Do the Japanese look at otaku THAT bad?!
Question: Do the Japanese look at otaku THAT bad!?
After reading some articles, and gathering some info, I've concluded that in the Japan, the origin of manga and anime, the otaku (manga/anime fan) are met with incredible disdain worse than what befalls the occasional Trekker or SciFi nut here in the US!. Heck the very words to describe fans are derogative in itself!. I know that some otaku are known to be serial killers, but also I want to know if otaku being social outcasts is not just a result of the reclusive lifestyle, but also because society looks down at them!.
Can anyone from Japan or who came from Japan shed some truth into this issue!? Www@Enter-QA@Com
Can anyone from Japan or who came from Japan shed some truth into this issue!? Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
Pretty much, yeah!.
I remember some Japanese transfer students came to my school and read manga in secret!. I told them "just join the Otaku Club, they have plenty of manga!!" and they spazzed out and said "NOO I'm not an Otaku!! How dare you!! D:"
One girl said people (in their old school in Japan) will make fun of otakus and basically, they'll be miserable in school!.
so to this day they still read manga in secret!. >!.<
***they weren't fat w/ glasses like the "image of an otaku" that pops up when someone says otaku!. They were normal people!.
and they were trying to stay that way!. i guess you can call it a major insult because most otakus are obsessed with manga and anime!. and by obsessed i mean IN LOVE!.
and well, i went to school in Japan and the guy next to me (he was not nerdy, ugly, or fat!. just NORMAL) pulled out a notebook that had this anime charachter on it and the gangster guys started making fun of him!. He spazzed too and kept insisting it was his little sister's!.
^----don't worry he didn't get pulverized!. I yelled at those gangsters in english and they didn't know what the heck i was saying!. :DWww@Enter-QA@Com
I remember some Japanese transfer students came to my school and read manga in secret!. I told them "just join the Otaku Club, they have plenty of manga!!" and they spazzed out and said "NOO I'm not an Otaku!! How dare you!! D:"
One girl said people (in their old school in Japan) will make fun of otakus and basically, they'll be miserable in school!.
so to this day they still read manga in secret!. >!.<
***they weren't fat w/ glasses like the "image of an otaku" that pops up when someone says otaku!. They were normal people!.
and they were trying to stay that way!. i guess you can call it a major insult because most otakus are obsessed with manga and anime!. and by obsessed i mean IN LOVE!.
and well, i went to school in Japan and the guy next to me (he was not nerdy, ugly, or fat!. just NORMAL) pulled out a notebook that had this anime charachter on it and the gangster guys started making fun of him!. He spazzed too and kept insisting it was his little sister's!.
^----don't worry he didn't get pulverized!. I yelled at those gangsters in english and they didn't know what the heck i was saying!. :DWww@Enter-QA@Com
Well, I'll stop calling myself otaku since I've loved Japanese culture that much!. Its kinda hard hiding the truth that you are otaku in a place that's full of crowds of people in Japan!.
Yes, Japan has looked down upon otakus since who knows when!. I find that sad!. People just misunderstand sometimes, and that's kinda rude that they think that way!.
But, if you're telling the truth about otakus being serial killers, then I find that scary, but I won't look at otakus from a different view!. There are people with different personalities, so that's what makes them them in that kind of sense!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Yes, Japan has looked down upon otakus since who knows when!. I find that sad!. People just misunderstand sometimes, and that's kinda rude that they think that way!.
But, if you're telling the truth about otakus being serial killers, then I find that scary, but I won't look at otakus from a different view!. There are people with different personalities, so that's what makes them them in that kind of sense!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Yeah, I have a friend who lives in Japan and she says that all the otaku are very underground and blend into normal society instead of trying their hardest to stand out and be noticed, like they are here!. And yes, it's because they're shunned otherwise!. She actually got attacked by this middle aged, normal-looking business man who just had to have her Kyo kitty backpack and she had to tear it away from him and run!. She told me that all the otaku she's run into are like that; normal looking yet creepy and obsessive!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Yes!. "Otaku" is an insult in Japan!. I don't understand why people use the word as a badge in the west!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
there are different type of otaku and it doesnt always count as only on mangas or animes!. otaku simply means an addict!.
now for your answer, not all otakus are fat and sweaty and wearing glasses all the time!. some are very skinny!. its just that they're so obsessed with mangas and animes that they don't much like to socialize!. They might look bad but in reality, all they want to do is what they love to do so you cant really say anything against that!.
the article was probably when the reporter tried to ask a question to an otaku but he ignored and ran away!. The reason is that the heavy core otakus are shy because they dont often socialize with others except other otaku membersWww@Enter-QA@Com
now for your answer, not all otakus are fat and sweaty and wearing glasses all the time!. some are very skinny!. its just that they're so obsessed with mangas and animes that they don't much like to socialize!. They might look bad but in reality, all they want to do is what they love to do so you cant really say anything against that!.
the article was probably when the reporter tried to ask a question to an otaku but he ignored and ran away!. The reason is that the heavy core otakus are shy because they dont often socialize with others except other otaku membersWww@Enter-QA@Com
Agreed with the first person!. The term Otaku was actually an insult from Japanese people!. Yes, not all Otaku has bad reputation like we heard they were!. However, if you go to Japan and tell the japanese you're an Otaku, you can see clearly their reaction towards the term like "wtf!?"!. Plus, most of the fan outside Japan (especially in US I think) can't really be considered as Otaku since they only watch and read the anime and manga online (they mostly download it for free) and not really collect and buy the anime, manga, action figure and fill out their room (or house) with that like Japanese Otaku!. I say, it's okay to used the term over the internet but beware of the reaction you'll get from the japanese people if you tell them you're an Otaku and proud to be one because it'd make you look silly!. You can tell them you like anime and manga but never said you're Otaku, it'll scared them!.!.!.
*Japanese Otaku collect sexual/horny action figure and watched hentai, and obsessed with it!. It's like you're saying "Hey, I watched porn yesterday and got a lot of sex toys in my house!.!.!. cool huh!? Wanna go out with me!?" as a pick up line!.
That's why Japanese people insult them with the term Otaku (kinda a self-awareness to Japanese girl) and the reason why most of Japanese looks down to Otaku!. It's sad and a bad thing to judge people like that but that's how most Japanese people thought about Otaku!. Like I said earlier, just told them you love anime and manga and really fond of Japanese culture !. You won't get negative or wtf XD reaction of you tell them that!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
*Japanese Otaku collect sexual/horny action figure and watched hentai, and obsessed with it!. It's like you're saying "Hey, I watched porn yesterday and got a lot of sex toys in my house!.!.!. cool huh!? Wanna go out with me!?" as a pick up line!.
That's why Japanese people insult them with the term Otaku (kinda a self-awareness to Japanese girl) and the reason why most of Japanese looks down to Otaku!. It's sad and a bad thing to judge people like that but that's how most Japanese people thought about Otaku!. Like I said earlier, just told them you love anime and manga and really fond of Japanese culture !. You won't get negative or wtf XD reaction of you tell them that!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com