Johnny's Revised Otaku Test


1. How much of your personal living space is devoted to "anime"
   related objects?
        a.  10%
        b.  25%
        c.  uh, can I count my larger possessions as furniture..?
        d.  since I rent a second apartment, none.  So there!


2. To what degree are the walls of your living space covered
   with posters?
        a. one or two in one room
        b. one or two in a few rooms
        c. hmm.. that ceiling is looking awefully attractive..
        d. hell, I don't even know what color my walls are..


3. What percentage of your gross income is devoted to your "hobby?"
        a. 5%
        b. 10%
        c. ..but, it's an integral part of my life..!
        d. my parents have to buy my groceries (and then only
           Sailor Moon sausage and Pocky)


4. Your nightly dreams occupied by anime-related imagery;
        a. occasionally
        b. frequently
        c. every night
        d. well, at least you didn't ask about daydreams..


5. The most that you would be willing to give for your "dream"
   item is;
        a. a day's salary
        b. brown bag lunches for a month
        c. any organ that isn't vital to my existence
        d. anything as long as I would have time to enjoy
           it before the police sharpshooters arrived..


6. To go to a hobby related event, I would;
        a. take an extended weekend off of work
        b. leave home for a weeks worth of vacation
        c. take an extended leave of absence
        d. home..?  what's that..? 


7. How many people know about your hobby?
        a. only my parents and close friends
        b. many of my collegues
        c. I makes it a point to be proud of my hobby.
        d. why do people run away screaming from me..?


8. You ideal mate (real person) in life;
        a. understands your hobby
        b. would actively share in your hobby
        c. a mate would only get in the way of my hobby
        d. slapped a restraining order on you ever since that
           little "misunderstanding" outside the recording studio..


9. To gain a deeper insight into your hobby, you;
        a. try to watch more subtitled anime (if a foreign
           language) or regularly read related articles
        b. attempt to learn sed foreign language (with the
           primary motivation being the hobby) or writing
           in-depth essay probing the underlying essence
        c. have sometimes taken halcinogenic drugs to enrich 
           the experience
        d. oh, they were just *joking* when they told you that
           I thought I was Char Aznoble.  Now could you loosen
           these straps a bit?  I feel much better now..

           
10.To further promote interest in your hobby, you would;
        a. try to hook your friends
        b. pressure businesses that you partronize to
           consider the marketing possibilities
        c. lets just say waking up with a severed horse's 
           head can really grab someones attention..
        d. organize and run a convention.