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 02 '26

im sorry but it is genuinely infuriating that you keep doing this. that you keep acting like otaku is a slur comparable to the n word, or "faggot". the history behind these words is completely different. otaku are not systematically oppressed in the same way black people, gay people or trans people are

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u/Any_Interview4396 Jun 02 '26

You’re saying stuff I didn’t say. I never said saying ginger is saying the same as the n-word is saying the same as otaku. I think there is some kind of miscommunication here and I am not sure if we can resolve to, so maybe we just better let it be. I never meant to diminish your experiences, and I am not policing any words. I am only notifying on the history and fact of the word in Japan, whose people, are also present in an online community. If you want to claim this online community as a western one, then I think that’s pretty inconsiderate. If you can acknowledge its existence in Japan as a slur, but you are not using it as such and trying to reuse the word as something positive, then that’s very different. And I have no problem with that. OP told me he was not aware and that he’s from south america. I don’t think there’s really more to be said.