Top 10 Ways to Spot an Otaku

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A survey of Japanese reveals just how easy it is thought to be to spot a (male) otaku from how he dresses…

The ranking:

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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    Avatar of JSRF
    Comment by JSRF
    20:29 16/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    The only thing I'm guilty of is the bandana.

    Comment by Anonymous
    21:13 16/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Me 2 >.< well, that and long hair. And sometime the anime shopping bag XP

    Comment by Anonymous
    21:23 16/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    #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

    Comment by Anonymous
    21:45 16/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    How come they didn't mention body size? For some reason it tend to be rather... round.

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    Comment by Duo Maxwell
    22:03 16/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I'm skinny.

    And I heard fapping a lot will affect your calories. Which mean sex = best way of diet?

    Comment by Anonymous
    22:08 16/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    fapping = loss of protein

    Comment by Anonymous
    22:54 16/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    fags= protein vampires

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:10 16/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    fapping = the most efficient way to lose weight

    Comment by Anonymous
    00:12 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Fapping = Becoming a man

    Comment by Anonymous
    00:51 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    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

    Comment by Anonymous
    00:51 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    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

    Comment by Anonymous
    00:55 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    There's actually very little proteinn on semen...

    Comment by Anonymous
    01:08 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    "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

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:08 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    "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...

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    Comment by Maikeru
    04:56 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    only guilty of 7... but then again, so is almost everyone who wears one... ._."

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    Comment by giascle
    05:12 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    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.

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:50 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Guilty for 1 and 6...

    But not so much of 1, I only have one Gundam shirt bought from Uni Qlo.

    Comment by Y0k41
    08:40 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    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.

    Comment by Schrobby
    10:27 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    None of the 10, so I'm some invisible otaku. ^_^

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    Comment by カンチ
    12:19 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    The long hair thing should be more precises.They mean long and unattended to hair.

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    Comment by Firaku
    12:31 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    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.

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    Comment by Kortaku
    12:55 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (-0.2)

    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.

    Comment by Anonymous
    16:12 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    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...

    Comment by Anonymous
    22:00 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I'm only with the bandana

    Comment by Anonymous
    15:30 19/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I am with 10 and a bit of 6, so that means I am an invicible otaku right?

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:29 22/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    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?

    Comment by Anonymous
    15:31 25/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Ninja Otakus UNITE!!!!!!

    Comment by Anonymous
    20:07 13/03/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    ^ Nooooo, because it is hard to stay ninja'd when we're a large united group.

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:50 28/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    6 and 7 apply to me.

    I just stopped getting my hair cut about a year ago. But I've been into anime for years.

    Also, if wearing the rugsack over both shoulders mean you're an otaku then everyone that happen to wear a rugsack in my class would be otakus. Which is a no...

    Comment by Anonymous
    22:20 16/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I'm only guilty of long hair and small glasses or contact lenses.

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    Comment by LonerGoth
    23:36 16/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    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.

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    Comment by kajunbowser
    17:40 22/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    #1 applies to my only shirt: the Hen-Tie
    #10 stonewashed (dark/light) and black

    Comment by Anonymous
    01:06 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    #6 is the only thing that applys to me lol

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:53 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Long hair, a bag, the Bandanna. well i fit the role quite well xD

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:55 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    im also guilty of long hair >_> and a bandana from time to time

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    Comment by Aero
    13:53 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    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.

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:34 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    If you are in USA the top 10 ways to spot otaku
    is the guns they are carrying.
    Concern Weapon Permit.LOL

    Comment by Anonymous
    21:57 16/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    That's disturbing.

    Comment by Anonymous
    22:08 16/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    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

    Comment by Anonymous
    00:29 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Amen to that =D
    Don't wanna dislocate my shoulders.

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:32 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    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.

    Comment by Anonymous
    22:24 16/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    #7 describes me very well...

    Comment by Anonymous
    22:38 16/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    They got me in #7.

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:24 16/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    #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

    Comment by Anonymous
    22:28 16/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Not a single one of these applies to me.
    And what the fuck is a rucksack?

    Comment by Anonymous
    22:39 16/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    backpack

    Comment by Anonymous
    01:29 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Thou are an American Idiot, sir.

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:10 16/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    no one will spot me

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:35 16/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    we're the ninja otaku,pilling goods from the shadows..

    in old era we were called...panties thieves!..wait got that one wrong...

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    Comment by ZetsubouNinja
    02:18 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I'm guilty of the anime shirt, badges, long hair, and thick glasses. lol

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    Comment by First Posting Idiot
    08:22 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    The bandanna by itself isn't Otaku. Look at Solid Snake!

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    Comment by OTIKA
    17:13 11/12/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    The typical person (according to this article) does not understand the wonders of unlimited ammo.

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    Comment by Chris
    13:27 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Just 1, and it's not immediately obvious (No loli saying onii-chan on it anyway lol).

    Comment by Anonymous
    15:07 17/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    i'm only guilty of half of 8 (my glasses are really thick)










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