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Author: sarysa

May 19th 2017 at 11:26:21 AM

Am I a Japanaphobe? o.o On the contrary, I've consumed so much Japanese media (and learned a little of the language) that I'm sensitive to cultural nuances.

Guess I need to clarify my argument. The way I see it, {{Hikikomori}} covers:

* Agoraphobes

Excluding the above, The Shut-In would cover:

* Bedridden
* Immobile obese
* Those with a skin condition like albinism, Xeroderma pigmentosum, and others.
* Those with addictions that are fully doable in the house, like video game addiction.
* Electromagnetic hypersensitivity
* Perfume intolerance (actually knew a person who was a shut-in for this reason, I had to bathe with a specific soap and launder my clothes with non-scented everything before meeting them)
* Unspecified insanity. (i.e. Havisham)
* Deformed family members in older works, period works, or parodies of those two.
* Probably a lot more than that. It's a catch-all after all.

That said, some of the entries will need to go for being better covered by hikikomori. Spongebob, Simpsons, and Monk. Maybe the Kim Possible one but probably not, since agoraphobia is only a [[WildMassGuessing fan theory]].

IMO merging Hikikomori into this would be as silly as doing so with MadwomanInTheAttic.