Top 10 Ways to Spot an Otaku

I actually spotted an otaku last week at my community college, full asian too. In between two of my classes I was watching Beavis and Butthead in the computer lab and I see fat asian guy with a Haruhi t-shirt (tucked in too) standing on the other sides of the computers. Was fucked up man.

So i'm not an otaku...

*cries*

All clean for now...#6, how long is long? =.= I'm gonna be having my hair grown to near-shoulder length soon.

Japan is behind on fashion, in southern California everyone wears their backpacks on both shoulders with the straps pulled all the way up.

"I should know, we can smell our own."

Japanese otaku are a depressing bunch -_-

kerp

4/10

For female otaku:

1. She has an anime T-shirt, which is usually fitted for a guy therefore destroying her figure. If not, she's covered in rainbows.
2. She has a bunch of chibi keychains on her cellphone, purse, or car keys.
3. She has a Japanese-themed wristband from Hot Topic; usually has kanji or a series logo on it.
4. She wears jewelry with anime-related things on them, like a transmutation circle necklace, or Hello Kitty stuff.
5. Her bag is one of those messenger bag-types that has an anime image on it AND is covered in lots of badges.
6. Her hair is tied back into a greasy ponytail or is cut to shoulder length.
7. Her bag is worn on one shoulder but is really full and heavy with sketchbooks, favorite manga, etc.
8. She has glasses, though they're surprisingly subtle, and also wears no makeup.
9. She wears knee socks with her skirts. (Not thigh-highs.) Also wears skirts even if her body type would suggest that she really shouldn't.
10. Firmly believes her favorite bishonen is her boyfriend.

Gee, I tuck in my t-shirt. I will surely go to Otaku Hell.

hmmm, lets see...

1. He has an anime T-shirt

2. He has an anime shopping bag

5. His bag is covered in anime badges

7. He wears his rucksack over both shoulders

Long ways to go... but I won't give up!

Speaking of female nerds, the "geek feminists" of geekfeminism.org have had almost every opensource thing I've contributed to the free-software movement deleted from sourceforge (the main hosting website for the opensource world). I wrote about it on mikeeusa.pressword.com . They've had my perl terminal videogames deleted (gpcslots2 and rpg1 (a text based casino simulator and an RPG)), my miscellaneous utilities deleted (useful for searching through RAM, etc), and my ~40 Nexuiz maps deleted (3d maps for the videogame nexuiz which took 3 years of almost continious effort to make). They have sought out pretty much any place I have an outlet on the net and campaigned to have it removed. They are also trying to have me imprisoned. Could you shine light on this?

The geek feminists are trying and have been succeding in kicking anti-feminist men out of opensource (Like how they had Ted (Jonathan) Walther kicked out of debian some years back). The geek feminists do NOT produce anything, it is the men who create free-software. Yet we are being brought to heel. What can be done?

Wow I have 0/10 I guess im not an otaku after all o0

Interesting that almost every single one of us seems to have long hair...

Here what I think
1)OK
2)OK
3)Fail
4)Fail
5)OK
6)Fail
7)Fail
8)Fail unless they meant Grandpa type glasses
9)Fail
10)Huh
Look to me these reference are taken out from densha otoko and why isn't playing PSP or DS outside listed

lol this made it on kotaku

Most guilty of thick glasses, but they're kinda cool looking and the occasional anime shopping bag is all. You'd have to know about anime and look at my keychain to notice i'm anime otaku.

#7, but why the hell it matters if you wear it with both shoulders? i dont see anything wrong with it... it has 2 straps, so it means you should wear both right?

I eww about all these guys

phew, i am guilty of none of those things!

faggot aka otaku- The alternate version of geeks and nerds.

