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How Akihabara Lost Its True Otakuness

by Pirate Man » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:05 pm

http://kotaku.com/gaming/sad/how-akihab ... 304720.php
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by Mappy » Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:10 am

Reading some of the replies to this article says that it hasn't really lost all of its "otakuness". It is actually changing in ways that would make it more "otaku-friendly". Which isn't necessarily a good thing. :wink:
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by Last Exile » Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:21 pm

Akihabara is still a very Schadenfreude place, as Welcome to the NHK displays all too well.
Disgusting...
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by Ryan White » Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:27 pm

Last Exile wrote:Akihabara is still a very Schadenfreude place, as Welcome to the NHK displays all too well.

Exactly how does Akihabara make you feel malicious glee?
Also, there is a point where it seems like a word is used in a fad like status and tempts me to use another word filter.
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by Mappy » Thu Oct 04, 2007 2:15 am

Unless the Google or Yahoo bots start trawling the forum, we aren't going to see many hits from this word. 8)

I wish there was a Japanese word for the s-freude, though. We could quote it to our wee-a-boo content, then. :wink:
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