Maybe you think like this. “Japan is the heaven of otaku culture”. It’s wrong, I’m afraid.
Manga, Anime, Video Games and Light Novels. As you know Otaku cultural things are always looked down on.
First of all, “Otaku” is the derogatory word.
Are you surprised if I say Manga was not treated as a kind of books but toys 70 years ago?
I’ll write these historical issues and problems nowadays.