Sun 2008/08/24 21:27
BandAiD asks a good question. You be proud otaku or closet otaku? Depending on who you are talking to in Japan, the word "Otaku" still has a negative image which is why many want to hide the fact that they indulge in otaku activities. Me? Is proud to be otaku. I love my otaku hobbies and am not ashamed of speaking about them and even made a lucrative business which involves them. On a separate topic, was also just trying to think why BandAiD's nick name is "BandAiD" and was wondering whether it has anything to do with the bandaids that you see in eroge illustrations like this (NSFW). Original text from BandAiD below.Often times we see it in manga, anime and the sorts where otakus are "outcast". How many here are "out of the closet" with their hobby be it figures, manga, anime or cosplaying, with others you know personally in life? I'm curious to see how many here hide it or show it with pride? Quite frankly, I consider myself partially out the door with my hobby on anime/manga. All my close friends know about it, and didn't really have a problem with it when they found out. Quite surprisingly I found one of them to actually be a fan of anime/manga herself. Sadly she's taken. - damn -. My family has an idea, but not much. If you were to look in my room, you'd at most just see one shelf with manga on it, anywhere else you'd look in my room, it'd look just like any other 22 year old male's bedroom. messy. My clothes are actually everyday "normal" clothes as well, you won't find any t-shirt/headbands/armbands in my room of an anime character. You'd also never see me doing cosplaying. Some might consider me not to be a hardcore fan of my hobby, while it's quite the opposite. If I were compared to anyone i'd be just like Nogizaka Haruka of the anime/manga "Nogizaka haruka no himitsu" So how many here are out and about with their hobbies? Do you cosplay at all? Wear anime t-shirts? Are you in an afterschool anime club? Be honest! I'm hoping should I ever get married, it'd be with someone who enjoys the same things I do. --------------- Pic is unrelated, but she's a damn cute Ranka-chan eh?
Posted on Sun 2008/08/24 21:27 by
My friends know about my love for model kits, they always joke around and say things like: "Hey scratchbuild me a prostetic arm, I wanna smack Joey with it!". My clothes are normal as well. No headbands, hats, or anything like that. My room is messy but not filled with wall scrolls or posters. Just a plain ordinary messy room with model kit boxes everywhere, a shelf of manga, and a bunch of old Hobby Japan and Dengeki magazines. I did have 2 shirts made that I rarely wear. One is black shirt that has a robot on it with the "Got Milk?" font on it, it say's: Got mech?. The other is kinda the same except with a SD-ish Zaku head, that shirt say's: Got Zaku? I'm not afraid to walk around with a Gundam model kit and hobby supplies out in public. Gunpla is what I live for.
(ID #276292) Posted on 2008/08/24 13:22
I've been thinking about getting a model kit or two. Not sure about gundam, but I wouldn't mind having a model for Kallen's latest knightmare design. That thing looks sweet. The kits I did see so far doesn't look like very high quality stuff like the gundam model kits. Sounds like you're too much different from how I am.
(ID #276299) Posted on 2008/08/24 13:29
I cannot lie on this one. I LOVE DRAWING MECHAS, GAMES, ANIME and WEAPONS. both made me proud and embarassed.
(ID #276293) Posted on 2008/08/24 13:22
if people dont ask me. then its not something i will broadcast or try fit into a conversation. otherwise i'm pretty open. a lot of people i know, know i collect statues. no one seems to mind. the way i think is if someone has a problem then tough, why should i care. my room has a bunch of statues placed about, little bit of manga. no posters or scrolls, theres more magazines lieing around than anything (no no nothing naughty). other than the statues id say my room is pretty otaku-plain.
(ID #276297) Posted on 2008/08/24 13:27
The only thing I'd be emberassed about is all the eroge me and my girlfriend sport around the place. If family comes over, it would be smart to put it away in the closet.
(ID #276302) Posted on 2008/08/24 13:32
LOL, Score one for you being able to play eroge with the girlfriend. ^^;
(ID #276304) Posted on 2008/08/24 13:36
I have lots of friends that like anime/manga/games. Many of the ones that don't are pretty much people I knew back in elementary or so, but they like games. I did get one friend into "Love Hina" though. Don't know if he ever finished it. I do have a few images of my room. I plan on bringing out more. Just not now. I own at least eight shirts that deal with anime/manga/games. I cosplayed maybe twice at most? That was years ago. I was the unofficial alternate position of my high school's anime club. That is, if some issue came around and the president wasn't there, I had to be the leader. I also was in the anime club at college.
