Talk:Neru/@comment-162.194.76.55-20141224033118/@comment-53539-20150202091228

Doesn't help that Otaku's have been in the news for negative reasons on the Japanese new in the last few decades. They are often considered the one of the groups of people most likely to grope female body parts or snap photos of whats under a girl's skirt.

Basically, "Otaku" is often seen in a bad light rather then in a good light.

So yeah... I'm just expanding on what Diz has said but you can do your own research into this quite easily. Most westerners use "Otaku" as a loanword, they aren't using it for its original meaning and are borrowing it from Japanese to mean "fan who is actually a geek/nerd in regards to Japanese manga/anime". We don't see it as a bad thing for that reason and its rather easy to presume its an okay word because of that reason.