The inflammatory use of the term wibu/weeaboo is used by westerns against other westerners. What Do Japanese People Think About Wibus? If you want to be called otaku because you love anime, then I am afraid you could be closer to wibu. If you want to call yourself that because you love the real Japan, then consider the term Japanophile. You shouldn’t be looking to characterize yourself as otaku, it’s still considered a negative term by a lot of people in Japan. Japanophilia is the appreciation and love of Japanese culture, people, and history and is a perfectly useful way to describe yourself. If you are a serious fan of Japanese culture then you would not be an otaku or even a wibu, you would be a Japanophile. If you wanted to refer to yourself as an anime nerd, that would work much better. For example, just because you are a fan of anime, you don’t suddenly become an anime otaku. The assumption that being a fan of something predominantly Japanese makes you an otaku is incorrect. Nerds and geeks are excellent English counterparts to otaku. There’s no harm in calling yourself otaku, however, we already have words in English that can be used. Technically speaking otaku is a term reserved for someone who is Japanese. Unaware that their actions were offensive to the culture they claim to adore.īy dotting random bits of Japanese in their speech, or projecting Japanese culture the way it’s depicted in anime, wibu/weebs/weeaboo show a blatant disregard for true Japanese culture. The community then decided to start branding the term as a badge of honor.
It was this obnoxious way of acting from some western fans that brought the term into existence. Particularly fans who went out of their way to add Japanese to their speech, or by being too obsessed with anime. The term originated as a derogatory name to use against anime fans. Wibu on the other hand is something that makes people quite angry.
However, the term has become less negative over time.Īlthough the term can be used as an insult, being an otaku isn’t something to be ashamed about. In 1989 the term gained notoriety thanks to the media’s adoption of the name ‘the Otaku Murderer’ in reference to Tsutomu Miyazaki.
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