/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Iku thread!

>>39803085
>Otaku culture is dying
Yeah, Otaku culture lost its appeal now and now appears soulless cashgrabs. I don't know what happened, in the 2000's it was all bright and soulful, now, its anything but that. I'm on the verge of calling it quits and doing something else.

>>39803102
OK!

>>39803085
Yeah, just look at the catalogue, they're practically mocking the useless moderation, though it's not that they're useless as much as they're in cahoots with them. They probably have some sort of grudge against the board.

>>39803113
>Otaku culture lost its appeal now and now appears soulless cashgrabs.
Why is that? I remember looking at Japanese culture fondly when I was younger, now, I simply don’t care about it.

Iku is so cool

>>39803226
I think it has to do with Japan being exotic when we were younger. Now, it’s just normal Asian country.

>>39803318
Globalism was a mistake.

>>39803318
>Now, it’s just normal Asian country.
Japan was always a normal Asian country, the fuck are you on about? There was nothing unique to it.

>>39803085
That depends on what you mean by Otaku Culture.
If you mean /jp/, my answer won't be posted here.
If you mean Otaku Culture as a whole excluding /jp/, I say it already died. It's a corporate pawn. A billion dollar industry. It's just another one of my hobbies that ended up being extremely successful. I'm not upset about the current state, I'm furious. It's not possible to make waves or any other meaningful impact without either having a group of friends to work with that have skills of their own or selling your soul to the corporate world aka chosen by the algorithm.
It died years ago, but if you count as it being alive now, then no. That's not quite it.
Your priories are skewed.

>>39803576
I guess he meant, when you admire something you don't know much about, but you end up realizing it's just a normal when you get older.

>>39803636
8 guess when the only information you get from Japan is anime, visual novels, Touhou, video games, manga, doujin and other forms of entertainment media you tend to get a very warped view of a country that wasn't especially unique in any way.

>>39803636
It's hard not to lose that sense of mystery when you have the brain of an adult that can easily process things on a big scale and normalize them in comparison to what you already know. It's funny though that he sounds completely disillusioned with japan, there's plenty of unique things to like about it if you actually look into it. And if he doesn't like that stuff why is he on /jp/? Weird.

Otaku culture isn't dying. Western otaku culture is.
Just a bunch of retardeds craving for attention that only likes mainstream shit and thinks that being a "nerd" is fashion, but when finds a real nerd gets disgusted. Japanese otaku culture is still strong in Japan.

>>39803318
>>39803226
>>39803113
You just grow up and see things in a different way. Nothing wrong with it

But otaku culture is alive and Japan is getting tons of cash from everywhere to keep it more alive
>but it’s soulless cashgrab blabla
Times have changed anon so have you. You don’t have to force yourself to like anything, there’s an amazing open world waiting for you out there and tons of hobbies and interests to get into

>>39803653
>video games
>anime
these ones especially, I've seen plenty of people adults even, who thought Japan is like some sort of paradise, and then they get shocked when they realize they have problems like any other country "wow japan has suicide/bullying problems?"

>>39803085
Otaku culture is hoarding useless information about a niche Japanese hobby. Someone who knows all the useless Touhou lore and character bios is a true Otaku, someone that watches the shitty shark play video games or throws money at the retarded meme bunny is not an Otaku.
So yes, otaku culture is dying, at least in /jp/.

>>39804018
tldr, "I happen to be an expert on this subject." I also agree somewhat.

>>39804018
>>39804054
This is more about e-inclusion than otaku culture itself. You could say the same for any cultural niche.

Sometimes I feel like I'm dying.

Hello, fish Lisa Lisa

>>39803576
There are many singular and quite autistic aspects to it. Shinto comes to mind really quickly.>>39803564

I wish every IkuAnon in this thread a happy life and one day meet her lovely Iku

>>39804018
>thing I like good vs thing I don’t like bad
if touhou shit can still be considered niche then so vtubers as well

>>39806962
Who are you quoting?

