Train Man

Train Man, which takes place in Tokyo Japan, is centered on a young man whom would be considered a geek who falls in love for the first time on a Train. The main character, who is known as “Train Man” is a secluded individual. He keeps to himself and his computer. Train Man is into Anime, which is Japanese animation. Japanese whom are obsessed with anime are typically geeky and lack social skills.

Train Man and his secluded life take a turn when he breaks up a fight on a train and falls for the girl he was protecting. The fight that occurs on the train was between a drunken business man and the patrons on the train. It is very common for Japanese businessman to go have drinks after work with colleges and instead of going home they will just sleep on the ground and go to work the next day. The beautiful girl after being saved by Train man, wants to send him a thank you gift, so she gets his address. This is the part in the movie where we really get the idea of Japanese computer culture. Having no friends train man turns to the online community for suggestions on how to go about landing this beautiful girl he met on the train. Many from the online community begin to chime in on how he should go about everything. The train man was a very nervous guy. I thought his acting at times was a little over the top as far as being too nervous or too shy. But it does a good job at showing how this type of person is lacking in social skills. The overabundance of advice given to train man shows us there are many others like him.

Doing some research on the film, I found that this actually was based on true events. At first it came out as a novel then the movie and then it evolved into a TV series. This shows the popularity of a Anime geek finding love.