Welcome To The Nhk <Direct ◉>

She lights a cigarette. “There’s no omens, you idiot. There’s only debt and daylight. I’m not here to fix you. I’m here because my ex-husband took the cat.”

For the first time, he laughs. It sounds like a car engine failing. Welcome to the NHK

Misaki doesn’t show up that night. Or the next. On the third night, Satou finds a note tucked into the onigiri shelf: She lights a cigarette

We eventually learn that Misaki is a hikikomori herself—just a functional one. She isolates in her own way, unable to attend school due to childhood trauma. Her "project" to cure Satou is actually a form of existential vampirism. If she can fix him, she can prove that she isn't broken. She is, as the show explicitly states, like a god who creates a flawed human just so they can worship her. I’m not here to fix you