Shinozaki-san Ki wo Ota Shika ni!

lesbians watch gay porn.

I don't understand the point of this statement

Straight people watch hetero porn too, y'know.

El Salvador. Anime is pretty popular in LatinAmerica, but my country seems special in that I've never know of this "creepy otaku" thing until I landed on the internet. It was a big cultural shock.

No, you're right, 'creepy otaku' is more prevalent in Asian countries, but it differs depends on the culture. In Indonesia in the past, there're hardly any 'otaku' and manga is pretty much children material so you're seen as childish. I'm not sure about now but it's not as 'recognized'. In western countries 'otaku' is seen more as exotic. And it's comparable to western action figures like Superman or Power Rangers so it can be viewed as childish. That's not the case in Japan where 'otaku' is an actual culture and they have groups of people devoting their whole lives to it  - I guess. But I don't see it much differently than art collectors in the western world o_O

But 'creepy otaku' is something else due to media distortion.. And it's another discussion altogether..

The moment you use a PC is the moment you are enlightened in the path of otaku

lesbians watch gay porn.

Is this in America or other countries? America tends to be less particular about this because they're less exposed to extremes.

El Salvador. Anime is pretty popular in LatinAmerica, but my country seems special in that I've never know of this "creepy otaku" thing until I landed on the internet. It was a big cultural shock.

finally a shoujo ai tag appear hellyeah!

I hardly get this feeling of non-otaku and otaku division:

 

To begin with, it was my father that introduced it to me.

 

My family doesn't call it watching "cartoons", it's just watching too much TV if I'm getting a reprimand.

 

Everyone but one people in my whole family can enjoy it depending on their tastes (i.e. my mom doesn't like violence so shounens are a no go most of the time, but stuff like Heidi are totally alright)

 

No one on school dissed me for it.  University was different but understandable with so many jerks (wich I dissed for being pesky).

 

Finally, where I live is what we here call "a place forgotten by God" so being a obsses over something in particular is no reason to diss someone if they still work alright.

Is this in America or other countries? America tends to be less particular about this because they're less exposed to extremes.

Hold up a second!  I don't recall seeing a Yuri tag.  I demand satisfaction.

Akina's friends were nicer than I expected.

Just started reading and followed. "I can see the ending!" lol the references

In Japan it used to be really bad around the '90s. Today, you go to places like Akiba and at least in the younger generations you see that akibakei has gotten far more mainstream. In addition, there are parts of the subculture which have entered the hip spectrum of Japanese society - Vocaloid, for instance. I went to the Magical Mirai concert this year and discovered that what the Japanese consider the cool guys and gals (the hipster-artistic types) are quite numerous there. 

 

There is still a sore thumb sticking out, though, and that's the sexualization of anime. Those kids in the '90s are in their early-30s now, and like any 30-yr-olds everywhere inevitably sex comes into the picture. In Japan, sexuality is supposed to be something private that rarely makes it into mainstream discussion, so the APPARENT sexual tendencies of many otaku, as represented by the various fetish classifications in anime, drive the discussion now.

 

Mind you, the majority of otaku don't actually want to have tsundere magic-using-elf-maid slave-princesses who like bondage as their girlfriends, but this is the mainstream perspective of otaku culture, and sadly many otakus' public behavior reflect this. If you go out of Akiba station in the direction of Gamers, you'll be met by a giant billboard advertising a maid cafe on one end of the L-shaped street and an actual 6-floor sex shop with anime illustrations lining the walls on the other end. Can't really blame the public for their misconception of otaku culture if this is what the public gets to see all the time.

 

A more realistic depiction of real otaku can be found if you read Genshiken, although the recent Madaharem arc stretches suspension of disbelief a bit. The problem is that, to be completely honest, most Japanese otaku DO have slightly deviant sexual tendencies, just as depicted in Genshiken. To mainstream popular Japanese boys n gals, this does come off as a bit gross.

I hardly get this feeling of non-otaku and otaku division:

To begin with, it was my father that introduced it to me.

My family doesn't call it watching "cartoons", it's just watching too much TV if I'm getting a reprimand.

Everyone but one people in my whole family can enjoy it depending on their tastes (i.e. my mom doesn't like violence so shounens are a no go most of the time, but stuff like Heidi are totally alright)

No one on school dissed me for it.  University was different but understandable with so many jerks (wich I dissed for being pesky).

Finally, where I live is what we here call "a place forgotten by God" so being a obsses over something in particular is no reason to diss someone if they still work alright.

Oh god I'm cringing reading this chapter because this totally me, the whole "hanging out with non-anime watching friends" thing and trying to hold back when I hear other people talking about anime/games. That's the worst.

oh my god! i know how you feel! i'm like this with my family. i watch anime in my room alone, NEVER in the open because my family is like "are you watching cartoon porn" cause they just happen to see big tits(like 80% of anime and manga). i don't even bother to try and explain cause i know they wont get it. it's like a wall you can't break!

you know, sometimes i wonder if the rift between the so called riajuu people and otaku in real life is as bad as many of the media depicted? especially in japan.

