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The Secret Lives of Otaku |
It ain't easy being otaku. There's
costume malfunctions, contact lenses,
wig maintenance, giant line-ups, giant
weapons, giant weapons checks, last
minute team ditchers, the occasional
need to sleep, the ineffable difficulty
of finding the right wig, and of course
the king-sized anxiety pains that come
with stepping out of your personal
reality for a day or three... but we
love it. It's so worth it. And otaku
have more fun.
Because people who are not already part
of this experience never believe me,
here's photographic proof. A journey
into the reality that we make and choose
for ourselves. Just a slice.
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Cosplayers: if images of you are in
this set and you would like a copy (or
would like them removed) drop me an
email: hypersapiens[at]rogers.com
Photo notes: This is a collection in
progress. Early on this set ran in
chronological order from oldest to
newest, however the better pics are the
newer ones. I've switched the ordering
so the fuzzy ones from the old camera
are now last.
Also, it should be noted, I don't use
'otaku' in any derogatory sense of the
term here. I consider myself as much
otaku-- as in "a fan" of anime
and manga (and many other things)-- as
anyone else portrayed in this set. I do
not mean to portray anyone in a negative
light by including their image here.
(edit: Like I said, if you see your pic
in this set and don't like it, or think
it doesn't belong here, let me know. But
guess what? To date nobody has ever
asked me to remove a pic from this set.)
I think we need to apply the word in
willful new ways to ditch the negative
connoitations... and because frankly the
coolest (and hottest!) people I know in
the world are otaku.
This set is for you.
532 photos, 10 videos | 29,270 views
items are from between 14 Dec 2008 & 29 Mar 2009.