Otaku is a japanese cultural phenomenon that has appeared in the last few years. It used to be something of a taboo and opinions are split on it. It's where someone gives up on society in general and sort of social culture. Locks themselves in their room, and indulges an obsession as their life. They work when they need money to eat or buy things and talk to no one apart form on chat rooms. It's strange because it's frowned on as being antisocial and so on and so forth but Otaku's compete with each other in chat rooms obsessively over their collections. So in a way it's very social.
Otaku's usually obsess over toys, manga, anime and video games, building up ridiculous collections but they can be all sorts of thing, like cockroach shells or umbrella handles. Fascinating stuff.
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