What do your parents think of Otaku Collecting

[Anonymous No.]

/jp/ seems to collect a lot of Otaku items.
I collect antiques from Japan.
1.)Please share your Otaku-like collections.

2.)What do your parent's think of all of it as and it's reflection of you?

[Anonymous No.]

My parents don't know. I hide all my merchandise away and play with it when they go to sleep. I feel like a superhero.

[Gomenasai, but !!U7WY41TIAcG No.]

I won't bother myself to take pictures; I don't have a camera or a phone, only in my computer, but it's not a laptop.
I hide most of it.
They know "I'm kind of into chinese cartoons", but they don't know about my posters, figures, figmas, nendos... I hide them in a cupboard a la Kirino.
They only see the manga, anime and Gunpla, which is already quite frustrating.
I don't think they like it.

[Anonymous No.]

My parents found my shota pictures collection. If my mother hadn't managed to convince my dad, I'd be homeless now. I hate my life.

[Anonymous No.]

There's kind of a "don't ask, don't tell" mentality at my house.

My parents and I share a Netflix account. I watch alot of anime on it an they haven't said anything to me about it.

I also have a poster of my waifu on my wall. They have seen it, but again, have said nothing about it.

I really don't care if they think it's weird, as long as they don't give me any shit about it.

I'm getting my first set of manga of my favorite anime from a friend for Christmas, and I don't think they will say anything about that either.

[Anonymous No.]

I prefer to save my money

[Anonymous No.]

I put all my stuff in my dresser whenever I leave the house. I think my mom has seen my figs though. Still waiting to put up posters, I don't know when I will.

[Anonymous No.]

I don't collect trash.

[Anonymous No.]

All I have is games. Most of them downloaded.
My physical collection is slowly growing though.
So far I have 5 PS2 games, 3 PSP games and 5 PC games in my physical collection.

My parents don't care.
#NEETlife

[Anonymous No.]

I buy manga, a lot of manga.

I don't think my mom is interested in what I collect.

>>10184784

Why are you here?

[Anonymous No.]

I'm sure my dad thinks it's weird but he just ignores it. I wish my mom would do the same thing, she keeps trying to understand my hobbies and I'm sick of answering questions about "that witch".

[Anonymous No.]

Oh, and once I get a job I may start buying figurines of my waifu, but by that time I will have moved out and (hopefully) renting a house with some friends.

[Anonymous No.]

The first things I imported were artsy stuff like Genius Party, Angel's Egg and ABe artbooks. The rest of the stuff is assumed to be similar, so they don't notice it.

[Anonymous No.]

I inherited a bunch of Japanese antiques.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10184800
At least she cares about you.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10184800
You too? At least they have accepted her as my girl friend.

[Anonymous No.]

When my mother first saw my figures, she thought they were cute and wanted to display them in the living room. I told her no. She then took it upon herself to show my other family members my stuff even though I don;t like people in my room. After I noticed the wrench that came with Racing Miku Ver. 2010 was missing, I told her to stop. She has her own collection now.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10184752

I'm really into shinto/buddhism stuff, have a collection of rosemary beads, omamari, amongst other things.

I no longer live with my parents, but they found it 'quirky'

[Anonymous No.]

She encourages it to quite an extent.

I often go to her for advice on what to buy etc. She helps me decide etc, it's nice.

Pic is some of my figures. I have 7 others, one of which is a cell-phone charm. On my walls I have posters of Suwako, Remi, Sakuya, Patcholi and Momiji. There are also some smaller things, such as a pencil case, pen etc. I also have Rin and Satori plushies and a variety of Touhou doujins. Of course, nothing lewd.

[Anonymous No.]

Too many movies, anime, and manga than will fit on my bigass shelf.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10184955
That`s moe as fuck.

[None !FIreFlyLqM No.]

They don't really care what I do with my money.

[Anonymous No.]

my mom gave me some woodblock prints, i like this one

[Anonymous No.]

>>10184969
evangelion 222 and Flandre... Will you be my friend?

[Anonymous No.]

I used to collecy military surplus, but that was retarded as fuck, so now I don't really collect anything but souls.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10184969
Skyrim, Battlefield and ponies?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10184969
Good
Good
Good
Pony

[Anonymous No.]

>>10184969
she probably hates u for being a fag liking MLP

[Anonymous No.]

