I started reading this because of the comment below that said he/she can't stop grinning like an idiot. hahaha!! I know what you mean!!! I was ALSO GRINNING like an idiot as I'm reading this...
It's so fascinating--the whole forum phenomenon.
I can't help cheering for the densha-otoko!!! So innocent in these romantic matters. So lovable!! OMG OMG!!! hahahah sooooo cuteeee!!!
One thing is interesting thought....at least as far as I am now, there's no mention of real name--just "densha" and "hermes." keeping up with the nicknames used in the forum thread. quite interesting tid bit.
It's like this: densha-otoko asks the forum for advice about dating this girl he met in the train: about whether he should call her, maybe ask her out for a date? if so where? what to talk about? what to do during the date? pointers for conversation? fashion? etc. ...so as a result, multiple people are depicted in the manga as the ananymous people who participated in this thread and giving densha-kun advice--they are following his love life and transformation from an otaku to a "regular" dating man. to them, following densha in forum is like following a real-life drama.
Also the manga describes how densha's dating thread has been growing more and more in popularity. More and more people have been following it.
The art is not particularly beautiful, but it's okay enough.

Fuck with the art!
That´s not the important part and it doesn´t make a big difference, I felt just like the guys who support him.
It was one of the best mangas I´ve read.
10!!

I gave 7, just because I think there is a probability of 70% for this story to be true. The art is "comme si comme ça", I do not have particular dislike towards any sort of drawing..
I spent an afternoon reading it (a lot of time wasted).. finally I just wish that the story would be true and the roles in the real life could live a happy life.

Briefly, I think: this is not a cliched story (you could choose to read it), only if you believe it happened somewhere sometime..

... Last updated on December 28th, 2011, 10:27am

I thought the writing was excellent. Let's just get that out there. The art style didn't really bug me. It suited the story well, but wasn't spectacular by any stretch. The dialogue though was the bread and butter of the manga. My only problem was that at a lot of times it felt like it was being needlessly padded for length to reach three volumes. This caused the pacing to suffer a bit. Despite that though, it is definitely worth a read as it will make you laugh and put a smile on your face.

Normally I wouldn't read this kind of story, but this series had me grinning at every page. It's that heartwarming. The author created the perfect characters to fit this manga.

I probably shouldn't rate this a ten, because the art really isn't that good, but I just had to. This is one of the best plots and story I've read, I was smiling and laughing all the way through (read it in one go). I couldn't really help myself, and how the story was told was truly an incredible and exceptional idea. No manga like this out there. An added bonus is the fact that it was not dragged out too long, read this if you are at all into romance. Characters fit prefectly as well.

Great stuff.

... Last updated on December 18th, 2009, 6:13am

this was the best ever story ive ever read and the fact that it actually (according to the manga) actually happened, is even more amazing.

I was hanging on to every word and had the same reactions as the supporting characters

But not because its so bad, but because its so good. Unfortunately they stopped translating it because its licensed, so i guess i will never see the ending of this brilliant series, and thats really killing me

Makes you believe that real life love still exists, that destiny can start wonderful things and you just have to take from there and finish the job ^^
I know the drawing isn't great but what counts is the story <3 , so ill give it a 10/10 just for the story

sometimes happy endings do exits ^^ I hope densha-san and hermes-san are happily married with a beautiful baby like the mother

For most narratives, we continue to read to find out how it would conclude. For this one, we continue to read to know the details that led to the obvious conclusion.

Densha Otoko just happened to be a random title that I started to read and so much as I was surprised that I enjoyed reading it up to the end.