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i admit. despite being *beep* years old, i still prefer watching anime rather than finding myself a boyfriend. :P




Otaku (おたく / オタク^?) is a Japanese term used to refer to people with obsessive interests, particularly anime, manga, or video games - wikipedia



well... i'm not really a hardcore otaku. but i can say that there was a time that i acted one. 


if i'm not mistaken, it started when my father hands me the remote control one night during my grade 6 years. my mom hasn't come back from her church meeting then and my dad doesn't watch those telenovelas my mom usually watch after the news program.


i didn't watch tv before so i boringly flip the channel (i'm too bored that night that i didn't even read my fave book. haha!). i was about to tell my dad that i will turn the tv off when this show caught my attention. and that show is non other than YU YU HAKUSHO or popularly known as GHOST FIGHTER here in my country.


since that day, my life changes from a simple *aherm* 'nerdy' type to hyper, colorful one. i started to collect things that has something to do with my favorite animes before. from 'teks' (those small made of paper things with a picture of my fave anime character usually played by children), posters of different sizes, t-shirts, cds. everything. 


being an otaku made me experienced a lot of things. the happiness whenever i talked about it to my bestfriend and classmates. the joy of getting myself a new anime merchandise. the excitement whenever i waited for the next episode. and even falling in love with an anime character. haha! i remember taking my periodical exam with a photo of kurama under my test paper as an inpiration. that's the silliest thing that i've ever done. 


i also experienced having a fight with my mom because of it. i can still remember how hurt i am when she told me that what i'm watching looks like demons and stuffs. how i tried so hard to fix 'my' tv antennae (my dad bought me an old tv so i can watch my animes). but overall, it was fun. 


up until now, anime still has its effect on me. i still watch anime (even when i'm at work. :P). i still listen to anime melodies (my mp3 is full of anime OST haha!). i still buy anime stuffs (i'm planning to buy myself a seigaku [prince of tennis] jacket). i participate at some anime conventions together with my friends (despite how far it is from where i live). 


some people told me that i need to grow up. but i am. really. even though i'm still 'addicted' to anime. being an otaku doesn't mean that i'm abandoning my 'real' life. i'm a responsible person, both inside and outside the house. it just happened that anime make me happy. and being happy is what i wanted. that's what matters.