The Vanished - 10: Otaku and Hikkikomori

Mauger visits Akihabara, The Maid Cafe. Where she meets "Picchi", one of the staff, dressed as Cinderella. Who frequents the establishment? Otaku. Nerds, geeks, those with a manga/ anime monomania. Mauger descibes them as "recluses living out their passions alone, holed up in a room, isolated on the Japanese archipelago". That would be hikkikomori, Lena. Apparently our correspondent is unaware of the distinction. Bless her. She's trying really, really hard.