I've bought some Japanese game soundtracks. My parents think it's weird, but don't really seem to care. I also collect military antiques. My mother seems to be happy that I found something to do, and my father thinks it's awesome.

[Anonymous No.]

I collect cameras and camera gear. Parents don't care about what I collect.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10185020
and a (cherry?) step tansu (5 steps or 5x2 cubes) and a hardwood chest. the metalwork on them is nice.

I found a dark glazed teapot set with very slight gold accents which my dad apparently was given by a old friend back when he was in grad school, and my mom got me a black cast-iron kettle. My mom likes collecting furniture generally and my dad has a huge classical music collection.

It's hardly extensive, but I have a small shelf of japanese/russian lit which I'm fond of along with a pure math library which I haven't touched in a while--there's some foucault and a bunch of short story collections.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10184930
Hey maybe you can help me then.
I live near a giant antique shop. There are a lot of part time workers there. I found this sculpture of this shisa (Japanese Lion Dog Guardian).
I noticed it right away. It was priced at $47 with the tag saying "animal?". Me being an Otaku I knew what it was. Each antique booth is owned by a different person, so this booth didn't know what they had I think.
I asked one of the workers, a elderly man, if he thought the statue was Bronze, as I told that the greenish "rusting" was common on Bronze Sculptures like ancient greek's works. After explaining to him what it was he said "Heh well Son, I don't have a clue. You know more about it than me hahamm." then walked away. If this statue is bronze than it is worth more than $47 in weight alone. If it is bronze than it is likely this came out of Japan made by an Craftsman and the date of creation would be at least 70 - (?) years old.
Do you think it is bronze? I can upload more photos too.

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>>10185187

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>>10185209

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>>10185212

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>>10185217
Well any help is appreciated.

[Anonymous No.]

I don't usually buy physical stuff, but I bought myself some doujin at c82 for the first time. They're in a folder, hidden in my closet. I don't live with parents.

[Anonymous No.]

My mother encouraged me to start a collection when i first bought a figure. She also brought me a display case for my birthday.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10185224
That's bone.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10184773
I don't understand why people want to kick their child out because of fetishes.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10185054
>>10185063
>>10185027
I probably should've noted that they're not mine, just there until my cousin comes to my house next time.

Should also point out I was dissapointed with BF3.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10185350
There is no excuse for that filthy keyboard and those hideous headphones, though.

Unless they're also your cousin's, hmm?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10185350
bullshit

[Anonymous No.]

>>10185362
Why is my choice of headset and keyboard not to your taste?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10185280
What do you mean by "Bone"?

Do you mean "Bone" as in the block that the statue is on is some kind of bone?
I thought it was wood, but maybe not. Look in the middle. There are some faded Kanji.

Do you mean Bone, as in the statue being made of bone?
There is no way the Statue was bone man. The statue is some kind of ore.

Do you mean Bone, as in cool?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10185408
Style over quality.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10185419
They both operate at a high quality (or, at least one that is sufficient to my requirements) and I find both comfortable to use. The choice of color is merely my choice as green is my favorite color.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10185408
>>10185419
And the style is that of something that would appeal to 12 year old ''gamer''.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10185350
Holy shit, there's no way... That monitor looks like a dell. What model is it?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10185434
What's so spectacular about it being a Dell?

Well, I guess it's surprising that this person knows enough to get a good monitor, but then has shit everything else.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10185434
It's a Dell one. Can't remember the model, sorry. Got it in 2006 or something.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10185457
It's pretty easy to check. Is it a 2209wa?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10185477
Just found it on the back. 2709Wb

[Anonymous No.]

>>10185430
You don't know what high quality is, sorry. Go ahead and get whatever you want, just don't expect approval on a board like /jp/.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10185564
I'm not seeking approval.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10185575
But you're defending your junk, and that's even more sad than the fact you bought it.

[Anonymous No.]

The only "otaku" thing I collect is digital music, so I don't have to worry about that.

I do have a poster of Mamimi from FLCL that my sister gave me when she graduated high school.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10185187
I have a lot of bronze stuff. Show me another picture please this ones a little difficult.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10185928
Whoops. Didn't scroll down enough.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10185928
If you scroll down I posted everthing I had of it. There are several pictures that are close up.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10185939
I think it may possibly be brass or bronze. That patina forming on it looks a little more like what brass would get. but how small the amound of patina there is makes it seem more like bronze because bronze takes a lot longer to form a petina. Brass and bronze are very similar and can be difficult to tell apart. But bronze is worth 4x what brass is. But with the deep color it is I'd say it was bronze. Brass would have more yellow. So yes I'd guess bronze. But don't take my word for it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10185963
You've helped me a lot. I understand what you're saying. If you're not sure, than that is okay. I think I am going to buy it now.

