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The word "otaku" is now rare. It is more of an abused abbreviation of "house", which has been used by the majority of three-dimensional people as a general term for people who "stay at home and do not go out" due to the literal misinterpretation.

Otaku is an Old Japanese second-person pronoun equivalent to "Your Highness", "Ru", and so on. It was used as a name for Japanese ACG lovers to joke with each other, and it became a general term for ACG lovers.

Now, this term seems to have been abandoned by the second dimension.

I speculate that a large part of the reason is that the literal meaning makes "otaku" and obscenity more or less equal to symbols. Quite a few people think that the house is not out of the house, huddled in the house by themselves, either fat or thin, not bathing much, sloppy clothes, thick glasses covered with fog, piles of convenience food bags on the ground, and all kinds of messy mystery boxes......

How embarrassing it is to be thought of like that. So, we call it two-dimensional.

From "otaku" to "otaku", to "two-dimensional".

Some of the things are gone.

"Otaku" should have a unique temperament, but this temperament should not be the so-called off-the-beaten-thru.

The godfather of otaku culture, Okada Doushio, once summed up the difference between the three generations of otaku.

The first generation of otaku embraced otaku aristocracy. This kind of person thinks that as an otaku, he is born with a sense of mission like an aristocracy. From the beginning, I knew that the otaku was a thorny path, so the moment I chose it, I was ready to endure the incomprehension of the world. Moreover, like cultivators, they are constantly investigating and researching in order to discover the deep meaning behind the works. The interest of the aristocratic otaku has been detached from the level of interest and has become an innate obligation.

The second generation of otaku elitism is subtly different from the first generation. They don't think there is any essential difference between otaku and the general public, but they emphasize that in order to understand the anime, they need to work hard. But aristocracy generally did not have the habit of spreading their favorite works, because they thought that it belonged to the enjoyment of the aristocracy, and naturally there was no need to show it to the common people. Elites love to promote their favorite works and comment on them to the public. If the aristocratic faction is tolerant of the audience's incomprehension as commoners, the greatest desire of the elite faction is to work hard and be recognized by the public.

The third generation is markedly different. Okada did not choose a name for the third generation, and their characteristic is that they "only want to see works that they can understand, and they only want to see works that they like." For them, the opportunity to embark on the road of otaku is "cute", as long as they feel cute, it is enough, how can they care about the profound ideological connotation behind it? What they are cute about includes their reactions when they look at the work, and that's all they pursue. The only thing they are really interested in is themselves.

Okada saw the third generation and thought that the way of the otaku was dead.

Because the threshold has become too low, as long as you feel cute, you can come in, and there are fewer and fewer people who have the self-esteem of an ascetic, and who take the thorny road.

The way of the otaku always runs through the second second. But in the third generation, only the second secondary remains.

To maintain the vitality of a subculture, it is necessary to strive to maintain its isolation from the outside world. If the threshold is low, it is easy to enter, and its sacredness is greatly reduced. So, Otaku died.

The above is Okada's argument.

I'm not an aristocratic otaku after all, and I don't even think I'm qualified to call myself an otaku. I often jokingly refer to myself as "the man who turns his back on the way of the house".

I think Okada's despair about the future of the otaku is the sadness of being a nobleman. It is true that the times have made it easier to obtain information. Therefore, it is not necessary to read science fiction novels in foreign languages for the sake of dignity, as in Okada's time.

The times have passed, and the aristocracy is destined to be a broken candle in the wind.

In China, looking at the whole world, I believe that most of the otaku belong to the third generation.

In fact, some people feel that they have been shot, and they don't need to think that it is a terrible thing. Because this is the inevitable sorrow caused by the development of the whole culture. The world is becoming more and more convenient, and people lose the ability to adapt to troubles. All media is entertainment first, and something with depth will never get attention as much as something curious. This forms a cycle with the public's aesthetic taste, the media relies on curiosity and vulgarity to lower the lower limit of the audience, and the lower limit of the audience further stimulates the media to become more vulgar. A qiē sacred are structured, and from then on Yan sù became a laughing stock.

I also need to blame myself deeply for this. Since the birth of Billy Herrington, even the most sacred word for philosophy has been replaced by a masculine symbol and become "philosophy ♂," and I have used it. I'm determined now to use less. Because after a long time, I am afraid that one day I will lose my respect for philosophy.

Straight to the point. In the face of the incomprehension of outsiders, the attitudes of the three generations of otaku are very different. The first generation of aristocrats believed that it was normal for commoners not to understand the aristocracy, not to force it, and not to be influenced by the public eye. The second-generation elite believes that we need to dig deep into the culture behind the things we like, so that when we are not understood, we have enough arguments to show the greatness of our hobbies over those who don't. In the third generation, when they are not understood, they often get angry and blame others for not understanding themselves, but they lack the strength to dig deep into the connotation like the second generation. That's right, it's still Form 2. By the third generation, it has become a purebred middle two, and what remains is more of the shortcomings of the middle two.

While we are proud of the lower limit, we laugh at them for being "ignorant" and not understanding our tastes when we misbehave inappropriately that we are misunderstood by the third dimension.

Is this really the fault of the third dimension? I have always believed that misunderstandings must be the responsibility of both parties. Every person in the subculture needs to be responsible for the image of their own circle.

For example, some COSER goes to certain business places to shoot exterior and interior scenes, which is too fun and brings trouble to other customers. Although I haven't experienced this kind of thing directly, I know that there must be a lot of things when I think about it. There is also a casual play on the comic con that pushes down the upskirt, this kind of photo is taken out by the three-dimensional single, saying, look, this is "the brainchild who likes to watch cartoons when he is so big!" "Is it really wronged to be demonized by the third dimension? And then we're demonizing the three-dimensional in reverse, and there's a vicious circle.

I don't agree with Okada's idea that a subculture should try to maintain its own barriers to other subcultures. I just believe that people in a subculture have an obligation to take responsibility for their subculture in words and actions. Because barriers are going to exist no matter what, bigger diaphragms tend to produce greater hatred. What the world lacks is mutual understanding. The more you understand, the less you have the contradictions. Although it is difficult to maintain the purity of the cultural circle when everyone enters this door, the culture must be integrated with each other in order to progress. Admittedly, there will be more "pseudo-two-dimensional" coming in. In other words, there are already a lot of "pseudo-two-dimensional" coming in. Although it will be disgusting, this just shows the charm of the second dimension. It's like piracy only happens when a popular book is popular. It's unavoidable.

I advocate that those who truly glorify their two-dimensional identity should shoulder the obligations of "nobility" and "elite".

Be an aristocratic mansion and don't belittle others because of your sense of superiority. Be graceful and reserved, as well as a sacred sense of responsibility.

To be an elite otaku, put an end to the crowd that only focuses on the surface of the cuteness, and motivate yourself to continue to study the history, ideas and other profound things reflected in the works.

I hope that in the future, the first reaction of the two-dimensional mansion is no longer a networm who doesn't go out in strange clothes, but-

"Ahh Otaku, I've heard of it! They are a group of historians, painters, novelists, poets, performance artists, philosophers......"