Justin Norrie had this article in The Age on the rise of businesses catering to female otaku. It's a rather interesting tale of how the Japanese marketplace caters to the nation's various subcultures.
"Edelstein is not a school at all. Rather, it is the first of a new type of cafe that satisfies the fantasies of Japan's female otaku — a term given to fashion-challenged, socially dysfunctional geeks who collect anime cartoons, manga comics, dolls, trading cards and video games."
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