| I think I might be being a schizo here, likely motivated by some for of lack of self-esteem or self-confidence, but... Some moments ago I found myself questioning myself "Do I actually like anime or am I just forcing myself in order to have a personality? In order to copy somebody else's personality?". Now, that's something extremely weird for me to ask myself, considering I've been watching anime for 13 years, am watching close to 20 seasonals this season and expend a large part of my days in this forum or playing AMQ, so where did that come from? I think I just imagine an "idealized anime fan" and see that I'm not that idealized guy. Stuff like watching video-essays, political content, doom-scrolling, talking on the internet (e.g. here) or playing games feel "automatic" for me, but watching anime doesn't. Watching anime is something that I have to "actively think about", even if it becomes automatic after I start. It's not something I automatically think of doing when I have free time (Unlike those other things), but rather something I think "Uhm, I have 30 minutes until I have to go do X, I can fit an episode here" or "All right, just one more AMQ match and I'll watch 1-2 episodes, otherwise I'm not going anywhere". IDK, I envy people like that Himmel guy on Twitter that are able to rawdog 7+ episodes of anime a day everyday "automatically", without having to think. Maybe it's just the fact that I have nobody to talk about anime with, hence why I prefer watching content about anime instead? Do I like anime? Am I just comparing myself to an absurd standard? |
| Nah you're pretty normal compared to me, and I am sorta like you because I feel insecure because I didn't watch enough anime in my youth, even though I did discover things years or a decade + before they got an anime adaptation(I was reading Vinland Saga in 2009, think about that). Just watch what you want. Take a break for a year maybe. |
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Reply to Nyron
Consuming anime is not a hobby. If you're watching 20 shows and 7 episodes a day, you're just psychotically wasting your time.
Experience art to absorb the message and appreciate the craft, don't do it to "be an anime guy (detogatory)"
Experience art to absorb the message and appreciate the craft, don't do it to "be an anime guy (detogatory)"
| @Nyron why scryed is better than code geass. The essay |
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Reply to Nyron
Consuming anime is not a hobby. If you're watching 20 shows and 7 episodes a day, you're just psychotically wasting your time.
Experience art to absorb the message and appreciate the craft, don't do it to "be an anime guy (detogatory)"
Experience art to absorb the message and appreciate the craft, don't do it to "be an anime guy (detogatory)"
Nyron said: 7 episodes is only 2-3 hours I don't understand how that's a psychotic waste of timeIf you're watching 20 shows and 7 episodes a day |
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| Why do you feel like you have to watch anime specifically in the first place? It's not a competition. There are people who only watched a few shows yet actively participate in their forums, constantly do fanart and cosplay of said shows, etc. I'd say those people are more genuine than people who claim to have seen 1000 shows, at which point I wonder how much of them they actually remember. |
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| I think you like writing threads about anime and being an anime fan more than you actually like watching anime |
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Reply to MelodyOfMemory
Why do you feel like you have to watch anime specifically in the first place? It's not a competition. There are people who only watched a few shows yet actively participate in their forums, constantly do fanart and cosplay of said shows, etc. I'd say those people are more genuine than people who claim to have seen 1000 shows, at which point I wonder how much of them they actually remember.
| @MelodyOfMemory lmao. Cosplayers are largely just attention whores. No. Say what you like. You absolutely need to watch a good amount of shows and be somewhat knowledgeable to be genuine. It doesn't have to be 1000 shows, but it has to be enough. |
ComeInReiAsukaJul 11, 2025 9:57 PM
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Reply to MelodyOfMemory
Why do you feel like you have to watch anime specifically in the first place? It's not a competition. There are people who only watched a few shows yet actively participate in their forums, constantly do fanart and cosplay of said shows, etc. I'd say those people are more genuine than people who claim to have seen 1000 shows, at which point I wonder how much of them they actually remember.
