The Otaku Myth


As you can see from the following photos, otaku get to wine n dine with a gorgeous girl - and with a different girl every night.
Below: two chicken drumsticks - one for him and one for Nanoha.




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Student
http://www.lsioblog.com
very sad and lonely... I feel.
http://twitter.com/phossil
http://www.animoe.net
Oh no!!!! The otaku myth is getting me too!!!
haha i have not been tainted yet....
*looks around* ahhhhh!!! i'm being drawn to it... i can't stop it!!
website/graphic designer and karaoke amateur~
http://www.furudango.com
Hey Danny, are one of these photos yours? xD;
pwn3d by two big and a whole bunch of itty bitty dolls.
http://msgeek.insanejournal.com/
He has a real woman. Yes, some geeks have spouses.
Aero-mechanical engineering student
a bit weird, but hey each to his own.
Interactive Arts & Technology Major
http://kaionlriu.wordpress.com/
or her (?)
.. I want to eat Ramen now
Student
http://gkhaven.blogspot.com
Man that is pretty terrible.
And this is coming from a garage kit/manga otaku.
Student
http://animestuff.wordpress.com/
This is not possible, these guys should go to a psyc XD.
Hum the question is a hard one. Otaku is a term used to refer to people with obsessive interests especially on anime and manga. Since I'm not obsessed with anime and manga, I only care most part for the art itself and a good story in animes so I don't consider myself an Otaku.
http://twitter.com/phossil
http://www.animoe.net
I think all the photos are from the same guy..Lol.. *just kidding*..
aspiring to become a doujin and graphics artist cum lawyer
http://aki7.bottled-wish.info
i was thinking near that cause the theme of the pictures are obbviously the same but the elements are amusingly the same:
1. chicken leg cooked in 2 variations
2. wine
3. lots of cake
4. and the occasional pasta
Student
http://gkhaven.blogspot.com
And the funny thing is, this doesn't seem all that rare anymore. I remember Danny posting about this maybe a year ago, and at the time there were only like 3 pictures (Though it could've been that he just didn't bother posting that many at the time).
With this many pictures, it's starting to look like a new trend in Japan.
student
http://animesugoi.animeblogger.net/
Lol....good for them. I guess I "technically" do this. I like to watch anime when I eat lunch lol, but nothing as extreme as to eat "with" what I see on a screen.
Super Mursing Student
I'm pretty sure (not really, actually) the guy doesn't do this.
In any case, if I was having a dinner with wine with Louise, I'd watch out... It would probably make her more tsun tsun
Student
http://johndiew0107.wordpress.com/
oh my gosh??? Salute..
Art/Media
http://sgallen.wordpress.com/
I'd prefer to dine with somebody who I can talk to and listen from. Exchange smiles and words and actually see them eat my cooking or I eat their cooking :D
But hey, some actually looks aright in the photo 'cept the chicken drumsticks... o.O
How many here do that?
Dirty Gentleman
http://cantstanzya.wordpress.com/
*ROFL* Ah Danny, sometimes your humor just kills me. I laugh so hard my nuts hurt... oh wait, that's from something else. Anyhow, the gf came over to see was so funny, and didn't quite see the humor in it when I jokingly said "maybe I should get one of those". Evident by the smack upside my head. It's love.
Policy & Research Officer
http://www.alafista.com/
LOL that is just wrong. Its more fun to eat with a bunch of people than facing the PC
http://twitter.com/phossil
http://www.animoe.net
But these guys have their merit, dont you think??
What's up with that hunk of meat that has a handle on it? I see two pictures containing them, one of which even has a piece of plastic attached? Is this something Japanese butchers do?
Student
http://arudesu.animeblogger.net
Sometimes I feel sorry for these Otaku's.
Service desk support
http://lookingglass.kokidokom.net
wow, that's an impressively scary number of those types of photos. Never knew it was that widespread.
BTW, at least one of the above pics is actually a guy! I'll leave the others to sweat it over which one (or more) it may be.
Law student
http://www.locksleynet.com
HAHA! That is some collection of pictures you've got there! So funny!
Yea, I haven't seen the meat with the plastic thing on it before.. hmm..
Gunpla Enthusiast
wow, i feel truly sad for these people. btw, whats with that one picture where the food is sitting on top of a wacom? i would never do that to my wacom under any circumstances.
Software Pirate
the obvious next step is to combine this practice with some kind of motion sensor and a follow-me flash movie, such as the haruhi/mikuru/yuki ones on the website for the haruhi psp game, so you can dine with someone who follows your movements.
銀河帝国五〇一軍团 TK/TD 8316 M.E.P.D. Police Sergeant
http://gordonator.com/
it's kinda disturbing actually. kinda... ('~')
Student
http://ordinarybot.wordpress.com/
This is making me second guess my life style.. is this the next level otaku or pretty common? ^^;
I'd rather have one Candy Girl than dinner with 4 pillows :D
IT-Architect, SysAdmin, WebDesign and Coding, Virtualization (VMware + NetApp)
http://www.milkdrop.de/
Awesome, i did laugh a tear. ^o^
(in a positive way)
All those pictures with cake... and exspecialy with strawberrys... now i want one too.
