Saturday, September 19, 2009

Akihabara is not the place to be...

Just earlier in the day I made a quick stop at Akihabara, the Japanese "otaku" geek heaven here in Tokyo, since that's the only place I had a chance to find what I was looking for.

The following things went through my head as I was making my way through the crowded district:

1. Wow, Akihabara really must have the largest ration of complete dork per sqm ratio in the world

2. Why do they have all these maid coffee shops when the girls dressed up as maids aren't even remotely hot, what could possibly be the allure then?

3. Japanese dorks really know how to dress the part...

4.. I really hope I don't run into anyone from work here, it could be awkward...

5. Why does that obese dork with the trousers fastened just below the chin and huge rucksack have to stand with his face 1 centimeter away from the tv screen showing some "no-one-cares-about-but-the-Akihabara-geeks-Japanese-13-something-girl-idol-music-group-who-can't-sing-or-dance-anyway" music video?

11 comments:

Orchid64 said...

It's not about how beautiful the girls look. It's about servitude and power. It's about being in a position where the girls have to serve your emotional needs and behave childishly to entertain you.

Most of the men who go to such places can't get women to do what they want or to serve them. The maid cafes are an outlet for a need they can't fulfill otherwise because they lack the social skills or motivation to find a significant other.

Anonymous said...

Akihabara is not about the sex. its the sex in own universe.

ThePenguin said...

@Orchid64: have you ever been inside a maid cafe?

Mr. Salaryman said...

Orchid64 - Hmmmm... Mrs. Sunshine-Salaryman very rarely behave Childishly to entertain me, what am I doing wrong?

Anonymous - Yes, Akihabara is not about the sex, it's about the dorks!

Anonymous said...

Yes, Akihabara is not about the sex, it's about the dorks!---

lol. im looking you blog full with comix..

Mr. Salaryman said...

Wait... Hang on... Oh, I see Mr. Anonymous, now I see what you're trying to do! You're implying that I'm a hypocrite for making fun of Akiba Dorks while I, myself, have plenty of dorky pictures all over the place (nevermind the comics, I think the C64 games are one step above, mind you)... Well played, well played indeed!

See you in Akiba!

Anonymous said...

gotchaaaaa...

Mr. Bavaria said...

considering the fact how easy it is for western dorks to find incredible hot Japanese girfriends...dude your dorks that can't find girls must be ... well ... Hyper-Dorks or something.

Anonymous said...

What, your so cool you can look down on them all? Pathetic! Typical foreigner who looks down on us Japanese.

Mr. Salaryman said...

Anonymous - You got your shit completely wrong. You do realize that I am half-Japanese with Japanese family here in Japan?

But yeah, if I look down on any segment among the Japanese population it's the 0.3% that are Akiba-kei otaku, but it's mostly in a friendly kinda way. It's kinda cute. Please send me a mail if you want more details.

yuseff said...

Just below the chin..! Hilarious!!

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