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JamesTheEightBitStar

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James, are you the same JamesTheEightBitStar that freqents the DBZOA.net forums?

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I think he mostly frequents the General Discussion and OT Preservation forums. He is sort of opininonated, but I dont' care about that right now. I just wan't to know if that's him on dbzoa.net forums.

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Yup. The "Otaku Alliance"...

Though I hardly consider myself Otaku when it comes to DragonBall; I just joined so I could use the forum.

Sort of like here.

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No. Otaku = anime fan. Although some people oppose the term.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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Otaku is actually a bit more than just an anime fan
this actually recently came up in a discussion with some people in my Kendo class and the Japanese meaning of the word is very different then how Americans tend to use the term.

the following definition will explain why some people oppose the term. (its the same as the one from the people in my Kendo class who know more than me)

as taken from urbandictionary.com link

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1. otaku
Otaku is the honorific word of Taku (home).

Otaku is extremely negative in meaning as it is used to refer to someone who stays at home all the time and doesn't have a life (no social life, no love life, etc)

Usually an otaku person has nothing better to do with their life so they pass the time by watching anime, playing videogames, surfing the internet (otaku is also used to refer to a nerd/hacker/programmer).

In the Western culture, people confuse otaku to be something positive like "Guru". If you think about it, it's not really good to be called a guru if it means you are a total loser who can't socialize with other people except through the Internet.

Other Japanese words which have been confused by Westerners also include but not limited to: Anime, Manga, etc



-Darth Simon
Why Anakin really turned to the dark side:
"Anakin, You're father I am" - Yoda
"No. No. That's not true! That's impossible!" - Anakin

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*touchy people disclaimer*
some or all of the above comments are partially exaggerated to convey a point, none of the comments are meant as personal attacks on anyone mentioned or reference in the above post
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That settles it. I'm not much of a japanime fan; I like just a few and usually prefer american cartoons.

Hence, I still don't consider myself an otaku. Wow. This thread has gotten way off topic.

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Same as always, why are you surprised?
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
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Off topic still:

Only urbandictonary.com would have five pages of definitions for "Spork"...

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Sporks=
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
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Nope. I haven't seen him on here since Shimraa told him off in the General Discussion forum

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