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It never became mainstream. One can say that weeabooism (even in Japan by Japanese people) is what became popular. This isn't inherently a good or bad thing, but it seems to have happened.

>>15649929
You could say otaku culture became "mainstream" around 2005, but that's not quite what happened though.

Otaku subcultures were a somewhat big part of 2channel originally, much more so than any of its predecessors (various incarnations of ayashii world). The subcultures I'm referring to here includes anime and manga but also games, computers, visual novels, eroge, idols, trains, essentially a lot of the things we think of as akiba-kei now. When 2channel gained prominence in Japanese societal discourse from the early to late 00s, those subcultures were taken along for the ride and came under public scrutiny.

In the process they gained widespread recognition but not acceptance. A tiny bit of portrayal of otakus as not complete freaks seeped into actual mainstream (with live action series of questionable quality such as Densha Otoko and Akihabara@Deep), but overall otakus are still seen as undesirables and outcasts.

Simply owning a desktop PC makes you a nerd, with all the negative implications. Showing too much interest in games (especially western games) is seen as weird and childish. Visual novels and eroge perception did not change one bit. Idols and train otaku antics are the butt of jokes and a source of revulsion even among other otaku subcultures.

Anime and manga did boom in popularity... but mostly not the kind of anime and manga that otakus liked. Mobile games are now extremely common... but the kind of games otakus like are for freaks. Certain aspects of otaku culture did become mainstream, but only as far as they could leave the dirty otakus behind.

What actually happened is that otaku culture itself grew even without gaining mainstream acceptance. Comiket numbers are way up from what they were at the turn of the century. Some sizable subcultures like touhou were formed from nothing. A ton of self referential shit was created along the way (anime, manga or visual novels about making anime, manga or visual novels, about attending comiket or being set in akiba for no goddamn reason etc). Essentially, otaku culture is (probably) healthier than it ever was but it's still full of freaks.

>>15650342
>weeabooism (even in Japan by Japanese people)
Why did you bother posting when your whole post was just "Disregard my opinion I don't know what I'm talking about?"

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>>15649822
>learn to love

Love what?

>>15649822
hop on this dick bitch and lemme see you do a spinaroonie

>>15649113
Neither as Lunarians think those two ideologies are too impure and infantile for them. They are made of higher stuff than all that guff. They do settle on being aristocratic bitches though.

I want to flood Yorihime's pure womb with my filthy, tainted impure seed.

>>15649330
They use Iron Wombs to reproduce. It's far more pure than sex.

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>>15647651
It's really quite somethin'

>>15647651
Yet they lose to cocks.
No one can beat the cock.

>>15647678
That doesn't really count. Even yahweh himself was so scared of the cock he made people cut it up a bit to lower it's destructive power, but that was in the end a futile exercise.

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or, can I just skip unlimited and go straight to alt?

>>15647119
>Skip the best fucking part
NO YOU SHITASS, JESUS CHRIST NO.

>>15647119
If you're going to skip shit, why even bother playing the game, retard?
Christ, are you not even going to read any other girl's routes? You're disgusting.

>How do we fix this?
Turn her into an electric guitar tsukumogami.

how to make a character popular

step 1
make them appear in a memorable game with great music

step B
give them some sort of relationship to other popular characters or factions, a character who has links to other characters and groups is a shoe-in to being popular

step Γ
make them interesting, give them some sort of hook-lining history or maybe ability or goals or personality


if you failed any of these steps they have zero chance at being cared about

I blame ZUN. She was talked about a little after DDC and was regarded as "cool" with a decent theme, but there wasn't enough follow-up to keep her relevant.

>>15646510
Whatever is inside a vagina

Nothing. They're gaps.

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>>15646510
DVD Copies of Meatspin.

somebody get her a bandaid

wha is she a roofa or sumething

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What am I late for this time?

/jp/ told me that good guys finish last, so I did what I could to come late!

Sorry Eiki. I had to get, uh...something.

I hope it's oblivion

>>15645205
Is Summer day dream canceled?


MoF a shit now. Every episode got worse.

>>15645267
It's still in production hell they even updated the website and released a recent teaser trailer.

http://maikaze.com/musou/#story3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjA_FbVdd54

I wonder if patchy prefers golden age hip hop over new school.

>>15643565
It's nice to see 2hus getting with the times.

>>15643565
I still haven't been able to find the source of this

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>>15642807
You're a nice fellow. I don't have any requests, but enjoy your stay in Japan!

>>15642807
Oh hey, I remember you.
The other Anon who promised those Kogasa books delivered, so I guess the thread was a success?

As for the list of doujinshi to scan.
Just get something that hasn't been scanned and looks good.
Online stores have tons of stuff and I could easily give you a list of specific titles, dirt cheap too.
However, since you can't order online I don't exactly know how big of a selection you have in your local stores, but I'm sure you can find something.

You probably shouldn't bother with the newest C90 stuff. We don't know how much of it is gonna get eventually scanned anyway, so it would be a waste of resources.

Right now, I'd say the top of the priority list would be the 2015 Toshiaki Goudoushi,
http://www.doujinshi.org/book/878804/
https://www.melonbooks.co.jp/detail/detail.php?product_id=145580

It is rather lengthy though, so I don't know if you would be willing to scan it.

>>15642807
No idea how this works, but if you happen to find this
http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=40031105
I'll be forever grateful, also have fun!

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Her Let's Play channel.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWmTsgDyuO9dAj9rU7uZKSQ/videos

>>15642684
That's not an official channel. A lot of people make contents using her voice.

>>15642684
Voiceroid commentaries are all pretty fun. My favorite is when they bring all the Voiceroids out to play, people come up with a lot of great banter even if everyone's character kind of ends up all over the place. It turns out that everything, even Let's Plays, gets better when everyone involved is a 2D girl.

My favorite series is an ongoing one where the Kotonoha sisters (or maybe just Akane) plays Super Kirby Ball, I'd recommend it to anyone who can understand even a little bit of Japanese, and possibly to people who don't.

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm28689184

Shit 2hus, the only one worst than that is Sumireiko.

>>15640467
This opinion is so wrong I'm gonna call the police on your ass AND bump this thread.

I get tired of the endless Touhou keychains, cell phone straps, etc. It would be nice to see a few more figure releases.

Some of those out of print releases go for ridiculous prices on auction sites.

>>15639676
some interesting packaging there, quite witty in it's own way.

But can it jump through 3 hoops?

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>>15639768

Six hoops.