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Otaku - Japanese word that describes people with consuming interests, particularly in anime, manga, games and jpop Weeb - A weeb is a derisive term for a non-Japanese person who is so obsessed with Japanese culture that they wish they were actually Japanese. Shounen-ai - means pederasty basically sexual activity involving a man and a boy or yout......   1 reply

Weeb was never a term for liking anime. It was a term (primarily asian) people used for people with unhealthy obsession with Japan and who fetishized Japanese culture. But somehow people ‘reclaimed’ it even though it wasn’t something for them to reclaim. When adopting anime in the west, we used the Japanese word “otaku” to describe anime ......   1 reply

I think weeb has always been a term for someone who were obsessed with Japanese culture and ppl changed it to liking anime. Idk about the yaoi and yuri one tho I always refer to it as BL and GL   reply