The People Who Hate Otaku

By: Rejenn Feb Nagar

           One thing that I have started to notice is a lot of people avoiding as much otaku culture or appreciation for anything Japanese as possible. They assume that any further interest in Japanese culture is because the person is trying to “be all anime” or something. There is a disdain for doing anything related to the hobby besides just watching, reading. All discussion should be kept online, and giving out any indication of having an interest in anime in the real world is considered a horrible thing. There is a strong feeling of superiority over other anime fans. This person has a feeling of superiority due his interest being “genuine” while the average fan’s reason to like anime is not

       

        Overall I think this trend of anime and manga fans who hate anime and manga partially comes from this idea that people are surrounded by nothing but idiots. They enjoy anime and manga but see it as a fandom filled with people everyone should avoid. They get this attitude that they are above such things so they are thereby separated from what they dislike in fandom. But the answer is not to separate yourself from the community. It is to see the value it what makes anime and manga fandom great and and trying to encourage what is wonderful and productive anime being an otaku.