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Originally Posted by godwine
MMM, if I am remember correctly and according to relatives in Japan, the Otakus are somewhat a target of discrimination in Japan am I right?
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"Target of discrimination" might be a little wordy, but anime and manga otaku are not made fun of because they like manga and anime (that would be like making fun of someone for reading the newspaper) but because they tend to be socially inept, obsessive and not always very hygienic.
YouTube - Cartoon KAT-TUN Ep.80/20081015[1]
Go about two minutes into this video and you can see the two guys on the left are dictionary-definitions of manga OTAKU in Japan.