I found this a somewhat interesting read – over five hundred individuals in Japan were polled by the Mobile Marketing Data Labo, providing these insights into how folks can spot otaku.
- They are using otaku slang, net jargon or 2ch cant
- They just happen to have anime/manga/game goods about them
- They respond to otaku type keywords and issues
- They become very intense when the conversation turns to anime/manga/games, and only then
- The tunes they hum are all anime related
- They know excessive amounts about a given anime/manga/game
- You can somehow just tell intuitively that they are an otaku
- They talk unconcernedly about anime, manga and games all the time as if it were normal
- They start talking about a seiyuu
- They are carrying a bag from an otaku shop like Animate or Tora no Ana
Out of the 10 points above, do you commit any of them?
It’s somewhat interesting that these are the ways that you spot an otaku. To me indulging in the anime world is like a hobby for me, something I enjoy. Just like how a normal guy would enjoy watching soccer, we call them a soccer freak. But for people like us who enjoy watching anime, we’re called an otaku the moment they hear the word “anime”. I don’t see how talking about a seiyuu makes me an otaku, it simply means that I love the VA a lot to want to talk about her :D.
Well looking at the 10 points above, I only remember doing #2, #5(sometimes), #6, #8, #9
#8 is a little exaggerated though.
Source: MMD研究所 via Sankaku Complex NSFW via Kotaku
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lawl… i can sometimes see #7 in people.
I can say this list can apply to anyone…
Number 10 is a bit weird as even a normal person who reads manga would walk out of a store with a bag. It’s like saying someone goes to a game store and walks out with a game store bag and that makes them a gamer. Makes no sense…
If I would pick one…hmmm…5…
I like humming to my fav anime tunes anywhere I go…
This poll is in Japan, where most Otakus do walk around with an anime bag or backpack.
Otakus outside of Japan are soooo much diff. than the typical Japanese ones.
boss does #9 a lot. :D
I fall in with numbers 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9