Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu

[shinta|hikari]

The thing is, they are intrinsically different. NEETs aren't contributing anything to society. In fact, they leech off other people, like relatives or friends. (I know this because I currently semi-support a NEET friend, and I spent thousands of dollars supporting a cousin 11 years older than I am years ago). That's the basis of them being losers. Not how they look or what they like to do. Otaku, by definition, has no relationship with productivity.

As for how other people treat otaku, I think that's dependent on the person. I'm an open otaku, even to other people who don't watch anime or play games at all. I've never been treated as a loser in any way, mainly because I don't act or look like one. Boxing otaku as people who buy figures, can only talk about anime, have the communication skills of a gnat, and find 3d girls disgusting is stereotyping.

I'm sure there are jackasses that would judge you the moment you say you love anime or games, but that's not the whole world. On the other hand, being a NEET with no systemic or health reasons for being one is something actually worth being judged for.