MelodyOfMemory said: Why do you feel like you have to watch anime specifically in the first place? When I was a kid I played games with an anime-inspired aesthetic and found them awesome. I watched stuff like the Pokemon Movies and Digimon Frontier/Savers and they felt "different", made me feel new emotions and were unlike anything I had ever seen before. I looked up to people in forums with anime signatures and avatars. I like the aesthetics of anime and I don't see any other medium doing the types of stories and ideas that anime does. Check my list and you'll notice that I really only went back to anime en force during the middle of last year because I was thinking about becoming a cinephile and thought "Why don't I start with anime movies, since I'm familiar with anime?", and then just ditched the cinephile idea altogether, deciding to focus more on otaku culture and etc Like, what else but watching anime would I do? MelodyOfMemory said: 'd say those people are more genuine than people who claim to have seen 1000 shows, at which point I wonder how much of them they actually remember. Well, I've seen close to 500 and I'm pretty sure I can still talk about 99% of them. Just pick any of my list and I can talk about it. |
Reply to MYZIC
I think you like writing threads about anime and being an anime fan more than you actually like watching anime
| @MYZIC I would really like to talk about anime with people. I frequently fantasize about explaining about anime to a room full of normies. I've been doing this for close to a decade. |
| Seems like you have low self awareness if you don't know what you like. MelodyOfMemory said: Why do you feel like you have to watch anime specifically in the first place? It's not a competition. There are people who only watched a few shows yet actively participate in their forums, constantly do fanart and cosplay of said shows, etc. I'd say those people are more genuine than people who claim to have seen 1000 shows, at which point I wonder how much of them they actually remember. It isn't difficult to get up to 1,000 depending what someone watches because music videos, movies, shorts, OVAs, sometimes skipping OPs and EDs or playing at faster playback to get past boring parts (though i odnt get people who watch everything like that), and watching anime for several decades on top of that and different lives people have. |
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| I ask myself the same question, but for a different reason : I love anime aesthetics so much, and the concepts, but 95% of the time, I'm not sensitive to the writing, tone, themes, storytelling, characters... Does that make me a FRAUD? |
| weak bait....come on put some effort into it |
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thewiru said: I think I might be being a schizo here, likely motivated by some for of lack of self-esteem or self-confidence, but... Some moments ago I found myself questioning myself "Do I actually like anime or am I just forcing myself in order to have a personality? In order to copy somebody else's personality?". Now, that's something extremely weird for me to ask myself, considering I've been watching anime for 13 years, am watching close to 20 seasonals this season and expend a large part of my days in this forum or playing AMQ, so where did that come from? I think I just imagine an "idealized anime fan" and see that I'm not that idealized guy. Stuff like watching video-essays, political content, doom-scrolling, talking on the internet (e.g. here) or playing games feel "automatic" for me, but watching anime doesn't. Watching anime is something that I have to "actively think about", even if it becomes automatic after I start. It's not something I automatically think of doing when I have free time (Unlike those other things), but rather something I think "Uhm, I have 30 minutes until I have to go do X, I can fit an episode here" or "All right, just one more AMQ match and I'll watch 1-2 episodes, otherwise I'm not going anywhere". IDK, I envy people like that Himmel guy on Twitter that are able to rawdog 7+ episodes of anime a day everyday "automatically", without having to think. Maybe it's just the fact that I have nobody to talk about anime with, hence why I prefer watching content about anime instead? Do I like anime? Am I just comparing myself to an absurd standard? 13 years is a considerable amount of time to be into anything without expecting change. Sure you like Anime and no you don't have to consume it like it's some obsession, but also interests change. I would be more surprised to actually meet someone in real life who has been into Anime that still treats it the same way when they got into it. Most people even stop consuming Japanese Anime if they been into this medium long enough too and then a even decade later or more might come back to it. Prime examples are people who I have met before just hanging out at local sports bars with my wife during the 2010s. Back in the mid to late 2000s I basically stopped watching Anime the way I did in the early 2000s and before, where I was maybe only watching a few Anime series a year (it was mostly due to my real life becoming busy with work and family but the point is my consuming habits changed). Even back then I would still buy physical copies of Anime constantly but I was treating this medium more like collecting trading cards and most of the time not even watching the things I purchased at all. But I still really enjoyed doing that, I wasn't doing it just to keep up with some fad. In fact I knew no one at the time that emulated this behavior. Back in the early 2010s I met a new random friend for the 1st time in years while hanging out at a local sports bar with my wife. The guy use to really love Japanese Anime back in the 90s and early 2000s too. Then he basically stopped consuming Anime all together sometime in the mid 2000s as well. It was fucking funny to meet someone who would still sometimes call Anime "Japanimation". After we befriended each other, once a week we would play games of pool at this same sports bar while drinking beer and just talking about random shit and even sometimes Anime we watched back in the 90s. Eventually he got interested in the medium again too and we would actually start exchanging Anime on physical discs to borrow that we both owned (at the time there was a lot of OVAs on physical media that I never had the opportunity to finish or watch before and vise versa). I even let him borrow some of my more contemporary shit too, which got him quickly back into the medium in a new light. Where eventually even he started buying contemporary Anime again physically too. And the cultural exchange continued... Sadly he basically stopped watching Anime all together after the pandemic but that's a whole different story... Basically there is no standard and I doubt anyone would care if you suddenly just stopped watching Anime all together and found some new hobby either. If your friends are that shallow about the things you are into, then maybe they weren't really friends at all. And if your friends are just nothing more than Users online, it's not like you can't find new User friends in completely different online circles. Reminds me of transitioning from actual online gaming in the early 2000s to internet forums and communities surrounding game modding by the late 2000s. Where I was no longer playing video games anymore I was simply focused on a single PC game where I would create new 3D meshes and just creating broad new content for other Users to download and enjoy in their videogame experiences for a short while. I basically didn't care that I wasn't playing the new Halo game or some shit like that. lol if you ever drift away from Anime completely, that’s fine. The only person who needs to be okay with your relationship to a hobby is you. A good indicator use to be that if someone simply stopped spending money on Anime they would officially no longer be into it anymore. Though i guess that doesn't really apply to modern fandom since there are quite actually numerous western Users who have been consuming Anime for over a decade who have never spent a dime on it. lol |
ColourWheelJul 12, 2025 4:27 PM
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| I'm like this with all storytelling media. I only enjoy very specific series so i can never call myself a fan of x medium. With anime it's a bit different since I've been watching it for so long that I might as well say I'm an anime "fan", even if I don't have the attention span to sit through 10+ episodes a day like I used to. |
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| You like to feel special, and anime makes you feel special. |
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| please just shut the fuck up man I blocked you and still see these garbage threads every single day because MAL doesn't hide them |
| I mostly watch anime shows for the cute girls in it. I have little interest in anime outside of that. |
| I have approximately 1 terabyte of anime on my computer. |
| The fact you have over 4k forum posts here and nearly 500 completed anime already makes you more of a dedicated fan than most. Comparing yourself to others can damage mental health, as I would know. |
| No, you don't. Self-esteem and your need for attention is what makes you consume Anime. Anime is just the thing you chose, hoping it'll give you a personality and a "skill" in life. (Watching and talking about Anime is still not a skill, don't forget^^) You do not actually like it neccessarily. True. But you'll watch. You will force yourself, even if you don't like it just so you can continue to talk about it and interact with people, online. Because that is what you actually like about it^^ The self-important babble about just any Topic you happen to know about. Not the actual medium. If MaL, Reddit and X wouldn't exist you wouldn't watch. It's sad. |
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| you overcomplicated this bro...ur post is up to the four thousands ... you like anime enough and if you are feeling a little bit burned out and feeling like you are actively thinking anime as a hobby or an activity then thats just human nature playing its tricks on you. as corny as it might sound, take a break enjoy the scenery or doze off at noons dont think about anime and im preety sure itll comeback in your thoughts once again. we are litterally all animals under the sun dont let social media and forums distract you from that reality if you like something then you like something, and thats you who like it. the other monkeys has different likes but your likes are yours alone, its your verry own personality. |
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| "Do I actually like anime?" Days: 95.4 on your profile...yes, you like anime. "actively think about" Actually a good thing, mindless consumption would be a bad sign. You actually care what you are consuming. "I envy people like" You envy brainless consumerism? Why? If said shows don't make you feel something (positive or negative), what's the point? "comparing myself to an absurd standard" Or you are using the wrong standards... The real test would be checking 2-3 episodes of Lord of the Mysteries. If you can see the differences in writing and presentation between anime and domghua - yes, you are a fan. |
thewiru said: I think I just imagine an "idealized anime fan" and see that I'm not that idealized guy. Could you expand on that? Like, what is an "idealized anime fan" for you? Someone with a certain number of completeds/days/episodes? Plus, have watched, lets say, 100 animes, and actually being able to talk about every single one of them is better than just binge watch 1000 12 episodes anime on automatic and forget about them the next week or month. |
Reply to IHAVEWAIFUS
thewiru said:
I think I just imagine an "idealized anime fan" and see that I'm not that idealized guy.
