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I dunno, I'm otaku and two of my friends from the anime club came to Japan with me to teach English. One left last year and the other will leave this year (err next year, 2009)

I just generally think the most shocking thing is what we consider Otaku in North America is more or less just generally Immature here, but not terribly Otaku-ish.

My students think I'm cute because I know about Japan pop-culture, the real otaku students floor me with their vastly superior knowledge and generally consider me to be "Not Otaku but trying."

Komiket and most conventions here are pretty cosplay free but other times you see cosplayers where in North America it just wouldn't fly.

I dunno, it feels like I've been living in a dreamworld for the last two years. The only real kicker to my otakuness is realizing that learning Japanese is FRIGGEN HARD.

Christ all Kanji Mighty I've only got a 4 year old reading comprehension at best so I can't read anything. I think being surrounded by anime and manga and games but being unable to understand any of it will be the real stab in the face to many Otaku that come here.

water water everywhere and not a drop to drink.