(ID #276308) Posted on 2008/08/24 13:41
Close-protection officer/Martial artist
I'm a big shoujo fan, and people don't generally think it's right for a big tough guy like me to enjoy being girly... So I only tell them about my robot fetish, and that tends to stop the questions early... I'm not exactly sure I'm not at all embarrassed by robot thing though. O.o Generally, I keep it to myself and people won't know until I tell them. Kinda like my womanly tendencies... ^_~ But yeah, I can't tell you the amount of times I hear "um, isn't that for girls?" =_=
(ID #276310) Posted on 2008/08/24 13:45
I did ask a girl once what she would think if I had "figures" in my room, and if she'd think it'd be girly if I did. She said she thought it would be pretty much "like getting a doll". :/ So I know how that feeling is.
(ID #276328) Posted on 2008/08/24 13:55
daichouginga in Byston Well, the land between the earth and the sea (Registered on 2008/06/04 10:04)
Professional Bum Mode
Show her pictures of figures with condensed milk that are found in the net. In that way she will know that figures are different from dolls. xD j/k
(ID #276358) Posted on 2008/08/24 14:14
....I did do that once LOL! She just laughed though....^^;
(ID #276362) Posted on 2008/08/24 14:18
Close-protection officer/Martial artist
Hahaha! I feel your pain... I still prefer the term action figures personally, but I haven't had the doll accusation quite yet because I don't have any female figures, just a bunch of robots and such so far (too poor to have a display collection >.<). But at least you don't have to explain all the pretty boys in the manga you read (like Vampire Knight and The Wallflower... ;;;<.<)
(ID #276365) Posted on 2008/08/24 14:20
I prefer shoujo then others for some reason.... Probably because almost all of them, you can relate to real life.
(ID #276790) Posted on 2008/08/24 23:15
All my friend and family know that I like anime a lot. My rooms usually a bit messy with pc parts on my table from my 3 pcs I have in my room and clothes on the floor. Got Zeon and AEUG flags hanging up in my room. I have a book shelf that's almost completely full of manga and another shelf that has 2 rows of anime boxsets, also a bunch of models and figures from various animes on the shelf too. Closet is full of boxes of unbuilt Gunpla with boxes for my figures on top of them. Also got a ef Chihiro dakimakura sitting on my bed in plain sight. I have 4 shirts that are anime, my 2 SoulTaker shirts, Gurren Lagann shirt and my Zeon Jacket. I'm not afraid to go around public wearing my anime shirts or leaving my local comic book store that's located on a busy street in town with Gunpla or figures in my arms.
(ID #276313) Posted on 2008/08/24 13:48
My friends know my hobbies- most of them are involved in anime/manga/art/etc. At work, I don't say much about my hobbies. Hard to say how people will take them or what they will make of them. I do have four Zaku on my work desk that get posed a bit during the day, but I just say that they are "robots that I think look cool", and don't give much in the way of backstory.
(ID #276314) Posted on 2008/08/24 13:49
I've been a nerd long before I became an Otaku, and was open about it with no shame. After all, looks go away with age, but wisdom grows. Then during my first year in college (1992, yeah I am OLD!) I accidentally came across a movie called "Ran" in the foreign section of the local video store (an absolutely OUTSTANDING Samurai and Historical movie I recommend to all). From then on I just went nuts over anything Japan, and that lead to Anime. I loved Japanese food long before that but never really went from food to culture until that movie. I now tell anyone and everyone about anime and Japanese movies (Grudge, Ringu, etc., that people thought were American originals), trying to broaden their horizon. Grin. So, almost all my friends know about that, and most of my good friends know I am weak for all Japanese women. HOWEVER... I don't own a single mech/model (I mean no insult to anyone, I simply do NOT understand the fascination with them), and about the only thing Japanese in my room are dishes, as I like their unique shapes and textures. However, if I was rich, and living the dream (which would be living in JAPAN!), I would fill the house/apartment with almost entirely Japanese items, especially furniture.
(ID #276323) Posted on 2008/08/24 13:53
1) Do you cosplay at all? no. 2) Wear anime t-shirts? no. 3) Are you in an afterschool anime club? no. 4)I'm hoping should I ever get married, it'd be with someone who enjoys the same things I do. whether she likes it or not i still be keeping them! (gunplas) i am glad to say i will openly tell me frens i am otaku , if i ever get any frens... or girlfrens..
