Do you consider yourself an Otaku?
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
otaku no jinsei ha yabai na! (it sucks to live the life of an otaku!)
-From urban dictionary
I've been called one since I play video games alot by one of my f.o.b (fresh off the boat) japanese friend, but seriously... I can do just about anything... I got out and play sports with my buddies everday (basketball, tennis, swimming, and once in awhile b-boy). I like anime and lately I've been drawn into it more but I DO have a social life. Lol.
But anyways. Do YOU GUYS/GALS think your an all out otaku? Haha. I think I am but I do take offense if I'm called one.
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