I was just thinking, because I just finished reading what's been scanlated of Ahiru no Oujisama, and I had this thought; What are we really like? Cause not everyone that's crazy for manga fits up to the crazy otaku stereotype. Though me, myself and I, well.. I fit in pretty well if I do say so myself. Considering I've just pulled an all nighter to read/play games, and I'm loony, I just want to speculate some more. So, how are you guys? Are we all really just like those stereotypes? Nuh-uh.
--And yeah, this could be in the wrong forum, but I figure since it has to do with manga in general, it's alright to post here. ^^ Though it could count as pointless chatter too.. Muh-guh.

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If I had a fantasy self, it'd be a tentacle monster.

I enjoy my manga/anime marathons and my all nighter gaming sprees, but I sometimes realise that its not going to put food on my table.

To sum myself up I'm really just an half-arsed (closet) otaku, I'm technically an otaku but I have so much shame about it and always end up trying to be less like extreme otakus portrayed in mangas such as Otaku no Musume-san. You could call it self improvement but sometimes I call it denial.

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i dont care what others think i read tons and watch tons i just do whatever i feel like

whats wrong with enjoying a manga? its a good stress reliever
or watching a anime? that doesnt make you less productive?

long as you dont go copying some of the things you see in them....

a crasy otaku stereotype huh? ya i can probably be viewed as such not that i care i mean i sit on mangafox half my days or kumby or some other site when im not busy with school or work

do i collect stuff? i get gifts which are cool like a lacus action figure with 10 phrases thats a entertaining gift

I say its just a label dont bother to much with it just as nerds jocks jerks sluts w/e else a label doesnt make you

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haha, well i am a noob otaku (4 months) and to say the truth i'm kinda ashamed of it... i mean i was always a "serious" type, a book worm, who thought comic books and cartoons to be a children's thing (yeah, then I didn't know hentai existed!) Now I sit days and nights at the pc reading stuff ("otakism" hasn't come to my country yet, at least not that I know about it, I really have no idea if manga is sold here at all, so the pc is the only way), I am obsessed, but I maintain the calm appeaance 🙂 i hide this my parents so guess they think I watch porn! mwahaha
anyways, I also can be considered a "closet otaku" 🙂

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we are dreamers.

we live in our own worlds...

I don't fit into the stereotype at all..

And I'm not an otaku, as I'm not obsessed with anything.

And I don't own any figurines.
Yet.

A yotsubato one would be cute.

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I don't fit into the stereotype at all..

And I'm not an otaku, as I'm not obsessed with anything.

And I don't own any figurines.
Yet.

A yotsubato one would be cute.

figurines are so cute -

I have to agree with nephilim that I am a 'closet otaku'

Most people dont know I like manga/anime.. and if they do they arent aware of how much I like it or the amount of time i spend on it... >.>
Umm.. I dont have any figurines or other merchandise.. I pretty much only have 1 poster.. But thats kinda because my mom doesnt like my manga obsession so the less i remind her the better.. lol

I pretty much spend alot of time looking up and reading various manga.. I dont watch as much anime since its slightly harder to download/get..And I actually perfer the book format rather than with all the animation..

Ummm..; I think we should make a list of otaku stereotypes so we can compare ourselves to them...

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that really depends what you should call a otaku? figurine collector? extreme manga reader? avid anime watcher?

i call reading and watching mangas and anime a stress reliever

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i like to think that i'm similar to one of those subscribers of lifestyle magazine, who awaits for the next issue at bated breath...i just happen to subscribe to a lot of magazines in many different genres

i don't know whether i could be categorized as an otaku or not, although i had, on numerous occasions, stood up late to read (or reread) certain addictive series with an almost unhealthy irrationality...however, i think that any person with a passion for beautiful stories and exquisite plots would go to the same length as i to finish reading that one, awesome tale

as long as we don't go to the extremes with our passion for manga, then all is well 🙂

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