(ID #276329) Posted on 2008/08/24 13:55
Otaku/Computer tech/Student
I'm completely open about it. Me, my mom, and my sister watch anime almost every night, and we all go to anime cons and such together. My mom isn't REALLY into it, but we're trying to get her into it. My doesn't like it himself, but he knows that we like it, and he gives us money to buy what we want from time to time. My friends know very well that I'm into Japanese culture and everything about it. Not all of them like it, but most do. Both my sister and I have figures and wallscrolls up around our computers, which, including my mom's, are all in our "computer room". I also sleep in it because we're in the process of remodeling and painting my room, so it's basically my "room".
(ID #276331) Posted on 2008/08/24 13:56
That's awesome! Sounds great to have family members involved too.
(ID #276341) Posted on 2008/08/24 14:02
whoa, i've never heard of a mother being into all that lol but that's kool :P
(ID #277202) Posted on 2008/08/25 07:08
I'm slowly crossing the line of out and open with my hobby. The other day I showed my mom my figmas because I felt like I should. I'm not too awful embarrassed about my hobby, maybe just a little bit with the eroge lol. My wife is into it too so I don't have to feel out of place at home. I'm basically the most embarrassed about popping out my figmas and taking pictures in public places while my wife is totally laid back about it and could care less. I own ONE anime shirt (so far) but I'm tending to embrace the otaku in myself and I'm starting to want more. I've changed a lot in the last few years and I like this open side of me more than the old me. I haven't cosplayed before but I'm looking into it someday perhaps. It's mostly because there aren't any characters that I feel I could pull off that anyone would recognize. Sato from NHK? XD I must admit though, I'm quite the antisocial person in real life, I'm working on it though, consider me a recovering hikkikomori.
(ID #276349) Posted on 2008/08/24 14:10
Part human, part student, 100% loser
My friends know that I'm really in to anime... I guess I'm pretty open about my hobby to the people around me, I sometimes doodle anime characters on my notes in school... I don't wear anime T-shirts, or am I in an afterschool anime club and haven't tried cosplaying yet but I'm pretty sure I am an otaku... But the main thing is, who cares what other people say otakus are everywhere, you are not alone!
(ID #276353) Posted on 2008/08/24 14:12
daichouginga in Byston Well, the land between the earth and the sea (Registered on 2008/06/04 10:04)
Professional Bum Mode
My parents know it and accepts it. Back in my homeland, all of my friends know it, and the majority of my friends watch anime, some are even more otakuish compared to me. xD
(ID #276360) Posted on 2008/08/24 14:17
student, webmaster
My interest in anime and other things Japan wasn't really a big confusion or shock. In my room, I do have the manga books lying around, and maybe one or two anime CD's. I have figurines on a top shelf and also some sitting next to my desk. I have a (leaning) Battle Waitress Mikuru standing right next to a postcard featuring Vladimir Putin, the former Russian President. I have a naked Tessa from Full Metal Panic, on the rocks, sitting next to my Carolina Panthers helmet. I usually have a harder time trying to explain and justify why I like other hobbies, such as flags (vexillology is the term) and national anthems, to friends and loved ones than I do anime and stuff.
(ID #276371) Posted on 2008/08/24 14:27
For me, all my close friends that I've known for 2+years know I'm into anime. And all my friends that are girls will never find out. ^.^ No mechs/figures, didn't join a club. No cosplay Only one wallscroll(couldn't resist buying a scroll of saber after finishing Fate/Stay Night) Just happened to spot on walking down the mall...