[Anonymous No.]

I collect figs and model electric trains. My parents are cool with it but they often question me on why i spend upwards of 2-300 dollars on each trainset.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10185303
I don't think that they saw "gay pedophile" as a mere fetish.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10186553
I agree, but kicking a know pederast onto the streets is like asking for a child to be raped. They should have turned him to the police.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10186571
That's pretty insulting. I'd never rape a child. I'd only do anything with one who totally consents.

[Anonymous No.]

There's a lot of odd things I'd like to have, were if not for my strapped cash. Lots of old computer stuff, historical shit.

Found an original 80's Rhodesian flag recently. Might buy.

[Anonymous No.]

My mom really didn't understand at first but she eventually got over it and now I think she's really happy that I have a collection to be proud of.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10186571
>They should have truned him to the police
Wow.
No.
They're going to do something about it than check him into a therapist. You think the fucking cops will help that situation anymore? Throw him into a jail cell to get rapped by men, because he feels a certain way? That is how we handle rehabilitation? Get real man. I am disgusted with pedophilia, but cops, because of drawings? Shit is messed up. He does need to get that out of his mind I think, but this is /jp/ where 2/3 of the people here do stuff like yaoi.
Not me though.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10184752
I collect occult books

[Anonymous No.]

>>10186613
If you know of a way to change your whole sexuality, please tell me. But as of now, it's impossible to just get little boys out of my mind.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10186631
Like I said: Therapist.
You may not think it, bu there are quite a bit of studies that show it is train of thought.

The Catholic Church also host programs where homo sexual's have by choice and therapy realize they're actually hetero sexual going on to have happy marriages with others of the opposite sex. With that said the Catholic Church says it is not a sin to be homo sexual, but to act on such feelings is.

It's a long road buddy. You can work through it if you do want to change. If not, than you won't live life as well as you hope for I think.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10186668
The only way to change someone's sexuality is through brainwashing. Prison really is the best choice if you feel someone is going to be a danger to others. They threw him on the streets, so, obviously, they don't consider it to be "just drawings."

[Anonymous No.]

>>10186682
I would disagree, but images will effect the mind one way or another, but to imprison them for drawings is absurd. What is this world come to? Texas?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10186668
>and therapy realize they're actually hetero sexual going on to have happy marriages with others of the opposite sex.
They're just pretending, though. Look at Ted Haggard.
>>10186682
>They threw him on the streets
They almost did. My mother convinced my father otherwise. It's never been the same since then, though. Prison wouldn't do any good. It would just make things worse. Instead of having a nice, gentle shotacon, you'd have an angry, desperate shotacon.

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>>10186699
If it was Texas they would have executed him.

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>>10186700
The way I see it is he can give it a try or keep on going in the state he is in, always building up a sexual frustration in wanting to yoai liitle boys and risk acting out such terrible sins.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10186700
An angry desperate shotacon with no access to children.

[Anonymous No.]

They collect vase which is infinitely more expensive than my plastics. I am sure they are disappointed though since I don't bring home girls.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10186948
>They collect vase
Like vases?
I just saw one at that antique shop I was talking about. It was made in Japan. Priced at $72. It was meant to be hung in the wall. I couldn't tell what the material it was made from. It looked like a soft yet very hard plaster. The age was unknown to be, but maybe made in the 1970's. I say 70's because of the color design and art work designs on the vase. It was a dragon on the front. I will take a picture when I go back.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10187065
Yeah.
No idea what they see in them. Just like how I dont understand them, I guess they must think I am weird for collecting plastics.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10187102
Sounds like they're trying to fill their marriage with a hobby. Pretty senseless, sad, not to mention boring as heck.
Those vases....Not even like....interesting vases.

[Anonymous No.]

Various paranormal and cursed items from abroad, somehow garnered for free through participating in internet IM conversations and chanting at other people's tweets. Both of my parents are dead or absent or something, they don't get much screen time.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10187102
My dad collects these, among other cloisonne pieces. I collect figures, doujinshi, art prints, and clockwork things, mostly toys and music boxes.

