Movie Poster: Densya Otaku
*Densya (??) is a Japanese pronounce, equals to train
the direct translation of the name of this movie should be "the man who addicted to train"
Otaku meant the group of people "who addicted to particular thing", the word mania has a similar meaning to it
it is an uncountable term, also can be used to describe single person
so what's the special of otaku?
that would be abstract to illustrate
we could look into parts of their lifestyle to discover the answer
for densya otaku
they are very familiar with the things about trains, such as their route, their specification and their timetable
they collect products of train
they don't good at communicate with others
they spend most of their free time at home, on internet
their lives are hobby oriented
now the term otaku in Japan is mostly adopted by those who are ACG(animation, comics and game, which Japan has highly developed) addicted
they are a biggest otaku group which is most obvious to the public
the term first evolved in media which regard they are out of the social norms, a problematic group
are they really problematic?
the society would always have an image of what we should behave
the requirements to fulfill that image are not strictly listed as law
more likely they are loaded in the social norms
and everywhere in the society are bonded with these social norms
there is pressure on everyone as well as from everyone to make sure we act just like others
when the society recognize people don?t follow the norms to behave differently
they apply the label to those people then start to criticize them
the norms serve as the closest regulation to the society
we are always reminded of the right image
the only important thing for us is to let ourselves to look like that image to avoid being isolated
from time to time this makes us can?t help ourselves to imagine how we look in others mind
at the end of the day
we try to find a meaning of our behavior
however, we just like the otaku, mere going after for a virtual image
