printed book. Since then, there have been four manga adaptations of the story, as well as a feature film which reached #1 in the box office upon its release, and there is a TV live-action drama currently airing as of this writing. According to Densha Otoko and Hermes (the nickname of the woman, so-named for the brand name of the tea set she sent him), they are still together. ________ You think somethingawful is an influnetial forum on the internet? Think again. Slashdot? SlashNOT The biggest forum on the internets is a forum called 2chan. http://www.2ch.net This is a Japanese forum with about 10 million visitors daily. But who would've thought it would gain so much influence that a hardcore nerd would use this forum to successfully change himself to a point where he ends up fucking a really hot chick. I personally posted in 2ch myself a couple of times and it truly goes with the Japanese flavor of "Catering to every possible audiance" this thing has everything from serious political conversations, to myg0t style forums all the way to HARDCORE DISGUSTING pr0n.
August 10, 200519 yr god I hate **** and their stupid tv shows and just everything 2 atomic bombs wasn't enough was it?
August 10, 200519 yr Author Now that all the insignifcant high pitched breighing of clueless farm yard animals is done, who with any actual has significance on this forum cares to comment?
August 10, 200519 yr This read was more interesting than 85% of the shit posted here, but System, I'd think you'd be smarter than posting that here for the pure fact that forum trolls will just attack you in an attempt to look cool. They can't overlook a thread, they must reply with an insignificant post. But yeah, japanese culture is fucking strange. And the cultural influence of 2chan seems pretty out there. Meh.
August 10, 200519 yr my god, i bet those administrators and moderators have a handful, but then again the Japanesse people seem pretty tame and rule-following.
August 10, 200519 yr Isn't System Error Japanese/Can read Japanese??? Just a question, can't remember which myg0t was it. 何時ですか？
August 10, 200519 yr I personally posted in 2ch myself a couple of times Well, if he's posted on it, I'm guessing, yes.
August 10, 200519 yr Good story. Also, since I'm assuming you can't read japanese, go to 4chan instead of 2chan if you want a good imgboard.
August 10, 200519 yr System_Error']Now that all the insignifcant high pitched breighing of clueless farm yard animals is done' date=' who with any actual has significance on this forum cares to comment?[/quote'] j00 suck my c0xor k :jerkit2:
August 10, 200519 yr I'm pretty glad you posted this, because I didn't catch the whole story on IRC. Crazy how some things happen on the internet. One guy gets a wife whilst another becomes the star wars kid... : /
August 10, 200519 yr This read was more interesting than 85% of the shit posted here, but System, I'd think you'd be smarter than posting that here for the pure fact that forum trolls will just attack you in an attempt to look cool. They can't overlook a thread, they must reply with an insignificant post. But yeah, japanese culture is fucking strange. And the cultural influence of 2chan seems pretty out there. Meh. Agreed, this read was good. But I don't understand why the Japenese media made such a big deal over a guy helping a girl. A Tv Series, #1 Hit Movie and Book, kinda alittle extreme.
August 10, 200519 yr Author Isn't System Error Japanese/Can read Japanese??? Just a question, can't remember which myg0t was it. はい私は日本語を話す でも私の才腕が乏しいです Agreed, this read was good. But I don't understand why the Japenese media made such a big deal over a guy helping a girl. A Tv Series, #1 Hit Movie and Book, kinda alittle extreme. It was a hit due to its audacity. It's not often a complete loser on a subway train bulids up the guts to save a woman from a potentially dangerous subway groper then through forum help alone managed to adjust and boost his personality and appearence to the point where he actually gets the girl and the girl even ignored more attractive men in his favor. In short the entire story is nothing short of a miracle. The impossibility of it, the idea of a lost cause and someone who keeps trying despite all odds against him is a popular theme among the Japanese and examples of this is the famous Denpa Shonen spinoff Nasubi. In Nasubi a man was kidnapped by tv producers stripped naked and left in a bare apartment trapped inside. There was a stack of magazines and post cards and a few pens and the idea was that he was suppoed to figure out that he has to WIN his freedom. Essentially he had to write into magazine contests to win things like TVs, food, etc. The purpose of the show was to show the japanese people that Japanese mass media has so many contests that one could theoretically live off them. This proved to be true much to his unfortunate life. He was cooped up in there for a year. And they did it 2 him twice and one of the times was in Korea and he cant' speak korea. What made the show special was he never gave up, he never went insane (well at least not to the point of giving up), he kept pushing on and kept trying to make everything funny. In his solitude he gave stuffed animals personalities and talked to the TV in an attempt to simulate people as he didn't see any for a whole year. His persistance against suffering and lonliness is what made it a popular show. EDIT: Millions of people accross the country followed his life live over webcam. But important segments were broadcast on TV. They actually had to move him to a new apartment because his secret location was revealed to the public and they were afraid his fans would try to bust him out.
August 10, 200519 yr Author Good story. Also, since I'm assuming you can't read japanese, go to 4chan instead of 2chan if you want a good imgboard. 4chan is for ***gots.
