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_Azusa_
144 posts
Joined September 2010
_Azusa_
- When you start acting like their favorite character.
- When you insult someone of "baka!" instead of "stupid!"
- When you cellphone music playlist are fulfilled of anime op's/ed's/insert/character cd songs.
- When you realize that you've seen more than 100 animes.
- When you cried with deaths and tragic moments on manga/anime.
- When you realize you know a lot about anime/manga more than your friends.
- When you see that most of the songs that you mapped are all op / ed / insert songs from anime.
Lance
626 posts
Joined August 2010
Lance
When you don't post in threads saying you're an otaku
H_Hitachiin
819 posts
Joined September 2012
H_Hitachiin

GeeNX wrote:

When your teacher let you bring your mp3 on P.E classes while you run and you listen just to openings/endings
That.
XSCX
58 posts
Joined December 2011
XSCX
All of those comments apply to me :D
H_Hitachiin
819 posts
Joined September 2012
H_Hitachiin

XSCX wrote:

All of those comments apply to me :D
In which way?
UnderminE
osu! Alumni
4,011 posts
Joined August 2010
UnderminE
When you don't have an actual life.
When you start fucking your life.
When you start being too obsessed about not-living things all the time.
When you psychologically forget that you are a living creature.
When you go outside just for anime/manga/Japanese-related stuff like buying something or going to a con.

And all. Other else are just "liking anime/manga/Japanese culture" not being otaku. I can not understand what is good about being an otaku. A person who goes to school, talks with friends, falls in love with a real girl/boy, does other things except Japanese-related stuff and still calls himself/herself as an otaku. That is not what otaku means.

WHY AM I BEING SERIOUS IN A THREAD LIKE THIS

Jarby wrote:

When even your family is ashamed of your existence in Japanese society.
Also well said.
Kluddio
865 posts
Joined February 2012
Kluddio

UnderminE wrote:

When you don't have an actual life.
When you start fucking your life.
When you start being too obsessed about not-living things all the time.
When you psychologically forget that you are a living creature.
When you go outside just for anime/manga/Japanese-related stuff like buying something or going to a con.

And all. Other else are just "liking anime/manga/Japanese culture" not being otaku. I can not understand what is good about being an otaku. A person who goes to school, talks with friends, falls in love with a real girl/boy, does other things except Japanese-related stuff and still calls himself/herself as an otaku. That is not what otaku means.

WHY AM I BEING SERIOUS IN A THREAD LIKE THIS

Jarby wrote:

When even your family is ashamed of your existence in Japanese society.
Also well said.
this is truly brilliant....

Also a nippofil or japanofil is when you love everything about japan and it's ways.
So don't take otaku for granted just because you love japan :)
GeeNX
1,081 posts
Joined June 2012
GeeNX
When you wish to be an anime character because you're sure you fit better in that world
Toki Hakurei
79 posts
Joined October 2009
Toki Hakurei
-When you start making skins based on your favorite anime/manga.
Vext_old
987 posts
Joined October 2010
Vext_old
When you have a gun rack on you gun rack!.... Wait, no, that's something else.
OSUfan222
7 posts
Joined March 2012
OSUfan222
You know your an Otaku when:

You completely fallen in love with the anime girls and just want to jump into the show and marry them.


isirys
218 posts
Joined September 2012
isirys

OSUfan222 wrote:

You know your an Otaku when:

You completely fallen in love with the anime girls and just want to jump into the show and marry them.


this.
Nitori
177 posts
Joined September 2011
Nitori
When you start having conversations with anime characters in your head.
Foxtrot
1,165 posts
Joined April 2012
Foxtrot

Nitori wrote:

When you start having conversations with anime characters in your head.
wow that's sad
Kanye West
2,222 posts
Joined July 2011
Kanye West
this whole thread is kinda sad
bmin11
5,438 posts
Joined October 2008
bmin11
whenever I think "I'm not an otaku"
isirys
218 posts
Joined September 2012
isirys

Nitori wrote:

When you start having conversations with anime characters in your head.
One thing is being an otaku, and other is have a sick brain.
Stefan
Global Moderator
10,425 posts
Joined January 2011
Stefan
When you start calling your Teacher with -sensei at the End. hurr
Yarissa
587 posts
Joined September 2010
Yarissa
When you'd rather be at home on the computer than at the beach in Vietnam :<
Himenikko
2 posts
Joined October 2012
Himenikko
when the only songs that you know are from openings/endings/OSTs of an anime/games.
Kluddio
865 posts
Joined February 2012
Kluddio
The moment when you go from closet otaku to otaku and just starts to talk about anime to everyone without giving a square about what they think.