(ID #276372) Posted on 2008/08/24 14:27
Ahh...impulse purchases. Gotta love it. xD
(ID #276390) Posted on 2008/08/24 14:38
JooNkeN (Registered on 2008/04/05 00:28)
My hobbies include: Animes, Games(PC MMO/Consoles), Mangas, Working with PCs, Learning Japanese, among other small things. The only thing I have in my room is also a small shelf of mangas. 28 in Japanese, 45 in English, and a few Japanese-learning material. Other than those, I own no clothes, accessories, figures, etc., of any Anime relation. I have never been to a Con, or have Cos-played. I do have really, really long hair though. I don't know if that's any relation to Animes or not, but I thought I'd throw it out there. =) With the one exception of "Will Work for ANIME" with an "おたく” on the back, shirt that a friend got me. Which is nice, except that it looks like a shirt that one made by themselves with one of those paper tapes. It looks like real tape, so it seems really ghetto. I've worn it once or twice and haven't since. (Best picture I could find online) http://www.celede.com/images/mscgigs/swc2006/14.jpg As for eroge, I have played School Days, after watching the Anime, and Evangelion Girlfriend of Steel(Visual Novel). Other than that, I can't seem to get myself to play an actual galge. For some reason, having a 2D girl actually talk to me on-screen directly, makes me feel very weird, odd, depressing, uncomfortable, etc. I much rather be a spectator on a story's happenings rather than be a 2nd party. Which is why I was able to watch/'play' School Days. Any who, whenever someone asks me what my hobbies are, I tell them computers and gaming. I basically dismiss the fact that I watch Animes unless they ask specifically. Even when they do ask, I guess you could say I kind of "evade" the question. My reason for doing this, is because well, I've watched hundreds and hundreds of Animes. I have yet to meet someone that has watched more Anime than I have. I may not have watched all or even any of the ones that you or the person in question have watched, but far more in quantity. At times, when someone learns that I'm an Anime fan, they get kind of persistent in asking questions. Every now and then I'll get annoyed, because I know to what degree their fandom is; usually watching only American releases, or TV broadcasts, which is like, a year or two behind. So by the time they've watched something, or just finished a series, it's been like 1-2 years ago since I have and is old news for me. So, once I tell them how much Anime I've watched, or show them my old list (I've stopped keeping track about 2 years ago, which then it was about... 179 series of movies, TV Series + OVAs, etc.. Once that happens, the conversation kinda of grinds to a halt. They go like "oh wow," "holy shit," "that's crazy." Anyways, that would be my reasoning to keep my Anime fandom to a low profile. "Wall of text Crits you for over 9000."
(ID #276391) Posted on 2008/08/24 14:38
"dodge, parry ,block, resist then evades"
(ID #276418) Posted on 2008/08/24 15:00
JooNkeN (Registered on 2008/04/05 00:28)
ROFL, I've never heard a comeback to that statement before.
(ID #276424) Posted on 2008/08/24 15:02
/bow
(ID #276775) Posted on 2008/08/24 22:48
For me most of my friends and family know about us (wife and me) watching anime and collecting figures. I have a couple of low key shirts I wear. However, I don't let my clients know.
(ID #276393) Posted on 2008/08/24 14:40
Game Designer & 2D Artist
Hmm, I don't really care if people found out my hobby, but then again, everybody know what I like and I tend to meet people that have the same hobby as mine. My room, is a messy guy's room with four cabinet (2 small & two big)displaying most of my collection and I'm quite proud of it :D. Though if anybody that's not from anime/manga circle (usually parent's friends) ask why, I usually hdie behind my job that I *need* it for reference :lol:
(ID #276416) Posted on 2008/08/24 14:59
Pseudo-Graphic Designer
I'm all out there pretty much. At work I'm known as the guy who likes anime, so anything anime related they talk to me or mention it to me. I have gashapon doubles all around my computer, (sometimes ecchi) anime wallpapers on my computers, and always talk about anime. I have MANY MANY anime shirts... 3-4 Shana-related shirts, 3 Saber shirts, 2 Ayanami Rei shirts, and shirts from these following anime: Spice and Wolf, Fuuko from Clannad, SOS Brigade & Haruhi from you know where, Full Metal Panic, Hatsune Miku, Totoro, amongst others. And usually a Shana jacket on top of it if it's cold/raining. My wallet and coin pouch got Saber on it. My towel is Buruma from DragonBall, and my room's got lots of anime related merchandise from plushies, to manga and figures, you name it! ANIME 4 LIFE!
(ID #276421) Posted on 2008/08/24 15:01
:D You are the man! I support you~ Me too, all my friends knows that i like animes alot. An anime otaku desu~!
(ID #276874) Posted on 2008/08/25 00:33
Pseudo-Graphic Designer
Thanks! :D I figured I gotta be myself :)
(ID #277602) Posted on 2008/08/25 13:40
i try not to go overboard, but the most i would do now would be merely watching anime and going to see pple at cosplay events. my room doesn't even resemble anything near someone whose interest lies in anime.
(ID #276422) Posted on 2008/08/24 15:01
thatz the best ranka-chan cosplay i've seen to date!
