Anime fans supply a ranking of the moments they realised their DNA had become corrupted into that of a creepy anime otaku.
The ranking, which is clearly using “otaku” in the sense of “anime otaku”:
1. When you fell in love with an anime character
2. When your PVR’s hard disk filled up with anime
3. When you noticed yourself reading a character’s lines in a novel in the voice of their seiyuu
4. When you started staying up until early in the morning to watch late night anime in real time
5. When you started saying the lines of anime characters in actual conversation
The newest addition to the list would likely be “when you read the above list and realised all of them applied to you.”
See also a ranking of what signals corrupt otaku DNA provided by non-otaku observers.
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I only applied for the #1.
I LOVE YOU MUGI-CHAN!
"Don't shout your feelings out loud. It's embarrassing!"
Oh, wait. #5
1 and 3 for me lol.
1: ruri hoshino
3: zero no tsukaima
#6 all the way ^^
So dream fantasizing about 2D girls make me clear YEAH! XD
Note : I don't mean love... it's called lust XD
#1, #2, #4 and #5 oh yeah.
# 1 for me...
School Days: Kotonoha Katsura
~ and so my life has never been the same since 2005!
1st one for me
Needs more options...
damnit
none apply ! i better get on this.
1st thing first, gotta find a waifu.
#1,2,5 for me. Need more space :(
I only have number 1 and 2
"3. When you noticed yourself reading a character’s lines in a novel in the voice of their seiyuu"
Uh.
But, if you're reading a novel about a TV character of any kind, isn't it only natural to read it in that character's voice?
Otakus read out loud maybe?
Wow, I wouldn't say I did any of those 5 things. But I'm definitely an otaku... or am I? Weird...
I'm not sure any otaku can read out loud using the voice of one, let's figure plenty, seiyuu. :P
I didn't say it would be pretty.
I started to say "Desu". At a higher level than an otaku are supposed to, so I transcended into a different level.
Corruption no, enlightenment yes. Of course the 1st one falls on me Haruhi <3 and #5. What is it about anime girls that makes you fall for them? I don't even remember how I got into Haruhi's anime
1,3,5 for me
Same here.
I had a crush on two prominent figures (to me at least) when I was a lad. Ryoko from Tenshi, and Meru from Legend of Dragoon the day it was released!
I really liked Ryoko too.
so did I..... until I accidentally purchased a dubbed vhs..... her english voice actors sounds like a 65 year old woman.
I started like a lot of Japanese in the early 80s, with Lum.
Now that I'm older and have fallen for a real girl, I don't go that crazy for 2D girls, but that doesn't stop me from geeking out and obsessing anyway. Keine, Rin, Chen, Reisen, Tewi... wait... why are girls with things sticking out of the top of their heads so alluring?!!
Misaka is so touching :)
All of the above!
damm it!
Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny.
Trust your feelings Luke. The answer is within the Force...
But then again we like the dark side.
Bravo! This path is my destiny.
And you'll never walk alone....
*holds Bravo's hand, but quickly lets go*
Bravo! To Infinity and beyond.
Believe it!
I have no regrets, this is the only path, my whole life was UNLIMITED ANIMU WORKS!
It never did mines so why should it.
I dunno, I consider my self quite a nerd/otaku but this... Is kinda creepy.
Actually, I had grown out of it by the time I turned 15.
when i was 15 i turned to lolis
opps.. :|
The list lacks "when you fap to h-mangas" too. And almost every girl start with that if you don't know.
They apparently forgot to add number 6 to the above list
"When you realize you are having about as much pleasure fingering a 2D character as you do fingering a flesh & blood 3D one"...
Oh, I guess that would make most men in the World Otaku.
I have no regrets. This is the only path.
Never realized it.
It just happened and there's no going back.
And if it involves DNA, then it could not have become corrupted, that means we were born to love anime, and such a blessing it is.
We call that: Evolution
*8-bit evolution theme*
What?
Otaku is evolving!
Damn monkeys and their coconuts..
1, 4 and 5 for me
But since we can't have children with our 2D wives, natural selection will eventually get rid of the otaku mutation.
we're kinda getting off topic here felles...
what about radiation?
otaku-rays used by the alien illuminati
Silly anons, such illogical theories can't really be possible. We are growing more powerful, as we build stronger immunity to your pathetic trolling. Just compare the early otakus to today's, we've stopped caring what pricks think
Also why do you think they are trying to keep us down with bans and restrictions; they're scared, frightened by the fact that we can take control hahaha....ha
So its similar to Love?
what has been done cannot be undone for I am her husbando for now and always....
Opposite for me...
I went to Japan and realized I don't hold a candle up to the real Otaku's over here. Too fleeting of mind to dig so deep into a single subject.