I think I just imagine an "idealized anime fan" and see that I'm not that idealized guy.
Could you expand on that? Like, what is an "idealized anime fan" for you? Someone with a certain number of completeds/days/episodes?
Plus, have watched, lets say, 100 animes, and actually being able to talk about every single one of them is better than just binge watch 1000 12 episodes anime on automatic and forget about them the next week or month.
| @IHAVEWAIFUS This season I'm watching 18 seasons. It wasn't something that happened "naturally", it was something I actively chose to do. Back in 2018-2019, since I was in an anime podcast, I would choose to give a try to a lot of anime to see what I would like or not (Or at least give my opinions), you'll notice that a lot of my "Dropped" anime are from back then. I stopped doing this after the end o that podcast, and only went back to doing so the previous season, since people here told me that "Since I wasn't finding anyone to talk about older anime, I should just watch seasonals, people talk about those" (Spoilers: They don't. GQuuuuuuX was the only one I found people talking about). I'm still doing it, because it's comfortable: Having something to wait for every week, have something to put in your media thread, add to your MAL, write some reviews, make some posts about in your SNS, collect memories, experiences. Maybe that's just autism because I'm also addicted to logging my AMQ Ranked games in an Excel sheet. An "idealized anime fan" isn't someone who thinks about stuff like that. For them, to watch anime is a no-brainer. I never had "teenage years where I would watch anime all day and end up with hundreds". In fact, I always tell how despite the fact I say I started watching anime in 2012, I only watched 4 that year because I was comfortable with just being next to people posting about it instead of watching it myself. I am certain that I love anime aesthetics, at least: I used to take "people with anime avatars and signatures" for granted... until I started playing League of Legends in 2013, and people in the Brazillian forums weren't the biggest fans. That made me notice how much I loved it, so I went back to watching it en force. At the end of 2016 I felt ashamed of only having 80 or so completed entries, because those didn't reflect "How much I knew about the medium or liked it", and that it was shameful for me "To have less entries than a shounentard". It was something that always happened: In my childhood, I found grinding in MMORPGs boring, and would just do it like 1-2 hours a day at most, and spend the rest of it engaging with community content about the game, but my classmates would grind a lot. It's what I'm talking about with anime: An "idealized anime fan" doesn't need to think about it, they just are able to watch anime as if by instinct, and end up watching a fuckton of them. The closest to what I had to "that phase of your life where you watch a fuckton of anime" is the last one year period, because I actively chose to do so. I'm kinda comparing myself to people like Digibro, in a way. |
Reply to alshu
"Do I actually like anime?"
Days: 95.4 on your profile...yes, you like anime.
"actively think about"
Actually a good thing, mindless consumption would be a bad sign. You actually care what you are consuming.
"I envy people like"
You envy brainless consumerism? Why?
If said shows don't make you feel something (positive or negative), what's the point?
"comparing myself to an absurd standard"
Or you are using the wrong standards...
The real test would be checking 2-3 episodes of Lord of the Mysteries. If you can see the differences in writing and presentation between anime and domghua - yes, you are a fan.
Days: 95.4 on your profile...yes, you like anime.
"actively think about"
Actually a good thing, mindless consumption would be a bad sign. You actually care what you are consuming.
"I envy people like"
You envy brainless consumerism? Why?
If said shows don't make you feel something (positive or negative), what's the point?
"comparing myself to an absurd standard"
Or you are using the wrong standards...
The real test would be checking 2-3 episodes of Lord of the Mysteries. If you can see the differences in writing and presentation between anime and domghua - yes, you are a fan.
alshu said: The real test would be checking 2-3 episodes of Lord of the Mysteries. I heard the subtitles were dogshit. Was that fixed? alshu said: Days: 95.4 on your profile...yes, you like anime. There are people here with 150 or more. I could be one of them if I actively tried.. but that's the issue: If I tried, If I put the effort. I don't think any of them are "trying" or "putting any effort". They do it "naturally". |
Reply to Merve2Love
No, you don't.
Self-esteem and your need for attention is what makes you consume Anime.
