/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

Hide your otaku habits?

Yes [ ]
No [ ]

[Anonymous No.]

As a NEET, I have transcended "habits".

[Anonymous No.]

If by Otaku you mean Pedophilia then yes i do hide it. To many vigilantes out there.

Other than that I have no idea what the op is talking about.

[Anonymous No.]

Can't say I have anyone to hide things from

[OSad !YffGWo6BrM No.]

I think he meant to ask if you hide your powerlevel. And I don't do it because I barely have anything to show. My four gashapons are mistaken by "action figures", I'm called a little kid, and then the issue drops forever.

I hide my katana, though. Or at least, never use it in front of any guests that come around sometimes.

[Anonymous No.]

Yes i kueep my powerlevels hidden to the max.
No one knows my true colors, on the outside i am nothing more then a normalfag.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6458586
I can't stop laughing.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6458561
>otaku habits
What.

[Anonymous No.]

The only thing I reveal is that I can understand Japanese, and I only ever show this by reading novels. I never read manga in public and in general avoid displaying anything at all that has an "anime" art style. Hopefully this is enough to convey an interest in Japanese stuff without connecting myself with otaku or weeaboos.

[Anonymous No.]

My two friends know about how I'm probably the biggest weeaboo in my town. They don't care. From those that I don't know, which is about everyone ever, I do.

[Anonymous No.]

I think everyone just assumes I'm a little autistic.

[Anonymous No.]

I have almost no one to hide it from because I barely leave my house and no friends, etc, but yeah, I'm ashamed of all this shit, like anyone with half a brain would be. I try to hide my weeabooism as much as I can from my family but unfortunately it's too late for that, so technically I got no one to hide it from anymore.

[Anonymous No.]

All my friends are the same as me to some extend, so no I don't. I'd be laughed at. ;_;

[Anonymous No.]

Yes [x]
No [ ]

I live two different happy lifes as normalfag and as otaku. Feels good man.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6458700
>I am a coward that is scared of people judging me.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6458717

I'm a brave faggot who has no people around to judge me.

[Satorin !KOMEijI/Jg No.]

Yes [ ]
No [x]

I make no attempt to hide all but my most private matters when it pertains to 2d. The things I do hide are for good reason.

Feels good man.

Holy fuck this is like my first post on /jp in a while, I really need to start posting more again.

[Anonymous No.]

[X]Yes

Except when it's not possible i.e. brother comes to visit and sees my room.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6458734
So? No one cares about how you have no friends.

[Anonymous No.]

If by "hide" you mean "don't talk about" then yes. The only people I talk to are my parents anyway and it's not like they ask what I've been doing (sitting in my room all day)

[Anonymous No.]

>>6458775
Online though (in MMOs and stuff), I'm really open about being an otaku. It's great because people assume it's a joke, so I just act normally and they think I am a master of satire

[Anonymous No.]

These threads make me feel good. Its always nice to see how many cowards are out there, makes me feel special.

I dont hide anything. In fact I try to spread anime to everyone. I like to share things I love.

This doesnt mean i wear tacky anime shirts or merchandise or run like a ninja but its not uncommon for me to recommend anime to people or hand out Miku cds.

[Anonymous No.]

Everyone i know thinks otaku means naruto, so I hide the fact I like japanese stuff because they relate it right away with naruto shit.
Also, my pc files include my crossdressing pics, so I tend to hide the whole thing and never use my pc "on public". also, pedophilia is illegal, etc, etc.

[Anonymous No.]

What exactly are "otaku habits"?

When i talk to people long enough to reach the point where they ask about hobbies i tell them i like to watch japanese animation in original dub with english subtitles and play bullet hell shooters about little girls.

I do not mention eroge for the same reason other people don't list "watching porn" as a hobbie.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6458821
stop being a pussy and educate them.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6458817
>hand out Miku CDs
>That kid gave me some of 'dis Chinese music...

And, Yes [X].
My friends are in to Anime and Manga, though; and I've told them "I'm probably far worse than you guys". I would be just to embarrassed if people knew that I was in to otaku culture.

Those weaboos that wear cat ears and scream NYAA make me cringe. Even though I would never be as embarrassing as them, I must have projected them into myself and avoided showing my interests.

