Laifu, a relatively new word even within the otaku world, refers to life in a wide range of aspects. This word comes from the worlds of anime and manga, seeking to inspire more than one user to take control of their lives with the inspiration of the otaku world.
What does laifu mean?
Laifu is the romanization of the English word "Life," an origin that shares a linguistic connection withWaifuwhich also comes from the same sense. And as its romanization indicates, we are talking about life or rather a lifestyle, it can be a manga, anime, manhwa or even a webtoon.
There are no limits to the laifu you want to choose, this is because in the broad sense of the word it would be the idealization of a lifestyle. They are often found in stories where lives close to what we could consider perfect for us are shown. These reasons can be very varied, since it may be from the comfortable lifestyle they live to the characters with whom they relate.
Some might even choose a laifu just if that story features the waifu they always dreamed of meeting. Since their fanaticism and admiration has no limits for that waifu or husband given that it does not discriminate by gender.
Why choose one?
It's simple, choosing a laifu gives you much more breadth in what you can really adopt from that story in life. It is mainly due to the fact that when we choose a laifu, we are seeking for our lives to resemble the one seen in that anime or manga. And being an idealized life, our ideal is closer to what real lives are, whether we want to opt for ideals where we never give up or looking for calm lives where everything transpires in the smoothest and most manageable way possible during the years.
Laifu of anime
These are the infinite possibilities that we have to choose the one we like the most. Whether they are quiet lives or millionaire ideals where we must really strive to achieve them and make our dreams come true. The idea behind this concept is that we take everything that we can apply in our day to day from our favorite anime to improve what would be our ideal point in this world.
What does No Waifu no Laifu mean?
A very popular phrase from the otaku culture that basically says "without a waifu there is no life," this, arises from the movement where everyone wants a Waifu. And it is also the origin of the word laifu, since in this classic phrase of the otaku culture is where everything related to laifu originated.
It is a symbolic phrase that encourages you to choose a waifu from the many that exist within anime stories, one that makes you want to say "I want to live this life with her," whether by admiration or simple desire. And it is possible to even find someone in real life who is at least similar in personality to our waifu and make our dream laifu come true. Hope is the last thing we lose, they should not forget this.
What is the difference between Laifu and Waifu?
Laifu and waifus are concepts in constant conflict, given that they are opposites but equal when very specific factors are combined. And it is that the main difference is that laifu would be our ideal life and waifu would be our ideal girl. Concepts that are totally opposed in principle, but what happens if we get our waifu and she makes us an ideal or dream life? Wouldn't that be a laifu?
As you can see they are similar but opposite to each other, what is important to understand is that they complement each other. Being ideas that help reach the idealization that we so desire and seek with so much force in our lives. Achieving it is not easy but it will always be worth achieving what we have worked so hard to do.
The good thing about living a laifu
The good thing about choosing a laifu over any waifu is that we can try to replicate both the dreams of our favorite anime. As their lives, ways of being or even their ways of thinking something that in some cases could make us go far in this life. In others it may not work so well but a laifu is not an easy path, some of the main inspirations that we can take are the following:
Dreams
The dreams of some protagonists are something beautiful to see and possible for some in this life so if you manage to find one that you want to replicate. You already have the first step to face that path, a good example could be being a mangaka as in Bakuman, an ideal laifu if you align with their dreams.
Inspiration
The inspiration of some anime characters is something simply sublime, where others see chaos they see order. Something we can integrate into our lives and may be the beginning of what we will become, many slice of life or life recount anime can be our inspiration for what we would like to dedicate ourselves to in the future, especially if we do not know what to dedicate ourselves to in our life and that is why anime stories capture us so much, because we can see dreams being fulfilled or things being achieved one after another.
Only we must not forget that all the characters we see do not become "good" in what they do overnight. But it is strong and constant training that leads them to perfection so don't be surprised when you see the advance of time in an anime in a much faster way than you feel in real life.
Can I have a waifu and a laifu at the same time?
The truth is that you can have a laifu without a waifu, because we may want the life of some anime world without needing to focus on the protagonists. But we cannot have a waifu without it generating an ideal laifu for us, because having her will already brighten our day or when we feel down we can go with her. Having admiration or liking for waifus is not a problem and can even propel you to achieve your ideal laifu.
Is it bad to have a laifu?
Not as long as you don't bother others, the important thing about laifu is that they focus on ideals or concrete ideas. So as long as you do not interrupt others and achieve your goals one by one it should not be a problem to reach your objective of having a laifu in life.
On the contrary, the idea is also not to shake the lives of others just to maintain a super strict regime. Everything is flexibility and as long as they do not interrupt the process you want to do to reach your ideal world, it should not be a problem for everyone to accept your new approaches and goals.
Choose the laifu that you like and enjoy the most
The important thing is to enjoy the path to our ideal laifu, the inspiration of an anime world is always used as a focus more is just a way to guide us. Knowing what to do in this life as a tutorial is not easy and leads to many problems for those who think too much about it. But if we are inspired by an anime, manga or manhwa, we will have an idea of what we could achieve if we really work hard.
The important thing is to enjoy the process and how you will reach your goals practically feeling like the protagonist of a story that you yourself will narrate. Obviously inspired by something you saw, read or even heard in some anime world but always helping you put a foot forward each time.
And if my ideal laifu were an isekai
First of all,stay away from truck-chan so she doesn't go to the isekai, secondly, inspiration does not mean that you must go to that world. Simply take the ideals that are most similar to what you like and what you really adore from that story and add them to what could be your life plan. With this you will have the inspiration of an anime always with you while you live in search of the life you always wanted.
