OtaKuromi

Alright, guys. It's time for a wake up call. Especially to my homeboys and girls from my place, Malaysia. Cause' I am mother, effin, pissed off right now. To my surprise, this isn't the only "fans crossing the line" news I've got. So I'll be talking about the other one first.

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~Hyuuga Hinata Threatened~

So before I get to the most infuriating news, there's another, a bit less, infuriating one. That's right ladytakus and gentleweebs, our favourite seiyuu (voice actor/actress) for Hyuuga Hinata from Naruto, Mizuki Nana had been threatened to be killed.

The man that sent the threat message was a 32-year-old man named Fukushima Akihiro. He claimed that he sent it in spite for his e-mail not replied by Nana. Dude, you didn't have to send a death threat for that, lady's busy with her concert tour right now. She's not that wild like Saya (from Blood-C) she voiced from that she can protect herself.

This news is indeed shocking, but it wasn't just the first time and it's not just on Nana. Over obsessed fans have been a bother to celebrities in Japan since time remembers which brings us to the next topic.

~Obsession and Purity~

If you had been in the otaku community for quite some time now, you'll probably noticed how weird or bizarre are the norms of the members in the community. They might be a minority, but the over obsessed fans had been making troubles and worries for a long time now. Obsessing over 2D fictional characters might be fine, but the idols and voice actors/actresses? They even called these celebrities as 2.5D. What are they, properties?

To the people outside the community or outside of Japan and didn't understand their culture, it will seemed as abusive, wrong, weird or whatever you might call it. But over there, it is already normal. Japan is a land of purity, so anything that they idolize they deemed as "pure". 

They were past cases such as of Toyosaki Aki (known for her role as Hirasawa Yui from K-On!). There were once an obsessed fan "stalks" her to her home and found out that she was living with her boyfriend. This, of course, tore the "pure" image of her and the news spread over social medias (oh 2ch, what would we do without you). Subsequently, obsessed fans then posted pictures with knives over her picture, threatening her for "betraying their dreams".

This, of course, breaks her heart. However, there's not much could be done, except adding more securities 24/7. 

So this might seemed crossing the line for those outside the community or those whom unable to comprehend these, but it has been a long case, long enough it's been considered as a normal occurrence. Though, the agencies for the said talents are still on high alert and provided extra care for them. I will discuss this on another article, but for now it's time to move on to the most infuriating news I heard today.

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~Uncontrolled Excitement or Just Plain Foul Play?~

Dear fellow ladytakus and gentleweebs, I'm sure if you see the above image, you know your shit to not record anything. However, some of my homeboys in Malaysia, can't read. I'm just kidding, they can read, but they won't understand. And I said WON'T.

Even Kirito had enough of your bullshit

Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale had been released in my country, since my hometown doesn't have Golden Screen Cinemas (GSC) cinema, I can't watch that sh*t so I can't humiliate more SAO fans out there (I'm just joking... am I?). So, those that do have GSC in their local area, they are the lucky (or should I say unlucky) bastards can watch the premiere. 

Since Malaysia had been known for it's reputation for producing "pirated" products, it's only a matter of time before somebody gonna make a camrip of the movie. Well good news everyone, it doesn't even take one day and it's already on the net. That's right, that's just how dedicated the pirates in Malaysia.

But before I continue, I guess it's safe to say that it's not really a full piracy, cause' the recorded material last around 8-10 minutes only. At least that could still help in their case for justifying their actions. However, the producers and the studio (A-1 Pictures) weren't amused by this. 

Ding dong! It's the mail, Malaysia might be blacklisted from anime movies in the future!
Well done, guys. 

ODEX Private Limited, the one who's been distributing anime movies like Boruto and One Piece around Southeast Asia had been warned and might not get future licences for future anime movies. They are pleading to you, dear ladytakus and gentleweebs, to stop recording sh*ts in the cinema. Here's the link to the full news.

I know you ladytakus and gentleweebs were very excited about the movie, but could you at least enjoy it to yourself without troubling others? We are already lucky enough to be able to see it earlier than most other places (Canada's on March 17th? Really?) so be grateful. It is really sad to see how low our respect for the creators of the show. As a creator myself, I feel offended, too.

Excitement is not really a good reason for all these irresponsible acts. If you really love something, you should appreciate it and PROTECT it, not wrecking it. This small infringement might seemed small, but it could cost the producers a lot of losses. Don't forget the other fellow fans, they might not watch it since you already spoiled everything! Not every spoilers can be prevented with a SPOILER WARNING sign.