Anime is just the thing you chose, hoping it'll give you a personality and a "skill" in life. (Watching and talking about Anime is still not a skill, don't forget^^)
You do not actually like it neccessarily. True.
But you'll watch. You will force yourself, even if you don't like it just so you can continue to talk about it and interact with people, online.
Because that is what you actually like about it^^ The self-important babble about just any Topic you happen to know about. Not the actual medium.
If MaL, Reddit and X wouldn't exist you wouldn't watch.
It's sad.
Self-esteem and your need for attention is what makes you consume Anime.
Anime is just the thing you chose, hoping it'll give you a personality and a "skill" in life. (Watching and talking about Anime is still not a skill, don't forget^^)
You do not actually like it neccessarily. True.
But you'll watch. You will force yourself, even if you don't like it just so you can continue to talk about it and interact with people, online.
Because that is what you actually like about it^^ The self-important babble about just any Topic you happen to know about. Not the actual medium.
If MaL, Reddit and X wouldn't exist you wouldn't watch.
It's sad.
Merve2Love said: Watching and talking about Anime is still not a skill, don't forget^^ Yeah, I can imagine why someone with Chainsaw Man in their favorites thinks that. Merve2Love said: But you'll watch. You will force yourself, even if you don't like it just so you can continue to talk about it and interact with people, online. I must be dumber than you, then, since every since last season I've been complaining that nobody talks about seasonals on the internet, and yet I'm still doing it. I watch non-seasonals or memories I have of people talking about them on LowRes 4 years ago, lmao. Merve2Love said: Because that is what you actually like about it^^ The self-important babble about just any Topic you happen to know about. Not the actual medium. Should I bless gaming, literature and cinema communities with my presence, them? Merve2Love said: If MaL, Reddit and X wouldn't exist you wouldn't watch. I've been watching anime even before making my MAL, Reddit and Twitter accounts, though. |
| If you watch anime, it means you like it. If you didn't like anime, you would have given up on this hobby long ago. |
| Aliens will read your posts someday and feel proud that they're aliens and not humans. |
| I'm sure I've read the same sort of thread from you multiple times with slightly different wording. You should try banning yourself from mentioning or referring to an "idealised anime fan" for a long period of time or talking about people who've watched more anime than you, as if it's something to be admired. Like, literally nobody thinks watching more anime than you already do is in any way a positive or an aspiration when it comes to living any sort of productive or happy life. As usual, if you want to watch anime and you actually enjoy it, do so. If not, do something else. |
| Do you think other people will be able to tell you what you like or don't like? Why are you even asking them? Are you even going to believe them? If someone tells you, "yeah, you don't like anime, not really," then will you quit watching anime? Do you think liking anime counts as having a personality? You are not what you watch. Maybe this is the case for some people, but it definitely doesn't apply to you if you're not even sure whether you like anime or not in the first place. Do you even know what it feels like when you enjoy something? What does it even mean to feel "automatic"? Like, do you mean you can turn your brain off while doing it? Why is that an indicator of enjoying something? You can't have fun if you're "actively thinking" about it? Isn't it actually the opposite, where the fact that you're thinking about it is a sign that you're having fun? What makes you think other people are doing it "automatically"? If they're doing it "automatically," why do you need to be doing it the same way? What exactly is appealing or "higher standards" about that? This is such a strange, depressing and frustrating way of engaging with media that I have to ask... |
| I don't think one would spend that much time on media they didn't like, and the way you describe your approach to anime watching (Something you like to try and find the time to actively fit as much as possible in between your daily life) makes me think that you enjoy it at a deep level. Particularly when you describe "automatic" enjoyment or consumption (things you do when you truly have free time to maintain a sense of, let's say, "productivity" in your mind even though you may and should be using that time to rest mentally) you make me think about myself when I was more into consuming anime seasons like 12 years ago: it quickly got old, and I realized I didn't enjoy anime in itself, I just used it to fill in the blanks of my free time. But something I deeply enjoy is reading, particularly non-fiction literature, and I have the same approach to it you have to anime, saying "I can fit a chapter of this in here" in between work breaks and stuff. And doing that the last few years of my life I've figured out reading is one of the few things I enjoy enough to let it flow naturally into my life. So if I somehow relate your experiences and thoughts to mine I could say you probably actually like anime, unlike those people who, like me in the past, try to "automatize" the anime watching proccess into their free time. |
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Reply to thewiru
alshu said:
The real test would be checking 2-3 episodes of Lord of the Mysteries.