Speaking of female nerds, the "geek feminists" of geekfeminism.org have had almost every opensource thing I've contributed to the free-software movement deleted from sourceforge (the main hosting website for the opensource world). I wrote about it on mikeeusa.pressword.com . They've had my perl terminal videogames deleted (gpcslots2 and rpg1 (a text based casino simulator and an RPG)), my miscellaneous utilities deleted (useful for searching through RAM, etc), and my ~40 Nexuiz maps deleted (3d maps for the videogame nexuiz which took 3 years of almost continious effort to make). They have sought out pretty much any place I have an outlet on the net and campaigned to have it removed. They are also trying to have me imprisoned. Could you shine light on this?

The geek feminists are trying and have been succeding in kicking anti-feminist men out of opensource (Like how they had Ted (Jonathan) Walther kicked out of debian some years back). The geek feminists do NOT produce anything, it is the men who create free-software. Yet we are being brought to heel. What can be done?

Here is where they gloat:
http://geekfeminism.org/2009/10/15/weve-got-your-back/comment-page-1/#comment-1914
http://whatwillweuse.com/2009/10/13/not-in-my-neighborhood-mikeeusa-removed-from-sourceforge/

Death To women's Rights.
Viva Men's Liberties (somehow)
--MikeeUSA--
mikeeusa.pressword.com

Only guilty of #6, but I have the best excuse in the world: I'm a girl! :3

glasses and hair here, but im getting contacts, and cutting my hair when i get to nippon

Lol, none of the above apply to me and I'm a otaku.. maybe a modern one?

Guilty of #6 and sometimes #9, and I guess sort of covertly #5 as I used to have various anime and non-anime pins and buttons under the flap of my messenger bag. (Before I swapped it for a newer and better made combo laptop/camera messenger bag from Tenba, now they're pinned to a bulletin board by my desk.)

Also, lol...those guys in the photo remind me of the two obnoxious otaku guys from Comic Party.

I got owned with number 1.

Number 6 got me too, but the ladies like the long hair, so don't feel bad about that one.

Wow, i picture myself as an otaku, yet i have none of those traits. Although i do like bandanas every once in a while. :D

6. His hair is excessively long
So every metalhead is a otaku? I seriously doubt that...

7. Wears his rucksack over both shoulders
Well excuse me but when your rucksack is full with catfood and other groceries it's not exactly comfortable to use only one shoulder strap

no.7 is not correct...
come on...are they gonna say
those backpackers otaku too?

we wear rucksack on both shoulder to balance the weight...you dun want walking around the street with your shoulder slanting on other side

Reminds me i need a new haircut...

True story. Instead of following my gay ass sister in the mall I decided to roam the street looking for otaku stuff. I decided the easiest way to find those shops is to find the otakus. And then I remember densha otoko and I know only otaku would wear backpack in areas where there is tons of couples moving around. I was right and I found the motherland for otaku.

i can fit a case(24 cans) of beer and a bottle of vodka/whiskey/rum in my backbag, how the hell am i supposed to wear that with only one strap? when its not filled to brim with alcoholic beverages it has a laptop(maybe 2) and other crap inside, also not that light. if i wear a backbag its because i have something heavy to lug around.

I never heard of these chemically washed jeans before...

Meh. Sheer cultural differences here. I see the occasional anime bag on girls more often than not, though I'd venture a guess that only about a third of them are fans of any sort.

I don't think this list pertains to american Otaku. Or at least not me.

I wear baggy jeans and unmarked (plain black) tshirts. Also I don't think I've ever left the house with a backpack unless I was going on a plane xD

Damn, I wear an anime shirt and a bandana. I must stand out like a sore thumb.

None of the above. Awwwwww yeaaaaaah.

Im working on the hair though. White people hair can be disagreeable sometimes. Fucking genetics.

noen apply to me X_X although I lopped off all my hair a few weeks ago after I simply got sick of it being in the way.

mmm maybe 7, but not often - it's not even heavy enough to bother - I mean lol , who the hell takes books to a lecture? XD

I really don't see whats wrong with #7, just seems outdated. If anything the only people who wear their backpacks with 1 strap are the nerds trying to be cool.

