A survey of over 4,000 Japanese reveals just how easy it is thought to be to spot a (male) otaku from how he dresses…
1. He has an anime T-shirt
2. He has an anime shopping bag
3. He has a waist pouch (“fanny pack” / “bum bag”)
4. He wears a bandanna (hachimaki)
5. His bag is covered in anime badges
6. His hair is excessively long
7. He wears his rucksack over both shoulders
8. He has big, thick glasses
9. He tucks his shirt/T-shirt into his trousers
10. He wears chemical wash jeans
See examples in the otaku terror ranking.
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The only thing I'm guilty of is the bandana.
Me 2 >.< well, that and long hair. And sometime the anime shopping bag XP
#8 for me, but that's just wrong. i most probably ruined my eyesight due to cartoons back then. because anime wasnt as famous in my country back then
How come they didn't mention body size? For some reason it tend to be rather... round.
I'm skinny.
And I heard fapping a lot will affect your calories. Which mean sex = best way of diet?
fapping = loss of protein
fags= protein vampires
fapping = the most efficient way to lose weight
Fapping = Becoming a man
guilty of 1,2 and 3
others not really, oh and yeah an hour of fapping burns you around 15,000 kcal so doing it for 4 hours a day would cover you for a weeks worth of excercise
guilty of 1,2 and 3
others not really, oh and yeah an hour of fapping burns you around 15,000 kcal so doing it for 4 hours a day would cover you for a weeks worth of exercise
There's actually very little proteinn on semen...
"others not really, oh and yeah an hour of fapping burns you around 15,000 kcal so doing it for 4 hours a day would cover you for a weeks worth of exercise"
[citation needed]
if that's indeed the case, I shall be revising my exercise schedule... =O
"6. His hair is excessively long
7. He wears his rucksack over both shoulders
9. He tucks his shirt/T-shirt into his trousers"
Guilty... but dunno why any of these would be a mark of an otaku...
only guilty of 7... but then again, so is almost everyone who wears one... ._."
I have long hair. This is an obvious indication I possess a strong attraction to various forms of Japanese media.
This list is pretty horrible.
Guilty for 1 and 6...
But not so much of 1, I only have one Gundam shirt bought from Uni Qlo.
Anon 00:51
Wouldn't that make your right arm muscular but leave your left skinny/normal? Uhhh....LOL I guess that's one way to tell if someone faps a lot.
None of the 10, so I'm some invisible otaku. ^_^
The long hair thing should be more precises.They mean long and unattended to hair.
Y0k41, that's why you alternate or use both arms. I'm not strong, but I can open any jar.
Also I only have 1 anime t-shirt and its Death Note, and people consider that cool here cos I got it oversease.
I have a multiple anime shirts. I have unkempt hair. I wear my green backpack properly. Im heavily anti-social. Im short and a little chubby.
I drive a new sportscar.
i found out one thing, im a normal fag...the closest anime shirt or something i got is that soul calibur 3 shirt that i wear every now and then...
I'm only with the bandana
I am with 10 and a bit of 6, so that means I am an invicible otaku right?
Guilty of the long hair and shoulder straps ones. The long hair I've had as long as I can remember because when I was little I wanted to be like Tommy from Power Rangers and after that I never wanted to go back to having short hair. I don't really understand the shoulder straps one though, why wouldn't someone where a backpack like that unless it was the type that only has one strap?
Ninja Otakus UNITE!!!!!!
I'm only guilty of long hair and small glasses or contact lenses.
I've got long hair, long beard as well, and rather normal sized glasses...
I have not got chemical washed jeans, but I do wear jeans.
I have no anime t-shirts, but I would like one, I don't carry anime bags, but sometimes can be seen with games from game selling shops...
if I go out, which I don't...
yet, I'm more a book reader than an otaku.
#1 applies to my only shirt: the Hen-Tie
#10 stonewashed (dark/light) and black
#6 is the only thing that applys to me lol
Long hair, a bag, the Bandanna. well i fit the role quite well xD
im also guilty of long hair >_> and a bandana from time to time
Long hair? I LOVE LONG HAIR.
