世論 What Japan Thinks

goo Ranking took a look at what comparisons made people feel a little odd.

Demographics

The survey was conducted over the 2nd and 3rd of September 2013 and 1,077 people completed a private web-based questionnaire. 51.0% of the sample were female, 24.5% in their teens, 24.8% in their twenties, 25.2% in their thirties, and 25.5% in their forties. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

Here is what people might be thinking you are when they call you an otaku:

Blood type B is the worst blood type to have (if you are daft enough to believe such nonsense in the first place!), as described in this BBC Magazine article. I suppose I’ve been called a bit geeky now and again, but I never know if it is a compliment or not!

Ranking result

Q: What “You’re just like a…” comments from others make you feel a little odd? (Sample size=1,077)

Rank		Score
1	You’re just like an otaku (geek)	100
2	You’re just like a blood type B person	97.1
3	You’re just like someone who’s never known hard work	80.8
4	You’re just like a klutz	80.8
5	You’re just like so earnest	71.6
6	You’re just like an only child	62.5
7	You’re just like an ex-yankii	62.0
8	You’re just like a child	51.9
9	You’re just like a blood type A person	49.0
10=	You’re just like a country bumpkin	47.6
10=	You’re just like an airhead	47.6
12	You’re just like a blood type AB person	45.7
13	You’re just like a person who has lead a sheltered life	44.7
14	You’re just like AKB48	44.2
15	You’re just like a youngest child	38.5
16	You’re just like a person with a child	36.1
17	You’re just like an indoor type	34.1
18	You’re just like a blood type O person	33.7
19	You’re just like a sub-culturist	33.2
20	You’re just like a glutton	32.7
21	You’re just like a celebrity	26.0
22	You’re just like a hard worker	25.5
23	You’re just like an oldest child	24.0
24	You’re just like a married person (despite being single)	22.6
25	You’re just like a wee animal	18.8
26	You’re just like a person from a single-sex school	17.8
27	You’re just like a single person (despite being married)	16.8
28=	You’re just like an adult	13.9
28=	You’re just like a Japanese brought up overseas	13.9
30	You’re just like a city slicker	13.5