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". (Except when they're patronizing the cafe, of course.) That would be hikkikomori, Lena. Apparently our correspondent is unaware of the distinction. Bless her. She's really trying. Really, really hard.
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