The real test would be checking 2-3 episodes of Lord of the Mysteries.
I heard the subtitles were dogshit.
Was that fixed?
alshu said:
Days: 95.4 on your profile...yes, you like anime.
Days: 95.4 on your profile...yes, you like anime.
There are people here with 150 or more.
I could be one of them if I actively tried.. but that's the issue: If I tried, If I put the effort.
I don't think any of them are "trying" or "putting any effort".
They do it "naturally".
| The entire thing is dogshit, it is one of the worst fictional creations in the history of mankind |
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| Try to not posting anything for a fucking month in this site so we can stop seeing your amazing thoughts everyday and you actually can think for yourself and find your answer. If you want an actual answer that you don’t care because you post same thread every week and people give you answers every week ,you burned out the only think you like is talking here and anime gives you reason to talk here. |
perseii said: Do you think other people will be able to tell you what you like or don't like? Why are you even asking them? Are you even going to believe them? If someone tells you, "yeah, you don't like anime, not really," then will you quit watching anime? Do you think liking anime counts as having a personality? You are not what you watch. Maybe this is the case for some people, but it definitely doesn't apply to you if you're not even sure whether you like anime or not in the first place. Do you even know what it feels like when you enjoy something? What does it even mean to feel "automatic"? Like, do you mean you can turn your brain off while doing it? Why is that an indicator of enjoying something? You can't have fun if you're "actively thinking" about it? Isn't it actually the opposite, where the fact that you're thinking about it is a sign that you're having fun? What makes you think other people are doing it "automatically"? If they're doing it "automatically," why do you need to be doing it the same way? What exactly is appealing or "higher standards" about that? This is such a strange, depressing and frustrating way of engaging with media that I have to ask... Lol Your post actually reminds me of the western film "High Fidelity" from 2000. There's this hilarious scene where Jack Black refuses to sell a Stevie Wonder record to a customer because he thinks it’s ‘sentimental tacky crap’. It’s a perfect example of someone thinking they know what’s best for someone else’s tastes. Trying to dictate what counts as ‘valid’ enjoyment. Just like how no one else can really decide whether you like anime or not, especially not based on how 'automatic' or deep your engagement is. For a bit more context, Jack Black works at an indie record store and often refuses to sell customers records he personally dislikes. Sometimes even insulting them or telling them to get out if their tastes don’t align with his. Other times, he convinces customers to buy records that are outdated, out of style, or not even the type of music they’re into. I don’t remember the exact LP in one scene, but it was clearly something the customer wasn’t interested in. Yet Jack Black still convinced them to buy it anyway. Lol |
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Reply to HerculePoirot
who links their self esteem to watching anime? maybe you should try living in the real world instead of the fake fantasies anime provides, personally I just enjoy the emotional depth, music and characters anime provides, but I also enjoy normal tv shows and movies, and i also enjoy art, math and science as well as sports and music in general, So it actually adds to my everyday life, making it your entire personality seems extremely shallow since the real world provides loads of things to enjoy and keep your mind occupy. watching anime just for the sake of watching anime actually dumbs down the experience of watching it and it takes away from the deeper understanding of it, as also it would literally change your perspective of life in a bad way, the good things are meant to be enjoyed in moderation, wake up you are wasting your life
edit: read some forum posts you have made, it seems like you are a deeply sick individual who lives in a fantasy world who also admitted to liking pdfile hentai, idk why this trash site allows people like you to propagate but you should seek professional help or at least turn yourself into authorities.
edit: read some forum posts you have made, it seems like you are a deeply sick individual who lives in a fantasy world who also admitted to liking pdfile hentai, idk why this trash site allows people like you to propagate but you should seek professional help or at least turn yourself into authorities.
HerculePoirot said: edit: read some forum posts you have made, it seems like you are a deeply sick individual who lives in a fantasy world who also admitted to liking pdfile hentai, idk why this trash site allows people like you to propagate but you should seek professional help or at least turn yourself into authorities. Because "people like me" made this medium, this community and this industry. You're the invasive species here, if something. |
| Why are you asking me? I'm not you, figure it out yourself >.> |
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Reply to ColourWheel
perseii said:
Do you think other people will be able to tell you what you like or don't like? Why are you even asking them? Are you even going to believe them? If someone tells you, "yeah, you don't like anime, not really," then will you quit watching anime?