Truly outrages.. Truly.
Yarissa
587 posts
Joined September 2010
Yarissa
Don't worry, that stage rolls over eventually. You'll want to start talking about more constructive things in time (hopefully). I did.
creampuff
438 posts
Joined August 2012
creampuff

bmin11 wrote:

whenever I think "I'm not an otaku"
mathexpert
1,699 posts
Joined March 2011
mathexpert
When you spend way too much money on overpriced figures and merch

my poor wallet ;_ ;
Toki Hakurei
79 posts
Joined October 2009
Toki Hakurei
-When you start noticing comparisons between the anime and source material.
SPOILER




Kluddio
865 posts
Joined February 2012
Kluddio

Kaoru wrote:

Don't worry, that stage rolls over eventually. You'll want to start talking about more constructive things in time (hopefully). I did.
Already past that stage along time ago xD
have been watching anime sense i was tiny as fuck ^^
Yarissa
587 posts
Joined September 2010
Yarissa
Glad to know you're not worried about being socially constructive then!
420Guy
516 posts
Joined June 2011
420Guy
-When you are watching more anime then normal series or movies.
Kluddio
865 posts
Joined February 2012
Kluddio

Kaoru wrote:

Glad to know you're not worried about being socially constructive then!
Better that way :)

Also when you say Socially
Otaku ment pretty much - "Socially desturbed , having problems with daily life things" before then some young people started to use is in highschool and it got related to anime ^^

If im wrong Correct me don't spam the shizzle out of me for telling a lie this is taken from my head and my head is a false infomation station sometimes but i think this the Right stuff ^^
Shirotaku
503 posts
Joined September 2011
Shirotaku
- when you spend your time more in the computer or whatever platform to watch anime
- when you go mad at a moe character or epic scene

special case for me, when I finished 10 series in 1 week with the average around 20 episode a day holidays only
MiawKatze
7 posts
Joined January 2012
MiawKatze
When you need to change computers, and specially move all of your anime and visual novels to another portable hard disk so that they'll always be with you.
she_old
she_old
you marry an anime character and put it in your avatar/signature/userpage.

Sounds like a forum game btw.
Kluddio
865 posts
Joined February 2012
Kluddio

MiawKatze wrote:

When you need to change computers, and specially move all of your anime and visual novels to another portable hard disk so that they'll always be with you.
haha almost true i store my anime/novels/Manga in a portable hard driver 24/7 so i can always take it with me if im going anywhere or the computer crash ^^
Also almost filled up the 2 tb NEED MORE 1080p!
Xylem Beer
260 posts
Joined September 2011
Xylem Beer

mathexpert9981 wrote:

you fap regularly to 2-dimensional girls

UnderminE wrote:

When you don't have an actual life.
And when you hear an anime character speak, you immediately recognize who's the seiyuu behind that voice.

And when you're infront of the computer 20 hours a day.
Kluddio
865 posts
Joined February 2012
Kluddio

Xylem Beer wrote:

mathexpert9981 wrote:

you fap regularly to 2-dimensional girls

UnderminE wrote:

When you don't have an actual life.
And when you hear an anime character speak, you immediately recognize who's the seiyuu behind that voice.