Also those found guilty of #3 and #4 should be shot dead.

Elle Lowel said:
6. His hair is excessively long

Ewwww, massive otaku.

OP pic reminds me of Edward & Alphonse Elric

7) for me, unless I'm carrying my laptop bag (which has a gungrave symbol on it) x_X

I might be a 6, and I am occasionally a 7...

notice how all of them say he...

#6 and #9*, sometimes #10.

*I'm pretty skinny and like to show off my figure.

guilty of #1 & #6 as I do prefer my hair long to start with.

I only have long hair and it' because I like it. alsomost ofmy friends are getting bald and it's a bit of a self-steem boost

long hair=otaku?
i thought it was drugs. or cake.

Hair and some t-shirts.

None of those are me.

1. I'm pretty careful about where I wear that sort of thing. Cons are about it.
2. No.
3. God no.
4. Don't need one as my hair isn't long.
5. No.
6. Short enough that it doesn't get in my eyes (see #4).
7. Rarely carry one anymore, but it depends on how long I'm going to be carrying it for: if I'm going to be lugging it all day, then OF COURSE I'm going to use both shoulders.
8. 20/20 vision.
9. Kind of depends on the "trousers" in question. With jeans, no. With slacks, yes (but I wouldn't be wearing a T-shirt with those).
10. No. Jeans are damned expensive to begin with, and the chemical washes decrease their life. Also, it looks dumb.

Imma sleeper otaku =D

guilty for #6 and that's about it.

neither applies to me luckily

i have t-shirts thats it. other then that i look like i belong in a biker gang

Guilty of only 6, but that's a completely different reason altogether.

ok 3/10 uff like that im not SO otaku...
i only got pins(badges in my back)
a handed maded hinata t-shirt(don't use all the time though cause i dont want to wash it too much)
and glasses... not too big but i cant see so far whitout them o.o

The only thing I'm guilty of is my long locks,...

Hey I like cultivating the Anime Boy Style of scruffy hair.

o.o*

Female!otaku sez: I am oh-so-guilty of 5, and possibly 6? Though I guess really long hair isn't that odd for women xDD

Hmmm...

1. Nay. Used to when I was around eight or so.

2. Nay.

3. Nay.

4. Nay.

5. Nay.

6. Yea. Long hair ain't bad on a girl, but I'm a tad atypical. It could do with a good chop and re-style.

7. Nay. I generally have someone else carry my stuff. Disabilities can have their nifty spots.

8. Nay. My glasses are slim, stylish and overpriced.

9. Nay. They generally look like dresses on me so maybe I should...

10. Nay.

HA HA HA and then there is the undercover otaku me love anime to the max hell i give up relegion and once my girlfriend for anime he he he and look nuttin like an otaku though i am extremly proud of bein an otaku actually the only things that make me look like an otaku is my long hair my anime bag and anime bag with anime goods he he he i really need help...ahhh fuck it i'll use the money for more an anime and energy drinks he he he i'm surprised i haven't had a heart attack yet *chugs 7th can of monster*

Oh come on, are you supposed to suffer throughout your life by not wearing your backpack properly just to not look like an otaku.

Wtf is wrong with acid wash or stone wash jeans??!?!?

Only guiltry of #6

regarding me it`s #1 #6 #9 and yeah Im kida fat

CUT YOUR HAIR, PLEASE. Seeing a guy with greasy long hair is an immediate turn off. Guys that can't take care of long hair should not wear it that way.

Guy with "ONICHAN" T-Shirt should give the 3 girls the finger. "FUCK YOU! OTAKU POWAR!"

Lies... all obvious stereotypes.

I am none of these, but still a fucking nerd nontheless.

I guess these "otaku" in Japan dont smell because in America you can smell (a nasty unwashed smell) one before seeing one.

Acording to this, all of the main characters from Scooby Doo are otaku.

Whats wrong with glasses?

