>>99 seconded, though the overacting often made me laugh more than anything.

This JDrama, though at times quite excessive, might as well become quite influential, even in the West, as some kind of hallmark of otaku [in the western sense] and 2ch-style BBS culture... as, provided the story is anything near real, a brilliant showcase of the best (and at times the worst, still...) of what can come from a band of forum-dwellers. And how, finally, the Internet, thought by many to be more against social behavior than anything, can at times bring together apparently unrelated (and anonymous!) people for a (quite) selfless cause.

It could as well give ammunition to those who claim the superiority of anonymous, subscription-less bulletin board systems, as indeed, none of this could have happened - at least, not that easily - if 2ch didn't work the way it does.

Posting in such a forum makes me somehow feel part of the story... Or at least, part of the same subculture, even though the barrier between 2ch and the english-speaking boards is more than obvious.