Secluded, Wordless Comic

20 Pages

pencil & pastel & ink

2018

In the final of narrative words and picture class, I drew a short wordless comic about Hikikomori (secluded people). Hikikomori fears contact with the outside world because of the constant bullying of the family, campus and society. They hide in their houses, and feel that home is the only place they can exist in the world. Perhaps they were brave enough to leave their homes, but instead of kindness and tolerance, they were given indifference and disgust. I hope that everyone can understand this crowd of people, but not only rebuke them for running away and being lazy.