Otaku: Compliment or Insult?

[Yasu]

Compliment of course <3

[problematica]

Insult

 

Basically everyone I know in real life who refers to themselves as an otaku are the most annoying' date=' ignorant SOBs ever. I also find that many people I find online who consider themselves otaku are some of the most annoying, ignorant SOBs ever.

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I find that kind of funny since one of your banners advertises the Otaku club. XD

 

I don't really call myself an Otaku, but it's the only general anime club that I could find that blocks those that only love annoyingly bad shows like Naruto and Bleach

[Azmodius]

All the Otaku's I know IRL are retarded as hell.

 

I use it as an insult =/

 

Pretty much.

 

i focking hate people who are obsesed with this jap sh't. And it's not they obesesiveness either' date=' they just focking piss me of. and all you otaku's can kiss my ass althought youd probly like it

 

Nah, really. They just annoy me and come of as losers with no apparent social life.

 

So what prob said ;D.[hr']

I would consider it an insult.

 

I don't like anime/ manga that much at all - it's too childish.

 

Childish?

 

Your ignorance never ceases to amaze me.....

 

What you just said sounded so retarded. The both of you.

[OMGAKITTY]

All the Otaku's I know IRL are retarded as hell.

 

I use it as an insult =/

 

Pretty much.

 

i focking hate people who are obsesed with this jap sh't. And it's not they obesesiveness either' date=' they just focking piss me of. and all you otaku's can kiss my ass althought youd probly like it

 

Nah, really. They just annoy me and come of as losers with no apparent social life.

 

So what prob said ;D.[/s']

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Fixed.

[Sunshine Jesse]

Weaboo=Insult

Otaku=Neutral.

 

Theres a difference.

[OMGAKITTY]

Weaboo=Insult

Otaku=Neutral.

 

Theres a difference.

 

Not really. Its like calling a pile of sheet "a pile of fecal discharge". At the end of the day, you still have a pile of sheet sitting on your doorstep.

[Lilrow]

In Japan, Otaku is an insult, no question. It comes from the word otaku, which is the honourific term for someone else's house, i.e. otaku's are losers who don't leave the house.

[Enrise]

In Japan' date=' [b']Otaku is an insult, no question. It comes from the word otaku[/b], which is the honourific term for someone else's house, i.e. otaku's are losers who don't leave the house.

 

Lol.

[Luna Diviner]

I am not that much of an anime fan compared to most, so I would consider it neutral. I have never been called an Otaku and probably never will.

[bury the year]

I would consider it an insult.

 

I don't like anime/ manga that much at all - it's too childish.

 

... You're on a site based around creating fake cards for a children's card game. You've skedaddled way past childish.

And if you want mature anime' date=' there is...

Gantz

Girl's Bravo

Elfen Lied

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and some other stuff I can't mention on this site.

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Gantz

 

Nobody at my school's a visible otaku (except me), so the term doesn't get thrown around a lot. Eh, I consider it a compliment.

[Lilrow]

In Japan' date=' [b']Otaku is an insult, no question. It comes from the word otaku[/b], which is the honourific term for someone else's house, i.e. otaku's are losers who don't leave the house.

 

Lol.

As in, it comes from the word taku with the honourific o added because you're honouring the other person's house etc. In Japanese, they are kind of seperate words because the nerd kind is written in katakana (used for foreign words and sound effects and such) and the "proper" word is a kanji (chinese borrowing (although the o is in hiragana))

[Enrise]

In Japan' date=' [b']Otaku is an insult, no question. It comes from the word otaku[/b], which is the honourific term for someone else's house, i.e. otaku's are losers who don't leave the house.

 

Lol.

As in, it comes from the word taku with the honourific o added because you're honouring the other person's house etc. In Japanese, they are kind of seperate words because the nerd kind is written in katakana (used for foreign words and sound effects and such) and the "proper" word is a kanji (chinese borrowing (although the o is in hiragana))

 

Uh, the Lol was referring to the bolded. Meaning, you just repeated the word twice, saying Otaku comes from itself <.<

[bury the year]

In Japan' date=' [b']Otaku is an insult, no question. It comes from the word otaku[/b], which is the honourific term for someone else's house, i.e. otaku's are losers who don't leave the house.

 

Lol.

As in, it comes from the word taku with the honourific o added because you're honouring the other person's house etc. In Japanese, they are kind of seperate words because the nerd kind is written in katakana (used for foreign words and sound effects and such) and the "proper" word is a kanji (chinese borrowing (although the o is in hiragana))

 

Uh, the Lol was referring to the bolded. Meaning, you just repeated the word twice, saying Otaku comes from itself <.>

 

お宅

Gyrus is referring to that. "お" = hiragana, "宅" = kanji.

[Lilrow]

In Japan' date=' [b']Otaku is an insult, no question. It comes from the word otaku[/b], which is the honourific term for someone else's house, i.e. otaku's are losers who don't leave the house.

 

Lol.

As in, it comes from the word taku with the honourific o added because you're honouring the other person's house etc. In Japanese, they are kind of seperate words because the nerd kind is written in katakana (used for foreign words and sound effects and such) and the "proper" word is a kanji (chinese borrowing (although the o is in hiragana))

 

Uh, the Lol was referring to the bolded. Meaning, you just repeated the word twice, saying Otaku comes from itself <.<

 

I know, I was just being tired and retarded XD

[Skuldur]

I would consider it an insult.

 

I don't like anime/ manga that much at all - it's too childish.

 

Childish?

 

Your ignorance never ceases to amaze me.....

 

What you just said sounded so retarded. The both of you.

 

Marvel, yes.

 

But what Amethyst said was in no way retarded.

[PaperThinCartoonGlove]

I AM overly obsessive and f***ing proud of it.

 

Same with me! XD

[Static]

Insult.

 

Obsession isn't a healthy character trait.

[Slash]

Compliment.

Obsessions make me proud =3

[Shradow]

For me' date=' a compliment. =3

 

I AM overly obsessive and f***ing proud of it.

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This

[Красивая Ведьма]

It’s a HUGE insult. It has very negative connotations in Japan. It is basically a hyper obsessed fan with no life outside of the anime.

[Otaku-sama]

Otaku (literally, the Japanese real use) = someone who never leaves the house due to an obsessive hobby ex. mangas

 

Otaku (North American/European use) = someone who loves anime/manga more than the average person.

 

Therefore, it is supposed to be an insult, but it changed to a name for a person. I prefer the NA usage, as my name is Otaku-sama and I am not an obessive anime fan.