Satou and Misaki grow closer and even pose as a couple when Satou's mother comes for a visit. Later, Satou and Yamazaki share their frustrations over love and women and decide to funnel that into their hentai game. Misaki worries that Satou is headed down a road of destruction--is she right?

Twenty-two-year-old Satou, an unemployed, reclusive conspiracy theorist living in Tokyo, meets a mysterious girl who tries to cure him of his antisocial, or "hikikomori," ways.

Satou and Misaki grow closer and even pose as a couple when Satou's mother comes for a visit. Later, Satou and Yamazaki share their frustrations over love and women and decide to funnel that into their hentai game. Misaki worries that Satou is headed down a road of destruction--is she right?

With his life in total disarray, Satou opts for the most sensible solution: have an affair with Kashiwa-senpai! However, whether or not he can go through with it will depend on various factors out of his control. Meanwhile, the relationship between Shirou and Misaki may be getting serious. Or is it all another one of Misaki's tricks?! -- VIZ Media

NEW YORK TIMES bestseller • 2005: Welcome to NoCal and SoCal, the uneasy sister-states of what used to be California. The millennium has come and gone, leaving in its wake only stunned survivors. In Los Angeles, Berry Rydell is a former armed-response rentacop now working for a bounty hunter. Chevette Washington is a bicycle messenger turned pickpocket who impulsively snatches a pair of innocent-looking sunglasses. But these are no ordinary shades. What you can see through these high-tech specs can make you rich—or get you killed. Now Berry and Chevette are on the run, zeroing in on the digitalized heart of DatAmerica, where pure information is the greatest high. And a mind can be a terrible thing to crash. . . . Praise for Virtual Light “Both exhilarating and terrifying . . . Although considered the master of 'cyberpunk' science fiction, William Gibson is also one fine suspense writer.”—People “A stunner . . . A terrifically stylish burst of kick-butt imagination.”—Entertainment Weekly “Convincing . . . frightening . . . Virtual Light is written with a sense of craft, a sense of humor and a sense of the ultimate seriousness of the problems it explores.”—Chicago Tribune “In the emerging pop culture of the information age, Gibson is the brightest star.”—The San Diego Union-Tribune

Twenty-something-year-old Satou, a college dropout and aficionado of anime porn, knows a little secret--or at least he thinks he does! Believe it or not, he has stumbled upon an incredible conspiracy created by the Japanese Broadcasting Company NHK. But despite fighting the good fight, Satou has become an unemployed Hikikomori--a shut-in who as withdrawn from the world... One day, he meets Misaki, a mysterious young girl who invites him to join her special "project". Slowly Satou comes out of his reclusive shell, and his hilarious journey begins: filled with mistaken identity; panty shots; Lolita complexes--and an ultimate quest to create the greatest hentai game ever! -- VIZ Media