tamabonotchi | What weeaboos are. (Reply)

Note: This is not to be taken that seriously- writer's block called for a possible bashing-fest from all the drama I've been reading in fandoms, so I wrote it. Terrible of me since I should be writing something else, but oh well....

Do you know someone in your life who is a weeaboo? Are you yourself a weeaboo? Mostly used on the internets, weeaboo is a term for those people so obsessed with anime/manga or Japan that they practically breathe it and always talk of it- even randomly using Japanese words like 'baka' and 'desu' they pick up from being so obsessive. Despite their RABU of Japan 24/7, many don't know much of Japan outside what they learn from the last episode of Naruto or Vampire Knight or whatever anime/manga those people are into.

A brief list of things weeaboos are known for or do when you find one(online or IRL) include:

-Saying desu in every sentence

-Saying baka

-Cannot actually speak or understand Japanese.

-Tries to learn Japanese anyway entirely from anime

-Wearing only clothing related to anime/manga, stuff you buy at cons

-Wear lots of Hot Topic shit

-Continually flashes the victory sign

-Obsessed with ramen(?)

-Says they only listen to Japanese music most of time, and the music is used from anime.

-Will always reference anime/manga/Japan to start talking about it in a conversation.

-Once they do, they tell you EVERYTHING they know of anime/manga/Japan/kawaii/ramen/dattebayo.

-They know pretty much nothing of anime/manga/Japan/kawaii/ramen/dattebayo.

-Basically, they talk bullshit.

-Get as angry as a Twilight fangirl when you disagree with them.

-Get angrier than a Twilight fangirls when you correct them.

-Extreme amount of smilies.

-If female, searches for the perfect bishoujo boy. Requirement: he has to be Japanese.

-If male, searches for the perfect, little shoujo girl. Requirement: has to be Nihonese(?!!)

-If male, has a lot of yuri posters, pillows, and figurines at home.

-All usernames they use on the internets refers to their favorite character, anime, pairing, etc.

-Tells how their life-long dream is to go to Japan for all the ANIME AND RAMEN AND KAWAII GIRLS.

OK, that is definitely enough signs of a weeaboo. Someone you know/you may not do all of these, but if they/you do have some tendencies of being a weeaboo listed here, they/you pretty much are because a weeaboo. Weeaboo behaviors are very extreme because you become unhealthily obsessed with anime/manga/Japan/KAWAII~~~

*cough*

To make this short, these people are NOT fun. They're the worst when they're my age as teenagers, because they're the loudest and most obnoxious. They really do damage and are stupid enough to shop so much at Hot Topic with their ridiculous prices on shirts and everything. Soon enough these people will annoy everyone around them and they'll get the message that this behavior is not acceptable, and no one will ever like them. They'll grow out of it.

For those who become older, well…

You should have actually started learning Japanese by your age if anime/manga/Japan is ALLLL you can think/talk/rant about.

I've always been told by close friends I seriously live for anime and all things Japan. Well, I do love manga very much, and certainly Japan's culture… do people call me a weeaboo?

No. In fact, I find myself sticking out to be not so otaku at conventions when I'm not dressed up.

I have a limited number of t-shirts of anime, plus I almost never wear all the accessories people get from the cons, like all the hats and stuff. The only bags I have are all cute- Hello Kitty and San-x. Wear some sneakers + my Old Navy sweat shirt, and I just look like an average teen.

Afterwards, I almost never talk of my interests unless asked. Only my close friends know beforehand my obsession(I even got some to see Hetalia!). If I make a mistake, I usually try to correct it, so I ask my friends about it.

I actually want to learn Japanese. Why be someone who can only say "kawaii desu" when I could read all my manga or watch anime un-translated? I found out a lot of shoujo I read have un-translated chapters online I can access, while it could be months before a group releases a translated chapter! Manga doesn't even take advance linguistic skills when they provide the pronunciation of kanji right in next to it. Doujins, unforunately, do not provide that. (Dx)

I must admit, though, I do have a large library of Japanese music- it was first born from all of my favorite openings and such from anime, true, but now I look more for my favorite artists and bands in Japan, and what's popular on the Weekly Oricon Charts.

So, through all of this, I just would like to say- don't be a weeaboo. Being a weeaboo and being called one says you are being lazy and obsessive over a country. Learn more about the country(like how Japan is pretty xenophobic), culture, and language! Sooner or later you'll figure it out what you were doing when you were younger- yelling "RORITA!" in a Hot Topic mini-skirt and tank top was not ACTUALLY lolita- saying desu for every sentence when you actually had to say "desu ka" for a question- and more.

(GTFO of all that Hot Topic stuff- the clothing is pretty low-quality for the prices).
Note: The 'Nihonese' came from a picture I saw of a weeaboo looking for a woman. The stupid only got it half right- true, Japan is Nihon in Japanese, but you didn't learn that Nihonese doesn't work- it's Nihonjin for Japanese.