Masayoshi Kishimoto got off the subway at Akihabara Station, and then walked out of the subway entrance. He pulled his phone out of his right trouser pocket and looked at the time, it was time for dinner.

While he was thinking about what to eat, a young girl in a maid costume wearing white stockings on her legs attracted his attention by holding a billboard aloft in the air.

Masayoshi Kishimoto suddenly had an idea. Then go to the maid's restaurant for dinner, and then go to see an underground idol show. Such an arrangement is definitely a beautiful thing for otaku.

Tonight, as a pseudo-otaku, Masayoshi Kishimoto walked to the maid restaurant on the advertisement without hesitation.

As soon as he entered the door, he was greeted by several young girls who were also dressed as maids, and said with their professional smiles and movements: "Welcome home." ”

Masayoshi Kishimoto thought it was amused, and walked straight forward, and was led by a maid from the shop to an empty table and sat down. As soon as he sat down, she brought the menu she had prepared in her hand.

Masayoshi Kishimoto came to this store for the first time, and he didn't know what was delicious and what was not delicious. So, he followed an outrageous routine that could not be wrong, which was to choose what the store recommended.

Masayoshi Kishimoto's right index finger pointed to some of the food pictures on the menu one by one. Even if you want to drink Scotch whisky or Chinese baijiu, you won't sell it here. He had no choice but to ask for a cup of oolong tea.

The maid of the dining room said with a happy smile, "Master, please wait a moment." This is going to prepare you for something. ”

When she had finished speaking, she turned to leave. Masayoshi Kishimoto looked at her distant back, but there were no bad thoughts in his head.

Not only has he seen all kinds of beautiful women, but he has also slept with them, so he will not put such an ordinary girl in his eyes.

The maid restaurant in Tokyo, Japan at this time, not everyone can accept it. Many of them also imagine that the maid's restaurant is some kind of strange and unserious place.

Its existence is nothing more than to provide a channel for otaku to turn fantasy into reality. In all fairness, the stuff here is a bit more expensive than the stuff in an equivalent normal restaurant.

However, it is also worth the money, after all, there are many people in this world who are willing to spend more money for their dreams. It is not realistic for a maid's restaurant to be paid an hourly rate for the same normal meal.

First of all, the hourly wage of a girl who can work here is higher than that of working in an equivalent normal restaurant. Otherwise, it would not be possible to attract girls to work in maid costumes in such a place.

If the operating cost is high, then the business will naturally pass on these extra costs to the consumers.

Masayoshi Kishimoto glanced at the tables around him a little, and there were also people. At first glance, they know that it is a standard otaku style.

Jeans, sneakers, plaid shirts are tucked into jeans, and a backpack is never left with you. This is the most typical image of otaku.

They are able to talk about their favorite ACG culture, be full of confidence, and even become strong in an instant when arguing with others.

In addition, on weekdays, it will more or less give others an external impression of being unconfident, mentally decadent, and unmotivated.

Kishimoto didn't deliberately eavesdrop, but everyone was relatively close to each other, and it was easy to hear what they were talking about. When it comes to excitement, it's easy to naturally raise the volume.

In Kishimoto's view, there is no difference between them and ordinary people. What's wrong with spending money on your preferences and paying for the lifestyle you love?

Japanese otaku are not completely old-fashioned. They are just keen on subcultures, and they will satisfy their hobby by working or earning money from work.

Ordinary children in Japan generally buy what they want by working part-time to earn money. Many people start working part-time when they are in junior high school, and this behavior is extremely normal in Japan.

Among them, there are also girls who love vanity and exceed their financial capacity too much, or choose to help in order to make easy money.

It didn't take long for the things that Kishimoto had ordered to be delivered to him by the maid. She didn't look at him strangely from beginning to end.

In fact, Kishimoto didn't give the people here a strange feeling at all. He was already very well maintained, and he looked to be about twenty years old, ten years younger than his actual age.

At his age, it's generally the main force of otaku. They often have a certain amount of financial ability, and they also have a lot of research experience in ACG culture, and there is no lack of vitality among young people.

What's more, a place like Akihabara can be described as a weird place. I've been here for a long time, I've been working for a long time, and I've seen a lot, so it's no wonder.

While eating his own dinner, Masayoshi Kishimoto was infected by the atmosphere around him, and he couldn't help but continue to think about the formation of ACG culture and why it could have a profound impact on so many people.

One more way to say is that since Japan's defeat in World War II, the Japanese have no way to vent their inner grievances and pressures, so they have placed their spirits on manga and cartoons.

Over time, coupled with the rapid rise and take-off of Japan's economy, many children from ordinary middle-class families in Japan have become addicted to it without worrying about food and clothing.

However, Kishimoto thinks that it is still quite one-sided. Ten or twenty years later, not only Japanese, but also Chinese, Koreans, Europeans and Americans, etc., many people are deeply involved.

The only thing that can be explained is that there is a preference for this one thing in human nature. Whether it's beautification or avoidance.

The vast majority of ordinary people live in this unfair world, and it is normal for them to encounter difficulties and setbacks that will always produce a lot of negative emotions.

In addition, it is extremely difficult for the common people in Japan to move upwards on their own. The sporadic emergence of a few representative figures is completely incapable of replacing the integrity of Japanese society, and then arbitrarily defines that Japan's class mobility is very good.

Even if there is no hope of rising in the social class, people still have to continue to live. How to let yourself not live so painfully, you need to find something that you can put your spirit on.

ACG culture caters to this spiritual need of ordinary people. It is not an exaggeration to say that the culture of Akihabara can also be said to be the culture of the common people of Japan.

This is a good place for them to have spiritual sustenance. In reality, everything is unsatisfactory, and if you are unhappy, you can find a cathartic channel suitable for you here.