JkayW said:Inb4: I hate when people talk about what they hate.
Hi gals and guys from MAL. I started watching anime in March of 2015 and I saw the anime community on the outside as a bunch of twelve year olds fighting over cartoons, I didn't really think much of anime back then though. So 11 months now.
I just want to list four things I hate about the community.
You don't have to read this, you can just post. Although I'd like if you read my post. Hopefully it doesn't go to the length of a blog. I'm not saying there can't be good anime fans by the way. I've met tons of great people IRL and in MAL that AREN'T LIKE THIS.
I personally think the anime community is one of the cancerous fanbases on the planet for four reasons.
1. Selective morals
"Don't judge me for liking anime" "Anyone who doesn't like anime is an idiot" shut up. Please. If you don't want people to judge you for the things you like then don't judge them, someone may like Justin Beiber and think you are weird for liking anime or vice-versa, but you need to realize that you are passing judgement on people when you do that and being hypocritical. I hate seeing it and it happens far too often, especially in the anime community.
2. OH MY GOD YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS ITS LIKE THE GREATEST THING EVER!!!
When fanboys go and overhype the show they love so much what they don't know is they are actually a cancer to their own series. They are giving pre expectations about a show we may or may not like it and making it so we may not enjoy an anime to its fullest extent.
3. Dub haters.
These are the anime purists who feel the anime is at its most pure when it is only watched in the subbed version. Some of these dub haters believe that Japanese is the most beautiful language in the world and will bash an anime if it is in a different language, even if it is the language they speak. Stop stereotyping and actually try it out. I don't care for preference but it starts getting bad when you say the following reasons.
-English dubs have a small cast of voice actors
-English ruins the "feel" of the show
-English is a horribly ugly language compared to Japanese.
-English dubs censor and butcher jokes from the Japanese versions
-English dubs are for weeaboo's who know nothing about anime and Japan.
-Characters have no emotions when they talk
-ALL English dubs "just suck"
4. Using the word weeaboo as slang for anime fan.
I think of this as when black people use the word nigga as a form of communication when it is used as a form of insult which is just fucking retarded.
It's insulting to black people because it can signify that you are undeserving of a birth-given name, simply because your skin is dark. Weeaboos are people that try and be Japanese and dismiss their own culture calling themselves Japanese, not anime fans.
Stop using this shit as slang for anime fans or else you just destroy the definition. Like that time when Oxford changed the definition of "literally" to now be used sarcastically. If anything use Otaku if you're BY DEFINITION "people with obsessive interests, commonly the anime and manga fandom."
Overall most of them think they're opinion is fact and have bad communication skills whilst constantly chucking swears and insults.
Let me know your thoughts!