(ID #276423) Posted on 2008/08/24 15:02
Video Game Tester
My friends and family know about my otaku tendencies and I don't hide it to anybody. I'm a game tester in a QA so I work with a bunch of geeks but I have yet to see someone reach my level of otakuness, I also have the largest game collection in all the people I know. When people come over they see figures, posters, tons of games, mangas and anime dvds. I don't hide anything. I used to be like that when I was young but it's useless to hide who I am. I might make the exception for females, but if it ever get serious she'll know about me, and then run away haha. The only thing that is kept under lock and keep for me is the ero stuff...
(ID #276435) Posted on 2008/08/24 15:12
Otaku/Student of University of Western Ontario
I don't try to hide my otaku nature, though I am getting sick of several of my friends making fun of me (ironically they don't appreciate my negative attitude towards their "jokes"). However, I don't have much of a social life, my school doesn't have an anime club so not all that many people knows that I'm an otaku (though if anyone checks out my facebook page they'd know right away). I dress normally, although people do think me as weird as I like to wear long sleeves all year round (even in the summer). During my university orientation day I met a girl who seemed to be interested in my hobby as I decided to talk to her, hopefully she's not taken...
(ID #276444) Posted on 2008/08/24 15:24
I'm a member of both a plastic modelling club and a mecha modelling club. I have many friends who share my interests (scale models, anime, military stuff, movies, etc.) and I can proudly say that I am NOT ASHAMED AT ALL of my hobbies. In fact my hobbies and interests are the first things I want to show to people. If they don't like my interests then they either just have to live with it or they are not true friends.
(ID #276446) Posted on 2008/08/24 15:28
suneo (Registered on 2007/12/17 20:30)
I'd say on an otaku scale of 1-10, 10 being the highest, I'm probably outwardly a 4 or so, but inwardly maybe a 6 or 7?. I don't cosplay, I don't have a huge collection, I don't really gush about anime to my friends, though many of them know I watch anime. I have a handful of figures scattered around my room, a small single shelf of manga, and about double that in anime dvds. My family's kind of like "hm...ok" about the anime figures I keep in my room, which I just started collecting at the start of the year. None of my other friends know about the figures, and frankly I would be kind of embarassed to tell them about it, mostly due to ....the nature of the figures lol. A friend of mine is always speaking somewhat negatively towards otaku, NEET, or hikikomori to me, which irritates me sometimes since I'm mildly to moderately all of those lol. What I think he doesn't realize is that though he is a hardworking person (two jobs supporting a one year old child, with a second on the way, which disqualifies him automatically as NEET or hikikomori lol), I think he is somewhat an anime otaku as well. It just seems he's outwardly in denial more than I am. Sometimes I even think he is probably more otaku than me when I hear him talking about some things lol.
(ID #276448) Posted on 2008/08/24 15:30
Computer Science Student
Well, since I don't have access(AKA money) to get everything I want, my room is really plain, it only has a couple of Darumas close to my bed. But at the computer room I keep all my manga, anime DVDs, papercrafts, and gaming magazines ^^ And yes, I think everyone that I know realises that I love anime and anything related to Japan :3
(ID #276451) Posted on 2008/08/24 15:33
well, my friends sorta know about my otaku-ness, but they dont truly know how far deep im into it, like, they know i like this kinda stuff, but they dont know im obsessed with it. My family doesnt really know that im really into it, but they have seen some of my drawings, but they didnt look like they looked into it that much. I think it would be more apparent if i had some money to spare, but unfortunately...
(ID #276496) Posted on 2008/08/24 16:27
I'm pretty open with my otaku related hobbies, which here in the US. are very much shunned. It used to be a problem for me in middle, and some of high school, but I think that it was more about my attitude, and lettinng myself be cast out. I believe the same goes for most types of outcast. Dont let yourself have an attitude of being an outcast, else you will be. I think groups of people are always looking for reasons to alienate others. I learned to avoid alienation by having a positive attitude about my hobbies when talking about them to those who dont care for otaku types. Ya that girl is pretty cute, though it looks like she probably uses that eye glue to make hey eyes look bigger, not neccesarily a bad thing if she does though.
(ID #276514) Posted on 2008/08/24 16:47
dunno why i dun want to get 'otakut' sticked on my name... since i dont think my otaku-ism not hardcore enuf to get marked as otaku, i dun mind if someone mark me as tech.otaku though... as for clothes i like fashion, so there some accesories that i am using when going out... its more to personal fashion, since i just think what i should wear instead following the trend... and cosplaying... i never cosplaying... except making a pants that cloud ff7ac look alike...