And when you're infront of the computer 20 hours a day.
So im not the only one with these kind of problems....
Octane
50 posts
Joined February 2012
Octane

Cloudio-san wrote:

So im not the only one with these kind of problems....
I'm with ya brotha.
Elisha_old
203 posts
Joined November 2012
Elisha_old
I guess im not an otaku... :cry:
Wingsofgoodbye
0 posts
Joined October 2012
Wingsofgoodbye
Laughing at how I can connect to all this, you're not alone guys, no worries :D
Reunilu
245 posts
Joined March 2011
Reunilu
The sad/good thing is, most of these things apply to me.

Oh yeah, you know when you're an otaku when you obsess over lolis and things owned by an anime character.
GoreObsessed
129 posts
Joined September 2011
GoreObsessed
You use Japanese phrases and terms in your daily life.
come on, you are such a weaboo if you do that
skyboy19
286 posts
Joined July 2011
skyboy19
when you realize you are over obsessed to japanese thing like anime, manga, figurine, etc and call every japanese cartoon style image/fanart is anime whatever is it. finally, you started hate people like that or weaboo
Elancia_old
22 posts
Joined June 2012
Elancia_old
-your heart skipped a beat when you see your favorite anime stuff <3
Roberta10
446 posts
Joined July 2012
Roberta10
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DeletedUser_1780855
DeletedUser_1780855
You waste more money on plastic figures then stuff you actually need...
You own a dakimakura.
Shirotaku
503 posts
Joined September 2011
Shirotaku
when u wanna live in an anime world i guess
and when ur collection of anime is more valuable than ur life (at lest for me orz)
Mints
194 posts
Joined October 2012
Mints
You secretly think that you have special powers similar to that of characters in anime.
jin_churiki
25 posts
Joined January 2013
jin_churiki
I know I'm an otaku when I watch endless anime and manga every single day and night non-stop. But I'm a student, so that applies in the holidays. School days - at least 1 manga/anime a week :3 And I say to proudly to my sister, "I CAN UNDERSTAND AND TALK JAPANESE, YOU BAKA!" and she doesn't know what baka is. [ but she knows now. So, meh. :| ]
DeletedUser_1780855
DeletedUser_1780855

jin_churiki wrote:

I know I'm an otaku when I watch endless anime and manga every single day and night non-stop. But I'm a student, so that applies in the holidays. School days - at least 1 manga/anime a week :3 And I say to proudly to my sister, "I CAN UNDERSTAND AND TALK JAPANESE, YOU BAKA!" and she doesn't know what baka is. [ but she knows now. So, meh. :| ]
Weaboo detected
mathexpert
1,699 posts
Joined March 2011
mathexpert

UnderminE wrote:

SPOILER
When you don't have an actual life.
When you start fucking your life.
When you start being too obsessed about not-living things all the time.
When you psychologically forget that you are a living creature.
When you go outside just for anime/manga/Japanese-related stuff like buying something or going to a con.

And all. Other else are just "liking anime/manga/Japanese culture" not being otaku. I can not understand what is good about being an otaku. A person who goes to school, talks with friends, falls in love with a real girl/boy, does other things except Japanese-related stuff and still calls himself/herself as an otaku. That is not what otaku means.

WHY AM I BEING SERIOUS IN A THREAD LIKE THIS

Jarby wrote:

When even your family is ashamed of your existence in Japanese society.
Also well said.
I believe posts in this thread are referring to the westernized meaning of Otaku, which simply means a moderately hardcore anime fan. Still, very good points because I doubt everybody that posted in this thread is aware of this.
Drexel13
1,263 posts
Joined October 2011
Drexel13
when, suddenly you felt different
GeeNX
1,081 posts
Joined June 2012
GeeNX
When you look more hentai than porn (?
Yafutsufa
98 posts
Joined January 2012
Yafutsufa

GeeNX wrote:

When you look more hentai than porn (?
whoa.... seriously.... that`s soooooo deeeeep :o :o :o :o
Shirotaku
503 posts
Joined September 2011
Shirotaku

Yafutsufa wrote:

GeeNX wrote:

When you look more hentai than porn (?
whoa.... seriously.... that`s soooooo deeeeep :o :o :o :o
lol i agree~
Yin
33 posts
Joined July 2012
Yin
When your friend asks you if you've seen the latest season of x show, and you tell them you don't watch shows with real people.
mathexpert
1,699 posts
Joined March 2011
mathexpert