In Japan? Its doing fine
In the west? Who gives a fuck about the west

Every time I click on 4/jp/ and see all these shitty unneeded generals and normalfag posting I think that. What an abortion of a site, if you didnt post here in 2012 there's really no point

>>39807582
I'm pretty sure that if this site and I live to see 2030, I will see people say the same thing about 2020 or something
Just because you don't enjoy it anymore doesn't mean it's shit to everybody else

>>39808084
But anon, my taste is supreme

>>39807582
Taste this

>>39803085
>You guys ever feel that Otaku culture is dying?
Yes, and we know why

>>39803873
Even younger people are getting into the otaku culture of the past, even though they've never lived through it, for that exact "lack of soul" reason. How do you explain that?
>>39807582
It's weird seeing a lot of anons speak of having a girlfriend and having a good job when just a few years ago hikineet threads were common place.

>>39811246
Just a sign of the aging userbase.
3DPD posting needs to go and stay go though.

>>39811298
You see people talking of their fuck buddies in the gravure and JAV threads...I don't really understand it.

>>39811333
My own take here but I don't think those threads belong with the rest of the culture on the board. It also attracts people that don't belong to it.

>>39811333
Gravure is such simp culture. If they have a good enough graphic card like a 3060ti they should make deepfake porn featuring their favorite idol and upload it online.

>>39811513
>Guavere is simp culture
>VTuber threads still allowed despite /vt/ existing, and also massive simp culture
I want these simps to fuck off.

>>39803085
the only thing wrong about Otaku culture in 2022 is the cringe westerners that think they are part of it, they need to gtfo and leave the culture to the Japanese middle aged salarymen like it is supposed to be

>>39815806
Just shut the fuck up already.
Your opinion seeps with ignorance.

>>39811298
Aging userbase? After the you-know-what happened, it feels like the average poster here on 4/jp/ became 10 years younger overnight, with all the "based" and "oomer" and greentext-posting and so on becoming acceptable.

>>39811298
Aging userbase? After the you-know-what happened, it feels like the average poster here on 4/jp/ became 10 years younger overnight, with all the "based" and "oomer" and greentext-posting and so on becoming acceptable. Hell, you even see that shit in this very thread.

IKU THREAD WILL NOT DIE ON MY WATCH

>>39829071
It literally isn't an Iku thread though

>>39829081
Oh yeah? Then how do you explain THIS?

>>39803635
Fun fact: the "Anime Videos" were horror films and Faces of Death clones. The Japanese media at the time said anime for some reason.

>>39823354
found the cringe westerner

>>39830805
kawaii desune :P:P:P:P ochinchin daisuuuuuuki~~~
cringe westerner de gomenne anon-dono ;_;
nippon aishiteruuuu~~~!!! :DDDDDDDDDDD

>>39829266
epic oarfishe

>>39803085
We literally locked everyone inside for a year. go somewhere else to nog.

>>39833010
More like two years and ongoing

>>39830976
kind of sums it up yeah

Iku culture is dying.

>>39843030
no...

Tall Iku

>>39803393
That's not the fault of "globalism". That's just maturity.

>>39850959
>he can't see how globohomo is starting to affect Japan
Haven't you got a shareholders meeting to fuck off to?

>>39851824
Who are you quoting?

>>39850044
Me on left

>>39851824
+18 site.

>>39811558
>VTuber threads still allowed despite /vt/ existing, and also massive simp culture
Virtual cancer will never be contained in /vt/ as long as the same type of mods who blatantly "simp" for these ugly whores continue moderating the site like a twitch chat.The hololive general, an amalgamation of shit that floods the board every 6 hours, is easily one of the fastest generals even by /vt/ standards but is kept here regardless if /v/t is a better fit for it, which is curious because mods give the blessing to /vg/ generals to move here simply because they're too slow for their own board. At least some of the slow /jp/ virtual youtuber threads can be treated as generic idolshit threads that can go unnoticed once filtered but the main cancer magnet that is the hololive general is the complete opposite. That general could easily be moved to /vt/ but they don't want to deal with this glorified chat in their own board.

tl;dr unless someone infiltrates the mod ranks, a long and stupid process, this is as good as it gets.

Shut up nerds and post more Iku!!!

>>39857287
okay

>>39844138
>>39850044
>>39851841
I love both celestials, even if one is a celestialet

>>39862647
good taste