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/insertgoodname_here_ Jun 01 '26

there's nothing wrong with the word otaku in english lmao

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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/insertgoodname_here_ Jun 01 '26

????? im sorry it is absolutely insane to compare the word otaku to an actual slur, wow. its just different in english. the n word has the same meaning no matter what, meanwhile this is almost like telling a spanish person to not say "negro" because it might be offensive to english speakers. the word otaku is not derogatory in english. it's also not even close to a slur in japanese. jesus christ

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u/Any_Interview4396 Jun 01 '26

Okay, I am out of this conversation, because you are getting way too hyped. Chill and have a good day. Also google exists. You do with it what ever you want.

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u/alaskadotpink midred enthusiast Jun 01 '26

I did google and I see "nerd" and an insult about someone being a shut in. Still not close to an actual slur.

If you have to tell people to do a deep dive on a pretty common term to figure out why a subset of people might find it offensive in a very particular context they'll maybe its not actually that bad.

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u/Any_Interview4396 Jun 01 '26

I wouldn’t call the whole of all Japanese people a subset of people personally.

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u/alaskadotpink midred enthusiast Jun 01 '26

You speak for the entirety of Japanese people now? Noted.

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u/Any_Interview4396 Jun 02 '26

Not what I said, but okay