Yafutsufa wrote:

GeeNX wrote:

When you look more hentai than porn (?
whoa.... seriously.... that`s soooooo deeeeep :o :o :o :o
http://z0r.de/441
Lance
626 posts
Joined August 2010
Lance
^Essentially a screamer. Don't open.
theowest
osu! Alumni
6,891 posts
Joined January 2009
theowest
well I'm glad I'm not an otaku then.
Fabi
1,130 posts
Joined September 2009
Fabi
Plus_old_1
115 posts
Joined December 2011
Plus_old_1
When you shout "Masaka!" out loud when something bad happens without wanting to.
Loading_old
Loading_old
spent most of your time on anime, manga, vn etc...
mathexpert
1,699 posts
Joined March 2011
mathexpert

Plus wrote:

When you shout "Masaka!" out loud when something bad happens without wanting to.
I've done something similar. Once, when I accidentally bumped into a girl walking to my next class in school (my school's pretty crowded), I instinctively said "oh, gomenasai". She gave me the weirdest look ._.
Bweh
486 posts
Joined September 2012
Bweh
>go to store
>chinese supermarket, kinda run down
>real cheap stuff up here though
>bring several drinks, fruit, and other assorted foods
>cashier works the register
>"that'll be twenty-five fifty-two, sir."
>okay
>hand over money
>receive change
>say "arigato na"
>looks at me
>just realized what I've said
>grab bags
>run
Scarlet Devil_old_1
144 posts
Joined December 2012
Scarlet Devil_old_1
I called my little sister "Imouto" all of the time and sometimes moe

I always say gomenasai as a form of apology

I'm only attracted to 2D girls
DeletedUser_1780855
DeletedUser_1780855

Psychotic Maid wrote:

I called my little sister "Imouto" all of the time and sometimes moe

I always say gomenasai as a form of apology

I'm only attracted to 2D girls
I smell waifu
Jaysaurus Rex
45 posts
Joined December 2012
Jaysaurus Rex
Should rename the title " How to know your kind of a werido"
DeletedUser_1780855
DeletedUser_1780855
When you own more manga then books
Flanster
5,938 posts
Joined August 2010
Flanster
When you have an RSS feed gadget on your desktop, which tells you what anime is out.
Fleia
33 posts
Joined October 2012
Fleia
When Z isn't just an ordinary alphabet
Irisu_old
299 posts
Joined January 2012
Irisu_old
When your friend constantly tries to find an anime that you haven't watched yet. (She's still trying lol)
[Maid] NekoRyo
720 posts
Joined December 2012
[Maid] NekoRyo
-You Watch Anime More than 7 Hour a day
-Continued Watch till done all Episode/Season xD
dNextGen
4,688 posts
Joined May 2010
dNextGen
when you suddenly feels like non existent and doesnt even talk to anyone in class
Nyaruko Cthulhu
71 posts
Joined October 2012
Nyaruko Cthulhu

dNextGen wrote:

when you suddenly feels like non existent and doesnt even talk to anyone in class

haha...
like me :lol:
Shirotaku
503 posts
Joined September 2011
Shirotaku

Irisu wrote:

When your friend constantly tries to find an anime that you haven't watched yet. (She's still trying lol)
kind of the same here xD some of my friend just give up after the gave me 10 title and ive watched every single one of them

NekoRyo wrote:

-You Watch Anime More than 7 Hour a day
-Continued Watch till done all Episode/Season xD
7 hours ? make is 10~
20 during weekend and holidays \:D/
Momochikun
1,954 posts
Joined October 2012
Momochikun
When.. my bookshelf is full of manga :v
HDD full of anime and visual novel XD
Elit3noob
148 posts
Joined August 2011
Elit3noob
..when you need a little break for watching/reading way too many anime/manga
Nyaruko Cthulhu
71 posts
Joined October 2012
Nyaruko Cthulhu

Momochikun wrote:

When.. my bookshelf is full of manga :v
HDD full of anime and visual novel XD
aw VN >.<
Jazz
674 posts
Joined March 2011
Jazz
what OP said are descriptions of a weaboo

not an otaku
Xanaehla
695 posts
Joined January 2013
Xanaehla
You say kawaii whenever you see anything cute
Fadil_old
0 posts
Joined December 2012
Fadil_old
-When you go berserk whenever you see your favorite anime merchandise
-when you lock yourself in your room for 15 hours/day (just to watch anime)
-say "what the fuck is this shit!" whenever you see an anime you dont like
- when you have a fucking 3TB of anime
-when your head is only filled with "kawaii" female character's

Yeah,i know... my life's pretty sad :cry: :cry: :cry:
Moriya Suwako
269 posts
Joined June 2011
Moriya Suwako
My wallpapers are from animes that I love. :)
Imitation...well yes I love it very much. ;)
-Kasugano Sora-
-Kasugano Sora-
- you skip school/work and lock yourself up in your room just to watch anime and/or read manga, VN
- you already chose watching anime, reading manga or VN over hanging out with "friends"
- you are only emotionally alive when watching anime, reading manga, VN, and get apathetic in the real life
- you are only attracted to the 2D world, as well as not interested in 3D girls anymore
- you refer to girls in real life as 3D girls, and reality as 3D world
- you start saying things in Japanese unintentionally
- you can only communicate with other people if it involves anime, manga, VN
- you often make anime references when talking to someone
- you have to read aloud in class, and you accidentally read it from right to left
- you see a maid in real life and wonder where her cat ears are
- you have to write an essay, you try to come up with something that's related to anime
- you know that the plural form of anime is anime, and of manga is manga
- you have a problem, you think "what would XY do..?" (XY=favourite character from anime, manga, visual novel)
- you know more about an anime character than your family
- you've spent more money on anime, manga, VN than on your other stuffs combined
- you stop seeing anime and manga not as a hobby but a life style
- you're about to go to bed, you say "just one more episode", but end up finishing the whole thing
- you actually bother reading everything I've just written, and realize that you're an otaku
Shiro_Hane
38 posts
Joined July 2012
Shiro_Hane
When you actually listening t0 all kinds 0f jp0p songs!!! and watching anime reading Japanese magazine,manga :)
Plushies
94 posts
Joined January 2013
Plushies
You cut your spending on necessities as much as possible to buy expensive figurines and other related merchandise.
TsunLemon
6 posts
Joined April 2012
TsunLemon

-Kasugano Sora- wrote:

- you skip school/work and lock yourself up in your room just to watch anime and/or read manga, VN
- you already chose watching anime, reading manga or VN over hanging out with "friends"
- you are only emotionally alive when watching anime, reading manga, VN, and get apathetic in the real life
- you are only attracted to the 2D world, as well as not interested in 3D girls anymore
- you refer to girls in real life as 3D girls, and reality as 3D world
- you start saying things in Japanese unintentionally
- you can only communicate with other people if it involves anime, manga, VN
- you often make anime references when talking to someone
- you have to read aloud in class, and you accidentally read it from right to left
- you see a maid in real life and wonder where her cat ears are
- you have to write an essay, you try to come up with something that's related to anime
- you know that the plural form of anime is anime, and of manga is manga
- you have a problem, you think "what would XY do..?" (XY=favourite character from anime, manga, visual novel)
- you know more about an anime character than your family
- you've spent more money on anime, manga, VN than on your other stuffs combined
- you stop seeing anime and manga not as a hobby but a life style
- you're about to go to bed, you say "just one more episode", but end up finishing the whole thing
- you actually bother reading everything I've just written, and realize that you're an otaku
I fit everything except the one I made bold, because I can also communicate a lot by complaining about the 3D world =_=
iantanye
33 posts
Joined March 2012
iantanye
weeaboo losers
arvin0494
2 posts
Joined January 2013
arvin0494
when you started collecting their pictures
KinkiN
2,626 posts
Joined March 2012
KinkiN
when you know that you open an anime related website everyday

