How Do You Know If Someone Is An Otaku?  I found this a somewhat
interesting read – over five hundred individuals in Japan were
polled by the Mobile Marketing Data Labo, providing these
insights into how folks can spot otaku.    1. They are using
otaku slang, net jargon or 2ch cant   2. They just happen to
have anime/manga/game goods about them   3. They respond to
otaku type keywords and issues   4. They become very intense
when the conversation turns to anime/manga/games, and only then
5. The tunes they hum are all anime related   6. They know
excessive amounts about a given anime/manga/game   7. You can
somehow just tell intuitively that they are an otaku   8. They
talk unconcernedly about anime, manga and games all the time as
if it were normal   9. They start talking about a seiyuu   10.
They are carrying a bag from an otaku shop like Animate or Tora
no Ana  Out of the 10 points above, do you commit any of them?
It’s somewhat interesting that these are the ways that you spot
an otaku. To me indulging