Comments on: The Ninja Otaku

By: My Bonus Code

My Bonus Code — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:16:37 +0000

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By: AlternateSam

AlternateSam — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:13:46 +0000

I guess all it boils down to is a choice of lifestyle. Personally, I don’t really like getting judged based on something like my interest/hobby especially if I’m just getting to know the other party or we are just acquaintance.

I know some people who think that all otaku are strange and while I might not agree with them, I still do find them interesting enough to want to know them better. Its just 1 facet of a person and I don’t really want it to be that big an issue.

Its like that guro/loli hentai that you have on your computer/under your bed for example. No matter how good it is, you just don’t go around showing it to everyone. Its sort of like that.

By: Val

Val — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:29:08 +0000

I’ve got figures spread out across my desk at work. So even if people don’t like it, they have no choice but to accept it.

Personally I’m in the “Otaku and Proud” group. Although I’m also the type that doesn’t care what other people think of me. If they automatically think all otaku are strange then I have no interest in socializing with them anyway.

I’ll live the way I want and enjoy every bit of it.

By: AlternateSam

AlternateSam — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:49:35 +0000

True but anime-lovers are very over-rated nowadays [Cue fanboys spewing over K-On! / Haruhi / Random flavor of the season]

I tend to find it very hard to go in depth into a discussion about otaku-stuff unless I know the person pretty well and we have had prior conversations before.

By: AlternateSam

AlternateSam — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:47:55 +0000

I agree, but it might be kinda hard to be the first one to ‘pull the trigger’ so as to speak. Fortunately, I do have a wide range of interests so I usually end up discussing the news or sports or anime or games or something. Which is a relief as nothing kills tension & awkwardness faster than a 2-way conversation.

The article was half written in jest if I might add. Something I thought up as I was meeting a few new people that day.

And yes, the weather is the ultimate fall-back when nothing else works

By: Densha Otoko

Densha Otoko — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:37:25 +0000

lol I did , like you did too .

I naturally avoid talking Otaku related stuff with normal people but once I found an anime lover , I’l’ start talking to him / her and slowly talks on otaku Topics

By: Silver Lynx

Silver Lynx — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:42:50 +0000

*Chuckles* No need to hide who you are completely. If there is occasion in the normal course of conversation, you can allude to an anime or game reference (kind of like dangling a bait hook). If they don’t bite, then move on to another subject. *Shrugs* It’s obvious that blurting obsessively about anything another person isn’t interested in will weird him or her out. The key to any conversation is to leave out bait hooks of all sorts of possible interests the other person might have. If they bite on one of them, then give them a chance to express themselves and open up a little bit and respond accordingly. If NOTHING you bring up is catching, then it’s clear you have nothing in common at all… except maybe the weather. XD