Thanks for those pics Danny, just registered to say thanks lol... been stalking the site for a while longer already.
I don't know...whats more disturbing, the chocolate curry or this.
Gunpla Enthusiast
@EpicSky
you've obviously never tried chocolate curry before, it's actually very good, try it sometime
Hikikomori in the making
http://supermariabros.deviantart.com/
LOL, this just justifies the fact that otaku not being able to get girls is completely correct...
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
lol, I'm sure whoever did this must mean it as a joke.
http://twitter.com/phossil
http://www.animoe.net
Well, they really tried, but I think its the awful truth..
Student, ACG Fans
http://modvisc.blogspot.com
wow, pros. Now i only know can have this way, GOOD JOB !
BTW, after see all the food in the picture, now feel extremely hungry ...
銀河帝国五〇一軍团 TK/TD 8316 M.E.P.D. Police Sergeant
http://gordonator.com/
there should be more otaku girls so that we otaku guys can get girlfriends. ('~')
Student
http://myanimelist.net/profile/way_to_obsessed
There are tons of otaku girls, otaku guys just don't talk to them for some reason. >:
3d/2d animator illustrator
http://eqchronicles.com
is this phenomena real or just for show? If it is real the people who do this will probably find the guy running down the street with panties on his head quite normal. see Dannychoo-"Naked in Akihabara" the disturbing part is I've seen many other picture like this.
writing mini thesises
http://kazenomise.net/
so the myth is true?
IT Student
Damn. My photos have been found.
Student
http://www.xfire.com/profile/power1x1/
mmmMmmM chocolate soup lol
Student
http://saikyou.wordpress.com
I got the feeling like as though they are offering food to the dead i.e Hungry Ghost Festival.
Student
http://iish.wordpress.com/
I feel damn sad for those guys. Wow, I can comment by itouch! Cool
Full-Time Otaku
Words cannot express how sad this is... DX
Implementation Analyist
I don't know whether to laugh or to cry at the sadness of it.
Overman
http://myplasticmoustache.blogspot.com/
Well, it makes for less competition for all the eligible girls out there.
Take it for the team boys! Even if it's unintentional.
Medical School Student
alright, danny, you just made me in despair coz i still got no girlfriend till now...
...and yes, i'm an otaku...
Student
http://space-action-hero.blogspot.com
That's kinda sad really.
中学生
http://thezhukeeper.blogspot.com
so who clears the second share at the end? o.O
Student/Waiter
http://maho-ayano.deviantart.com/
This is kind of a big LOL, tickled my funny bone. Interesting idea =x
Mandalorian in training + Otaku...
Times like this I am reminded why I am still an girlfriend-less otaku (^_^')
Student Engineer
http://www.tgwnetohh.blogspot.com/
Ehhh this is a hard one to answer for the poll- at best "Otakuish" tendencies. I really enjoy anime and collecting stuff such as figures and model kits from Japan, however going as deep as eroge, those pillow things (I should know what they are called! I am studying Japanese) or staying in my room all the time is just not me. I venture out of the room and socialize with people but not to a great effect- According to the Myers-Briggs test I am a 19/20 introvert with some extravert tendencies (6/20)- so I do like to talk with people and socialize when they arn't being idiots.
Am also in the same category with many who have no boyfriend or girlfriend. I never played the dating game in high school and I won't start now in college; I am waiting for that right time and that right moment to meet that 1 woman out of 3,000,000.000 of 'em. As lonely as that is I push on and hold onto that value that my day is someday. Until then I push on with my studies.
I have sympathy yet share a curious interest with the Otaku mind. Anime is awesome and I think I will enjoy it for life: however Eroge and all this "deep" deep stuff is not really my game. I can understand the otaku mind, yet at the same time I can venture around and try to make the best of my current situation. Thats not to say otaku don't make the best of their situation- I make the best of my situation how I see fit. Power to otaku!
web head
ummm....
http://twitter.com/phossil
http://www.animoe.net
*speechless*
^_^
Lowlife
http://www.mistakesofyouth.com
Shame I can't bust out the dakimakura at my parents house. At least I can share a moment with Kaede on my PC come Christmas, though.
student
got no GF here too TOT, but i rather be alone than getting noisy GF
the guy who make this photo is either got to many heartbreak, already refuse the real life girl, or just having fun ^_^
HOLY CRAP... lol
You know... they should make eroge dakimakura, but for girls. Like with sexy guys on them instead. ;D
Student
a little bit disturbing,
but then again no one is perfect.
I still consider myself an
Otaku since I have GUNPLA,
my Japanese friend(who is female)
says its "KI-Moe" or bad,
but then again she calls
most people on campus otaku
since they don't dress like
people in harajuku or Ikeburo..
she says I am Shinjuku
cuz i wear my suit like
"sara-ri-man" .
http://powerupfight.blogspot.com
I consider myself an otaku but I think I would stop being one if it gets to this level.
