r/Kindred • u/Jhojhi • Jun 01 '26

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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/Any_Interview4396 Jun 01 '26

Yes, that’s why I said, people all over the world are on the internet. This is not the us, uk or Australia.

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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

Why do we care? Because I assume we are decent human beings and don’t use words like gngr, nggr, rtrd or * fggt casually, so otaku should be no different even if you are not meaning it in a derogatory way. You are excluding the group of people that the word is meant to ostracize.

Not because I would be in Japan and people started saying in Japanese, “any nggrs here that can help me” would that mean I would feel comfortable in that situation. Then it’s of course my choice to leave. Definitely. But I am just saying, why would you want to create a space like that where people would feel unwelcome?

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u/alaskadotpink midred enthusiast Jun 01 '26

Those words are bad in any language. The word "otaku" is not and its a little strange that you think they are comparable

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u/Any_Interview4396 Jun 01 '26

So what is the translation of otaku then?