Well, I got my reasons to let it grow long though. One of them is that it feels natural.
If you are in USA the top 10 ways to spot otaku
is the guns they are carrying.
Concern Weapon Permit.LOL
That's disturbing.
and the only thing i'm guilty of is the rucksack over both shoulders.... got too much papers inside the bag it's heavy XD
Amen to that =D
Don't wanna dislocate my shoulders.
When I was in college, one of the first things you learned was that carrying your pack on only one shoulder was now considered powerfully uncool.
#7 describes me very well...
They got me in #7.
#6 and #7 for me... but #7 only because my bag's usually too heavy to wear over one shoulder
#6 i have no excuse for
Not a single one of these applies to me.
And what the fuck is a rucksack?
backpack
Thou are an American Idiot, sir.
no one will spot me
we're the ninja otaku,pilling goods from the shadows..
in old era we were called...panties thieves!..wait got that one wrong...
I'm guilty of the anime shirt, badges, long hair, and thick glasses. lol
The bandanna by itself isn't Otaku. Look at Solid Snake!
The typical person (according to this article) does not understand the wonders of unlimited ammo.
Just 1, and it's not immediately obvious (No loli saying onii-chan on it anyway lol).
i'm only guilty of half of 8 (my glasses are really thick)
I didn't realize that using only one strap (regarding #7) was the "correct" way to wear a backpack. They're both there for combined support, not as a choice.
yeah but you ain't "cooru" unless you use only one strap
It's not how you wear a backpack, it's how you look wearing it.
it is said that wearing only one strap on shoulder will actually mess up your back/shoulder.
Fucked up reasoning really. I have to lug around computer/networking equipment for my work. I certainly won't sling my bag using only one strap.
loser
You don't even got a job...
Living at your parent's place, leeching.
We will see who the loser is when the doctor tells you that your spine's bent out of shape, with your spinal nerves being crushed inbetween the out-of-place discs.
Above referring to 16-10-2009 21:30 Anon's reply.
FOR THE RECORD, MY MOM LIVES WITH ME.
.............You SICK bastard!!!
^ I LOL'edXD
At least even for a loser with work I still contribute news for this site :3
The fact you need to lug around computer/networking equipment for your job makes you a nerd. If you were cool you'd be running a restaurant or taking photos or milking rich old ladies of their fortunes.
Be careful not to eat your own shoes. Remember that Bill Gates is a nerd and he has more money than the GDP of some third world countries.
Forget the fortunes, just milking old ladies could be fun. *snerk*
Well to be honest, I used to wear backpack using both straps when I was a kid, but as I entered secordary school, some friends explained to me it is "uncool" to wear both as it makes me look like a nerd/geek. And then I have gotten accustomed to wearing backpack just on my right. But because of this, my shoulders are now a bit unbalance with my right shoulder slightly wider than my left shoulder...
Working out and exercising now ain't gonna make my left shoulder to become balanced with my right, as it's already passed my growing age...
yeah thats harsh. Whenever I wear my backpack properly in public, I seem to feel as if im out of place. I dunno, feels like people stare and go "why is he not trying to act cool?".
lulz. Your comment made me glance at my shoulders too.
I've always thought it kinda made you look like a fag having one strap just constantly falling off
Agreed
They probably associate that with the "backpack" fetish some otaku seems to have,you know,little girl and their backpack...even naked still having it on their back... -_-;
or am i overthinking?
it appears i will never get spotted then cuz i don't look anything like an otaku
#7 is pretty stupid, I see alot more people wear there backpacks over both shoulders then over one, so I guess occurding to this there are alot of closet otaku out there.
So we can say the same for campers, hikers, travellers, and military field operatives?
haha prejudice
I lol'd.
Though, the only part here that's true about me is that I have long hair. D:
And #8 is moi. Hope you like meganekko loli.
Seven and eight in my case. Still, I don't see anything wrong with using both straps of the backpack when you're carrying a heavy load.
Yeah, I'm guessing using only one strap is a Japanese thing.
It is ugly of course, like some damn military. Most people would buy a bag that only have one strap and is worn across one shoulder. Get a car if you have a "heavy load".