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
That's sad to see. Well, if they are glad worshipping their 2D idols, why not? Maybe have they all tried to be in in a relationship and never found happiness.
If you consider this to be part of otaku-ism, please count me out.
I am quite okay with my life for now and I don't think I'd do something that extreme ever in my life.
By the way syrix, my friend, what you do (which I do too) is multi-tasking and nothing else. ^^
Web developer
Here I'm just hoping they do it just for the gag.
Studnet
im an otaku but if i ever get to this stage i hope theres someone who'll slap me back into reality period!
Aeronautical Engineer
http://www.deranged-minds.com/blog/
See? The myth is totally untrue...
Student
http://avermillion.blogspot.com
You better not get my hopes up Danny. You better not. sniff-sniff ..LOL
College Student
Man...those things are kinda freaky. (0_o)
Well, I guess somewhere out there, maybe there are some extremely hardcore otakus who just dont have the necessary physical and more importantly, social skills to hook up with a girl, and that can really be sad.
Too much of something is really bad. and moderation and balance is key to a healthy life.
会社員・怪社員
http://www.est.hi-ho.ne.jp/hr-3
May I die?
死んでも良いですか?
PhysicsMajor/Someting/Photo/Pharm Tech
http://www.cadha13.com/blog
I first started to learn Japanese (Japanese for Dummies!) and ended up watching anime, learning to read bunko and reading manga. Now I have three English to Japanese dictionaries, Three kanji references, two how to write kanji, two Japanese slang books and one Japanese grammar book(most looked over). I becoming an Otaku through learning Japanese. I think it is not bad but I am a bit obsessed on trying to understand this language and by doing this stuff. I think from looking from Genshiken, there are various things that a person can be called an Otaku, sports, video games, anime, etc.. Therefore it is just another word for Elvis fans ;-) I think the emphasis is on the view towards the Japanese culture obsession, but a fanboy/girl is a fanboy/girl.
Supervisor
Otaku and proud of it =)
Now... what's this about chocolate curry? More info, recepies and... I don't know, information!
It's like the best of two worlds =D
Oh god.... how has the world come to this!
VF-25 Pilot. Universariate Scholar.
I have no girlfriend currently, never had one and most likely never will have one. I might just become desperate enough to do something like that.
Eternal Dreamer
Well. That makes me feel very sad inside. Lucky for me I have my Haruhi-dakimakura to comfort me tonight :)
Son Iam disappoint
Dear God, Chrismas Cake. I coudn't quite belive about such quirky culture melange when I first have heard about it durring my class. To have a strawberry cream cake on chrismas. They even blow candles to celebrate SANTA birthday.
Polytechnic Junior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer In-training.
http://thehangerbay.wordpress.com/
Well, this is certainly overkill. Even ole' radical me doesn't go to such extreme means.
anime/cosplay events organizer
http://www.cosplay.ph
I'M AN OTAKU AND I AM DAMN PROUD OF IT!!! ^____^
*prepares desktop and laptop and grabs chocolate cake*
^_______^
Anime Store Owner, artist, Web master
http://www.chucksanimeshrine.com
I own an anime store, anime fan site, going to marry a cute Euro-Asian girl, vigorously played a number of sports from hockey, football and baseball, and have modeled over here in New York. There are a number of people like me that are otaku and are NOT the stereotype. Granted, yes there are some weird people into anime that fit the stereotype of awkward, nerdy, and have bad luck with the ladies (and men) but I doubt that goes for the people here at this site ^_^. Also, extreme nerdyness in some cases is a mild form of autism so they can't help it.
I am an otaku and proud of it! Don't hide it guys; my girl found me because I was into anime so anyone who has problems with the ladies, just be yourself and have confidence and you'll be fine.
IT, Programmer, Otaku, ...
http://blog.jpopdb.org/
I think some of those pictures are just set up for the picture. Although there may be some real ones between them ;p
And yes, I consider myself otaku and I'm proud of it. And I'm trying to visit the holy ground Akihabara every year ;p
Ork Warlord
Of course I`m a otaku!! A freaking badass otaku, I must say!! Gihahaha
Anyway, the photos are... something curious(?), but real persons also are interesting, and respond you when answer... :[
student
this might off-topic
but how do i use puchi blurbs? i don't see any submit/post topic/thread
http://twitter.com/phossil
http://www.animoe.net
Its ok.
Just type your comments in the textbox and submit your puchi blurbs.
free lance otaku, full time Protector of Peace.
they forgot someone or some others:
candy girls
student
dolls are scary and too expensive for hikkikomori.
http://www.marvinryan.com
Danny, your an Otaku, yet you're married to your lovely wife. I myself am an Otuaku too, and I scored myself a lovely wife as well.^^ but lol on the pictures
Games addicted
http://addictedtoludus.com/
My wife instead considerme an otaku, but i'm proud of it and she accepted this side of me quite well now ^^
http://lifeshou.blogspot.com
Disturbing. Who in their right mind puts food and/or beverages on top of their Wacom? Honestly that is the artist's bread and butter.