1. He has an anime T-shirt
>>I don't even have one, the closest "anime" shirt i have is that of Tekken 6 and Starcraft II
2. He has an anime shopping bag
>>Ordinary bag will do
3. He has a waist pouch (“fanny pack” / “bum bag”)
>>What's this?
4. He wears a bandanna (hachimaki)
>>I wear a WoW cap, is that considered?
5. His bag is covered in anime badges
>> No way! i want my bag neat and clean!
6. His hair is excessively long
>> If i did this my GF would dump then i'd be expelled from shcool in no time.
7. He wears his rucksack over both shoulders
>>weh?
8. He has big, thick glasses
>>I have perfect 20/20 vision!
9. He tucks his shirt/T-shirt into his trousers
>> -_-;; I think the last time i tucked shirts was way back 1995-1998
10. He wears chemical wash jeans
>> Slacks or typial jeans...

Whoever made this "how to spot otaku" must have categorized it to the "extremist" otaku w/c is kinda the known TV otaku. They forgot that there are also otaku who goes to college, does work, but doesn't do or minimally dresses like the categories above. It's plainly discrimination.

1. Nope. I need something more durable or practical.
2. My backpack is all I need, and more.
3. I have a LBV for my daily needs instead.
4. A plain gray one, and it keeps my head warm in the winter.
5. Only my "If I tell you I have to kill you" patch
6. Even if long, still kept tidy
7. You'll need both shoulders if you're carrying enough supplies to last several days
8. And they change tint in the sun to protect my eyes
9. It's an undershirt, but I'll take it off if you want.
10. Only cargo pants can hold all my assets

This certainly is stereotyping otaku's though I'm not that much of a hardcore (aka 24/7 anime is my whole life and shit).
1. Nah I hate printed shirted I aint a walking advert
2. I'm a dude I barely need a shopping bag
3. WTF o_O
4. Headgears aint my thing
5. The good ones at the very least. But I like me bag clean.
6. Spick and span short. But I do know alot of long haired people and they dont fit the bill.
7. Whats so wrong about that? My back aches due to uneven weight distribution with a single one on.
8. Dont have one....yet
9. For formal occasions only. And not t-shirts.
10. I dont know what those are

I havent seen anyone with even three of these in england

I fit none of them. Unless a Triforce T-shirt counts.

I´m none of these.
What do I win?

i am guilty of number 1 but just sometimes...

should we say
"and he's fat too"

Recently went to japan, it's true, almost everyone who had a backpack wore it over one shoulder. But nearly everyone had a bag with a strap, not a proper backpack so maybe backpacks in general are uncool?

wut da hel is a "backpack"?

I'm guilt of #5 and #6, and I'm a girl. >.<;;;;;

none of this hits me

I'm a big anime otaku but none of this manifest in me...
1.None
2.I get my stuff through mail
3.I use messenger bag
4.Nah~
5.Nah. I love my bag clean from accessories
6.I might even be mistaken as an army man with my haircut
7.I only wear it on one shoulder
8.I use contacts... and my eyes aint even bad... 70-90
9.This is a big no-no for me
10.I prefer my usual common jeans... skinny jeans at times...

I do 7 and 9, but I always wear a collar shirt over my T-shirt so it's fine.

Now, listen to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrUFkrTbQ0A&feature=related [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrUFkrTbQ0A&feature=related]
:D

NOTHING HERE
Okay i do have glasses, but thin and fashionable :3

I dont look anything like that... wel, the hair and the t-shirts maybe..;

But usually i go from a running outfit straight into suit and tie; no middle ground.

I guess I'm the stealthy kind.

The only thing I'm guilty of is the fanny pack, and only cause it has a holster in it for my gun

Only things like me on there are wearing a rucksack using both straps; and that is because of the impracticality of cycling with only one strap and not wanting to "screw over" one of my shoulders by having one strap on it all the time.

I could also be put into long hair - but its not really that long. It depends how long is implied.

hah! you'll never pick me in a crowd...