What makes an Otaku?

[AngelsShadow]

Okay so what is anOtaku, in Japanese it means someone with an unhealthy obsession. So how are we using it? And what is a weeboo? Are they duragatory terms? I like anime and have watched quite a few but I don't really want to buy the murch or manga ,ig manga is cool I just haven't read any to expensive. I really like the music.

Is that enough to make someone an otaku or weeboo? And what is the difference. If someone can help me that would be awsome

 

[FLCL]

Otaku is the honorific word of Taku (home).

Otaku is extremely negative in meaning and basically implies you never leave your house because you have no social life.

A weeaboo is a non Japanese person who basically denounces their own culture and considers themselves Japanese even though they know very little about Japan outside the realm of anime/manga and other various aspects of pop culture.

Though keep in mind, a non Japanese person can like the culture, watch anime, read manga, speak the language and respect the culture while keeping in touch with their own, which keeps them from being a weeaboo.

 

[AngelsShadow]

Ahhh. Thanks. So I am neither of those. Yeah I watch a lot of anime but I train/compete triathlons, surfbodysurf and play punk rock. Hang out with people all the time watch action movies and play shooters as well as RPGs. So I'm just a normal person not an otaku or weeboo?