Pure madness.
On another note: I think there should be different levels of Otaku-ness.
Heh, I'm the kind of guy with no GF etc, never had one etc... But even i laugh at this. Hopefully i wont end up like that.
On another note: souseiseki looks cute in the last image...
Otaku
http://fuzakenna.com
XD that post is amazing. Hey did I see one guy with a daki of a certain trap named jun? kick ass XD
4th Year Business Economics Student
I LOLed at the first "three dakimakuras around a table" pic, it really looks like Tamaki wants that piece of pie. ^^
Afro-ed Student
http://Mizunaga.blogspot.com/
I don't get it- is this guy trying to show off his electronics? The girls? The merchandise? The food?! Either way, I'm jealous! (Though I do hope that won't become my life)
Combat Meido
http://www.meidocafe.jp
Lol, great. Now I know how I ll spend new years eve.
Is this even more sick?
http://www.meidocafe.jp/2007/12/16/figure-review-sos-dan-breakfast/#more-7312
Student
No offense to anybody here that may do that, but that's just sad.
I mean, sure it's okay to like anime characters, but this is blurring the line between reality and fake things.
C.E. Student
I would be nice to have all those electronics but not using them that way.
daydreaming
@melonpan....no that's not sick....reminds of my ol' star wars and anime collecting days...I took breakfast whilst displaying my new figures on the dinning table ...to the greatest annoyance of my (ex-)wife...but she was an otaku too ( cindy crawford-moe )^-^
working to pay for figures etc.
http://spacejunq.deviantart.com/
I like these "Lonely Meal" photos, they are expressive in a way. They are kind of offerings to the Moe goddesses...
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
@Melonpan: nah, that's a nice party starring the girls of the Haruhi series. ^^;
The point is that you don't eat in front of them... They rather pose in front of you when you're eating! Sugoi, ne?
Design Consultant
This IS kind of sad, but as long as the person doing it happy, that is all that matters. Im an otaku... but I dont think Im that bad.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43628186@N00/
Seems its 2d image over a real human-being preference again, I dont agree with its just plain unhealthy. But I dont hate the persons into this kind of thing, but you can choose how you want to live your life.
freelance
Hmmm to each his own. I would make my girlfriend cosplay in my fav character outfit. Still hmmm. I, Otaku
Student
http://myanimelist.net/profile/way_to_obsessed
Oh I like this idea 8D (of course this is the biased opinion of a hardcore cosplayer... XD )
Graphic Designer, Anime Game Show Producer/ Host
Although I think that's a leeetle extreme for my taste, I think it would be awesome if we can perfect virtual reality technology to make it a full surround experience (a la .hack). I think that's the next step. After all there is MMPORG.
Anime artist/figure appreciator
http://www.deibi-manabu.com/
Once again, the usual blurb - "I don't have a GF, never had one..." etc. I also have a Becky from Paniponi Dash dakimakura, a Louise cushion cover and some others coming (hopefully) today, but I don't do this.
Sure, I've hugged the dakimakura, but that's what it's made for! ^^
I eat in front of the PC, but that's only because it's easier. I eat dinner at the dining table with my parents (yeah, I'm not alone!), so I'm not a room-boy, but I do spend a lot of time inside the room! ^^
I do get out a lot, but the kind of girl I'd like to become a partner with just isn't lurking around the places I go to - and any who *do* like me are much too young for me! T_T
Student
http://www.freestylevoetbal.be
I've heard that after the 'Densha Otoko' drama appeared on tv in Japan, it was populair for a while to have an otaku as your boyfriend.
College Student
I'm not sure if I should laugh or cry.
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
http://xspblog.com
So ronery ;_;
Contraband Distrabution Specialist
What the hell is Chocolate curry?@!?!?!!?
Student
http://www.360style.net/
I just saw an image of Yagami Light in there that I am not glad I saw.
Failure
http://krimstar77.deviantart.com/
This made me rofl.
lol! This cheered me up for some reason. Also made me kinda hungry...
Critic of sorts
Oooooh, now I'm hungry...
http://porkchopbun.com/sh/
haha! love it! especially the plastic keyboard protection. . .although I'm afraid of how many times it actually came in handy.
Game Development
http://www.armandosart.com
This just made me sad, very sad.
Wibbling+Writing+Teaching
http://www.kakebuke.net
Tragicomical gems!
It certainly is a good excuse to eat twice your share. I might try it sometime. :D
University Student
OMG, I'm both jealous and saddened.
What I want to know is what you do when you get something like chocolate curry on you dakimakura^^;
Design Consultant
@Hobbes, you lick it off... oh, that didnt sound good.
Dirty Gentleman
http://cantstanzya.wordpress.com/
LOL! Damn dude, becareful. I think you might have accidently started a new fetish.
High School Graduate... Now what?
http://djet0.deviantart.com/
I lol'd. That is all.
Student
http://zeroblade.dasaku.net
I remember these. Man, I should do one of these too lol
Design Consultant
@FatBastard, lol, its probably not new. I bet the Japanese already have a name for it.
