WHAT IS AN OTAKU?

MATUMIT SOMBUNJAROENV1.0

2015/10/20

ORIGIN OF THE STORY

Thus, I made this Slide to explain how stupid that statement is,

and to explain what Otaku really is

There was an argument saying thatThe Definition of “Otaku” is

Disgusting people who like Japanese Manga and Anime

+

Being A bunch of Social Awkward

A SELF INTRODUCTION

I’m sort of an expert in Otaku-ismMy Previous Slide 「タイにおけるオタク人生」 got 100k+

views

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Origin of the Term

LET’S START WITH AN ETYMOLOGY

The word Otaku – オタクLiterally come from the wordお宅

Which mean “House”Also pronounced “Otaku”

COMMON USAGE

お宅に伺いますI will visit you at your home

This is said inan honorific and polite manner

A MORE SPECIALIZED USAGE

The phrase is also usually used when asking for a permission to visit a

specialist

As such, there is a nuance of

Otaku Specialist

LATER USAGE

A precursor to the modern usage of the termDuring 80’s“Otaku” became a Honorific slang for “You”,Usually used on a person with extensive knowledge on a matter with limited audiences

AS SUCHPractically, because those interests

usually have limited audiences

“Otaku”

People with interests that general publiccould not comprehend with

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Actual meaningOf the term

AS PREVIOUSLY STATEDIn actual nuance

“Otaku”

a person withextensive knowledge on a matter

AS SUCH

Seriously, most Human being is an Otaku on something

Even though “Otaku” is not used to call these peopleJewelry Collector Jewelry Otaku

Chemist Compound OtakuBookworms Book Otaku

Lottery Otaku HuayThailand’s CH7 Soap Drama Otaku Lakorn Chong Jed

Specific toThailand

IN A MORE COMMON USAGE

Refer to people who have extensive interestsin Japanese Manga and Anime Culture

DIFFERENCES IN TERMINOLOGY

Expert/

Specialist

OtakuFan

GeekNerd

Have more obsession over a more specific part

within a topic

Have interest in Academic pursuit

over a topic

Use topic as a form of profession

Know pretty much everything about a

topicA Closer meaning for Otaku in

Common usage

MORE OVER,The origin ofConception that

Otaku areSocial awkward

BEFORE GOING TO THE MATTER

To people who did not study Psychology out there,

Myers-Briggs Personality Testis a test that categorize human personality into 16 categories,Based on combination of 4 factors

Next, I will talk about Introversion VS Extroversion

INTROVERSION AND EXTROVERSION

Prefer companionship of many people

Usually have interests that can be joined by many people

Prefer to be alone or in group of really close friends

Usually have interests that are comprehensible by a limited group

THE THING IS Come and Join us!

I’m reading36 Stratagems

Huh?Why do you even need to read that?

Seriously, I don’t have fun being around you

people

There are Extroverts who have problem comprehending Introverts’ interests

As such, for them, Introverts are “Socially Awkward”

BUT THE MATTER ISI’m reading

36 Stratagems

They simply have their own groups of peoplewho they can share interests with,

As such, thinking someone is being a “Social Awkward”is just a matter of egotistic Point of View

Do you believe that it was really written by

Sun Bin?

Hm, wanna talk aboutClausewitz?

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On the case with“Otaku”

TO SUMMARIZE THINGS

They are viewed as being “Weird” “Disgusting” “Social Awkward”

Simply because people who said solack the ability to accept or comprehends things

beyond their understanding

IN THE CASE OF MANGA ARTIST

Manga Artist are… well,

Artists

But they simply draw imagesthat are not prefer by

certain group of people

SIMILARITY?

Vincent Van Gogh

Sold 1 painting out of 900 in his life time

Painting Cost100Million USD

After Death

IN THE CASE OF COSPLAYER

Cosplayer are pretty much

Fashion Designer

But simply with different kind of Fashion Sense from what populace

would consider normal

SIMILARITY?

Paris Fashion Week2015

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Anyhow

COMIKET

Comiketthe largest Convention for Otaku in the world,

have more than 500k Visitors in 2015

THUS

Calling Otaku Weird or Socially Awkwardwould be equivalent to saying that

Something need to have more than500k people associated with it

in order not to be weird or awkward

AGAIN

“Otaku”

a person withextensive knowledge on a matter

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Finally,a final Word

Seriously,

Using English Dictionary as a 1st sourceto absolutely define a Japanese vocabulary

is just damn stupid!!!