How do I prove I know what a Hikkikomori is? I know what it means and I can say this:

A synonym for it is "neet"
Anyone that's watched "Welcome to NHK" would know what it means.

NEET and Hikikomori are not, actually, synonymous. NEET stands for Not in Education, Employment, or Training. It's not a purely Japanese term, just one adopted by the Japanese as they've had a recent problem with too many of them in their country. Many people can be NEETs, and it's one of the stereotypes of gamers (the 30 year old man in his mother's basement playing WoW).

A hikikomori is someone with social withdrawal; a shut-in, if you will. They isolate themselves completely from the outside world and social interaction. Most of these people have various (undiagnosed) social and anxiety disorders such as generalized anxiety disorder. A hikikmori often is a NEET, because their condition prevents them from easily acquiring any sort of employment, but there are a lot of NEETs who are not hikikomori.

2. I can't sift out red and blue, but the others are Link, Vader, Kenshin (i think), Jessica Rabbit, and Gollum, and they're in the various Cosmic Corps (or whatever they're called) from DC comics. Jessica Rabbit is a Star Sapphire, Vader is a Sinestro, Link a GL. Not certain what the other colors are meant to represent.

EDIT: oh, blue is Superman? I thought he might be, but thought it was too obvious (since they're doing a DC Universe thing in the first place, it would be odd to put their most iconic hero in)

Level 1

I got Link, Darth Vader, and Gollum :P

Level 1

don't know two of the chracters

After the "Blackest Night" comes the "Brightest Day".

I'm level 4, had no idea about the colors.

Then again, colors and their meaning can and are interpreted quite differently depending on ones perspective and such, so meh.

The Green Lantern Corps polices the galaxy. It is the center of the color spectrum. The color of life. It represents willpower.

Seven Corps will be born:

A force of Hate will arise and the Red Lanterns will be born. The bearer's rage will be unfiltered and unchecked.

A squadron weaving the Indigo Light of compassion will attempt to spread goodwill throughout the universe.

The Orange Light will be discovered and manipulated by a being whose greed knows no bounds.

Elsewhere, a flicker of Hope will shine from deep space. The Blue light will hold the line in spirit, if not strength.

Yellow is the color of Terror. The power of Fear.

...they that harness the color of Love, the color Violet.


The seven Corps will be at war. It is foretold that as the emotional spectrum glows brighter, the war of light ignites in full force. The skies on every world will darken. Then, the "Blackest Night" will descend upon us all. The seven corps will fall......as will the universe.

--Had to break out my issue of Green Lantern #25 to make sure!!

Level 1, I thought I was more nerdier than this

I wonder who the artist would have chosen as a Black Lantern......