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4 Critic Database Animals [ 27 ] Nakajima Azusa in his Communication Deficiency Syndrome argues that the essence of otaku is expressed in this alias. ” This kind of territory is necessary, according to Nakajima, because even after the paternal or national authority has been toppled, otaku must search for a group to which they should belong. 5 The personal pronoun otaku fulfills the function of mutually endorsing the fantasy of group affiliation. Nakajima’s point is highly significant. For the otaku, certainly the fictional is taken far more seriously than social reality.

However, I need not go into the details of postmodern theory here. For the purpose of following the argument, it is enough to say that the tree-model world image that is characteristic of modernity stands in opposition to the database model of the postmodern world image; in the deep inner layer of the former there is a grand narrative, but in the deep inner layer of the latter there is not. Database Animals [ 33 ] Figure 3b. The postmodern world image (the “database” model). ¯ tsuka chapter with the above Rereading the aforementioned O premise in mind, we can see that the structure of the database model ¯ tsuka’s structure of narrative consumption.

Produced by Sōtsū. premodern everyday customs that form the backdrop to this anime is totally lacking in any sense of reality. Due to the nature of TV anime, the characters are designed with highly accentuated features and use overly artificial emotional expressions. 39 Perhaps due to its low budget, the anime also frequently recycles cells, and most of the male characters, apart from the hero and a few others, can hardly be told apart. The story line moreover is largely based on slapstick comedy, notably out of place in the seriousness of the anime’s setting.

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