University Student
@Dragun, LOL that is definitely something to walk in on.
http://yuuwaku.wordpress.com
whoa whoa...chocolate curry? Is that a popular dish? I like regular curry but never heard of that lol
The pictures where the guy is feeding the computer screen before/after pics were hilarious
Research
Saber!!!!!
Student, Bioresearch Assistant, WAVE VP Communications
http://gndynames.wordpress.com
<3
Teaching and Research
This makes me feel so ronery :,(
Uni student
http://twitter.com/leesinyung
Ummmm.... yeah... I'm quite speechless at this xD
XBOX 360 Tech Support Agent
http://mikii-chan.deviantart.com
~ z-omg! i know that a part of me is in otaku-mode ... but not that hardcore.
gotta get a real girlfriend rather a virtual / 2D one (^_^)
School xD
don't know what to say to this xD
they should get a real gf. xD
Student
http://yellowguy89.blogspot.com/
this is outrageously ridiculous!! but...the idea is somewhat genious.
Imagine...15 years from now, you could go into a restaurant and there will be a real-life hologram of any girl, from any anime, waiting for you at your table, or something like that..
Physics Student
Is there such a person who would date with all those 2D girls in this world? He must be very hopeless with 3D girls...
Daytime - Financial Assistant / Nighttime - Golden Otaku + Hardcore Gamer
This post remind me some scary memories in www.youtube.com... in Jap, there is people even married a doll... =.="
It's just beyond our imagination...
Web Developer
http://wildquaker.blogspot.com
LMFAO. That's some lucky fellow there.
lecherous wretch
http://graeble.deviantart.com/
fun pics! i've never thought of feeding an anime character, thats great!
Mahasiswa yang terdampar di Singapura.
http://lolipedofin.wordpress.com/
You can hail from any country.... claim that you're the most hardcore otaku living on the planet... And you still amount to nothing compared to Japanese otaku... XD
Mad scientist
I don't think being an otaku on that level is a goal. It's more like something to avoid since it looks like it's a full time obsession. All full time obsessions will hurt you in the long run. I think it's good that people here still have time for jobs/studies, at least I hope that's the case :)
Student, Bioresearch Assistant, WAVE VP Communications
http://gndynames.wordpress.com
Saber <3
王オタク x 天才様
http://www.zakarius.com/
I see the female version of Uesugi Kenshin from Sengoku Rance XD
Programmer Trainee
http://jointsareokay.blogspot.com
haha that's such a stereotype.
As long as you're not a weirdo but still appreciate anime you can always get a girl.
Student of the Finnish language and soon to be programmer?
http://www.fin-style.be/blog
Whatever these guys are, healthy ain't one of it. :S There is a limit...
System Design Engineering (UWaterloo)
http://robostrike.wordpress.com
I would consider myself an otaku, but I would not ever do what those people do and put in 2d stuff to watch with...EVER! I told myself if I was to be an otaku, I'd at least get an otaku girlfriend! Which is what I'm doing now...searching. But I never give up and go to the 2d side of living.
Student
http://bk201.wordpress.com/
That's just scary!
houkouonchi
http://www.flickr.com/photos/red_mango/
An unexpected amusing post...
Electrical Engineering Fresh Graduate
well I do am an otaku, but not as hardcore as those people above at the pics. What a lonely life they had...and then I feel sorry for the girls, being compared with a 2d pictures -_-
occuwhat?
I believe a similar question was asked before and once again my answer is no. I do not consider myself an otaku. Although some of my interests lie in the same range as most otaku (anime, manga, games, etc) some are a long shot away from most otaku too (outdoor sports, 3d girls, etc).
Even then, the real reason i don't consider myself an otaku happens to be my consciousness that i am no expert in any of my 'otaku' interests, let alone the others.
Mahastudent
http://anitenshi.wordpress.com
Been there, done that...
...seriously.
http://twitter.com/phossil
http://www.animoe.net
and how do you feel about that?
Mahastudent
http://anitenshi.wordpress.com
Not much. Did that at my birthday since now I live separately from famz and my girlfriend. Yet, I'm not planning to make a party in Singapore, it's rather expensive. ^^;;
Then voila, I'm celebrating my b'day with McD set meal accompany by Nendo Shana and Nendo Nagato, not to mention the screen in my laptop is showing "Happy Birthday!" with Miku and her leeks.
So ronery....LuLz.
Office Administrator
http://aquilla429.co.uk
I think some people would probably call me an otaku, but I don't really consider myself one. Yes I like anime, figures and dolls, but I don't take it to the extreme. I also don't like many otaku things like doujins, hentai, eroge games, daikimura, fantasizing over 2d girls and such.
I think I'm maybe half otaku XD
Fresh Diploma Grad... enlisted.. Cpl soon I hope...
http://splifearts.com
Me want to change my vote!!
Me not an Otaku.. I have not earned the right to be one...
http://pantsukudasai.deviantart.com/
So, I got this one friend who never seems to get jokes, and I showed one of these pictures to him (One using a laptop, 6th from the bottom).
