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I reply with genki desu routinely, but wanted to use a variety of different
responses to answer this question. I want to say I'm fine, ok, well, happy,
and other different ways to answer this question. I want to use various
positive responses.
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What are some alternative answers to ogenki desuka?
there are a lot of possible generally positive responses to "ogenki desu ka":

> the standard "(hai,) genki desu." meaning "I'm fine/I'm energetic."  
>  "ma ma desu" meaning "I'm so-so."  
>  "kekko ii desu yo." meaning "I'm pretty good."  
>  "ii kibun desu." meaning "I'm feeling good."  
>  "saikou (ni ii kibun desu)" meaning "I'm feeling awesome!"

there are variations on these, and the list is hardly exhaustive, so I'm sure
other people will chime in with other examples.

The issue with these other ways of responding is that they are usually said
with the intention of getting the other person to ask you what's going on, in
other words, to start a conversation about what is happening in your life.

Just like with English speakers, where the set phrase is "How are you?" "I'm
fine." is designed as a casual greeting that shows you're neither ignoring or
being ignored, "O genki desu ka" "genki desu" is just how a Japanese person
greets and gets on with their day, minimal fuss. Any other replies will draw
people into a conversation, so if that is NOT your goal, you might want to
think about whether you really want to change up the greeting or not.
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One common/typical response is:

> はい、おかげさまで。
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