Chapter 04 - "Welcome to the Classroom!"

Welcome to the Classroom! ("Kurasurūmu ni yōkoso!", クラスルームにようこそ！) is the fourth chapter of the Welcome to the N.H.K manga.

Synopsis
In Misaki's first lesson, she explains how, in ancient days, people would fabricate gods to alleviate the suffering and inequity they felt over their lives. She moves onto Freud's dream analysis and acts condescending to Satou. He feels he has to outsmart her, and completely embarrasses her. She takes subtle shots back at him, making comments about his relationship life. He feels inferior to Yamazaki at this moment and shows up to Yamazaki's school to see if his girlfriend is real. He starts falling under pressure in the social environment and considers leaving, until a professor shows him what the classroom is like. The professor assigns the class a task to which Satou crumbles as the professor looks down on him. The professor makes a fool of him in front of the class, and as Satou gets laughed at, he is reminded of traumatic memories. He escapes from the class and inadvertently runs into Yamazaki and his supposed girlfriend, Nanako Hidorikawa. After they depart, she tells her friends that she only sees Yamazaki as a friend, because he's one of "those types". Still, Yamazaki boasts to Satou about having a beautiful girlfriend. That night, Misaki reminds Satou that his leaving of the apartment was a sign of progress.