There is a differeance between Otaku and Weeaboo
Hi guys, My name is Yakami-Chan and I am here to educate you guys on what an Otaku is. First off an Otaku is a term used commonly in Japan and in the United States to describe someone who has a Anime/Manga fandom. A Weeaboo is someone who takes it a step to far and disrespects their own culture and attempts to take on Japanese culture as their own.
In modern Japanese slang, the term otaku is most often equivalent to “geek”. However, it can relate to a fan of any particular theme, topic, hobby or any form of entertainment.
In english the term is a loanword from the Japanese language. In English, it is usually used to refer to an obsessive fan of anime/manga and/or Japanese culture generally, and to a lesser extent Japanese video games. All in all an Otaku can be more or less a compliment or an insult, It is the way you use it
A ‘Weeaboo’ is a stereotypically American, who obsesses over the Japanese culture. This is usually thanks to the recent trend of dubbing/translating anime/manga and bringing it to the new culture.
Typically, a Weeaboo will abuse the word “kawaii” to ridiculous levels, and other Japanese words will be completely mangled. Another trend is to obsess over every possible nook and cranny of a given manga, usually one translated by Monthly Shonen Jump, yet will, again, use “oro?” when told of another series, with this new series having much more redeeming values in the way of art, writing, characters, etc. Try it- ask any Naruto-fan what Neon Genesis Evangelion is. Weeaboo is more of an insult then Otaku is.
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Author: Yakami-chan
Born and raised in Japan, Moved to the US late 2007. I currently work for Intel in Application Engineering. I currently have a boyfriend we have together for 2 years soon to be married :D
10:56 am
Ok, that actually cleared up a lot for me. I knew what an Otaku was. I didn’t know what a weeaboo actually was though.
Nice article though. Figure I’d compliment you before THEY show up
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11:38 pm
Why should anyone give a fuck?
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11:59 pm
Why the fuck do YOU give a fuck enough to comment? Your comment is on a new lever of uselessness.
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5:46 pm
Well played.
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11:55 pm
She kinda got the definition of weeaboo a little wrong, though. It’s actually an obsession with Japan that goes to the point of idolizing it and basically treating it like some sort of holy land, entirely ignoring any faults.
Also, US otaku are the ones who use kawaii/oro/whatever else, not the weeaboos. (Unless they’re an otaku that is also a weeaboo)
Her definition of weeaboos, about being obsessed with the culture, is actually the definition of a Japanophile.
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11:03 am
My little sister is an Otaku then, thanks for clearing that up for me. Many people seem to think she a weeaboo. Good article
Now to parpare for the attack of the fundies. Brace yourselves.
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11:05 am
This has nothing to do about important things from Japan? Why don’t you stop trying to make all these weird words seem innocent and tell what they really mean?
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11:12 am
Just because you don’t understand something, doesn’t mean it’s evil or unholy. Deal with it.
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9:10 pm
Just as Adam Jensen says,
“Deal With It.”
*puts on sunglasses*
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11:42 pm
i believe you have those in the wrong order…
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5:48 pm
it goes
“Put on some shades…”
~puts on shades~
“and deal with it.”
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11:06 am
And I see ANIME images? Do you know what you’re pushing here, Yamo?
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11:14 am
You post worser pictures on this “holy site”, and there’s absolutlty nothing wrong with these pictures.
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11:34 am
“Worser”. Anime is drugs from the mind. It has already taken away your ability to speak American.
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11:39 am
I’m not that big in Anime or manga(conpared to my sister, anyway). But I do enjoy the art of it, it’s just as much of a drug to us as you “holy” book is to you, but atleast we know the differents between reality and fantasy.
And I do believe that we speak English, American is not a language.
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11:44 am
http://christwire.org/2010/10/anime-is-the-japanese-word-for-pornography/
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11:48 am
Just as “woody” is an american trem for erect penis.
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12:13 pm
Anime isn’t always pornographic. Pornographic Anime is known as Hentai as is it’s own genre
What’s the difference between American Graphic Novels and Japanese Mangas? Besides the art style, nothing. They are both forms of entertainment
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12:32 pm
anime is not the japanese word for pornography, henti is…
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3:46 pm
Welcome to the internet.