I don't fit any of the descriptions, but are probably more otaku than most here... Looking like a geek has nothing to do with the life of an otaku.
"Get a car" - wow, you must be an american.
my thoughts exactly
Not exactly, Russia is the same. I wear both straps only on army training or when hiking.
well those two in the picture look like there off comic party hahaha which made me lols heaps
lol that's what I was thinking!
Who the hell tuck their shirts in these days anyway.
#7 Besides isn't that the proper way to carry a backback
Whats with this spout of 10 lists, why not a 3 list or a top 5 list.
It's the healthy way. Only using one strap of the backpack too often and too long will harm your back.
But it's always cool to damage your own body, like smoking is "cool" too.
Me? What's the problem about this, I don't get it.
Shirts (with buttons, not blouses or t-shirts) are meant to be tucked.
Professionally? Yes.
Casually, you need to find shirts which only hang a few inches past your waist and let them hang out.
"Who the hell tuck their shirts in these days anyway."
Office workers? Businessmen? Police officers? Commercial flight pilots? Doctors? Etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc?
I think the list is pointing towards people wearing casual clothing and having their shirts tucked in.
LOL, I'm none of these and my glasses are not big. But I can tell you who fully fit this criteria in America! People who plays pokemon, yugioh, & bakugan trading card games. These guys definitely fit this criteria. They all got long shaggy hair, pimples galore, smells like urine everywhere they go. And that's not the half of it, some of them don't watch anime, but they do watch alot of naruto X_X and that's all they ever talk about. Sometimes they yell out the moves in public and it's bloody embarrassing that they look like they still in High School and they are NOT!!!!!!! *tries to breath* and did I say they are stinky too...
They call this weeaboo
that otaku looks like an overgrown child. Quick kill it with a fire!
Guilty of 7 and 9 and although my hair isn't excessively long... it's messy lol.
don't worry about the hair women just don't want men to exp. the power of long hair ala Samson and Delilah. nothing sez ur strong like a large mane.
Haha only no.7 I usually do
The sporting of anime goods is of course a giveaway. They should have condinced that down into one way to spot an otaku instead of three.
He wears chemical wash jeans
Don't know what is up with that.
But there are no ways to spot me as an otaku in this list.
well i did wear a backpack.
But usualy i needed to have a clothes change in it and water,sometimes food.
But my backpack doesn't look so nerdy as those two in the pics
I wear a backpack. Said backpack contains my lecture notes and my laptop.
Heavy metal fan = otaku (long hair)
normal business guy = otaku (wears backpack with both straps)
overly protective tourist = otaku (waist pouch)
My bookstore actually has only those anime-themed bags and it's hard not to rofl down the street, because you saw the elderly walking with a big boobed anime babe.
Awesome bookstore is awesome.
Wouldn't that make it rosl?
or rolling in the gutter laughing
I wounder what they think when they get that bag.
yea lol,the list covers too much criteria
i have the thick but pretty cool glasses,i wear a monostrap bag with a rikku keychain and i also wear my eirtakon convention shirt...yeah!,im awesome
Hey cool, I am completely in wotaku-stealth mode when I am in JP then!
8. He has big, thick glasses.... Why? My grandma has glasses too.
+1
I didn't know people still wore fanny packs and bandannas. That's so 90's.
stereotype no jutsu
Nothing true about me. I have to practice my inner Otaku more i guess.
FUnny... I don't have none of those... so does that mean I'm not an Otaku?
If you have to ask others about being an Otaku, you clearly have TOO MUCH INTERPERSONAL CONTACT OF THE 3D KIND TO BE AN OTAKU.
That's a double negative so you have all of those.
it means you're not a _japanese_ otaku.
I'm guilty of shirt. But then, even girls can wear shirts...
Whoa, I'm neither of those surprisingly. And I thought I'm a freak. About no.9 however, I only do that when I wear formal clothing, and its sure as hell not at an anime con.
I'm only guilt of is the long hair.
Rant:
While that psycho elder bro. of mine is guilt of tucking in his shirt into his trousers.....Self proclaimed otaku my ass !