 

if so i hope that this manga can deliver good storyline that can change some of the overrated view about being an otaku. thus reducing the friction between them even if just a tiny bit.

In Japan it used to be really bad around the '90s. Today, you go to places like Akiba and at least in the younger generations you see that akibakei has gotten far more mainstream. In addition, there are parts of the subculture which have entered the hip spectrum of Japanese society - Vocaloid, for instance. I went to the Magical Mirai concert this year and discovered that what the Japanese consider the cool guys and gals (the hipster-artistic types) are quite numerous there. 

There is still a sore thumb sticking out, though, and that's the sexualization of anime. Those kids in the '90s are in their early-30s now, and like any 30-yr-olds everywhere inevitably sex comes into the picture. In Japan, sexuality is supposed to be something private that rarely makes it into mainstream discussion, so the APPARENT sexual tendencies of many otaku, as represented by the various fetish classifications in anime, drive the discussion now.

Mind you, the majority of otaku don't actually want to have tsundere magic-using-elf-maid slave-princesses who like bondage as their girlfriends, but this is the mainstream perspective of otaku culture, and sadly many otakus' public behavior reflect this. If you go out of Akiba station in the direction of Gamers, you'll be met by a giant billboard advertising a maid cafe on one end of the L-shaped street and an actual 6-floor sex shop with anime illustrations lining the walls on the other end. Can't really blame the public for their misconception of otaku culture if this is what the public gets to see all the time.

A more realistic depiction of real otaku can be found if you read Genshiken, although the recent Madaharem arc stretches suspension of disbelief a bit. The problem is that, to be completely honest, most Japanese otaku DO have slightly deviant sexual tendencies, just as depicted in Genshiken. To mainstream popular Japanese boys n gals, this does come off as a bit gross.

Oh god I'm cringing reading this chapter because this totally me, the whole "hanging out with non-anime watching friends" thing and trying to hold back when I hear other people talking about anime/games. That's the worst.

Akina you are already past saving yourself and you wanna save others?

you know, sometimes i wonder if the rift between the so called riajuu people and otaku in real life is as bad as many of the media depicted? especially in japan.

if so i hope that this manga can deliver good storyline that can change some of the overrated view about being an otaku. thus reducing the friction between them even if just a tiny bit.

Akina +9000... again. Now, if only she stops thinking about saving Kaede.

It's really is "you can't become an Otaku, It's just one morning you wake up and realize you are an Otaku".

And I think it's time "Welcome to our world, Akina".

nono akina, there's nothing wrong with being otaku! the stories are awesome =3=

"There's no such thing as a girl who hates homos"

Well my friends, its been a pleasure and a honor, reading manga, making jokes and discussing series in the comments, but after reading this, my face has contorted into something that, when I looked myself in the mirror, made me realize my true calling.

When you next hear of me, I hope I'll already have made it into the top leagues of Poker.

Farewell people.

 

P.S. I am neither a girl nor a homophobic, but the sheer phrasal enormity of this phrase has made my brain.exe crash. Hell, I don't even KNOW what phrasal enormity means and I probably have just created a new term, but I feel like it's the only thing that fits, at least after my mind went back to desktop.

I've created an account just to say how dumb this comment is.

Im white and now offended X( 

OK enough with the racism and sexism XD Before it goes too far o_O

Even assuming that for some reason you haven't read Genshiken, did you really need to make it out to be such a big deal? It's basically the same as jokingly saying:

"There's no such thing as a guy who hates boobies."

 

I get the feeling that you're a white person, because if there's anything that white people enjoy, it's getting offended by stuff. Either that or a lunatic third-wave feminist.

(^ even this is more offensive than the line at the end of the chapter trololol)

Im white and now offended X( 

"There's no such thing as a girl who hates homos"

Well my friends, its been a pleasure and a honor, reading manga, making jokes and discussing series in the comments, but after reading this, my face has contorted into something that, when I looked myself in the mirror, made me realize my true calling.

When you next hear of me, I hope I'll already have made it into the top leagues of Poker.

Farewell people.

 

P.S. I am neither a girl nor a homophobic, but the sheer phrasal enormity of this phrase has made my brain.exe crash. Hell, I don't even KNOW what phrasal enormity means and I probably have just created a new term, but I feel like it's the only thing that fits, at least after my mind went back to desktop.

Even assuming that for some reason you haven't read Genshiken, did you really need to make it out to be such a big deal? It's basically the same as jokingly saying:

"There's no such thing as a guy who hates boobies."

I get the feeling that you're a white person, because if there's anything that white people enjoy, it's getting offended by stuff. Either that or a lunatic third-wave feminist.

(^ even this is more offensive than the line at the end of the chapter trololol)

I do hope MC doesn't turn to a complete otaku o_O Simply because it would lose it's funniness :s