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Otaku? WhatS An Otaku?

April 26, 2017OTAKU

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Otaku? WhatS An Otaku?

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OTAKU (1) Original meaning: Your house (company, organiztion, etc), used as a polite form of the second person => you (2) Meaning in early-late 1980’s: An extreme fan of anime/manga/sf who lacks communications with other people and usually untidy => nerd, fanboy [Otakus used “otaku” for “you” instead of more common “anata” “anta” and that’ what gave them the title of Otaku-Zoku (otaku-race)] (3) Current Usage: Anyone obssesed or overly interested with any subject Car otaku, Gun Otaku, etc… => mania, freak (2) has VERY negative meaning and (3) still carries negative meaning, unless used between otakus, of course. 🙂 So use “otaku” to only other anime fans. On the net, Otaku is usually refered to a big fan of anime and/or manga. For example, I’m an Otaku. 🙂 –From a posting by Tonghyun “Vajra” Kim One other suggestion: Don’t call _anyone_ else an otaku unless you know how they feel about the term. Not all anime fans like being called an otaku.