"I dedicated 25% of my life to anime.", so he says...Which idiot would even say things like that ? I guess only him.....
The only idiot here is you.
And you, I guess.
And me.
Only got long hippy hair.
I have long hair, but then again I've had long hair for over 18 years. Way before I'd ever heard of Anime, Manga, or Otaku.
Wearing a backpack using both shoulders? I guess I could be "guilty" of that, haven't used one in years though. Tons of otaku in the military then? Makes me wonder what are the room triggers. I'd probably just be designated as a hiki.
what the heck
Lucky #6 for me.
So are girls wearing Hello Kitty goods (and I know some women in their late 20s who do that) also otaku?
yes they are.
Long hair?! That doesn't mean you're an Otaku...well perhaps in Japan. The long hair is the only thing I have on that list XD
Guilty on the long hair.
For me none of the above. Though I am a closet otaku.
Anyway, I wonder why a lack of general hygienic skills is not included in that list? To me that always seems like a dead giveaway that your nerdly.
Lol funny and true in a way xD
But none of these describes me even though I am a huge Otaku :D
Guess I haven't entirely given up on 3D just yet xD
All this "guilty" faggotry is more the reason none of you fucks will have a decent girlfriend than what your hobbies are.
I'm with anonymous. Your simpering denials and attempts to pass culpability off on office workers and professionals is the most hilarious part.
PROTIP: 'Normal' people don't feel compelled to justify how they look to themselves or each other.
Also, I'm thrilled to see not a single one of those rules applies to me when I'm in Japan. You can't tell I'm an otaku until I step into Messe Sanoh.
Sorry to break this to ya bud, but your "Protip" is total BS. "Normal" people are always worried about what other people think of the way they look. That's why we have fashion fads. I however don't role with the fads and am always judged because of it.
I have had long hair since i was in 3rd grade and I've had a goatee for ten years; yet every time I go in for a job interview I am judged because of my looks. I'm usually told that they can't hire me because I don't fit their mold, or that I would have to cut my hair and shave.
Yet every time I'm told this I ask "Why?" and they can never give me a straight answer. I get things like we are a family centered place, or we are a high class joint, ect. Yet the funny thing is I know plenty of Family men and Middle to Old aged guys with long hair and/or facial hair.
The way I choose to present myself to the world has had dire consequences on my ability to find work. However I still stick to my guns and keep the way I look cause I like my own personal style. That's part of the reason why when I do finally find a job that will hire me I stay at that place for as long as I can; I have worked four jobs each for 2-5 years (I've been working for over 14yrs BTW).
So I guess in that respect you might be right, "Normal" people don't try to justify the way they look to others, because they don't have too; they just go along with what everyone else is doing in order to fit in. But in that same respect I don't feel that I should have to justify my personal appearance to others either, even tho I don't fit the mold.
if you were in the middle east they wouldnt look at you twice or hesitate to hire you as its seen as a manlythink to have a great bead and long hair lol.
Actually, while "healthy" people don't feel the need to justify their style choices, "normal" people are usually exceedingly paranoid about their looks. Just sayin'.
"PROTIP: 'Normal' people don't feel compelled to justify how they look to themselves or each other."
Umm... if by 'normal' you mean people who care how people think of them, which is about the whole human race even if you dont admit it, then i am afraid everyone is guilty of justifying how they look to others, and through that, themselves.
Also, the "Guilty" thing and trying to "pass culpability"... All those things on the list are prejudices, therfore "culpability" isnt quite the issue here.
*rant over*
Guilty of long hair and wearing a backback on both shoulders, mainly 'cause doing otherwise fucks your shoulders
You'll never know I'm an otaku by my looks. lol
but long sexy male hair=sex with women
Yeah, right... if only... TT^TT
According to 2. almost everybody is a otaku in japan since the most stores have anime characters on their plastic shopping bags.
top 10 ways to spot an otaku eh? it's probably more like the top 10 stereotypes since these characteristics seem pretty dated to me...although you have to admit such people do match the list fairly well.
Of course they're stereotypes, it's the general public they're asking.
If they were to ask someone who actually KNOWS something about being an otaku, half the items on that list wouldn't show up.
