WHAT IS AN OTAKU? MATUMIT SOMBUNJAROEN V1.0 2015/10/20
WHAT IS AN OTAKU?
MATUMIT SOMBUNJAROENV1.0
2015/10/20
ORIGIN OF THE STORY
Thus, I made this Slide to explain how stupid that statement is,
and to explain what Otaku really is
There was an argument saying thatThe Definition of “Otaku” is
Disgusting people who like Japanese Manga and Anime
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Being A bunch of Social Awkward
A SELF INTRODUCTION
I’m sort of an expert in Otaku-ismMy Previous Slide 「タイにおけるオタク人生」 got 100k+
views
MORE OVER,
Origin of the Term
LET’S START WITH AN ETYMOLOGY
The word Otaku – オタクLiterally come from the wordお宅
Which mean “House”Also pronounced “Otaku”
COMMON USAGE
お宅に伺いますI will visit you at your home
This is said inan honorific and polite manner
A MORE SPECIALIZED USAGE
The phrase is also usually used when asking for a permission to visit a
specialist
As such, there is a nuance of
Otaku Specialist
LATER USAGE
A precursor to the modern usage of the termDuring 80’s“Otaku” became a Honorific slang for “You”,Usually used on a person with extensive knowledge on a matter with limited audiences
AS SUCHPractically, because those interests
usually have limited audiences
“Otaku”
People with interests that general publiccould not comprehend with
MORE OVER,
Actual meaningOf the term
AS PREVIOUSLY STATEDIn actual nuance
“Otaku”
a person withextensive knowledge on a matter
AS SUCH
Seriously, most Human being is an Otaku on something
Even though “Otaku” is not used to call these peopleJewelry Collector Jewelry Otaku
Chemist Compound OtakuBookworms Book Otaku
Lottery Otaku HuayThailand’s CH7 Soap Drama Otaku Lakorn Chong Jed
Specific toThailand
IN A MORE COMMON USAGE
Refer to people who have extensive interestsin Japanese Manga and Anime Culture
DIFFERENCES IN TERMINOLOGY
Expert/
Specialist
OtakuFan
GeekNerd
Have more obsession over a more specific part
within a topic
Have interest in Academic pursuit
over a topic
Use topic as a form of profession
Know pretty much everything about a
topicA Closer meaning for Otaku in
Common usage
MORE OVER,The origin ofConception that
Otaku areSocial awkward
BEFORE GOING TO THE MATTER
To people who did not study Psychology out there,
Myers-Briggs Personality Testis a test that categorize human personality into 16 categories,Based on combination of 4 factors
Next, I will talk about Introversion VS Extroversion
INTROVERSION AND EXTROVERSION
Prefer companionship of many people
Usually have interests that can be joined by many people
Prefer to be alone or in group of really close friends
Usually have interests that are comprehensible by a limited group
THE THING IS Come and Join us!
I’m reading36 Stratagems
Huh?Why do you even need to read that?
Seriously, I don’t have fun being around you
people
There are Extroverts who have problem comprehending Introverts’ interests
As such, for them, Introverts are “Socially Awkward”
BUT THE MATTER ISI’m reading
36 Stratagems
They simply have their own groups of peoplewho they can share interests with,
As such, thinking someone is being a “Social Awkward”is just a matter of egotistic Point of View
Do you believe that it was really written by
Sun Bin?
Hm, wanna talk aboutClausewitz?
MORE OVER,
On the case with“Otaku”
TO SUMMARIZE THINGS
They are viewed as being “Weird” “Disgusting” “Social Awkward”
Simply because people who said solack the ability to accept or comprehends things
beyond their understanding
IN THE CASE OF MANGA ARTIST
Manga Artist are… well,
Artists
But they simply draw imagesthat are not prefer by
certain group of people
SIMILARITY?
Vincent Van Gogh
Sold 1 painting out of 900 in his life time
Painting Cost100Million USD
After Death
IN THE CASE OF COSPLAYER
Cosplayer are pretty much
Fashion Designer
But simply with different kind of Fashion Sense from what populace
would consider normal
SIMILARITY?
Paris Fashion Week2015
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Anyhow
COMIKET
Comiketthe largest Convention for Otaku in the world,
have more than 500k Visitors in 2015
THUS
Calling Otaku Weird or Socially Awkwardwould be equivalent to saying that
Something need to have more than500k people associated with it
in order not to be weird or awkward
AGAIN
“Otaku”
a person withextensive knowledge on a matter
MORE OVER,
Finally,a final Word
Seriously,
Using English Dictionary as a 1st sourceto absolutely define a Japanese vocabulary
is just damn stupid!!!