Do you think liking anime counts as having a personality? You are not what you watch. Maybe this is the case for some people, but it definitely doesn't apply to you if you're not even sure whether you like anime or not in the first place.
Do you even know what it feels like when you enjoy something? What does it even mean to feel "automatic"? Like, do you mean you can turn your brain off while doing it? Why is that an indicator of enjoying something? You can't have fun if you're "actively thinking" about it? Isn't it actually the opposite, where the fact that you're thinking about it is a sign that you're having fun?
What makes you think other people are doing it "automatically"? If they're doing it "automatically," why do you need to be doing it the same way? What exactly is appealing or "higher standards" about that?
This is such a strange, depressing and frustrating way of engaging with media that I have to ask...
Do you think other people will be able to tell you what you like or don't like? Why are you even asking them? Are you even going to believe them? If someone tells you, "yeah, you don't like anime, not really," then will you quit watching anime?
Do you think liking anime counts as having a personality? You are not what you watch. Maybe this is the case for some people, but it definitely doesn't apply to you if you're not even sure whether you like anime or not in the first place.
Do you even know what it feels like when you enjoy something? What does it even mean to feel "automatic"? Like, do you mean you can turn your brain off while doing it? Why is that an indicator of enjoying something? You can't have fun if you're "actively thinking" about it? Isn't it actually the opposite, where the fact that you're thinking about it is a sign that you're having fun?
What makes you think other people are doing it "automatically"? If they're doing it "automatically," why do you need to be doing it the same way? What exactly is appealing or "higher standards" about that?
This is such a strange, depressing and frustrating way of engaging with media that I have to ask...
Lol Your post actually reminds me of the western film "High Fidelity" from 2000. There's this hilarious scene where Jack Black refuses to sell a Stevie Wonder record to a customer because he thinks it’s ‘sentimental tacky crap’. It’s a perfect example of someone thinking they know what’s best for someone else’s tastes. Trying to dictate what counts as ‘valid’ enjoyment. Just like how no one else can really decide whether you like anime or not, especially not based on how 'automatic' or deep your engagement is.
For a bit more context, Jack Black works at an indie record store and often refuses to sell customers records he personally dislikes. Sometimes even insulting them or telling them to get out if their tastes don’t align with his. Other times, he convinces customers to buy records that are outdated, out of style, or not even the type of music they’re into. I don’t remember the exact LP in one scene, but it was clearly something the customer wasn’t interested in. Yet Jack Black still convinced them to buy it anyway. Lol
| @ColourWheel Wasn't familiar with that movie, but now I know about it. May check it out when I come across it. I've always liked Jack Black. I've seen video game store clerks actively discourage people and recommend alternatives, but most of them were awkward nerds who simply love video games, not elitists who are imposing their tastes on others. I actually understand where they're coming from. However, I can't fathom a customer asking them to affirm or correct their tastes, let alone asking them something like "do I like video games?" |
Reply to HerculePoirot
@thewiru ah yes, the proud founder of the anime community, here to save japan with your daily 500 word trauma dumps and fbi watchlist tier tastes. without you, anime would’ve collapse. the whole industry owes u lil bro
@HerculePoirot wiru is a diddy blud that needs to be locked behind bars |
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| @MYZIC Next thread: Do I actually like diddygatari ahh media? |
Reply to HerculePoirot
@thewiru ah yes, the proud founder of the anime community, here to save japan with your daily 500 word trauma dumps and fbi watchlist tier tastes. without you, anime would’ve collapse. the whole industry owes u lil bro
| @HerculePoirot you're complaining about stuff which is literally listed on MAL. No shit people will use a website that lists what they watch. Mod Edit: Removed baiting. |
-DxP-Jul 15, 2025 9:00 AM
thewiru said: ? Am I just comparing myself to an absurd standard? You have no idea if Himmel guy has depression, adhd, slept during some episodes. Stop comparing to other people. Himmel guy may literally just press play on his anime. Don't make simple things complicated. Maybe watching anime is not what you like, you just like AMQ and other small time investments. It is not like you are procrastinating on working or a bank heist. |
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Reply to Sasori56483
thewiru said:
? Am I just comparing myself to an absurd standard?