(ID #276543) Posted on 2008/08/24 17:17
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
me and husband enjoy watching anime and japan culture ^^ We did feel a bit embarressed when he brought up gundam figures and his japanese friends were like Ooooooh (With a knowing look) lol! I cosplayed a couple times at Singapore's mini conventions before but that's about it ^^;
(ID #276554) Posted on 2008/08/24 17:28
Ahh, that's pretty cool. It's great when you have a life partner that shares your interests too.
(ID #276922) Posted on 2008/08/25 01:31
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
I think to a certain extent we're not 100% flaunting our otaku status lol I recall someone using the term, ninjaotaku? (or something like that) :P
(ID #277112) Posted on 2008/08/25 04:57
trying to stay relevant
I've been into weird stuff since I was about 14, which is around 300 years ago, so figures etc are just part of the decor.
(ID #276556) Posted on 2008/08/24 17:29
Around my other otaku friends, there's obviously no need to hide anything. But around other friends that I have, I realize that some of the stuff I'm into is probably considered inappropriate or uninteresting, so there's no point in me acting like an otaku around them. Everyone knows I'm very into the anime/manga/gaming culture though. Whereas I don't feel like I'm forced to hide anything from any of my friends, I do choose to restrain my otaku personality.
(ID #276580) Posted on 2008/08/24 17:54
PhysicsMajor/Someting/Photo/Pharm Tech
I have like two anime themed shirts. Made a custom calculator cover featuring Yowane Haku and wear it to work everyday and goes with my Hatsune Miku shirt(HP 50g Calc.). My coworkers know about what I know, and a few friends know too. One thinks I should go back playing Wow, but I love Japan more than that. A nice starting collection of anime, like three shelves of manga of at least a dozen titles featuring some long ones. Yeah, I know some Japanese as well, that started it.
(ID #276585) Posted on 2008/08/24 17:56
not hiding, but not really talk about it all the time. kind pointless to speak otaku if the other won't catch it and u'd have to explain. Wont lie about it when asked tho. now that i think about it, i'm pretty much bottom of the pits in terms of hobbies.... i don't bother trying to fit in, thus i 90% of the times don't, i spend too much time on anime, i study entomology, ....its 3 strikes in life already and i'm only in my 20's..... ...Game of Life = loss, but happy to be a hermit...
(ID #276611) Posted on 2008/08/24 18:33
Admin in the egg
Embarrassed and hide this hobby, no really haven't. Pride, no either, I don't see why I have to have pride in my hobbies? My room is simple, clean, tidy (IMHO lol) and doesn't have a trace of otaku stuffs though. I consider it's just another of my hobbies. No one has ever had real problem with this hobby of mine either. The most I have ever heard is: "You're watching "cartoon" at your age?" and I just smiled back. My passion for it is high though, I do have a few weird abilities like: know the name of the seiyuu from hearing their voices, know otaku terms, ... All my close friends (although only a handful, I do have a lot of associations but I only play around with a few) know that I'm into this stuff. Most of my coworkers know, too, as I bring anime into my work desk or read manga or light novels online during breaks. If I ever met one who go and shun or tease me because of this hobby I might try to convince him/her first. If I can't and that one went overboard then I might just ignore him/her completely. No need to associate with whoever that has problem with my interest IMO.
(ID #276651) Posted on 2008/08/24 19:30
Student and full-time otaku
Guess I'm an out-of-closet-otaku, but in an empty room, so to speak. My parents and bro know about it, and I don't really mind sharing it with my friends. But sadly, anime and otaku culture is so 100,000% unknown here, that nobody besides my brother really cares about it or knows what it even is, much less be into it. Actually, I wouldn't even know how to act if I ever met someone 'in the flesh' who's into otaku stuff.... And yeah I share BandAids hope for marriage: finding a girl who's at least a bit into it
(ID #276751) Posted on 2008/08/24 22:27
PhysicsMajor/Someting/Photo/Pharm Tech
I met a girl like that at work a short time ago. I was ringing her up and her shirt said "幸せの子," I said she's a happy girl after reading her shirt, then told me she was part Japanese and started to talk about anime. The same ones I am interested in. Don't know her name, and have not seen her since. ORZ!!!
(ID #277123) Posted on 2008/08/25 05:12
Receptionist/ Accountant/ Junior Designer/ Illustrator
Fighto!
