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- SimonShirley
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I'm not saying you all are, some anime fans I really like, I mean that if I went to one, I know I would end up running into one that would annoy me. I'm an anime fan, but I don't know whether I'd use Otaku or not since that's usually used for an anime fan who is very into it (sorry if it's completely misinformed).
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Actually, Otaku is a derogatory term in Japanese. The closest term in English for it would be "Maniac"; someone who's obsessive, passionate and an obsessive collect/consumer of a certain interest/topic/concept to the point where it starts taking over their life. You can have car otaku, pop idol otaku, military otaku, cooking otaku, etc, etc. Only in the west has it developed this alternative meaning of someone who is fond of anime/manga/games/J-Culture.metalgamer wrote:I don't know whether I'd use Otaku or not since that's usually used for an anime fan who is very into it (sorry if it's completely misinformed).
Of course, you can have anime otaku, manga otaku, game otaku, etc, etc in Japan, but keep in mind that it's a negative label, not a positive one.
I feel the negative connotations fit me well, so I'll sometimes use it. I'm a pretty terrible person after all. But I end up shaking my head at people who don't understand it's true connotations and try to use it like some kind of badge of honour in their cool anime kids club.
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Interesting breakdown of the word. I generally get confused by the term since when anime fans use the term, they just use Otaku like it's the anime community who coined the phrase. I've heard it being used as a negative term, but many fans I know use it like a positive description of someone. Also about the horrible person, I obviously can't say whether you are or aren't. I've never met you, but you don't give the impression as a bad person to me, plus no-one should ever refer to themselves as such.
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