P.S : osu! is anime related too, isn't it?
Yumih
296 posts
Joined January 2012
Yumih
  1. You spend your whole vacation watching animes
  2. You don't know anything about the new trends out there :D
  3. You don't like when people say something wrong about your favorite anime/manga/character
  4. Most of your profile picture are from an anime/manga, you don't usually use your own photo
Kyonko Hizara
2,855 posts
Joined August 2010
Kyonko Hizara
Some of the things here sound more weeaboo than otaku
js
ErikKazuya
98 posts
Joined December 2012
ErikKazuya
• You play anime games or simular or play eroges like monster girl quest....
Elit3noob
148 posts
Joined August 2011
Elit3noob
when you argue on and on about all the low points of many anime that you have watched
Jeroen Mathon
8 posts
Joined May 2013
Jeroen Mathon

jeanpotsxd wrote:

You know you're an otaku when...
  1. You use Japanese phrases and terms in your daily life.
  2. Your wallpaper or ringtone is from an anime/manga.
  3. You have a manga/anime character as your crush, boyfriend/girlfriend, husband/wife.
  4. You imitate a manga/anime character, you even own some of their things.
  5. You cried because of deaths and tragic lives of manga/anime characters.
  6. You know about manga/anime characters more than people around you.
  7. You crave for food you see in manga/anime. *cough* Pocky *cough* Ramen *cough*
That's all I can think of right now. Feel free to add your ideas (:
I think you forgot"when you watch Anime until your eyes hurt and then switch over to Manga."
I gained that from personal experience don't try it tough it hurts a lot! :D
Rio-
3,364 posts
Joined March 2013
Rio-
- When 1/3 of My HardDisk got Filled with Anime
- When 95 % of My osu! Beatmaps is japanese
- When I have Figma/Nendoroid
[patche]
4 posts
Joined May 2013
[patche]
When you want a contract from Kyubey to fulfill your wish to see your husbando/waifu.
Rio-
3,364 posts
Joined March 2013
Rio-

[patche] wrote:

When you want a contract from Kyubey to fulfill your wish to see your husbando/waifu.
You need to become A Mahou-Shoujo first before fulfill Your wish, AND Not Sure If You still Alive or not before Your wish is fullfilled? XD
[patche]
4 posts
Joined May 2013
[patche]

satriobp wrote:

[patche] wrote:

When you want a contract from Kyubey to fulfill your wish to see your husbando/waifu.
You need to become A Mahou-Shoujo first before fulfill Your wish, AND Not Sure If You still Alive or not before Your wish is fullfilled? XD
I'm pretty sure I'll be dead before my wish shall be fulfilled!
Kobold
88 posts
Joined June 2011
Kobold
When your Facebook/Twitter has an anime character for your profile picture.
zaikenilen
9 posts
Joined May 2013
zaikenilen
-when you keep repeating the phrase "oh just one more episode and ill be done...." in your head but you never do it until you reach the end of the series.


and then you go to another anime and repeat the same thing again....
Yukari Tsuki
20 posts
Joined April 2013
Yukari Tsuki
~ when your friends have to tell you to shut up because everything that comes out of your mouth is otaku.
~ when you actually find an otaku shop and you feel like buying everything in the store.
~ when you accidently start using Japanese words and phrases out loud and in your thoughts.
~ when you often back sass people in Japanese.
~ when you tell yourself "last episode I promise!" and 5 hours later your still watching the stuff.
~ when the people in anime/manga look hot and everyone in reality is ugly.
~ when you find yourself constantly debating which anime world you would rather live in.
~ when you have to remember that reading is normally left to right not right to left.
~ when you start considering the possibility that the world might end because there weren't enough mahou shoujo around to protect it.
~ when you only know the lyrics to openings/endings/OST's.
~ when your phone has an opening/ending ringtone.
~ when your room from floor to ceiling is covered in anything anime/manga.
~ when you find that your best friends have to be an otaku to or things aren't going to work out.
~ when you hope that one day you'll fall down a rabbit hole and end up trapped in your favorite anime forever.
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