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4:09 pm
Better than ‘qaterback’, like how you thought it was spelled.
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5:50 pm
and your patriotism has clouded your mind to the point that you don’t realize that “American” is just English with slang and bad spelling mistakes…
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2:09 pm
I’m very glad that this article helped people
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2:12 pm
Was this even written in American? I didn’t understand any of it. Where was the Love of Jesus in this article? Why was it not pointed out that Amine is the Japanese word for Pornography? This article is garbage.
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2:15 pm
Why don’t you go back to your parents basement where all your playboy mags. are.
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2:21 pm
I am Asian-American, So I guess it was written by an American.
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3:47 pm
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12:08 am
Yes yes! For the love of Princess Celestia yes! I love this animation!
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3:09 pm
ya this is obviously pornography
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4:10 pm
Where’s the love of Jesus in any of your ‘articles’ that deal with condemning and hating people?
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11:33 pm
This is written in English. NOT AMERICAN.
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11:40 pm
YA, I speak AmericanESE
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5:32 pm
And i speak AmericanISH
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2:24 pm
@OddAtheist, the main difference between Graphic Novels and Mangas are the art style. Graphic Novels are drawn in more western styles like spiderman and lack distinctive characteristics of Manga characters. Such as the wide eyes as seen above and ect. I will write an artical about that soon
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2:52 pm
So what is the term for someone who doesn’t like their own culture and prefers the Japanese culture over their own?
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3:47 pm
You are an Otaku Tom ^.^ Welcome to the club *cheers*
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3:48 pm
Arigato gozaimasu.
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12:17 am
I thought you were British?
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12:31 am
a lot of westerner are otaku its not a nationality and not actually a Trend” or a Mode like Hipster
and Otaku are harmless in everyay They doN,t go to war for their ideal since they doN,t have any ideal to begin with they just have passion about japanese culture
Anime means animation deal with it
oh and also a Lot of american loves japanese culture and since Adam you wanted to destroy Japan so Many time You might find a lot of people disagreeing with you In your own country
therefore the real “term” or word for Otaku is collector ( in the most basic form ) but tehse day it’s used in a more extended level as what Yakami said
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4:09 am
I am. But I can also speak German and Japanese. I’m also learning Latin, though I haven’t been learning that for very long.
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7:23 pm
Stop all this foreign tongue!
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7:29 pm
Numquam!
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7:36 pm
u mad?
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9:18 pm
Umad, HATER?
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11:08 pm
If you would like I could actually type you sentences in Japanese
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12:14 am
Don’t do it, come on, this is American and here we speak American. Please don’t start typing in Japanese because then I won’t know what you’re saying and won’t be able to respond and also I will not know if you are saying bad things about me or some vital issue. Let’s just stick to American, okay?
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3:41 am
You can’t be bothered with using a fucking translator Adam?
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4:12 am
Why should I do that when I’m in America, on OUR internet?
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4:17 am
The Internet isn’t American bitch. It was developed at the London Institute Of Computer Technology.
During these initial experiments, an American army officer saw how it could be used to help troops communicate, and it was trialled as a millitary tool. This trial was a joint British American effort.
After this success, it was commercialised for civillian use, and it was first used by civillians here in England. Try learning something before you speak moron.
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4:23 am
its called worldwide web its not YOUR internet its WORLD internet
Therefore your bullshit and hate are not welcomed here so BE GONE
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2:52 pm
Tu es un imbécile adam vraiment un idiot meme pas foutu d’aller traduire les langue des autre pays ca prouve juste que tes un illétrer
tu es meme pas un docteur non plus tu n’est qu’un menteur et Dieu vas te Punir pour ca
Now you can translate that hahaha
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11:35 pm
Foreign tongue? i dont see any tongues being thrown at foreigners!
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11:55 pm
BECAUSE, seriously, she only says about like what 3 japanese words. big whoop
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11:13 pm
Japanese animation has been stuck in the same stylistic trappings for the past 60 years. The animation has become slicker, but you aren’t going to see anything new as far as the general way people are portrayed. It seemed pretty fresh a few decades ago, but it has since become stale. You aren’t going to find something with the sheer stylistic audacity as say, Adventure Time coming out of Japan. It’s kind of sad, really.
