Calculate Your Otaku-ness

Above, Godzilla toys for sale at the Bandai Museum.  Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Everyone has their passions, be it books, Beany Babies, Hello Kitty, anime, manga, kaiju toys, coins, stamps or even bottle caps. To others, people with such passions are seen as nerds, geeks or otaku.

RocketNews24 posted an article about a formula to calculate the extent of your passion for your hobby.

They start with:

Originally a particularly polite way of saying “you,” the Japanese word otaku evolved into a label for anyone with an obsessive, passionate devotion to their hobby. While most commonly associated with anime fans, the term is also applied to hardcore video gamers, technology buffs, and even auto enthusiasts. 

Much like “geek,” otaku was initially a derogatory term, but has lost a lot of its sting and become largely co-opted in recent years. Still, it’s important to not let yourself get too wrapped up in your hobbies. Conveniently, there’s now a mathematical formula to determine if your otaku-ness has become too much for your own good.

To read the article and calculate your otaku-ness, go here.