Otaku in Japan
Hi everyone! This blog is about my review of a Japan movie called- TRAIN MAN: DENSHA OTOKO.
It is a love story between an otaku and a kind, thankful woman. The otaku is our male lead and the kind, thankful woman is the heroine. They meet at the train and he had saves her from the souse on the train.
Then, he started to pursue her. From the process of pursue the girl, he had slowly to leave his comfort zone, as he has made a lot of change because of pursue the girl. At last, he had succeeded to make that girl to be his girlfriend because of his courage, kind and always conceived others.
This movie had to attentive describe the “Otaku culture” of japan, including the lifestyle, fashion style, gestures and behavior. Otaku is a Japanese term for people with obsessive interests, particularly in anime and manga. They were so afraid to talk to people on the reality, but they will feel free to share opinion in online. They usually had the same fashion style, also they will go to the same shopping or entertainment area.
On the movie, the screenwriter has carefully to create the character setting. They had set Takayuki to be an introverted person and they had described it by the action of the actor. On the scene of Takayuki saw the souse on the train, he tries to use the j-pop music cover the sound of the souse and to evade some trouble. But when he saw the souse were harass Miki, he chooses to stand up and help her. It shows that he is a coward on daily life, but he will choose to do the right thing with a “coward style” as he is a very kind person. Besides, on the scene of he talk in online and he talk with Miki on the reality, it has shown that he can’t be confident on the reality because his outward. But when he talks online, without the outward, he can feel free to talk honestly. What he cares about? What he had afraid of? What he wants to do? It can show he has a bad social skill as the otaku will usually stay with the computer and not meet people on the reality. Moreover, on the scene of he preparing the dating, he had make a lot of research and think about which place is the best to date with Miki. It shows that he is an attentive person, always think about others.
The movie had shown us the other side of the otaku, we usually pay attention of they addicted to the anime and manga. Seems we had ignored their inner beauty. However, in my opinion, there has no girl just like Miki, there has a girl just care about your inner beauty on the reality, especially in Hong Kong. So, I think the otaku will not so easy to make a girl to be their girlfriend. But I do agree that we shouldn’t to judge people by their outward. Also, I had learned more about the otaku culture on the movie. But, on the TV drama version, they had go deeply to explain the cause of the otaku. If you had interested to the topic of “Otaku culture” after you had watched this movie, I will recommend you to watch the TV version of “Train man” and understand more.
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I also think this movie can make me description by an action of the actor know “Otaku” lifestyle, director make through The room design of the hero could help us understand his way of life more deeply. I also agree you said “this movie had to attentive describe the “Otaku culture” of Japan, including the lifestyle, fashion style, gestures and behavior” in this part very important of director and actor communication in that lifestyle and fashion style can help me understanding Japan “Otaku culture” not just usually pay attention of the addicted to the anime or manga if they love a girl they can be addicted in the relationship they can be a good men in the love.
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I really agree “Train man: Densha Otoko”is a good movie,from this movie we can learn more about japanese culture.Through the movie, we can let us know that people can’t just look at the appearance! Although the otaku is addicted to anime and comics and does not love to communicate with others, they are kind. However, there are still many people in the place where we live today to judge the phenomenon of this person. I hope more people can know that this is wrong. Everyone has the right to love, and the otaku can!
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I agreed that this movie showed another side of otaku. According to the public impression, otaku is a group of people who are alone and addicted in the internet but this movie give us another sensation of otaku. The main male character DO looked like a normal otaku, he loved to go to Akihabara and buy the animation characters model. However, DO willing to help others when people who are in need. Actually, this movie teach us to conceive the thing comprehensive and we need to try to accept the different between each other.
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After watching this movie, i have a better understanding on what is the Japanese densha otoko culture as it has clearly demonstrated typical examples. Actually there are densha otoko in Hong Kong as well, but they are being called “toxic man”. They have the same description as densha otoko, they love manga and anime and they are shy when talking to people in real life. I think it is funny because Internet definitely played a huge part in causing this issue shaped today’s densha otoko.
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I love this movie too. When I take a look of this movie carefully, I can find a lot of advantages from the hero “DO” too such as his thoughtfulness, in the movie, when Miss Hermes want to buy a laptop, DO did lots of researches,made memos in several catalogs and wrote that memos in easy terms that she could understood easily. A lot of people might think these group of “Otaku” as weak and childish, but I think these group of people just were very opinionative with ACG culture. People who have no knowledge about the ACG culture may not understand their power of view. I think everybody have the right to in favour of anything no matter it is children or mature.
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