■Name 　Miko
■Occupation 　No good house wife
■Otaku History　Around 40 years
■Boyfriend - Y/N? Married for 25 years
■Favorite genre　FF, Xenogears (game)
■Character you'd take for a wife? Chaos from Xenosaga
■Reason for becoming otaku? 　
I’ve been obsessed with anime and manga since elementary school days. I guess “8man” that my father always used to watch played a big part in that.
■What are your thoughts on the latest otaku boom?
There’s a big gap in difference between the communication abilities of otaku in the past and the otaku today. We have PCs now but back then the only way to communicate with people was by phone or face-to-face, so we valued relationships a lot more. I think that was a better way of expanding personal connections.

■Site you frequent most
Yasunori Mitsuya’s site （http://www.procyon-studio.com/index.html）
■Word or phrase of the moment
“Love cannot be defined by any one shape or form” - Star Ocean: The Second Story
■What are you hooked on at the moment?
Xenogears on PSP. The dialogue is really deep and beautiful.
■The next thing you want to buy?
The latest FF (my order is already in!)
■How much have you invested so far?
I’ve been an otaku for so long I have no idea, but probably around 60,000 Yen per year between us.
■What does being an otaku mean to you?
I don’t really think of myself as an otaku, I just like being creative.
■How do you budget your monthly earnings?
10,000 Yen for hobbies.
Generally, we prefer to make things ourselves rather than spending money to buy them.