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Monday, June 13, 2011

Otaku and Fujoshi

I recently watched a very nice Japanese Movie (How to date an Otaku Girl). Well the title says it all. (^_-). LOL. It's actually based on a Manga ( Fujoshi Kanojo). The story is about a guy who wanted to date his officemate. But when he told him about this, the girl revealed that she is a Fujoshi (腐女子). Since the guys is naive, he told the girl that it's totally fine that she is a Fujoshi without even knowing what that word means :p

Fujoshi literally means 'rotten girl' (>ω<*)ノノ (Not that she is dead and is starting to decay *LOL*). A fujoshi is the female counter part of an Otaku (おたく). Yep. You read it right! FEMALE COUNTER PART. The reason for this is that in Japan, Otaku is usually used for MALE anime fans, though world wide, OTAKU is being used to label all persons who are, well, obsessed with anime \(^∀^)メ(^∀^)ノ.

In Japan, Otaku is almost equivalent to a geek since Otakus prefer to be alone inside their room, watch anime, read manga or play computer games and not that sociable but tend to be really active whenever there is a concert of their favorite anime band/ singer. However, in other countries, an otaku is simply an anime fan *Okay, raise your hand if you are one*~(=^・・^) ヾ(^^ )

Anyway, fujoshis, even though they are anime fans, tend to like only one kind of anime genre. And that is Yaoi (やおい)~―(T_T)→. YAOI is also known as BL (boy's Love or Bōizu Rabu [ボーイズラブ]. This type of manga/ anime has received criticisms that's why only a handful knows what fujoshi is.

I am not generalizing that all Fujoshi's or Otaku's are weird, geek or non sociable. I can say that I am an absolute anime fan but I still love socializing. I have a friend who considers herself as a fujoshi (she collected a lot of Yaoi Mangas and she's crazy for it), but she manages to party really hard and gain a lot of friends.

The secret to be a 'healthy' otaku or fujoshi or an anime fan is to know the LIMITS and BOUNDARIES and of course know how to balance life inside and outside the anime world that we love.

To all Otakus and Fujoshis are there, all I can say is ganbatte kudasai ^^

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