Abstract
In Japanese, “Tojisha” means “the person concerned”. The author, who once had a long-term experience of Hikikomori (Social withdrawal), now conducts research on Hikikomori. As a part of this research, this time, the author analyzes a dialogue between the author and another Hikikomori. The theme of the dialogue is about “Hikikomori Studies”. However, before the dialogue took place, the idea of “Hikikomori Studies” was just nothing more than the author’s self-righteous idea. And, it was also an idea that excludes all but the Hikikomori parties. After the dialogue, the author hopes to change the form of “Hikikomori Studies” into another form for thinking with the people who are not “Tojisha” but are interested (They’re called “Kyojisha”). In addition to the analysis of the dialogue, this paper also provides a discussion based on the author’s auto-ethnography.