[Anonymous No.]

some people knows I am a furfag and also a faggot. I dont hide I like touhou from anyone though... More like I spread the word instead

[Anonymous No.]

>>6458903
how do you like touhou if you are gay?

that doesnt compute.

[Anonymous No.]

Yes [X}
it's never worth it to reveal, especially when there are only narutofags around, and they are annoying as hell

[Anonymous No.]

Moderation in all things, I just match whatever they reveal. They watch anime? Discuss anime. Manga? Discuss manga. VNs? Discuss VNs. I also make sure that we're only discussing the topic they like, so secret magical girl obsessions and so on never gets around.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6458943
This has to be the first example of cowardice that is backed by completely rational fear.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6458954
I have yet to meet somebody who is knowledgeable of something more than anime/manga,
I would be happy to meet even one person who knows touhou or niconicodouga
maybe I'm just not searching, but I wouldn't know where to search
and I'm probably not going to try, knowing that it probably wouldn't be worth it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6458928
I enjoy homosexual love, so I like the whole lesbian thing to it
Nothing against vaginas bro, I just prefer dating guys

call me bi or w/e you feel like

[Anonymous No.]

>>6458612
Similar here. I did read manga in public when my Japanese wasn't good enough for reading normal books without dictionary yet, though.
Also, my OS is in Japanese, and I generally bring my netbook to uni.
Actually, not even my mom knew that I was studying Japanese until my first shipment of books arrived from Japan (a Japanese-Japanese dictionary and a volume of manga). Not sure if she's aware that I piss away a lot of my time with anime and VNs.
I don't buy figs, wallscrolls or anime DVDs. The most powerlevel-revealing things you'll find in my room are these books/comics and a Kanji-poster that came with the dictionary.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6459041
how are those まんがわかる　books, I was considering buying

[Anonymous No.]

I don't have anyone to reveal it to. I live with my parents but it's not something I'd share with them. That goes for people I'm forced to interact with throughout my day as well. I don't feel the need to be vocal about one of my particular hobbies, as with anything. I hate people who are loud about anything they like and make it obvious to everybody else that they are associated with whatever. If I ever get around to making friends I'd start things off slow and only reveal my true interests when I feel comfortable. Most of this "chinese girl stuff" is a major putoff to people.

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

I've had "otaku habits" (watching anime and playing games) since I was a babby, so how could I hide it from my family?

And if I had IRL friends I wouldn't hide anything from them.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6459041
Good to see someone else who is in essentially the same position as I am. Is that a book on differential equations? Been thinking about grabbing some textbooks in Japanese, but never been sure about what to get. Also, where do you buy most of your books from?

[Anonymous No.]

[x] Yes

Power level 0. No posters, no figs, no dvds. I must hide my terrible terrible secret.

[Anonymous No.]

Every answer here is bullshit. Nobody cares enough to search and your family has given up caring a long time ago. I am so fucking bitter and angry.

[Satorin !KOMEijI/Jg No.]

>>6459148
I was telling the truth....

[Anonymous No.]

No, because I never invite people over to my place anyway unless they know / share my interests and are cool with it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6459078
>>6459108
yeah, it's on differential equations. I bought the one on 暗号 (cryptology) some time ago and thought it was pretty good, so I bought some more. They use lots of pictures for explaining stuff, which makes it often much easier to understand for me.
I'm sort of disappointed by the manga part though. The stories and settings are mostly centered around 萌えshit, a pity since e.g. a GitS-like setting would've been fuck-awesome for explaining cryptology and such. Then again, the one on Fourier transformations actually has more to do with playing music than K-On.
I can recommend them, but you should view those comics more as complementary stuff rather than complete textbooks that give you enough knowledge to pass a course.

>where do you buy most of your books from?
YesAsia.
Amazon.co.jp's fees for shipping to Europe are simply too high.
I've recently discovered a small Japanese bookstore in my city though. I'll check out their prices next time I need something.

[Anonymous No.]

...so why are we acting like this is something society's tabooing?

Yeah, I show off my powerlevel, and I talk about my interests without restraint whenever it's appropriate just like anything else.

Normalfags have tried to give me a hard time for it, but all they get in return is a raised eyebrow in disbelief of someone their age doing something so immature as to dislike on someone else's harmless interests.