Gossip | Why are Japanese otaku afraid to drink Starbucks?

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Recently, a famous game company in Japan sent a little brother to work with us on a project. Because I need to be stationed in China for a year, I chose this little brother who can speak Chinese.

Before I took office, my brother came to work in our company, and my colleague specially brought him to talk to me. After a few pleasantries, I found that my brother's Chinese was quite good, and he began to get close and warmly invited me to lunch. Although he speaks Chinese well, he will live in China in the future and want to know more about life in China.

Generally speaking, lunch between colleagues is AA, but because I answered a lot of questions, my elder brother invited me to lunch. In return, I propose that I buy two cups of coffee and take it back to the office. There is a Starbucks next to the company, but I have to go around to a Japanese coffee shop. As a result, the coffee shop could not be taken out, so I went to Starbucks angrily.

When waiting for coffee, the little brother finally couldn't help complaining: "many people in Japan never drink Starbucks!" I was surprised to hear that. Starbucks is popular all over Japan, which is much denser than its stores in China, and it is always full, so it doesn't look like it was boycotted in Japan. So I asked my brother why some people never drink Starbucks. The younger brother said: "because Starbucks is so weird, everything is different from our traditional Japanese cafe, the size has to be called tall,short, what is tall, what is short?" Why not call it small,middle like a Japanese cafe? " Is that what this is about? I shocked my little brother so much that I was speechless. Looking at my skeptical face, the little brother put forward the evidence and said, "if you don't believe me, take a look at 2CH (the largest forum in Japan). There are many posts complaining about Starbucks, and there are also posts asking how to order when you go to Starbucks."

Oh, my God, I remembered that many years ago I saw a post on a Chinese website asking how to order at McDonald's, and the answer was to order a KFC-"isn't this kind of post funny?" I asked my little brother. Seeing that I still didn't believe it, I was a little worried and said bitterly, "Starbucks is the kind of place that people with MacBook (Apple Notebook computer) like."

This sentence is very reasonable! I scanned the Starbucks store on the spot and all I could see was the Apple computer. As for me, I like Starbucks, and I do use laptops. The question is, who is disgusted with Starbucks? They even have to post online when they go to the cafe. They despise people who use Apple laptops. When all the clues come together, the answer comes to my mind: otaku programmer!

The younger brother also admitted that it was the Japanese otaku who dared not go to Starbucks. Thinking that my younger brother happens to work in a game company, I jokingly asked him, "do you know so much about the situation because you are an otaku?" As a result, the little brother replied angrily, "I'm not an otaku!" Seeing how violently he reacted, I froze again. And the little brother thought I didn't believe him, so he said more loudly, "I'm really not an otaku!" I have a job and I have a girlfriend! " Looking at his seriously flushed face, I almost sprayed my coffee with laughter. Only then did I remember that in Japanese society and culture, the mansion man is a derogatory term.

Unlike in China, many people will call themselves otaku men and women, in Japan, the so-called "otaku" is looked down upon by others, and even regarded as a serious social problem. And the important criterion for judging an otaku is, as the little brother said, to see if there is a job and whether there is a girlfriend. Japanese otaku may have a job, but they certainly don't have a girlfriend. Because the otaku in Japan is really a group of people with no social skills at all.

Unlike in China, people who are slightly lazy to go out call themselves otaku. Japanese otaku really stay at home all day, absolutely do not deal with people, and can only live the most simple and repetitive life, even the size of the coffee cup has changed. How can they cope with the ever-changing and mysterious creatures like women?

As a result, the otaku gave all his feelings to two kinds of women, one is the female characters who only exist in comics and games, and the other is the female-girl idol tailor-made for the otaku. In the final analysis, these two images of women are the same, girl idols only shape living girls into comics and games according to the preferences of otaku. They are young, lovely and weak, and they can not only place the feelings of the otaku, but also not make them feel the slightest danger. They are simpler and safer than a Starbucks drink.

Our fund invested in a company, which is related to acting as an acting agent. Once in a performance in a famous small theater in Shinjuku, there came an unknown group of girl idols. When they first appeared on the stage, more than a dozen girls lined up on the stage and took turns to introduce themselves. The youngest one was probably only 12 or 13 years old, so childish that he could not say a word, holding the microphone in a daze, and the bangs on his forehead were drenched by nervous sweat, looking a bit embarrassed. I think this is a performance accident, as a result, the otaku fans at the bottom unanimously applauded with angry voice: Kawayi (Japanese "cute")! Its effect is like a wonderful performance of Beijing Opera, and the fans off the stage can't help cheering.

When the performance began, the otaku who had a dull expression just now seemed to be suddenly wound up, jumping and jumping all the time, changing various postures and gestures tacitly, and shouting loudly from time to time. The performance atmosphere of the otaku fans off the stage is almost more lively than on the stage. While the last note fell, the otaku men regained their usual stupidity at the same moment, standing there without expression and movement until the next melody sounded.

I looked at these otaku like aliens, and my friends looked at them as excitedly as the God of Wealth. My friend told me that these otaku men are too willing to spend money for girl idols. Even groups that are not successful or famous must be loyal fans as long as they have fans. These fans will chase them all over Japan out of their own pocket, spending hundreds of yuan on a photo or a few seconds to shake hands. And the most touching thing is that no matter how small and unknown the group is, it will not affect the loyalty and dedication of these otaku fans at all.

Once the group becomes famous and becomes a mainstream entertainment idol, these otaku fans will quietly quit and focus on another unknown idol group. What a spirit of dedication it is! Otaku is really "I don't love you, but I love myself who loves you".

"this is crazy!" But my friend said it was perfectly normal. He said that he once went to Akihabara, the land of Japan's famous otaku culture, and he saw three or two middle-aged otaku fans standing in front of an ordinary street singer. These middle-aged fans have been raising their hands in the shape of hearts. When he passed by for the first time, the middle-aged otaku stood in this position in silence, and a few hours later he passed by again after the meeting, and the middle-aged otaku still stood comically and silently expressed their support for the weak street singer. Of course, the singer must be a lovely girl.

When I returned to the office after buying coffee that day, my brother asked me a question seriously: "I heard that it is very inconvenient to eat alone in China, because there are not many restaurants suitable for one person to eat." I can't cook, so how can I eat? " I said that Chinese takeout is very developed. You can order whatever you want in App, and there will be a special express delivery to your home. The little brother was very happy to hear this, nodded sharply and suddenly said sadly, "but you still have to talk to the courier. Can't you not deal with people at all?"

I looked at him and there was a voice shouting in my heart: "Don't be embarrassed to admit it, you are a real otaku!" Is your girlfriend stored in the computer, or in which idol group? "