I guess we can kiss Koe no Katachi goodbye, now. (I'm kidding, GSC will screen them on April 2017. I just hope nobody will do the same sh*t again).

Hey you, yes you. Are you an otaku? Don't know? Well look no further cause' today we're going to discuss on how can you identify yourself or others as an otaku.

Hi guys, Kuromi here. We're going to discuss a topic that has been debated for centuries now (nope, I made that up). Since the previous requested article was a success, I'll write another requested article as a thank you to you readers. What's that? My fonts had changed? Screw the details, I'm too lazy to keep changing to Helvetica everytime I write and you know it. Anyways, let's move on to our topic.

What is an 'Otaku'?

So, first thing first, what in the glob is an 'otaku'. Your first thought might went straight to an image of a either fat or super skinny guy, almost 30 year old, wearing huge glasses, waifu shirt and shorts carrying tons of lewd animu posters. Well fellas, you are CORRECT! ... Just kidding. Being an otaku can't be determined by how he/she looks or wear, it is way, waaayyy more than that.

Fangirl... nuff' said.

In Japan, the word 'otaku' is to relate a person with his/her most favourite fandom. It doesn't have to be anime/manga fandom. If a person loves, let's say, history, then in Japan, he/she will be called 'rekishi otaku' (歴史オタク, Eng: History Otaku). You're saying that you're a One Direction fangirl and you're not an otaku? You're a friggin' otaku of One Direction! Yeah, take that you normies!

However, in the West (even here in Malaysia, my place), once a person hear the word 'otaku', they will instantly relate it to Japanese anime fandom. Worse, they might relate it to stuffs like hentai. (We'll discuss this on another post). Stereotyping much?

All in all, it's up to you on what really defines 'otaku'. To me, I consider the original definition which is from Japan. But when I converse with my readers, I'll go with the Western view (or any Eastern countries outside Japan) as most of my readers, you guys, had that mind set with relating anime/manga fandom with the term 'otaku'.

Otaku Versus Weeabo

Now this will be an interesting topic to talk about. But I'm not that brave enough to talk much cause' I'm afraid there will be weeaboos out there, reading this blog post, and commenting with full on Capslock on what might be discussed here.

I'm not trying to flame any side but it had been spoken and I'll say it again. Weeaboos are almost like otaku, but their love (or obsession) for the sub-culture is way deeper and sometimes, just sometimes, twisted. I won't judge anybody here, I mean me myself is a sucker for Shin Megami Tensei related stuffs (proud to be SMT 'weeaboo') and PokeMon. Ah, childhood. You can listen more about this from my buddy Papa Frank on his video here. Now let's move on before they pound on their keyboards in the comments section.

Are YOU an Otaku?

Now we arrived to the part we had been waiting for. It's time to see which faction do you belong to, perhaps the Dauntless? Amity? Abnegation? Nevermind the Divergent reference, let's move on.


Leave your thoughts in the comment section below. I'm Kuromi signing out, and as always, keep on reading. See ya'!

Today, I'll be bringing you guys an otaku news to start of this blog. It'll be pretty weird as well and might bring some frowns that might even cause you appear older because of wrinkles. 

It only seemed as if it was just yesterday that the world was taken over by the controversial issue of Ellen Baker had died down. But now, a new English textbook had been released by Yudokuya doujin circle called Dawn Horizon.

That pose, will be etched in stone -Kuromo, 2016

Since the appearance of Battleship Iowa for the game Kancolle, it sparks @tomokity, the artist, to create a parody textbook of the New Horizon series which is being used by schools in Japan. The book casts Iowa as the teacher to teach her fellow Battleships to speak English since even in the game, she speaks a lot in English. 


  

Now I know a lot of you must be going like - nope, this is not good. It's not right.

However, you don't have to worry if it'll bring up problems by law since the writer had permission from the Japanese Association for the Copyrights of Textbook Publishers and Tokyo Shoseki, New Horizon's publisher. Well, besides some virgins jerking off to Iowa and other battleships that is.

Despite it is called a parody, it is still a complete standard English textbook filled with Japanese translations and vocabulary list. As a fellow English learner, this is in fact really effective. Plus the character's skimpy outfits and big boobies, there will be a lot of perverted middle schoolers would love this book, as well as adults. Riiiiiight? 

Don't worry dear parents, the characters are lively and it is suitable for kids. The characters are there solely to attract Kancolle groupies, weeabos and otakus alike. 

Well, that's it for today. I'll be seeing you guys again soon. But before we leave, some images of Ellen Baker for you guys.