The birth of Weaboos and why they come to life

[punkarsenic]

i dont think 'occasional accidental racism' is fair... the entire act of being a weeaboo is racist. the word originated as a term for people who fetishise japanese (and generally e/se asian culture). like weeaboos are just racist, even if they dont realise it.

[ikushina]

I guess I was previously something u would call a weeb :B

At first I was reeeally into manga and since I read lots of slice of life-ish ones I got more interested in the culture. I live in Denmark and it's a great place, but at times I really wish I could just escape from my narrowminded enviroment, and from what I read in the mangas, Japan seemed more ahead of time. Japan seemed like a wonderland to me, full of awesome videogames, comics and polite people. Aaaand there's a chance of getting success with creating comics there, compared to here in Denmark where it's barely acknowledged (I wanted to become a mangaka so badly haha)
I liked the idea of people wearing school uniforms 'cause.. well, to me it would be less stressfull picking up an outfit everyday xD And it seemed like people show way more respect to the teachers :x
In short: I fell in love with the idea of how Japan is, and my weeb-phase was the first step in how I got to learn about the Japanese culture, through comics and positive news/ads like "In Japan they have wending machines for everything!!1!"

[UzukiCheverie]

There actually is a generally accepted difference between otakus and weaboos among the Anime/Manga community, as far as I know. Otakus tend to be a bit more tame, they have a genuine interest in anime/manga much like any other media community, they tend to cosplay or do something with their love for it, but they don't let it absolutely consume their lives and personalities. Whereas weaboos are a lot more over the top and use anime/manga as an excuse to be REALLY WEIRD and sometimes even behave inappropriately towards other people when it comes to what they love.

It's like the difference between love and obsession IMO If you sat down and talked to an otaku about their favorite anime, they'd probably be like "Yeah, Naruto's pretty good, it has its good moments and its bad, but I can appreciate it for what it is." Meanwhile weaboos are like "NARUTO X HINATA 10/10/10/10 ME_IRL IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH ME YOU'RE LITERALLY HITLER". Otakus are the community members whereas weaboos are the extremists that take it WAY too far.

How to tell if someone is a weaboo or an otaku? Are they absolutely annoying to talk to and make you want to kill yourself? Weaboo.

[bakasama25]

Well, I've been in and out of the various fandoms for something like 20+ years, you'll learn how weird fans can get. I also learned a bit from an okaku hating Japanese woman. She also described otaku as lacking personal hygiene and have difficult time talking about anything other anime, j-pop, or Sonic.

The popular stereotype of an anime otaku is a fat dude with thick glasses, pimples, and openly shows of his otakuness by wearing a shirt with a moe character on it and bags of licensed models and toys..