Speaking of otaku, the first impression given to everyone may be that they have no chance to fall in love. Recently, however, there seems to be a phenomenon in the streets of Japan that has turned this theory on its head: large anime stores where otaku gather have become places for conversations!

At present, this has also caused a very heated discussion on the Internet and on the bulletin board, and the author (Japanese media author, the same below) as a senior otaku with 15 years of experience, is also skeptical. But in fact, we got this testimony from a certain girl: "I just found what I was looking for in a large anime store A, and suddenly a man I didn't know asked me if I liked watching anime, and I replied that I was invited to have tea with him." (A teenage girl who often goes to a large anime store) It's surprising that there have been a lot of such incidents recently, and a certain housemate who is close to the author also said: "Around January of this year, I was looking for the doujinshi of Dino & Skylark Kyoya (note: a famous BL group in the fandom world) in the house store M, and suddenly I was accosted by a man. The man was in his twenties, and he seemed to be trying to express himself as an ordinary person, but in fact he could tell at a glance that he was an otaku (laughs). So I ignored him and continued to look for my notebook, but I didn't expect him to ask me, 'Which pair of CPs do you like?' ‘…… Bastard, I'm busy, don't bother me! (A woman in her twenties who frequents a doujinshi store in Ikebukuro)

It seems that getting accosted in anime stores does happen quite often...... This housemate's "Dino & Skylark Gongya" we won't complain for the time being.,The author hopes that otaku girls can have a space of their own when looking for doujinshi.。 According to the information of a bulletin board, "otaku girls are generally not very good at dealing with tough people, so the success rate of pick-up is higher", "chatting with them about the topic of animation can be successful" These are the main reasons for the conclusion that it is suitable for pick-up in anime stores, in fact, there is some truth, no wonder this phenomenon is starting to become popular. Otaku women, including me, really have a crush on men who can understand their interests. If there is a man who likes the same anime and can even talk to me about CP groups, it will be like being in heaven.

But if you think that otaku are very good to men, then you are very wrong. Speaking of former otaku, it gives the impression that they are not interested in real love, and they only love the two-dimensional characters wholeheartedly. But many of the recent otaku girls are just like ordinary people, and they can also fall in love ordinarily in reality. The above-mentioned friends who provide testimony to the author usually hide their identities as otaku girls, and when they are dating handsome guys who work in investment companies...... formula of "otaku = dinosaur or mourning girl" may be too trite to be. I'm afraid that the popularity of picking up people in anime and fan stores is also inseparable from the increase in cute girls who "don't look like otaku girls at first glance" in recent years. Against this backdrop, the anime industry is becoming more and more recognized at home and abroad as a unique culture of Japan, attracting more and more young people. In the current era when watching anime is not shameful, not only has the animation industry developed unprecedentedly, but also the otaku have become more diverse.

So isn't it a bit naïve to think that "otaku girls are easy to handle"? Even if you use the topic of CP combination to talk, if you don't understand the essence of this group of CPs properly, I am afraid that you will not be able to achieve satisfactory results. It is even possible that you will gradually step into the path of "rotten man" Shura...