And his response was "So you got a new laptop?"
... yeah.
He didn't even get the "ARE YOU KEN?!" comic strip either, and he's a street fighter fan.
http://www.almost-otaku.blogspot.com
おもしろい
http://animaticfigmation.com/
I have a wife and son, does that disqualify me? I'm not ronery at all, and I wouldn't share my food with a computer screen.
Student & Game Designer
http://www.artificialzeromedia.com/
lol @ the pics suggesting that she ate it =DD
浦の引き篭り
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3219/haruhimemew.gif
I don't din w/ 2D girls, but I consider myself an otaku, an yes, I'm proud of it despite the bad meanings "Otaku" can have :3
Student
That's why UNICEF wants to get us. They're jealous. xD
Blogger
http://quicoto.com
trying to be better otaky every day lol
Nekophilia
LOL! Man.. Nobody posted on this before? I should've did it xD I have quite some number of these pics.... They're just so creative and funny at the same time.
And uh, thats how my Christmas will look like.
Web Developer, Designer, ALT
http://8bitplus.blogspot.com/
lol, chocolate curry.
Medical School Student
lol, i'm nursing my hopefully-going-to-be-my-girlfriend now as she has PMS while staying in my house
so, no roneryness for me :P
browsing the nets
http://otakuposts.blogspot.com/
am otaku and am keeping quite about it.
oops.....
ummm, forget what i said just now. flashes that brain thingie from mib.
you dont know who 6pack is, and you were just watching a post on dc.com
back on topic - i lol'd at the pics. hope i get a cutie gf asap.
Web Designer, Boxer, StreetFighter, Anime Collector and Gamer
http://kenjiharima.blogspot.com/
Iam an otaku too. But I don't do THAT. O_O
Man those cakes,pastry, chicken and other food makes me hungry.
Polytechnic Junior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer In-training.
http://thehangerbay.wordpress.com/
Well, if it works for them, we're not in a position to say anything. ^_^'
Lazyass human
http://nipah.wordpress.com
Konome's food is oolala. And the cake is a goddamn lie!
SMS隊所属
http://lightofthedawn.wordpress.com
choco curry hmm
High school student
http://www.animeraku.com
When it's just for fun then it's okay I think, but when someone gets into the stage that he feels that he really has a romantic snack or dinner with her beloved girl then it's really too much.
Student
Great finds, Danny! But the pictures make me want to laugh and be sad at the same time..
Student
lol, i guess nothing beats a girl of your liking. Having dinner with someone you like is just sweet~ But those picturea do send a sense of loneliness to us, single otakus. xD
Otaku / Student in Networking
http://hayasaki-kun.blogspot.com/
I will not eat in front of an anime pic, that's so terrible
Fulltime Otaku & Web Geek
http://www.otakuden.com
Man so many girlfriends so little time! LOL, that is by far the funniest post I have seen. No worries there is always a chance to nab a cosplay girlfriend at the WCS. ^.^
http://akari-nyan.deviantart.com/
Looks more like worship..>w<''
Programming Student
http://greendiscord.blogspot.com/
now that u mention it. it kinda looks like some character shrine worship
Hikikomori
http://toxxyn.blogspot.com/
Oh my...
...no comment.
Executive Seneschal of the Third Ward
http://phaeton99.deviantart.com/
That has to be the saddest string of self-refuting "evidence" I have seen. LOL
Underdog Artist, Outcast to the Society, Tetsuya Nomura art fan
If that myth is true, well looks like loneliness gets you crazy. ehehe
Student
http://andreijournal.blogspot.com
I just keep it to me about being a otaku. I'm sure no one will understand in our place, the hobby of ours. D:
フリーター。
http://www.seizya.com/
Oh, good golly!
To answer the question, uh, I am an anime/manga/game fan. I wouldn't call myself obsessive though.
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
http://xspblog.com
Ressurected post FTW!!! :P
I'm otaku, but don't have pride or shame for it.
I just am. :D
College Student
http://nategreene.wordpress.com/
Some how this makes me even more lonely. lol. Also, that is some very well prepared food. At least in presentation. If they can't get a real 3D girl they might be able to get a nice job as a chef. Assuming its not store bought.
Student
http://blackcomet.pcriot.com/
epic successes
Super Robot Pilot
I think I'm a "western" Power Nerd, I love 2D girls, but still prefer real ones. Well, better if Japanese ;) And I like western '80 RPG more than JRPG.
Web & Print Designer
>.> This so feels like a gallery of pictures of the imminent future of all otaku. LOL
I'm a proud Otaku but not such a 'power' otaku as our dear 2chart'ers lol!
Student of Computer Info. & Office Sys.
Whoa and I thought I was lonely XD;
Student / gamer
lol, that's a lotta photos
2d's great and all, but 3d takes the cake
College Freshmen
I don't like eating around my computer. I'm afraid I'll spill something there. Oh, and the girl is a lie.
Call centre supervisor
http://myanimelist.net/adatti
you finally think that you are becoming an otaku and then you find that, that bar has been raised once again
i feel very sorry for these guys
I FEEL ASLEEP
http://www.fakku.net/
It says a lot about that level of otaku that a lot of those girls are children.
