Vol 1 Prologue (1/1)

I am a Clotaku

A 'Clotaku' is, uh, it's just that

That is, it's a portmanteau of 'Closet’ and ‘Otaku’ We try to appear to be nor up with our Otaku lifestyle

On an Otaku sliding scale, you could say it’s on the opposite side of Pubtaku (Public Otaku)

…Wait, all of us already knohat Otaku is, right? It’s a pretty well-knoord in our country at this point, so I shouldn’t need to explain

Okay, so

Why do I keep it a secret?

It’s a bit aard explaining this as an Otaku, but our current society frowns upon the japanophile group known as the ‘Otakus’ Once you have the label of being an Otaku, your peers tend to view you differently, and even worse, you ht become a social outcast

Especially in school

Elsewhere, you et a weird look or two if you are found out (I personally believe this is a serious issue by itself), but in school, you could be outcast and bullied Kids in school tend to be immature, so they are quick to reject whatever is considered unacceptable by the masses

…And that’s why I am a Clotaku – is what I believe

Well, just like hoe all have different opinions, I’m sure all the Clotakus in the world have different reasons However, I already have experiences of some of the situations from before, and that’s why I am a Clotaku

If there’s one thing special about ly self-conscious about being an Otaku

The ‘experiences’ I mentioned before still haunt me to this day, almost like a trauma, and thus from that day on, I decided to remain hidden from my school as a Clotaku

Thanks to that, I safely got through my middle school years, even as a third year transfer student; and now, as a fresh a dedicated Clotaku – was the kind of promise I made to myself, but one day,

”First Year Class 7, Attendance Nu Injin-- You are an Otaku”

… A disaster struck h school