(ID #278267) Posted on 2008/08/25 23:49
In public I tend to suppress my power level, beyond some obvious activity such as browsing manga at the bookstore. My good friends and family are all aware of my hobbies (my room has a fair amount of related material in it, after all), but I don't make it a point to display my fandom to anyone else unless they ask. If I had to choose a reason, I suppose it's not that I'm ashamed or embarrassed about what I like, but rather there are a number of other fans that I just don't feel like associating myself with. Plus, being extremely vocal about your tastes (no matter what they are) is just kind of tacky anyway.
(ID #276754) Posted on 2008/08/24 22:29
TK-8316 / 宅男 Otaku / 工程师 Engineer
if u are not proud of what u do, who u are then how are u going to get enjoyment and fulfillment out of it? ^^;
(ID #276767) Posted on 2008/08/24 22:41
anime/cosplay events organizer
I'm a proud otaku and I'm not afraid to tell the world that I am one. My family knows that I'm an otaku and I've got friends and a group that's is composed of otakus who organizes anime and cosplay events ^^. I sometimes where anime-related apparel and I'm not ashamed if wearing it in public =3
(ID #276770) Posted on 2008/08/24 22:43
Im a proud otaku, and considering that otaku is basically meaning a hobby interest or something along that line, I always show off my otaku-ness :) Be it from tinkering with gadgets and computers, to anime and manga.
(ID #276792) Posted on 2008/08/24 23:17
Hey, I need tell you guys I luv ur way of being Otakus, I'm trying my best to follow ppl in tech/anime/figures, but I lack will power >_<, I'm too much addicted to online games, it's like 70% time work, 20% games, 5% anime/tech/figures, 5% digging dannychoo site.
(ID #276794) Posted on 2008/08/24 23:17
I tend to hide my otakuness from the general public. When I visit Japan, I never wear anime shirts, or sport otaku fan fare while in Akiba. When shopping in Akiba or nakano broadway, I always keep a backpack and hide everything inside so I blend in with all the other turists. I'm not sure it has to do with being ashamed to be an otaku, I think I just like to stay away from that fat/nerdy/dork sterotype, because I don't look nerdy or dorky whatsoever. I find it more benefiting to play it cool, and make friends, then drop the otaku bomb later. Mostly I ned up with "omg you so don't look like the anime geek type" kinda thing. I want to help people's image of otaku by letting them know that not all otaku or trekkies, are overweight ugly social outcasts. That's my spin on it anyway lol.
(ID #276822) Posted on 2008/08/24 23:45
marvin (Registered on 2006/12/25 00:30)
I can't hide the fact that I like gundams since I have a room full of it. two rooms actually. ^^; but it's nice to let everyone know about my gundam otakuness since in the end they know what to give me on my birthday or Christmas. ^^ about cosplaying, I never done that before, but wouldn't mind cosplaying as a gundam if I could build a costume. unfortunately with my skills I'd probably be better off wearing a box with the word gundam on it. ^^
(ID #276824) Posted on 2008/08/24 23:45
proud I am to be an otaku ^^ will I tell others? I won't literally say "I'm a damn otaku", I'd just say I love to watch japanese animation and japan related stuffs. reason? no matter how I explain/say anime/otaku/manga/plamo/figure they won't really understand what it is so using the "common" words helps a lot in having a conversation with commoner LOL
(ID #276826) Posted on 2008/08/24 23:50
Never tried to hide the fact that I'm an otaku. 90% of my friends are otaku too (more or less). My family never peaks into my business, never ask me about my hobbies and such. Although i feel like they will never understand me. Dunno if i'am proud though... I'm enjoing this, but i don't think it's the best hobby to choose XD It's very addictive XD
(ID #276833) Posted on 2008/08/24 23:54
IT engineer
my friends know Im into anime, figurines, gundam, manga, etc. my friends collect them too. but ever since I came to Japan. I don't really talk about it to my colleague. My manager knew I came here partly because of my interest. Other colleagues always like to make fun of Otaku. When they know i visit Akiba pretty often, they start calling me A-boy or giving weird looks -_-;
(ID #276834) Posted on 2008/08/24 23:54
i am proud otaku, and if possible i show it wearing some anime stuff (t-shirts, straps, etc) never cosplayed yet, but i really wanted to do sometime! besides i have drawing manga a lot, since the 7 years. i hope some day study manga or drawing some game deign in japan. ah, and i collect a lot of figures, of course!
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