? Am I just comparing myself to an absurd standard?
You have no idea if Himmel guy has depression, adhd, slept during some episodes. Stop comparing to other people. Himmel guy may literally just press play on his anime.
Don't make simple things complicated. Maybe watching anime is not what you like, you just like AMQ and other small time investments. It is not like you are procrastinating on working or a bank heist.
| @Sasori56483 or he just watched it dubbed in native language...anime is much easier to digest & episodes flow more smoothly |
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Reply to perseii
Do you think other people will be able to tell you what you like or don't like? Why are you even asking them? Are you even going to believe them? If someone tells you, "yeah, you don't like anime, not really," then will you quit watching anime?
Do you think liking anime counts as having a personality? You are not what you watch. Maybe this is the case for some people, but it definitely doesn't apply to you if you're not even sure whether you like anime or not in the first place.
Do you even know what it feels like when you enjoy something? What does it even mean to feel "automatic"? Like, do you mean you can turn your brain off while doing it? Why is that an indicator of enjoying something? You can't have fun if you're "actively thinking" about it? Isn't it actually the opposite, where the fact that you're thinking about it is a sign that you're having fun?
What makes you think other people are doing it "automatically"? If they're doing it "automatically," why do you need to be doing it the same way? What exactly is appealing or "higher standards" about that?
This is such a strange, depressing and frustrating way of engaging with media that I have to ask...
Do you think liking anime counts as having a personality? You are not what you watch. Maybe this is the case for some people, but it definitely doesn't apply to you if you're not even sure whether you like anime or not in the first place.
Do you even know what it feels like when you enjoy something? What does it even mean to feel "automatic"? Like, do you mean you can turn your brain off while doing it? Why is that an indicator of enjoying something? You can't have fun if you're "actively thinking" about it? Isn't it actually the opposite, where the fact that you're thinking about it is a sign that you're having fun?
What makes you think other people are doing it "automatically"? If they're doing it "automatically," why do you need to be doing it the same way? What exactly is appealing or "higher standards" about that?
This is such a strange, depressing and frustrating way of engaging with media that I have to ask...
perseii said: Do you even know what it feels like when you enjoy something? What does it even mean to feel "automatic"? Like, do you mean you can turn your brain off while doing it? Why is that an indicator of enjoying something? You can't have fun if you're "actively thinking" about it? Isn't it actually the opposite, where the fact that you're thinking about it is a sign that you're having fun? No, what I mean by automatic is that "going to watch anime" is something obvious, automatic. It has nothing to do with "turning your brain off while watching it". Like I said, things I do "on a whim" are like watching youtube video-essays or playing AMQ. Those are things I think "I want to do this", while with anime I think "I need to do this" and I plan myself beforehand. With the exception of certain times, I'm not the type of person whose "go-to" hobby is watching anime all day, therefore they've watched a fuckton. |
| watch anime the way you like it. yes you imagined your ideal otaku self, but for what purpose? imo, you care about anime as a medium more than the cartoons themselves, which is not a bad thing by itself. I also ventured into many shows with this mindset, watched anime outside my comfort zone, found gems and favorites even. learned trivia I never cared about. it can be an exciting journey, and it's a lot more rewarding than following social media buzz. |
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Reply to MelodyOfMemory
Why do you feel like you have to watch anime specifically in the first place? It's not a competition. There are people who only watched a few shows yet actively participate in their forums, constantly do fanart and cosplay of said shows, etc. I'd say those people are more genuine than people who claim to have seen 1000 shows, at which point I wonder how much of them they actually remember.
| @MelodyOfMemory "I'd say those people are more genuine than people who claim to have seen 1000 shows, at which point I wonder how much of them they actually remember." I've seen 2000, and don't remember much. not because I mindlessly consume anime, but because: -I've been doing this for 20 years, good luck remembering specific episodes and shows from 10 years ago, let alone 20 -you will see the same events and twists play out a bunch of times making it a muddy mess. -you will see a ton of sameface mcs, redhead twintail tsunderes, satous, yamadas, etc -some anime are just that forgettable. character names are the first I forget. |
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