Why Otakus Make Great Boyfriends

I recently came across an article from Japan that questioned a group of male anime nerds about what makes them good partners. My favorite one was, "He won't cheat on you...with a real girl." **This is a chance for all the guys here to list their positive, uniquely otaku qualities.** Here's a few I thought of: 1. Understanding [many of us have been through enough crud to know about people's feelings] 2. Funny/ Silly [Who ever heard of an anime fan who doesn't like to joke around?] 3. Loyal [Like the above quote, most male otakus are more likely to cheat on you with a 2D girl than a real one. Additionally, if the girl is also a fan of anime, it's pretty certain that he'll be super faithful to you.] https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/03/9d/fc/039dfcdf0ba92069f9bb5db6818ea190.jpg

Girls who love anime and manga and/or video games, in their area, are about as rare as a Shiny Pikachu holding a Light Ball. Guys are not about to endanger the relationship with such a catch.

YOU ARE NOT A RARE AND SPECIAL SNOW FLAKE. Do you think you're so much more different than the masses that you have to play by different rules? These threads just remind me of how egocentric humanity is. "Oh noes! Imma identify with dis group and dis name so I can have a crutch and a reason as to why I'm soooo ronery. Dis makes me special and deserving." THERE ARE NO "POSITIVE UNIQUE OTAKU TRAITS". I mean, would you date someone with a true obsession? Nope. But, I guess some just need to feel special. Also, this thread has already been done if you actually want to read and not make it about you, as if you just had this great and oh so unique epiphany.

What in the freakin' world is wrong with you?! You must want to kill yourself every waking moment. That, or you just want to make others feel like they should kill themselves. Why are you even on a website called "MaiOtaku" if you hate the people with such passion?? I just wanted to make a fun thread for people to help them realize that they ARE special and possess positive traits, because it fact, they DO. I in no way meant for my post to be egocentric; I consider myself a humble person. The traits that I listed are not so much for myself as they are for the anime fan population in general. And like I said at the beginning of my post, I just wanted to share my thoughts about an article I read. Is there something wrong with that?

Hey now everyone calm down okay ^^ Very good point jack-san Everyone has their own opitions and im happy to hear urs Kichigai,yaasshat,izumi25x and everyone else be nice plz No reason to fight ^^ As long as we all love anime and manga on here we can get along even wth differences ^^ No reason to fight We hav eachother to know wat goes on and chat and laugh Very true we joke and different point of view but it makes it mor interesting to me ^^ I lov hearing others Otakus r family from our lov of anime and manga nothing will change ^^

Lemme get my 2 cents in on this matter. The word otaku means something different over in Japan. Here we use it for a person who has an obsession with anime, manga, and Japan itself. While in Japan otaku is used to describe a person that has an obsession with a certain aspect of popular culture. For example, someone who has an obsession with cars can be called an otaku. Someone with an obsession with fashion can be called an otaku. Being an otaku here in the States is looked down upon "normal" society. I don't claim myself as an otaku. I'm more of an anime and manga fan that enjoys reading and watching it. For someone who's been put down for what I like I say having a boyfriend that enjoys anime and manga as much I do is absolutely great. My boyfriend and I haven't been together long but everything is wonderful between us. My friends are fans too. I don't think I'm special because I know how to read manga. Being able to talk to people who have the same interest is better for some people. You want to bash on me go right ahead. I'm not saying what I wrote is right. It is my opinion. If you wanna call yourself an otaku there's nothing wrong with that. People can't tell you what you can and can't do. If you're an otaku and want to have an otaku boyfriend/girlfriend what is wrong with that?

The issue I kind of have with this idea is that I don't think there are consistently common traits amongst people who just happen to share a common interest. There's just no such thing as common or uniquely otaku traits. I've seen and known self described otakus who are the opposite in the traits listed above, and on kind of a frequent basis at that. If you want to celebrate your own positive personality traits, then by all means, do so. But I feel like it's diminishing to attribute it to some kind of middle man like being an otaku, which doesn't even mean anything in that regard. Like if you're a particular understanding person, own it. Don't be like, well it's cause I'm an otaku and a lot of us are like that. Which isn't even all that true. I get that it's a silly article/topic but ugh, it just rubs me the wrong way Also that loyal thing is kind of a mixed bag no? I suppose it depends on if you care more if someone cheats on you emotionally or physically... Personally, I'm actually kind of wary when it comes to relationships of guys who are super gung-ho about describing themselves as otaku. Too many negative experiences that leads to me automatically making not very positive mental connections now in my brain :/

Idk man I been a die hard anime/manga fan since I was 11 but I was a man whore cheated on alot of females was a drug addict in and out of jail ECT I'm just saying this because I think its stereotyping but maybe im not a true otaku idk lol