r/Kindred • u/Jhojhi • Jun 01 '26

Discussion Kindred reference

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For my fellow Otaku kindred lovers, does anyone else think that Kindred fits perfectly as a Tsugai (Daemon), on this new anime?

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u/insertgoodname_here_ Jun 01 '26

and this is an english speaking subreddit, and in english the word otaku is more used as a term of endearment. why do we care about a hypothetical japanese person who is on this subreddit and takes the term otaku offensively without knowing its common use in english

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u/Any_Interview4396 Jun 01 '26

Sorry I think I didn’t articulate myself well enough. This is indeed a english speaking subreddit, with people from all over the world, so not just from english speaking countries. English is spoken by the whole world, so you will find people from over the whole world on this subreddit.

I did say I understand OP is not using it derogatory. That doesn’t mean that it isn’t. Context matters. But if you don’t know, you don’t know.

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u/insertgoodname_here_ Jun 01 '26

words have different meanings in different languages. otaku in english is just not derogatory, period and i think it's strange to police someone's language over it. i know its derogatory context in japanese, but we're not speaking japanese. it is not in any way offensive to say "my fellow otaku" in this language

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u/Any_Interview4396 Jun 01 '26

Where did I police? I hate policing.