大学生
http://okashi.cloudy-skies.net/
My female heart has just broken inside... ;_;
Web Design & Development
http://www.nerdculture.org
I don't think us Otakus will be 'so ronery' for much longer. Otakuism is massively increasing in popularity in North America and is getting quite a bit of public awareness lately--mostly the more mainstream stuff like Naruto and DBZ so far, but Tekkonkinkreet and Paprika also got quite a bit of attention up here in Canada.
Student
http://bloggerpipe.blogspot.com
xD Oh my God I love anime, but not be offering food to a monitor with a picture of my favorite xD is ridiculous, poor boys that reach that
former Emperor of Britannia
http://reflectiarx.wordpress.com/
oooh a collection of ronery images X_X
College Student
Ah, I remember this. Last year I wondered if I should laugh or cry after reading this. This year I have decided to laugh. A really bitter laugh.
Apprentice Baking & Pastry Chef
http://Ima-Monogatari.com/
HAHA!
College Bum, IT guy, Secret Agent,
I'm more of a hikamori :)
Radiographer
Hey I get to sleep with a very pretty girl (huggin pillow) every night . I also kiss a pretty girl (also known as my wallpaper) alot .
大学生
http://justaskeikaku.net23.net
I feel a bit sad coz I can actually tell what eroge about half of those screenshots are from orz
and I have them on my computer XD
student
I think i need huggin pillow >.>;
I guess your never lonely then! XD Are you pretending to feed her there? LOL
I also saw a Jiburiru pillow too.
Engineer by weekdays, Hikki by weekends
http://ejump.wordpress.com/
so ronery
and christmas/new yr is around the corner ;__;
Full time biotech student, part time otaku, possible bishounen candidate
CAn't say I am one, long past since I've been "cured" being one as one guy that I met from japan said his friend became and otaku for one year in uni and they had to go "save" him. As they say its probably a bad thing over there compared to here.
???Confused???
um okay...this is kinda...extreme...
anime, programmer, gfx designer, illustrator ^^
http://denkikoiji.com
wahh!!!! i want all those images high quality !!!!! ^^ cool images ^^ and some nice futons ^^ >.<
Motion Graphics Designer
i feel kinda sad for the guys that took these pictures >.<
not too sure what's the obsession level is all about with the 2d girls in japan. personally i like em, but not in this way, haha.
thank god i still have 3d girls in my life to wine, dine and uhm... yea... ^^;
Kawaii Pink Stuffs FanGirl, Cat Lover, Otaku, MP3 Hunter, Matcha & Afternoon Milk Tea Addict.
http://lethiachan.blogspot.com
chocolate curry?! o.O wow, I wonder how it will taste... ^^;
Seems that they love to eat in front of their pc ^^; i wonder if any of the food drops inside the keyboard? as for my case, I always eat while watching anime or japanese dorama too on TV XD
Student
http://heleth.wordpress.com
The way it's described seems interesting but in actual fact it really looks kind of depressing. Dinning with 2D girls when you're living alone.
Programming Student
http://greendiscord.blogspot.com/
so with u on that one. guess i'm just not too hardcore of an otaku after seeing this...
Amateur novelist
http://memories-of-eternity.com
Ronery post is ronery...
...
...I wanna eat with Miyako ;_;
Student, Bioresearch Assistant, WAVE VP Communications
http://gndynames.wordpress.com
I'd cook for Saber any day.
student
DON'T CARE
Student & Authorized Chicken Slapper
http://www.otakuinternational.com
I mean I am proud of being an otaku and all but this is just sad....My Otaku brothers have to get out and try harder, this is just not right, humanity will end like this.
Student
It's a little hard to dine with an anime girl(since she does not communicate with you), you will need lots of imagination to do that.
IT
http://nails.otaku.jp
I'm sorry, I could never do this, this crosses that line dividing mainstream otaku from basement dwelling pasty skin otaku.
Student
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dramacd/
I am an otaku, but I wouldn't advertise it in public. That would leave a bad taste in my mouth.
As for dining with my waifu, I would love to do it, but I don't want to serve her the junk food that I usually eat. She'll make me sleep on the floor.
Eroge blogger
http://omochikaeri.wordpress.com/
Staying true to the original connotations of otaku in the Japanese realm, I don't consider myself to be one. I just like anime, manga, eroge and 2D characters, but I won't go overboard like this. It just seems really really sad. I will make passing remarks about my favourite characters' birthdays, but that's the extent of it.
Eroge blogger
http://omochikaeri.wordpress.com/
Oh, and I hope that person knows that Jun is a trap.
US Navy Sailor
http://punynari.wordpress.com/
This is the funniest post I've ever read on your site. Tearing up right now. ^_^
I'm 100% Otaku and pretty much everyone knows it. I only own 4 dakimakuras, think you might have me beat.