And you obviously haven't been there. Because a very large percentage of Japanese otaku do look exactly like that.
No such thing as excessively long hair.
You haven't seen 60's porn.
im seeing lots of otaku in denial
Surely Rucksack should be replaced by Backpack in #7, I've never seen an Otaku wearing a rucksack apart from myself, and that's only when hiking. Plus if you do wear a rucksack on one shoulder then you either don't need a rucksack you moron, go get a backpack, or you have filled it correctly and you're going to get back problems very young.
Only Nr. 7 sometimes when walking home with heay load.
Im not wearing Anime shirts when going to school xD
people with a muffin top should not be allowed to tuck their shirts in.
1. He has an anime T-shirt (I'd say I wear one 25% of the time but you wouldn't catch me in one when it mattered. Am I the only SC reader who reps anime?) 6. His hair is excessively long (a bit past my shoulders)
edit im 16 if that makes a difference
Yay i have none of those things.
i have none of those... i fail....
None of the above, but then again I'm female >.>
soooooooo you got a dyke haircut?
Depends on your definition of excessively long hair. Her hair could be to her shoulders, but not past it. Which would be neither short nor long for a girl.
I don't dress like that at all
#1 maybe if I had an anime shirt
So I'm not one then.. Ok... This is fucking creepy...
How long is is excessively long hair? I think that may be the only one I'm guilty of.
Tucking in your t-shirt/wearing a fanny pack is just plan nerdy.
PROTIP: If you want to stealth your otaku purchasing in Akihabara, don't carry a backpack just buy something at Sofmap first. Their giant paper shopping bags conceal all behind a veneer of respectable home electronics.
'Oh, he's not a pervert he's just buying a new toaster!"
smell?
OHOHOHO, someone hasn't left the house in a very long time.
Short hair is fail, short hair is not metal.
I don't understand the excessively long hair thing.
It's generally the style of people who are into some form of rock and / or metal.
I don't know any otaku or anime freaks with long hair. The ones I know tend to follow the short and spiky hair style that almost EVERY fucking generic as shit manga/anime kid hero/main character has. That's also what I see from the photos of conventions my friends have gone to.
You forgot about smell =/
Yeah, THAT, is important. The scent of unwashed plus dried up masterbation mayonayse.
long hair= teh br00talz
Oi, I'm an otaku but none of those can be seen on me! Honestly, I don't look like an otaku at all but.. I really am. XD
I guess I'm a partial otaku.
I'm guilty of anime shopping bag (when I'm in a conv. of course and there's one in a week^^), wearing my rucksack over both shoulders and I wear glasses.
But it should be interesting to make a survey in others countries where anime and otaku are in expansion (like in USA or France) to see the difference to "how to spot an otaku".
It's hilariously sad that most otaku are exactly like that. Needs a "flannel shirt" point as well...
Is that Madarame on the left?
Surely there must exist a picture of a sample otaku outside of Comiket. Like a subway or something. Hell, even Akihabara would be better, as otaku only make up maybe, say, 40% of the people there. (The remaining 60% being random foreigners, maid cafe girls, cops, and members of the general public who have apparently gotten lost)
There's not really any need for a list in this case, as being physically present is sufficient to classify one as an otaku at Comiket.
1. Wished i have one..
2. Wished i have one too.
3. Never own, never wear one..
4. Wore it back in my school sportday. Does that count?
5. All of those bags i used tore down after a few weeks, no point decorating them.
6. Has always been my trademark since highschool.
7. Often wears only on one shoulder no matter what type of bag i'm using for security reason..
8. Nope, my glasses are pretty small and not so thick.
9. Seriously no. It makes me look like a whimp.
10. Err, chemical washed? How's that look like?
1. Nope
2. Don't have
3. Yes I do have, but it's actually my makeshift pencilcase as well a place to store my HDD and earphones.
4. Don't have
5. I don't have an anime badge, but I do have my country's Air Force badge. But I'm not an Air Force personnel.
6. I cut my hair from time to time.
7. I only have a backpack, not a rucksack.
8. I don't wear glasses.
9. I hate tucking in my shirts.
10. I don't have jeans, only slacks.
... So is my stealth as an otaku a guarantee? :D
I say, whoever wrote this has never watched Genshiken.
