Comments on: Japan: Alpha Blogger Awards 2008 (Part 2)

By: Tomomi Sasaki

Tomomi Sasaki — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:22:07 +0000

All too true. In this case, I can also easily imagine it was the other way around - the Internet was a place of salvation to the girl because the real world meant so little. This is really the loveliest way of coming out of hikikomori that I've ever heard...

By: Tomomi Sasaki

Tomomi Sasaki — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:08:36 +0000

A great story and a great blog post. I really appreciate the candor of #11. These discoveries made covering the awards worthwhile for me.

By: Lost in the Internet

Lost in the Internet — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:13:17 +0000

As regards #10, the girl should realize that internet is only a medium or tool to achieve one’s objective, not the objective itself. People who are too absorbed with the internet are likely to find themselves in a state of forlornness since the real world has little meaning to them. No matter how interesting the internet is, you can never replace things that only exist in the real world, such as physical interaction with the ones you hold so dear.

By: Chris Salzberg

Chris Salzberg — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:34:05 +0000

#10 is a great story, I wish we had noticed it at the time and translated the whole thing.