オタクの僕の弟 - Does the "otaku" refer to me or my brother?


In the sentence オタクの俺の弟がこんなに友達が少ない訳が(ry (which is the name of the third
episode of 旦那が何を言っているかわからない件), does the "otaku" refer to boku or otouto?

In general is AのBのC、always interpretable as （AのB)のC as well as Aの（BのC) and one
has to infer the intended meaning by the context? Furthermore, can these
possibilities be distinguished by intonation (as in English)?




Both interpretations are possible, but I think this title probably means "my
little brother must have many friends since _he is_ an otaku" rather than "my
little brother must have many friends since _I am_ an otaku." It's just
because the former makes much more sense to me. `(ry` is a slangy symbol used
by otaku to make something left unsaid. It's from `(略)`, and the implication
is "even if i don't say this, of course you know what i wanna say here, huh?"

Intonation or a pause may help to distinguish, but only when someone reads
this out loud slowly and carefully. Basically the context is more important.

**EDIT:** This title is obviously a parody of
[_Oreimo_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreimo), where a young otaku sibling
(Kirino) gains many otaku friends with the aid of her not-so-otaku-ish older
brother. I suppose `(ry` is used jokingly to mask part of the original title.

