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Anime fans who hate Otakus

As far as im concerned; you shouldnt hate otakus just because they like the japanese culture; and were all anime fans here so lets not fight over somthing so stupid.

I like to think that there are different levels of "otakudom" just like there are different levels of "geekdom". There's the "Casual Otaku" who knows their way around anime, but have no intent of being anything more; the "Intelligent Otaku" who take it all in, are willing to share everything they know, but in no way obsess and show patience, these are the follks who tend to try getting into the industry and actually have a chance of succeeding at it; the "Obsessed Otaku" are the ones that tend to get the most attention, these are the people that have to have everything and anything right now, anime is all good and none of it's bad and even at it's worse it's always going to be better than anything else out there, these are also the people who keep Petition Online in business; Then you've got the "Violent Otaku" these are the idiots that make empty threats of violence towards other fans, especially if they disagree with what they absolutly know is fact, they're also the same morrons who suggest bombing corporate offices because something was edited out of a kids show, they deserve to be shot. Of course there are other types of otaku like the "Elitest Otaku" or the "Newbie Otaku", but these are the most common types I find.

I think this guy's website is missguided and maybe he's even a bit insecure about his own fandom. Rather than accepting that there are different people out there ("different strokes for different folks") he'd much rather alienate them and show his superiority. I'd call him an "Intelligent Otaku", however a missguided one, complaining about the obsessed and violent among us.

Emerje

As far as im concerned; you shouldnt hate otakus just because they like the japanese culture; and were all anime fans here so lets not fight over somthing so stupid.

That was the longest sentence I've ever seen.

Otaku is the honorific word of Taku (home).

Otaku is extremely negative in meaning as it is used to refer to someone who stays at home all the time and doesn't have a life (no social life, no love life, etc)

Usually an otaku person has nothing better to do with their life so they pass the time by watching anime, playing videogames, surfing the internet (otaku is also used to refer to a nerd/hacker/programmer).

In the Western culture, people confuse otaku to be something positive like "Guru". If you think about it, it's not really good to be called a guru if it means you are a total loser who can't socialize with other people except through the Internet.

Other Japanese words which have been confused by Westerners also include but not limited to: Anime, Manga, etc

Well, I personally don't like the idea of ranking anime fans. If you're a fan of some particular concept, whether it be anime or whatever, then so be it. However, being a fan should only matter to the person who says he/she is a fan. Putting yourself or someone else into a higher or lower status just because of their knowledge or preferance seems a little unfair.

Nothing satisfies my black heart more than looking at some person's kanji tattoo and noticing that they messed up the character, or (even better) that the characters are upside down. Those are the people I hate....