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Lurking at the foundations of otaku culture is the complex yearning to produce a pseudo Japan once again from American-made material, after the destruction of the "good old Japan" through the defeat in World War II.
The history of otaku culture is one of adaptation, of how to domesticate American culture.
The presence of otaku culture is a grotesque reflection of the fragility of Japanese identity. This is because the "Japanese" themes and modes of expression created by otaku are in fact all imitations and distortions of U.S.-made material. On the other hand, the presence of this culture is connected to the narcissism of the 1980s and is also a fetish that can feed the illusion of Japan being at the cutting edge of the world.
The obsession with Japan in otaku culture did not develop from Japanese tradition, but rather emerged after this tradition disappeared.
Between the otaku and Japan lies the United States.
