Train Man: Densha Otoko

In one of the most crowded, overpopulated, and largest cities in the world, Tokyo Japan, a lonely computer nerd is set on finding true love. this film was based on a bestseller by Hitori Nakano, and was realised in Japan in 2005 to rave revues. Surprisingly this story was based on the true events of a 23 year old computer geek who came to the rescue of some women on a train who were being harassed by a drunk businessman. The main character known as Train Man is a computer engineer who is into Manga, a form of Japanese anime. He goes unnoticed throughout his daily life in the crowded city of Tokyo. This city is overflowing with people and trains are one of the easiest and most efficient was to get around the busy areas. The streets are lit up with billboards at night and people walking form a blockade for autos. The only form of contact with the outside world that Train Man has is through an Internet chat room with other random lost souls who spend their time a lot of time on the computer. After saving the women on the train this otaku posts his story on bulletin board in a chat room. He begins getting all kinds of advice on how to approach his love interest by random chat room people. The love interest in the film is one of the women he saved on the train who got his address and sent him a thank you gift in the form of Hermes tea cups, therefore the people on the chat board refer to her as Hermes. Train Man uses all sorts of cell phones, text messages, pda's and other forms of technology to his advantage in the movie.

Otaku is a Japanese word to describe an obsessed fan of any certain topic or hobby. The word by itself means a fanatic, but it is commonly used with anime or manga to describe a specific kind of fanatic. People in Japan look down on these manga otaku, but according to http://www.trainman-movie.com/otaku.htm proud fanatics around the world claim to be otaku because it is more accepted outside Japan. The main character in the movie is a nerd, and his depiction is very similar to what a nerd would be in this country. they normally dress poorly and are into things like computers, anime, and video games. they are usually pretty smart, but lack social skills needed to get a girlfriend. The instant message support group in the movie helps train man by responding to his questions on bulletin board that acts as an open forum for discussion. The Internet forum supposedly used in the true story is 2ch, and is the largest forum in the world. It is said now to have as much influence as other types of mass media like television or radio.

Well, Train Man uses his Internet friends to woo the girl and they end up falling in love with each other. the story has a very happy ending, but in the last scene it shows an earlier part of the movie where Hermes noticed Train Man before he saved her. This shows some kind of idea that she may have been pursuing him throughout this whole movie rather than the other way around.