Comments on: Otaku Diaries Part 4: Mirror, mirror on the wall who's the fairest of them all? http://reversethieves.com/2009/10/05/otaku-diaries-part-4-mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-whos-the-fairest-of-them-all/ A Blog Duet by Hisui and Narutaki Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:26:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Gunshow Comic Anime Club « OGIUE MANIAX http://reversethieves.com/2009/10/05/otaku-diaries-part-4-mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-whos-the-fairest-of-them-all/#comment-507 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:19:58 +0000 http://www.reversethieves.com/2009/10/05/otaku-diaries-part-4-mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-whos-the-fairest-of-them-all/#comment-507 [...] for not being able to see the “obvious” developments. And if you were to look at the self-image of anime fans, you’d see that they usually consider themselves to be smarter than average. Second, by [...]

]]> By: 100 Characters For 100 Otaku (Part Thirteen: 40-36) « Fuzakenna! http://reversethieves.com/2009/10/05/otaku-diaries-part-4-mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-whos-the-fairest-of-them-all/#comment-506 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:31:49 +0000 http://www.reversethieves.com/2009/10/05/otaku-diaries-part-4-mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-whos-the-fairest-of-them-all/#comment-506 [...] a childhood of being put above other people in terms of intelligence by those around them (as the latest otaku diaries post proves) and like Rimone, not all of them must have necessarily wanted to be put up [...]

]]> By: jenn http://reversethieves.com/2009/10/05/otaku-diaries-part-4-mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-whos-the-fairest-of-them-all/#comment-505 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:29:30 +0000 http://www.reversethieves.com/2009/10/05/otaku-diaries-part-4-mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-whos-the-fairest-of-them-all/#comment-505 Nice graphs/survey! =) Was a bit puzzled when I was “There” under the descriptors, until I saw #099′s excerpt, which may or may not be linked. “Even-keel” still puzzles me, though, heh.

But yeah; female otaku seem to have more confidence in their body image than males, eh? XD

]]> By: Evan Minto (Vampt Vo) http://reversethieves.com/2009/10/05/otaku-diaries-part-4-mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-whos-the-fairest-of-them-all/#comment-504 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:20:11 +0000 http://www.reversethieves.com/2009/10/05/otaku-diaries-part-4-mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-whos-the-fairest-of-them-all/#comment-504 Wow, that’s pretty staggering! Female otaku really think they’re attractive, but males have a decidedly average body image. Both think they’re more intelligent than the average person, but males moreso. Possible support for the hypothesis that negative body image correlates with an increase in intellectual self-image?

]]> By: reversethieves http://reversethieves.com/2009/10/05/otaku-diaries-part-4-mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-whos-the-fairest-of-them-all/#comment-503 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:54:30 +0000 http://www.reversethieves.com/2009/10/05/otaku-diaries-part-4-mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-whos-the-fairest-of-them-all/#comment-503 Ask and ye shall receive:

Female Attractiveness chart: http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa288/reversethieves/Attractive-Female.gif

Male Attractiveness chart: http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa288/reversethieves/Attractive-Male.gif

Female Intelligence Chart: http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa288/reversethieves/Intelligence-Female.gif

Male Intelligence Chart: http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa288/reversethieves/Intelligence-Male.gif

You can draw all sorts of conclusions from this. Have at thee!

- Hisui

]]> By: Otaku Diaries: Surprise! Nerds Think They’re Smart « OGIUE MANIAX http://reversethieves.com/2009/10/05/otaku-diaries-part-4-mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-whos-the-fairest-of-them-all/#comment-502 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:52:41 +0000 http://www.reversethieves.com/2009/10/05/otaku-diaries-part-4-mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-whos-the-fairest-of-them-all/#comment-502 [...] thieves The Reverse Thieves’s Otaku Diaries continue on, and this time the theme is self-image. More specifically, it’s about how the otaku interviewed view themselves physically and [...]

]]> By: reversethieves http://reversethieves.com/2009/10/05/otaku-diaries-part-4-mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-whos-the-fairest-of-them-all/#comment-501 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:34:17 +0000 http://www.reversethieves.com/2009/10/05/otaku-diaries-part-4-mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-whos-the-fairest-of-them-all/#comment-501 @vampt vo
You make an excellent point about the people deciding to do the survey. Besides, we like to think our project attracts a relatively intelligent audience!

@alex leavitt
I will see if I can manage that this evening.

-Narutaki

]]> By: Alex Leavitt http://reversethieves.com/2009/10/05/otaku-diaries-part-4-mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-whos-the-fairest-of-them-all/#comment-500 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:00:02 +0000 http://www.reversethieves.com/2009/10/05/otaku-diaries-part-4-mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-whos-the-fairest-of-them-all/#comment-500 I’d like to see the graphs lined up against gender, if you two can pull that off. ^_^

]]> By: Vampt Vo http://reversethieves.com/2009/10/05/otaku-diaries-part-4-mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-whos-the-fairest-of-them-all/#comment-499 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:26:51 +0000 http://www.reversethieves.com/2009/10/05/otaku-diaries-part-4-mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-whos-the-fairest-of-them-all/#comment-499 Wonderful analysis as always!

I actually think that there is more than just a grain of truth in the responses regarding intelligence. If my estimations are correct, the Otaku Diaries most likely didn’t attract the entire spectrum of anime fans, and due to the rather intellectual nature of the survey, you probably got a lot of people who are indeed smarter than the average person. When looked at through that frame, the number doesn’t seem that staggering.

I was pretty surprised at the stats on attractiveness though. As Narutaki said, the responses look like what you’d expect from asking normal people. As far as I’ve seen, most people think that they’re of average attractiveness, and there are quite a lot of non-geeks who genuinely believe that they are unattractive. I’m glad to hear that otaku aren’t completely hopeless when it comes to aesthetic self-image.

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