^^ thought the same
So how do we identify yaoi fangirls...?
Pretty easy. If two men hug and a female starts to squeal, its a yaoi fangirl.
This implies that there are girls who aren't yaoi fangirls. Which is clearly nonsense.
guilty of 1 and 9
The only one I do is no 7.
I thought that was how everyone does it...
WTF I'm none of those. And I'm the nerd in my group. D:
I am only guilty of tucking my shirt into my trousers, but this probably identifies me as British rather than an Otaku.
fanny pack [more of side pouch actually]and i use it for work
glasses [not too thick]
these are the only 2 im guilty of..
sure i have some anime related shirts.. but you wouldnt know theyre from anime unless you watch that series aswell [maybe a team/company logo... that sort of thing]
The only thing that applies to me would be the shopping bag, which doubles as my work bag.
0 out of 10, guess I'm not one. (quickly boxes up figurines)..
"6. His hair is excessively long"
So what about all those male "idol" faggots? The ones with the long, blonde/brown-dyed hair?
thats a good fucking point +1 my friend
IMO what they're talking about is
a) shaggy dude or
b) what we in the states call the "programmer ponytail"
not
c) overgroomed bishonen cut
hmm, I'm guilty of no. 7 & 8, huh?
Just 6 for me, I always hated getting a haircut.
I'm not guilty of any of these, but I'm here so I'm probably still an otaku.
The only thing I'm guilty of is the glasses, but they aren't big and thick. Besides, a lot of people wear them. And around here, the only people who wear bandannas are the gang members. I dare anyone to call them an otaku.
Only apply 7 and 8, guess i'm a low budget version...
That's odd, I don't fit into any of these. I suppose only watching over 200 anime doesn't make me an otaku.
Seems to me more like a list of what easily-identifiable super-otaku look like, in Japan anyway. In the States and Europe there are all kinds, hot and nerdy alike (otaku has less of a stigma too).
1. He has an anime T-shirt
No.
2. He has an anime shopping bag
Do paper bags count?
3. He has a waist pouch (”fanny pack” / “bum bag”)
Don't have one. I prefer messanger bags.
4. He wears a bandanna (hachimaki)
Nah.
5. His bag is covered in anime badges
Nope.
6. His hair is excessively long
Well, yeah.
7. He wears his rucksack over both shoulders
Again, messenger bags.
8. He has big, thick glasses
I have glasses though.
9. He tucks his shirt/T-shirt into his trousers
No.
10. He wears chemical wash jeans
Huh?
1. He has an anime T-shirt
-Admittedly I have several
2. He has an anime shopping bag
-We don't have those in America D:
3. He has a waist pouch (”fanny pack” / “bum bag”)
-I have one, but it's mostly a snack pack (holds crackers goldfish or granola bars). With a homemade (waterbottle/soda/big gulp) caddie
4. He wears a bandanna (hachimaki)
-None here.
5. His bag is covered in anime badges
-Do anime charms count?
6. His hair is excessively long
-Girl, so by default...
7. He wears his rucksack over both shoulders
-Huge Purse FTW.
8. He has big, thick glasses
_*cough*
9. He tucks his shirt/T-shirt into his trousers
-Isn't it supposed to be normal to have your t-shirt tucked in? Times sure change. Oh and I have skirts.
10. He wears chemical wash jeans
-Again.. mostly skirts.
I shoulda changed the "he" in my list to she.. just realised it after I clicked add comment. Ugh >.<
This list are for otaku not fujoshi
I only wear the bandana D:
And my hair is long, but I'm a girl so I guess that's normal.
Yup, I'm only guilty for the bandana. o.o
Bandanna huh? I see..., so Rambo is an Otaku! :3
it says hachimaki which are nerd bandanas with slogans and the japanese flag you've probably seen them as gags in anime and such
people are sure getting butthurt over this. "im not an otaku, im unique!"
I am guilty of....using both straps on my ruck? maybe the gasses....they aren't that thick, but they are relatively big (and round, for that herr doctor look)
Thick, big GASSES?
