@kururugikai Maybe it's just different cultures, but it seems in Japan, your career aim is to work in a standard company (or become a civil servant) and working under other people. Maybe that's the typical career path desirable by Japanese society (or I don't know whether this is just the narrow perspectives of manga author because they themselves never work in an office because most white-collar people are depicted as salespeople). But it is so unthinkable for me, there are hundreds of other options. You can work at NGOs, research institutes, become freelancers, heck you can even open your own business - and this, you can do anything, the possibility is endless! Heck, if you are good on games, the easiest thing is that you can even become a gamer-Youtuber. How easy is that! You can play game plus earning money. He looks like he works out at home too. He can simply teach people how to work out while doing his work out, lol. With the current online technologies, you can make money while sitting at home. He could've spent his time creating blogs, become an online retailer, YouTuber, writer, or creating apps, rather than just moping by himself. Dude, even people now watch reaction videos and watching people eating (mukbang)!!! Or adopt a pet and film your daily life with your pet. How easy is that! Lol... At least start doing something. if you don't know how to do it, there are ample of information and free courses online. The easiest thing is start working on something related to what you really like. 10 years not doing anything is too much. Maybe this is the Japanese pride, or that they avoid risky things and only want stable jobs. Hey, but if you have done your best to find a job and it's difficult, you can't expect to gain something without taking any risks right?