Ep 2. Welcome to the Creator!

Welcome to the N-H-K season 1 episode 2, titled "Welcome to the Creator!" follows the life of the main character Sato, who is a 22-year-old hikikomori, essentially a shut-in who does not leave his home. In this episode, we see Sato as he tries to improve his life by taking the first step towards furthering his career. Sato's goal is to become a successful game creator, which he thinks will snap him out of his hikikomori lifestyle.

However, before he starts working towards achieving his career goal, Sato decides to clean up his apartment since it's in a terrible state. He has piles of garbage and dirty dishes scattered everywhere, which is reflective of his lazy and lethargic lifestyle.

As he starts to clean up his house, Sato gets distracted by his TV, which is showing an old anime which he used to love. The anime was about a group of fairies, and it reminded Sato of his childhood. He quickly gets lost in the world of fairies and decides to watch the entire series, which leads to him wasting the whole day doing nothing and neglecting his cleaning duties.

Later that day, Sato goes to a convenience store to get some food. While there, he runs into an old high school friend named Kaoru Yamazaki. Yamazaki is a fellow Hikikomori who is obsessed with making hentai games. Sato overhears Yamazaki talking about this to someone on the phone and immediately tries to steer the topic towards his dream of making a successful game.

Sato realizes that Yamazaki is skilled in making games, and he convinces him to help him create a game and tells him that they can make it into a successful business. Yamazaki agrees, and the two start to work on the game. Sato helps by working on the character designs and the scenarios, while Yamazaki works on the game programming.

As the game creation progresses, Sato starts to become increasingly anxious and stressed. He realizes that creating a good game is not as easy as he initially thought, and the pressure to succeed is taking a toll on him. It seems that despite his efforts, Sato's hikikomori ways keep getting in the way of his progress.

Meanwhile, Sato starts to have vivid hallucinations and paranoid delusions. He begins to imagine conspiracies and believes that his life is controlled by an organization called the NHK. Sato eventually comes to the realization that he needs mental help and decides to seek professional counseling.

Overall, "Welcome to the Creator!" episode of Welcome to the N-H-K season 1 provides insight into the life of a shut-in, how attempting to overcome such a lifestyle is not easy and how the pressure to succeed can affect someone. The show touches upon the importance of staying focused and dedicated despite the difficulties that you may face along the way.