Gawd, I hope that was a mis-print!
What are chemical wash jeans?
i'm guilty of glasses...i think =( lol
This is very useful information.
Guilty here of 6 and 7. Though I don't have excessively long hair. I wear bandanna's from time to time (either wrapped or tied around head) when I'm out of hats though lol. Usually in this cycle: Deep Crown Beanie > Rasta > Visor > Bandanna and repeat. I lay off the head wear when I have shorter hair.
Guilty of..
1 Tshirt
4 Bandana
5 Badges
6 Long Hair
7 Backpack
Proud of it!!
and sometimes 9 Tuck in Shirt
Heh~, I'm Otaku as fawk. (1, 6, 7)
you forgot pantsu over your head
i fall into pretty much none of those categories.
One more, I think most of the otaku are like this "They're fat." Well, not kidding though because I saw some are fat.
I'm a stealth Otaku or just a closet otaku. I'm
surprised the unbearable otaku stench did not make the cut... you can't actually see the stink lines.
Only have 1 and 6.
I don't dress up as an otaku at all and yet I'm still an otaku. ;_;
they got me on
6. His hair is excessively long
>> they got me, but i has coll longhair
be stylist n cool otaku
Anonymous is wise
Got shot with #1 though I don't wear them often.
I'm surprised "he's carrying a dakimura" didn't mkae the list.
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
None of the above. Awwwwww yeaaaaaah.
Im working on the hair though. White people hair can be disagreeable sometimes. Fucking genetics.
Damn, I wear an anime shirt and a bandana. I must stand out like a sore thumb.
Ewwww, massive otaku.
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.
#7... you'll need to use both shoulders if you're carrying over 1/3 of your body mass like I do on a near-everyday basis.
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
Reminds me i need a new haircut...
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
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
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
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.
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 never heard of these chemically washed jeans before...
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.
damn right you are
OP pic reminds me of Edward & Alphonse Elric
Imma sleeper otaku =D
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.
None of those are me.
guilty for #6 and that's about it.
neither applies to me luckily
Hair and some t-shirts.
long hair=otaku?
i thought it was drugs. or cake.
#6 and #9*, sometimes #10.
*I'm pretty skinny and like to show off my figure.
notice how all of them say he...
I might be a 6, and I am occasionally a 7...
7) for me, unless I'm carrying my laptop bag (which has a gungrave symbol on it) x_X
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
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.
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.
I know many female otakus and none of the points you posted fit. :/ You can mainly recognise them at animal ears, cosplay, lolita and visual kei clothes.
kerp
4/10
Japanese otaku are a depressing bunch -_-
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!
"I should know, we can smell our own."
So i'm not an otaku...
*cries*
Japan is behind on fashion, in southern California everyone wears their backpacks on both shoulders with the straps pulled all the way up.
All clean for now...#6, how long is long? =.= I'm gonna be having my hair grown to near-shoulder length soon.
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?
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
...
You do know in today's western societies, stopping the female workforce would probably grind our countries to a halt?
Just so you know...
faggot aka otaku- The alternate version of geeks and nerds.
phew, i am guilty of none of those things!
I eww about all these guys
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
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.
Lol, none of the above apply to me and I'm a otaku.. maybe a modern one?
#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?
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
Interesting that almost every single one of us seems to have long hair...
Wow I have 0/10 I guess im not an otaku after all o0
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.
lol this made it on kotaku
Seems I'm only guilty of #1 but only stuff along the lines cowboy bebop or gundam and sometimes #2.
BTW there is no way in hell I'd ware a fanny pack in the words of P. Dude you gottabe fucking kidding.
Only guilty of #1(Fate/Stay Night Realta Nua T-Shirt)
#6 has been a trait that I've had since before I got into anime.
