wondering
[Music]
did you know that there is a country
where people rent sisters yeah that's
right hundreds of people are paying
hundreds of dollars just to get sisters
on rent here what's happening what is
this place and why are people renting
sisters in Tokyo Japan lets us introduce
you to yuichi is
realized that there is something really
strange going around him the people who
loved hanging out with him some of his
friends and even some of his colleagues
somehow didn't want to anymore they just
stopped replying to his messages and
eventually yuichi lost all contact with
them
he realized that his friends had become
ikiko Mori people who would rather be
alone inside their rooms than outside
with people turns out this is pretty
common in Japan you see in the Japanese
culture it's more important to fit in
than it is to be unique so if everyone
around you wants to be an engineer
that's what you're expected to do
and that's the problem even though not
everyone wants to be an engineer and not
everyone wants to be married by the age
of 28 they are scared to speak up
because if they do they would look like
a failure in front of society and
embarrass their families
so instead of facing the world they lock
themselves up in their rooms they stay
inside day in and day out without even
going to a doctor for help
today more than half a million people in
Japan are hikikomori these people are
locking themselves in their rooms for
years and years just so they don't have
to face the pressure of society so
iuichi decided to help he figured that
most people always feel better when
they're with their friends so why not
give these people a friend or even
better why not give them a sister so he
created a company and hired tens of
women and trained them to just talk to
the hikokomori
um
and somehow this work
they got over 300 people to leave their
rooms and get out into the world
they did it just by talking to them
at the end of the day Luigi isn't a
doctor or a therapist he's just a guy
who saw people who were alone and
decided to give them company because
sometimes that's all it takes to be
happy