Japanese Twitter user and female otaku @bmt_sn, however, has a perfectly prepared response for that annoying question.
“When I answer their question like that, people who immediately laugh show that they’ve completed compulsory education for otaku,” says @bmt_sn.
In English, we only use “make” to describe making platonic friends, and not a romantic boyfriend/girlfriend.
However, in Japanese, you can use tsukuru/make to talk about new romantic connections too.
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