The whole time was watching, I kept thinking how the laws must be very different in Japan, because if this happened in the US, everyone involved would have been sued for infliction of emotional distress and it would have resulted in Nasubi being awarded millions in damages. That public watched this and found it funny (laughing in sympathy" is NOT a thing) shows how big cultural differences can be. We have all kinds of reality shows where people can sign up for extreme deprivation, but they always know that can tap out, and they definitely know that any moment caught on camera might be broadcast.
That said, Nasubi is clearly a delightful character and I can understand why people enjoyed watching him. But I wish for his sake that he'd bern so boring that they'd opted to pull the plug early on...
That said, Nasubi is clearly a delightful character and I can understand why people enjoyed watching him. But I wish for his sake that he'd bern so boring that they'd opted to pull the plug early on...