Forum - View topicINTEREST: Avant-garde T-shirt Advertised as One 'Only Otaku Will Understand'
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Vaisaga
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I got it.
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HeeroTX
Posts: 2046 Location: Austin, TX |
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I'll be disappointed if there aren't any Comiket people that fill it in. It seems like REALLY industrious circles would have people walking around in these the day before. (I'd say "day of" but they'll probably need those people at the booth)
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Top Gun
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I did not understand, and I'm okay with that.
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kiminobokuwa
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I totally got it. I mean this is kore for otaku/doujin artists rather than just the typical otaku. I mean, i'm an artist myself and it took me a while to recognize it.
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Actar
 Posts: 1074 Location: Singapore |
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Man, I got it. But when it's blank, it reminds me of a signifying chain.
You really hate otaku culture and everything it stands for, don't you? |
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ParaChomp
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I don't get it. Someone, please tell me.
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championferret
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Guess I'll ruin the fun for those who dont want people to spoil it, but at events in Japan - most famously doujin events, there's a circle guide - the book that shows you every participating circle at the event. The layout of the circles looks like that - the smallest square is the table number, then the circle name, and the bigger square is a picture of their logo or maybe their newest work. This is something familiar to ALL events with a circle guide though, NOT just doujinshi. I'm a huge doll/BJD fan, and the circle guide for Doll's Party for the various people selling doll clothes/eyes/accessories/furniture/miniatures looks like this too. It's also used for the garage kits at Wonderfest. I've even seen it used for highly specialised handmade events, like one entirely for people to sell crafts featuring cats, as in real ones, not anime ones. So if we're using the word 'otaku' to mean 'someone way more into a specific thing than the average layperson who wouldnt even know of the existence of such events', then its definitely something only 'otaku' would recognize. Instantly. edit- realized after writing this that a similar explanation is on the page itself...oh well. Everyone needs to know about the cat event. |
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R315r4z0r
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Hmmr... my initial assumption was some sort of chart/table format for some type of guide.
But I thought that would be a pretty dumb reference, so I dismissed it. Then I learned I was actually pretty spot on. 
I mean, well, I'm not much for cons. Well, I've never actually been to one... not that I don't want to go to one. I guess it's an acquired reference? |
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