005 | The lesson
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This is About…a man who won’t leave his house. He’s decided the outside world is too much and he doesn’t want to be a part of it anymore. Japanese psychologists have a name for this: hikikomori. Except this story takes place in a small Australian country town. And this man is about to make a discovery that will change him and his town for good.
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