It's all stuff that looks nice sitting around the room, and finding things that match the rest of the collection, are nice to look at or are well made is the main attraction. Every hobby is much the same in my eyes.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10185020
awwwwww.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10185020
Dude those things are expensive if you're talking about legitimate Woodblock Prints

[Anonymous No.]

My parents are thrilled with my hobby.

My last one was heroin and coke.

Everything's relative.

["Disability-san !!aPTb8MypbuH No.]

>>10187382
Are you that poor ex-hipster D.J who's dad stole your woman and you had a mental break down?

I never forgot you man.
How are you?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10187396

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>>10187396
Wow. You have a pretty crazy memory, Disability-bro.

Yes, that is me. I'm fine, actually. Thanks.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10187415
I am so happy to hear that.
Everyone on /jp/ is important to me.
Keep up the good Otaku fight.
I can't tell you happy I was to see you again.
Okay. Have a good one and Christmas.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10187442
You too, man. Be well.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10184752
/jp/ got polite

[Anonymous No.]

>>10187396
You ginger shitstain, what did I tell you about posting here? That's it faggot, I'm sending your posts to your parents.
You're done, kid.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10187454
Fuck off, jerk.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10184969
Your mom has shit taste. Seriously griffonshit?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10187477
That is great. Where is that image from?
All those shells are really dangerous though.

[Anonymous No.]

Joke's on them, I don't like having physical items around. My hobbies are all realized on my computer exclusively. Owned.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10187483
How can you not be watching the best anime from 2012?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2SJjnyTojo

[Anonymous No.]

I don't even know what my parents would think of my figure collection, even without saying how much I spent on them. I'm better off hiding them until I move out when I graduate

[Anonymous No.]

>>10187483
You should watch it!

[Anonymous No.]

>>10187557
you should fuck off

[Anonymous No.]

>>10187541
Does it get better after the first episode? I dropped it halfway through the first episode, I remember being bored.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10187562
>I remember being bored.
Show is probably not for you. Move on. You probably enjoy simpler stuff like SAO.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10187541
>>10187557
I hate most anime, but I will watch it...for you both.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10187560
Rude

[Anonymous No.]

>>10187572
not only does anime not belong on this board, period, it most certainly does not relate to "otaku collecting" in any way

fuck. off.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10187567
It was. I remember the tank animations looking terrible and then a generic school setting came out of nowhere.
I was disappointed because I was looking forward to some mein fuhrers and sieg heils and such.

[Anonymous No.]

>>10187579
They did have SIEG HEIL and even caesar famous quote....

[Anonymous No.]

>>10187578
It was something that came up in the course of the thread. Cool your jets.

[Anonymous No.]

>>>/a/76095730

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>>10187578
You are certainly correct.

[Anonymous No.]

My mom thinks my Reimu fumo is 'comical', but also cute.

She hasn't seen my daki yet, I hide it from her.

[Anonymous No.]

They don't care. My mom thinks figs and such are cute, my dad just asks "what's that?" and they just think watching anime is like watching anything else.

[Anonymous No.]

i collect loli manga

parents don't mind

[Anonymous No.]

>>10184969
That's a lovely table. Which Patchouli poster do you have?

[Anonymous No.]

>>10187415
i remember reading that story too and i only started coming here frequently a few months ago

[Anonymous No.]

>>10187661
That was literally two years ago. You're shame is showing liar-kun

[Anonymous No.]

>>10187668
i think i read it on a different board, id never lie about these things

[Anonymous No.]

>>10187642
I should also mention that my parents have always just let me do my own thing, for which I am grateful. Even if they don't agree on some things they accept them. I don't think my mom has actually seen my figures yet, but I'd assume that's how she'd feel because she's artsy and into things like sculptures. She has a pretty huge collection of other kinds of figurines as well; She sets up a lot of "snowbabies" around this time of year and has done so since as long as I can remember. Though I don't think my parents know how deep my interests go since they don't really talk to me on a personal level that much. My parents know what I like but they don't know how varied my tastes are and how knowledgeable I actually am.

[Anonymous No.]

My old-fashioned parents would have started collecting reasons to kick me out if they had found out about my interests. I still stick to ones and zeros.

[Anonymous No.]

I don't know, and I don't really care.