The focus of the movie is on our hero the "Train man" and, to a lesser extent, the supporting characters.
One IMDb comment mentions that the character of the girl "Hermes" (nicknamed so because she sent him a set of Hermes cups to thank him) has not been as developed as even the supporting characters, and adds that this is perhaps intentional. It's also funny, in a nice, gentle sort of way. The courtship is innocent and sweet, completely opposite to the other genre where the protagonists jump right into bed an hour after they first met. All these change when he, with a sudden surge of impulse, helps a lovely lassie that is molested by a drunken passenger on a train. Our hero is a young "otaku", a term (neutral rather than derogatory) used to describe people who are so indulged in the virtual world of comics, animation and computer games that they have lost touch with real human beings, manifested in their acute shyness and inability to communicate with others. There's also one nice little spoiler that is unveiled quite early in the movie. We soon see how they are emotionally very involved with our hero's joys and woes, hopes and fears, which have become very much part of their own lives. This comprises a passionate young nurse, a young man (student, presumably) who locks himself up in his room with the computer most of the time, a man and a woman at their late twenties or early thirties (an office worker and a housewife respectively) and a group of three young chaps, the official clowns of the movie.
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Through skillful interplay between split-screen and full screen, a group of our hero's best chat mates is shown to be his council of courtship advisors. To the still uninitiated, this little gem is an eye-opener to the culture of Internet chat room. It'll be an added bonus for those who are watching it with still the same person. Whether it was 40 years or 4 months ago, those who remember their first date will most certainty bath in the glow of empathy with this sweet little movie. Ted's Evaluation - 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life. Elsewhere, this is completed by others and even the girl encouraging our guy to "be brave." This is no "All About Lilly Chow Chow," which I aggressively recommend. The conflating of their online life with the story we see is odd: they shift into a war movie where the "advancement" of the romance is equated with advancing on a battlefield. They seem to live together, but only have a life on-line. Among his internet buddies are three guys even more nerdy than he.
The story and the point of the story are both revoltingly trite. They comment and encourage, just as we are meant to, cheering him on, giving him the courage to chase his dream and be fulfilled as a man. This rather numerous bunch get every detail reported to them just as we the "real" viewers see. Presumably, most of these only know our hero through the chat room and have no idea what he is like in person. The narrative folding here (where the audience has an on screen equivalent) comes from his internet buddies. In this case, our dweeb stumbles upon a princess and each stumble and successive misstep brings him closer to her. Don't grow up, it allows, you will find movie romance. I suppose every society has something like this: a superficially manufactured product, targeted at clumsy boys (and sometimes girls) whose only intent is to assure them that their clumsiness is endearing.