The classification for 腐女子[fujoshi]
Needless to say, 腐女子[fujoshi] means a BL(Boys’ Love) fangirl though some people think it means a female otaku. So some female otaku might not like to be called 腐女子 unless they like BL. Anyway, there are generally some classification for 腐女子 depending upon the age.
In general, it is said that 腐女子 vaguely means from a schoolgirl to a late twenties. If she is married, she would be 既腐人[kifujin]. It puns upon 貴婦人[kifujin"noble lady"]. 既[ki] means already done, so here, it means married. We Japanese say 既婚[kikon] to describe a married person. So…既腐人 means a married 腐女子.
If she is over 30 years old, she could be 汚超腐人[ochoufujin]. 汚[o] means dirty, 超[chou] is super-…oh no, forgive me! But it also puns upon お蝶夫人[ochoufujin] who shows up in the very old anime, エースをねらえ！[Ace wo nerae!] She is well-bred, and her real name is Reika Ryuuzaki(see above image). But know this term is very rare, and I said if she is over 30…however, it’s not sure. We yet to synchronize the general definition. Speaking of rare, I hereby introduce one more term, 麻婆豆腐[mápó dòufu]. This is actually Chinese food; mincemeat and 豆腐[tofu"bean curd"] with hot sauce…something like that(see below image). As I have said, this term is very rare, so I have no idea how old 腐女子 could be entitled to be 麻婆豆腐. But I guess this might mean over late fifties because second kanji 婆[ba] means an old woman.
I yet to wait for more precise definitions coming out. I have done my best to investigate , but I have not been able to figure it out. orz
bi said,
July 25, 2007 at 11:07 am
Ahahahah, this is interesting, since I know a lot of fujoshi XD
I, myself, don’t dislike BL, but I’m not that much of a fan either
Now that i think of it, is there a word for female otaku?
bangin said,
July 26, 2007 at 1:51 am
Currently, no. I want to find out the appropriate word, though.
This term, otaku has no gender distinction, and also in general, it seems like fujoshi means a female otaku even if she doesn’t like BL. In order to prove this, I asked five non-otaku folks about fujoshi. They all answered the same thing, “it means a female otaku.”
That’s not true, though…
bi said,
July 26, 2007 at 4:44 pm
I see… People who are outside the otaku world would tend to generalize^^
bangin said,
July 27, 2007 at 1:10 am
Yes, even if it’s misunderstang…it happens.^-^
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bangin said,
August 1, 2007 at 2:02 pm
Wow, thank you for coming and adding my blog! I still remember I was surprised when I learned so many pro-seiyus do BL works. ^^ Such as Takahiro Sakurai or Tomokazu Sugita…
khursten said,
August 2, 2007 at 3:34 am
@bangin. Yes! Quite a lot of professional seiyuus used to do BL. Even… Koyasu Takehito! XD FukuJun and SuzuKen are also big BL drama seiyuu names, but lately Koyasu Takehito is my favorite because he is Kururu. XDD
bangin said,
August 2, 2007 at 5:15 am
I think Koyasu Takehito does seme mostly when he works with BL whereas Sugita can be both. XD I will write about such classification next. Sugita is my fav because he is Kyon.
Avplaya said,
August 6, 2007 at 4:53 pm
Mapotofu is not quite so rare, even in the US….
BTW, お蝶夫人 is not just from the anime, but also the Japanese name for a old Hollywood movie remake of the musical, Madam Butterfly… I know the actual name for Madam Butterfly is 蝶々夫人, but when I first saw the name お蝶夫人 the first name I thought was Madam Butterfly…
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ia6t-tkhs/madame-butterfly.htm
bangin said,
August 7, 2007 at 6:27 am
OMG, even in the US, Mapotofu is common…that’s so amazing!
Even any fujoshi around me are not sure of this…
Thanks for the link, so I am wondering whether お蝶夫人 has a connection with Madam Butterfly…I should figure it out.
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