Closet weeb for sure. I've always envisioned the weeb as really cringe, so didn't want to get associated with it. But the reality is, it's just cringe in general. Like now a lot of people watch anime, that still won't make me wanna talk about anime in public. I have a really big interest in learning Japanese but I feel like sometimes anime ruins it for me, like most things...."oh you learning anime language?" like the amount of people that just can't separate anime and a whole country and its culture, it's unbelievable. Everything from Japan is a Naruto reference...Then there's also the whole, I feel embarrassed to pronounce japanese words like the title or their names so there's no way I can talk about anime.
But yeah, a couple of bad apples ruin the bunch, anime has a bad name, so I don't feel publicly being an anime fan. Of course it's just like TV Shows, and you want to talk about them...but it's complicated. I have some online friends with which I love talking about anime. Then my real friends who I hang out with? They now watch some anime and I might say the stuff they are watching is cool, but that's it, I will not proceed and analyze it any further than that, even if I want to; I just don't feel the need to publicly show my passion for anime, I know if you like it you shouldn't be embarrassed about it, but I'm a superficial person, so I want to look like an obnoxious weeb, some of them are really annoying, they just don't stop, and I'm sure I could also not stop if I get carried away.
Ffs, I have 2 discords just so I can use an anime pfp in one of them, and hide it from the discord I use for the rest of my stuff. I like the art and fanart of anime, but I just don't want to be the "anime pfp whose opinion is discarded for having that" So yeah, I wouldn't go to an anime convention, wouldn't get anime shirts, and would def not buy an anime figurine. I constantly hide anime from netflix, and I'm sure I'm not that good at hiding it, but I will still try to hide it as much as I can.
Some people don't wear pink shirts, I think they are just another color. But what I wouldn't wear ever is an ahegao shirt... I wouldn't judge someone from having it, but I'll definitely play dumb if I see one |