[Debi]

I don't mean to insult anyone but I still got to say this.

People in this thread who said they are picked on because they like Japan are actually picked on because they are オタク.

People who get picked on are always the same. They are predisposed to it.
They are eternal victims.

Those who are not used to get bullied or who like Japan for reasonable reasons will not get picked on.

オタク are not much liked, even in Japan. They look creepy.

It's not bad to have a passion, it's just bad to become obsessive about it.

Until then, your fellow countrymen will see you as lunatics geeks, and japaneses as suspicious and creepy 外人.

The day you will stop putting Japan on a pedestal and think of it as a country like any others, Japanese people will finally begin to respect you.

I’m very sorry to say that. This is just the hard reality. Don’t expect オタク to be socially accepted, it just won’t happen.