I suppose that was amusing. Though i wonder is this just something a few people did and posted pics of online, thus creating the urge for others to repeat it. Or do people do stuff like this without taking the pictures and actually sit down and eat like that??? If it is the latter that is really quite strange.
And as long as these people are happy with what their doing i see no problem with it. Yet i have to wonder....
Marketer
i noticed that there are very few widescreens
Engineering research
http://kikenshisou.wordpress.com
That's sad, a tad unnerving too =O
Student Game Development.
Id prefer a real girl :P
because tey eat teh yummy cake up and who knows what happens next ;)
bum,hachi roku driver
yeah 2d is best.
For 8 weeks im a NEET
my thats veryyy sad to seee fellow otakus like that.
failing student
http://ukyuki.blogspot.com/
some of these pictures make me lol!!!!
Student~ NIght-surfer~ Sleeper~ otaku-to-be~
http://rezzaeffendi.blogspot.com
huh~ haha~ lonely~
Messaging specialist
http://saturdaymorningrobots.lithiumstate.nl/
i'm not that bothered by all the chara-madness going on .
What does disturb me alot tough is .. Chocolate curry.
erwww :S
Decepticon Boss/Pokemon Master
the ironic thing is that this is normal in Japan. I think....
Student
http://meganemarshmallow.wordpress.com/
Old post, but I actually did this once. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3607/3658722298_973c00c123.jpg and http://meganemarshmallow.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/100_3120.jpg
And, despite owning figures, a dakimakura, and other character goods, I don't consider myself to be an otaku.
Screenwriter Wannabe
you're doing it wrong.. lol.. if i ever did this i'd never advertise it to the world.. or my friends.. lol
I cracked up at the table with dakimakuras
Animator
http://pandaxtor.blogspot.com
Haha niceee! Beautiful and different women each night lol
I would like to dine with saber from fate stay night and Mio from K-ON please!
Student
This would be another one of my speechless moments....
Student
http://payuki.deviantart.com/
so much cake ^w^
Good thing I just eat so im not hungry
Programmer
Sad, very sad indeed...but hey the last ones where kinda funny (^_^)
Student (University)
I couldn't stop laughing at how pathetic some people are. Really? I mean, being an otaku is okay and all, if it fits your lifestyle, but having dinner with an inanimate object is kinda weird.
Sometimes I feel like trolling the place making fun of all the otaku here, but lol, they have some of hte same interests as me. Not all, but some.
As for me, dating a pillow cover is kinda... it's just weird.
Student
http://yuushakaiser.livejournal.com/
I started to lol, then I noticed how many pictures there are. I actually feel pretty bad for the Otaku guys like this. :C
Passing-Thru KamenRider
I tried this once. Imaginign a cute anime girl and having lunch with her. It lasted for all of 6.8 seconds. My brain just can't--CAN NOT delude myself into doing this.
To top it off, that was even when I was stone dead drunk.
Graphic Design student/Pest-ridden Jackal of the Earth
http://kriegtherion.deveiantart.com
mythbusters...otaku version!
Graphic Design student | Receptionist | Otaku
http://sukidesho.blogspot.com/
It's not harmful so, I don't see what's wrong...
Though, not something to advertise either. People can be cruel D:
webmaster
http://www.animerated.com
I really cant see why the typical otaku cannot have a social life. I guess it has something to do with the period when the "otaku character" was shaped. In my case, after 22, so I had time to grow up and when the anime bug caught me I knew this is not my whole life, that are other things in life besides it. But for a 12 or 15 yo, getting in this otaku business can be a little messy for his social life. I guess there is a predisposition for the young shy persons to become a sad otaku like those from pics. They should watch Densha Otoko, gather their interior strength and date a girl.
Froggy, I noticed too that most anime fans have 17 inch LCD monitors. Why is that a standard anyway? Very strange :D
Otaku Programmer/Gamer/Artist/Photographer
http://argylebolivar.wordpress.com
Angry Louise is Angry =3
Actor, Moviemaker and Blogger.
http://sitedofonseca.blogspot.com
Pretty much it.
浦の引き篭り
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3219/haruhimemew.gif
I really want a dakimakura, but not to end up like that...
Or who knows... at this rate... :S :O :/ :(
浦の引き篭り
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3219/haruhimemew.gif
OMG, this is hilarious x'D X-D
http://2chart.fc2web.com/2chart/tanokuri/0005.html
Nyoro-n...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yuki-to/
why do I see so many chicken legs and cakes ^^;
pixels & photography
http://www.studiosushi.com
oh, I'm hungry now XD
can you really eat something like a Bowl of chocholate curry ?
Seems to be a little bit strange... ?
Spec Ops Otaku
I got a good laugh from some of those. Nice pics, Danny.
bum,hachi roku driver
Awesome post.
tuner, freak student
My girlfriend got pissed with me when I compared her to an anime character.... Relationships and otaku bloodlines don't mix for the two of us.... T.T
Student
http://animarka.blogspot.com
I think they can offer the cakes to a real woman and have a good chance- if she's a cake-lover like I am ^^ God knows if someone gives me those white-cream cakes with strawberries, I will make him have a good time! XD