Is your love of AKB48 out in the open? Or are you a “closet” otaku who keeps their fandom to themselves? One Japanese netizen wonders the same: do you tell people that you are an AKB otaku?

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1：47の素敵な(dion軍)＠＼(^o^)／ (ﾜｯﾁｮｲW f6e0-O2gh)：2015/09/12(土) 00:06:33.80 ID:VaqHBxZO0.net
I wonder…

2：47の素敵な(やわらか銀行)＠＼(^o^)／ (ﾜｯﾁｮｲW fbc3-Fm8P)：2015/09/12(土) 00:08:43.05 ID:y0GbFmy30.net
I really don’t understand why you wouldn’t tell anyone.

3：47の素敵な(家)＠＼(^o^)／ (ﾜｯﾁｮｲ 6274-J6dZ)：2015/09/12(土) 00:08:44.80 ID:8XIj/M7Y0.net
Yes. Whenever I get paid, people the next day are always asking, “So how was it?”

5：47の素敵な(岩手県)＠＼(^o^)／ (ﾜｯﾁｮｲW 135d-O2gh)：2015/09/12(土) 00:09:39.35 ID:+V5hDDog0.net
Yes! At my office, everyone knows what I mean when I say, “Nyan nyan”. LOL

6：47の素敵な(東京都)＠＼(^o^)／ (ﾜｯﾁｮｲ 6204-UCnL)：2015/09/12(土) 00:10:20.75 ID:zOaqI1gX0.net
Nope. In my everyday life, it just never seems to come up.

8：47の素敵な(地図に無い場所)＠＼(^o^)／ (ﾜｯﾁｮｲ 8dc3-Hygv)：2015/09/12(土) 00:11:14.35 ID:K2XPtTRW0.net
I talk about it at school. It’s just normal.

10：47の素敵な(滋賀県)＠＼(^o^)／ (ﾜｯﾁｮｲ c547-J6dZ)：2015/09/12(土) 00:12:18.73 ID:25wAecM/0.net
Yup. When I watch the election, the next day in my morning meeting, that’s the only thing I talk about.

11：47の素敵な(家)＠＼(^o^)／ (ﾜｯﾁｮｲ 6274-J6dZ)：2015/09/12(土) 00:13:04.14 ID:8XIj/M7Y0.net
>>10
Haha, wait a minute! There has got to be other things you talk about.

14：47の素敵な(チベット自治区)＠＼(^o^)／ (ﾜｯﾁｮｲW d9b7-EZe8)：2015/09/12(土) 00:17:43.72 ID:uuPuxp8/0.net
I wanted to watch AKB48 TV shows during lunch in the break room, so I just told everyone, lol.

18：芋じい ◆UWQKEOWcoCkJ (芋)＠＼(^o^)／ (ｴｰｲﾓ SEbe-YoWS)：2015/09/12(土) 00:24:05.53 ID:E5KlVftHE.net
I live in a dormitory. One day, I woke up late, and was rushing to get to work. I made a mess in my room, and all my CDs and AKB goods got all over the place.  I was exposed.

But, up until that point, I hid the fact that I was an AKB fan.

20：47の素敵な(pc?)＠＼(^o^)／ (ﾜｯﾁｮｲW a284-EZe8)：2015/09/12(土) 00:28:42.63 ID:o4o5vwCI0.net
No.  But, I do tell people that I like Koisuru Fortune Cookie.

22：47の素敵な(東京都)＠＼(^o^)／ (ﾜｯﾁｮｲ 0261-tMiZ)：2015/09/12(土) 00:44:12.04 ID:bexmnihE0.net
When I get busy at work, my boss asks me, “Do you have enough work?”

23：47の素敵な(家)＠＼(^o^)／ (ﾜｯﾁｮｲ 6274-J6dZ)：2015/09/12(土) 00:48:17.59 ID:8XIj/M7Y0.net
>>22
Haha, yeah, me too. It is kind of weird: but people at my company support my fandom by giving me more hours.

28：47の素敵な(東京都)＠＼(^o^)／ (ﾜｯﾁｮｲ c528-nf1C)：2015/09/12(土) 01:08:45.79 ID:kodSLrMg0.net
I would never ever mention it to anyone at work.  They would make fun of me, and then I would become a “black sheep.”

My family knows, so they understand.

32：47の素敵な(栃木県)＠＼(^o^)／ (ﾜｯﾁｮｲ 4107-J6dZ)：2015/09/12(土) 01:20:05.34 ID:odqDj0ZZ0.net
In the past, I did tell people.  But, now I do not tell anyone.  There really isn’t any “honor” in telling people now.

35：47の素敵な(庭)＠＼(^o^)／ (ｱｳｱｳ Sabe-qsFi)：2015/09/12(土) 02:06:59.66 ID:HPRXtIAna.net
If someone asks me, then I will answer.

38：47の素敵な(台湾)＠＼(^o^)／：2015/09/12(土) 02:39:12.40 ID:QWvsZ/l/.net
At work, I am constantly using the clear files that I buy from handshake events.

39：47の素敵な(栃木県)＠＼(^o^)／ (ﾜｯﾁｮｲW 793c-EZe8)：2015/09/12(土) 02:55:52.02 ID:YS06wu9N0.net
No.
If there were someone at my workplace who said that they liked the 48-groups, I think it would be “dangerous” for them

43：47の素敵な(庭)＠＼(^o^)／ (ｱｳｱｳ Sa05-HW6o)：2015/09/12(土) 04:54:16.45 ID:napIWOWEa.net
If I don’t tell anyone, then I’d be in a real bind if I got a lottery ticket to the theater.  Especially if I did not tell the “normal” people

44：47の素敵な(東京都)＠＼(^o^)／ (ﾜｯﾁｮｲ 94e0-aRV5)：2015/09/12(土) 05:01:54.96 ID:3Rt60MQI0.net
At my office, there are girls who like Momoiro Clover and Nogizaka46, so we’re always talking about idols.

46：47の素敵な(茸)＠＼(^o^)／ (ｽﾌﾟｰ Sda8-EZe8)：2015/09/12(土) 08:02:49.10 ID:RXKmOWc8d.net
Ever since I told people, I’ve been able to sing my favorite idol songs at karaoke. I’m glad I did.

45：47の素敵な(SB-iPhone)＠＼(^o^)／ (ｻｻｸｯﾃﾛ Sp8d-O2gh)：2015/09/12(土) 07:58:18.40 ID:Jep0Ac4qp.net
I had a “coming out” at my company during the welcome party. I made friends with another wota in a different department.

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