But I'm surprised owning an anime figurine isn't included in the list(owns a Saber Lilly Figma)
Phew.. You'll never find me.. I look normal.. but then again i am an Otaku
i feel left out because i have none of these qualities yet into anime, manga, and hentai.
i need a hug
I'm more of a closet otaku (not as in a hiki). In my room, I have anime posters, bit a figures, 4 tb of anime, etc, etc. However I'm fit, I exercise, I wear normal cloths, have a job, am in education, have many acquaintance, some friends, and few best friends, pay for my own food, gas, etc, and have a wardrobe of regular clothing (which means average fashion). Around 80 percent of the people who know me (mostly acquaintance regular friends) don't even think or know I'm a otaku. those who do know are either in my college anime club or best friends whom I known for a decade or more.
4/10
GTFO my planet.
I guess I'm the stealthy kind.
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.
NOTHING HERE
Okay i do have glasses, but thin and fashionable :3
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
:D
The only thing I'm guilty of is the fanny pack, and only cause it has a holster in it for my gun
i wear my rucksack on both shoulders
hah! you'll never pick me in a crowd...
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.
ok they got me on the hair thing....
WITH MAH EPIC 'FOR!!!!!
I can admit I do have an anime shirt. But the rest non.
I do none of these things. I have Anime T-Shirts but most of the time people really stop & notice and inquirer about the character. Maybe it's different cause we have Hot Topic in the states?
I'm not in the list... I'm overweighted, yeah, that would be a way to spot me as an otaku... no, I don't think so. Being fat with my body... makes me look like a drunkard most likely.
People who are fat are no otaku, if that were the case, a big portion of USA poblation would be otaku.
And being thin neither.
I was one of the "otaku" that attended the Warriors of legend Tour '06. Sites visited were all places that have or still exist that were in the Sailor Moon cannon both Anime and Manga. The only sign that comes close to me is #7 but I only wore it one day for the week we were there and never had posters or anything else sticking out from it. While it was empty, I had the backpack over one shoulder though. Also #2 is a near miss b/c I bought a camera carrying-case and even then it was a standard Akihabara shopping bag from an electronic store.
leave them alone xD different interests = different outcome i guess they like anime characters because they are nicer than real ones since most of them are done by artists with good philosophy.
If these are the main stereotypes of being an otaku then I will never be spotted, lol.
Seriously: I have short hair, I would never be caught alive wearing an anime T-shrt (the closest thing I've worn is a Sonic the Hedgehog tshirt I had when I was 10) or using an anime shopping bag, havent worn a waist pouch since my trip to Walt Disney World back in '97 (i was 12), I never wear anything on my head besides the ocassional baseball cap, I dont tuck my t-shirts, dont wear glasses, and my college backpack definetly is not covered with anything anime or otherwise and yet I visit Sankaku Complex almost daily and watch anime.
I guess I consider myself as a closet otaku.
The only thing I could be partly guilty of is the rucksack thing, but only mainly when its too heavy. The chemical washed pants I dont get, if by that you mean those jeans you can buy at your local mall (Hollister, American Eagle, A&F, etc) that come already washed out then yes, Im guilty of that too. Didnt know that was a branding of being a nerd but whatever.
wait i love anime and i have none of these traits. 0.0?
I have sneaking suspicion that the guy in the blue jogging pants in that photo is fat ass Artefact.
They forgot to add that he might be a fat fuck.
Long hair, anime shirt, bandannas when I can get away with it, and anime shopping bags when I shop at physical stores (as opposed to online).
Yup, Im an otaku.
Is there one on girl otaku?
Only guilty of #3 and #6.
Guilty of only 3 and 6
1. Don't have one.
2. Don't have one either.
3. because those waist pouches are brilliant for stashing my weed when I'm on a festival or what not.
4. mmm nope.
5. Don't have any of those.
6. because I'm an metalhead.. you insensitive clod.
7. If that makes carrying it easier then yes.
8. I do have glasses but rarely wear them.. contacts all the way.
9. ugh never understood why people would do such a thing.
10. lol no.
Guess I'm not much of an Otaku, go me. Now if I could just do something about this lolicon complex...
I'm confused with 7. isn't that how rucksacks are always worn?
regarding me it`s #1 #6 #9 and yeah Im kida fat
I can handle 1, but 6 and 9 make me want to cry.
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!"
I guess these "otaku" in Japan dont smell because in America you can smell (a nasty unwashed smell) one before seeing one.