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12:04 am
Have you looked at anime recently? The art, the detail, the fluidity! That and there are TONS of different art styles within the realm of anime itself. It has ridiculously changed in the past 60 years.
“You aren’t going to find something with the sheer stylistic audacity as say, Adventure Time coming out of Japan”
Would you be willing to clarify what you meant by this statement? I feel as if I keep reading it wrong and not really understanding what your trying to say.
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10:53 pm
What I’m saying is that while Japanese Animation is always distincively Japanese, Adventure Time is an example of how western animators are not affraid to break from convention and forge their own unique style, which then serves as it’s own landmark.
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10:56 pm
But Adventure Time still has that American taste to it.
While it’s easy to tell when a cartoon is Japanese, it’s just as easy to tell when a cartoon is American.
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12:16 am
In addition to being perverted anime is also pretty primative in terms of animation style. THe big basic lines, unrealistic proporations are far behind traditional Western animation style.
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3:40 am
It’s also fantasy, i.e. it’s going to look different, and just because you don’t like something, doesn’t mean that it’s ‘behind’ in anything. Do remember, YOU are following an ancient cult that’s over a thousand years old and refuses to cooperate with modern day society.
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10:01 am
The basic lines? Have you seen an American cartoon lately? It looks as if Americans are the ones who haven’t caught up to the Japanese yet
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12:01 pm
The first picture is from Kanon, considering that was produced in the early 2000nd. Now compare that to Adventure time, Kanon looks 100 times better ^ _ ^
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12:28 pm
While I do love Adventure Time. Japanese anime looks way better
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12:04 am
I would like to point out that many weeaboos are fans of yaoi, that is to say, anime gay sex. They become with obsessed with homosexual characters to the point where even actual homosexuals find it offensive. It is ironic because in Japan, being a flamboyant homosexual is not socially acceptable. (It seems that they are beating out America in that aspect).
Many times what these weeaboo yaoi fans will do is take two perfectly heterosexual characters and make them sodomize each other in written smut. It is disgusting.
If your young girl is a yaoi fan I encourage you to show her Panty & Stocking, an anime about 2 angels that fight demons that heavily encourages the natural path of heterosexuality while providing good role models for girls 5-9. I do not recommend this show for boys as it may cause them to self-pollute. Many liberal nay-sayers have said this show encourages sexual promiscuity. This is untrue.
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4:19 am
What absolute rubbish. That anime is not meant for children, and any parent who shows their child that should be locked up.
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3:07 pm
Wow, I bet your going to tell me not to watch Evangelion (the most Christian anime in existence) with my kids next.
Excuse me for not wanting to fill their minds with garbage like Naruto.
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5:24 pm
You seem like the kind of person who jacks off to Eiken.
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5:37 pm
Elfen Lied is better.
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4:22 am
Ridiculous. So an orkatu is an obsessive that watches anime porn and masturbates while a weeboo is someone who does it in public. We already know that this poke-a-man stuff is homogay and a terrible role model for American children. We don’t need to teach them the “cultural” ramification behind such filth. This article needs to be pulled.
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4:25 am
if you pull out this article we can Ban christianity and YOUR freedom of speech as well
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5:02 am
Screw you Cassidy with the freedom of speech your demented brain would ALLOW us to have! Screw you!
Freedom of speech should only restrict hate speech. NOTHING MORE! And what you are spewing from your filthy mouth is indeed hate speech!
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12:23 pm
Hey Cassidy, “The More You Know”
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12:12 pm
Both you trolls need to stop disrespecting God and repent. All either of you do is espouse the emptiness of homosexuality and poke-man which is exactly what satan wants. It’s making me want to barf and that’s not the PBRs talking.
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12:10 pm
Both of you trolls need to repent and stop disrespecting God. Quit mocking God and spewing hate against God while espousing the emptiness of homosexuality and poke-man.
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10:59 pm
Japanese Animation is designed to give children seizures.
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3:03 am
christianity give chidlren seizure and make them dumb and stupid
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