| Blame those shity anitubers who made all this trend so cool..... |
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| Is that you in the picture dude. If so want to go out with me. |
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_Maneki-Neko_ said: I think these are the really boring people. They don't have really anything going on for them, Hit the nail on the head. Other things exist, people. If you define yourself solely by the media you consume, that's not great, but if you do so while only consuming one specific type of media...then that's just pathetic. When you've only got one topic of conversation you have any amount of depth in, you're the most boring motherfucker in the room. |
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| Anime fans is fan as long as it isnt to the extreme. Like having a wedding with a 2d character. Imagine telling your parents and friends and relatives to come with the wedding just to see that happen. Weeaboo, sacrificce their own culture to become a japanese so they can fit in with the anime world. |
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| ah this post is a breath of fresh air. tired of all the daily aot posts. thanks! by the way, is that you with the body pillow? cool pic π |
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| I really really hope this is ironic, if not I have lost all hope in humanity. |
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| Are you trying to start a fight with me? Dont try it, I can do the perfect barrel roll and dodge all you got. You remember me why I dislike Anime Fans sometimes |
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| What if I just want to watch anime, not openly share it? I mean I don't really have money to waste on anime figurines, but I've got a few posters and a yuru camp towel sort of thing (not sure what the actual name for the type of towel is). But I just want to enjoy it, not be a dick about it, and force my hobbies on other people. I'd go to anime conventions if I had the opportunity, but being so obnoxious about sharing the fact that I'm an anime addict is just strange, not for an anime fan, but for a human. I mean people in general who overexpress themselves, have some issue. To prove my point, Christians who try to force people to go to church are weird, and Fortnite kids doing different dances from the game, and going to school with a Fortnite shirt are weird. So what makes anime any different? Just because I'm a fan of some genre, doesn't mean that that type of expression isn't weird or justified. And of course, you don't have to take shit from anyone, but it's just strange to open yourself up that much. You really are just asking for people to bully you if you express yourself in that manner. So I don't see why you miss those types of anime fans. It's honestly better that people are sharing their love for anime in a more mature way. |
Zelkiiro said: _Maneki-Neko_ said: I think these are the really boring people. They don't have really anything going on for them, Hit the nail on the head. Other things exist, people. If you define yourself solely by the media you consume, that's not great, but if you do so while only consuming one specific type of media...then that's just pathetic. When you've only got one topic of conversation you have any amount of depth in, you're the most boring motherfucker in the room. I completely agree, this is exactly the point |
| It's actually pretty simple: they grew up. |
Breach344 said: Ryuk9428 said: Gatekeeping is a good thing. Now I don't actually wear fedoras or carry body pillows around in public either mainly because I just don't think about it. But I do have a body pillow, I have not attempted to hide it at all, my parents and my IRL friends have all seen it, and I do think you should be able to look at that photo I posted in the OP and feel proud of that guy. You're not required to carry a body pillow around in public yourself, but if you look at guys who do and feel embarrassed or ashamed of them, like they reflect badly on us, then yeah you're not a true anime fan. Also don't give me that horseshit about how I haven't seen enough anime. I've got 211 completions and I'm in the middle of about 34 different animes. I've also got a few visual novels completed, School Days I've pretty much completed, I've gone through 90% of the routes and School Days is a 40 hour long VN. My list also doesn't count all the times I've rewatched shit, if those hours were added the number of days would probably increase a decent bit. According to MAL-badges, my score is higher than 55% of the people on this website and that's despite the fact that MAL attracts more hardcore weebs than the general population. I have seen PLENTY enough to call myself a true otaku. I can acknowledge that your list is a lot bigger than mine is, but let's not pretend that over 200 animes is a drop in the bucket. I've also been watching anime for over two years now. I'm not just some guy who started watching anime a few months ago and think I know everything. I've been in the community for a long time now. I've been planning to go to Japan and got enough money saved up to go, I'm just waiting for this goddamn COVID hoax to end. Well if you're saying gatekeeping is a good thing then we're too different to even argue because that's too far from me even understanding unfortunately. I think if you like something you shouldn't be ashamed or told you arent a true fan of it which is in line with what you're saying about people rocking body pillows in public. Seems contradictory to me to say gatekeeping itself is good then get mad at people who would feel embarrassed or to put in a closer example to what you're saying is a good thing: to get mad at people who would want to exclude others who behave a certain way from their fandom. You can say the act of people saying they dont want people in the community proudly walking around with body pillows in public is gatekeeping. Like I can get saying judgemental people are bad and shouldn't be in the community in a perfect world but to say it's good to judge and keep people out of the community you dont like then complain people are judging and making people you like outcasts in the community is just the definition of hypocritical. Now dont think I'm saying you havent seen alot of anime or anything I'm simply stating to want to declare who is and isnt a real fan of anime and deserves to be in the community your list isn't anything special. I would think it's on the low side of average I've personally seen by clicking names on the site. It's not intended as an insult it's just a thing that comes with time. My list isnt impressive and someones always out there who's seen more. Even if you were one of those crazy people with enough entries to where your list cant load I still would just be saying you're just a single person. The point was to even attempt to tell someone they arent a real fan of something and act superior I feel like you it least need some solid ground to stand on and yours isn't. 2 years isnt much time either. I feel like I blink and I'm a year older. I'm ancient and dying help me please. And with rewatching almost EVERYONES score would be it least doubled. I've seen Bleach a few times, read Bleach literally over 10 times as I had most of the books, seen Naruto a few times, Yugioh countless, Gintama I've seen over 5 times etc. I rewatch more than I new watch. I love showing friends the things I find. Yeah Covid sucks in general and affected the anime community alot especially with delays, deaths of voice actors, and the shut down of decent mail and travel. There are some figures I've wanted to buy for going on a year and a half now... hopefully stuff clears up soon and you can get your trip man. If my point of criticism was that they are being judgmental, then yes it would be hypocritical. My reason for criticizing them isn't for being judgmental though. My reason for criticizing them is because the anime community is and always was built for certain types of person. Now people are trying to act like those types of people are embarrassing. That's the way every hobby, community, and culture on the planet is. People who want to enjoy these cultures from a distance can consume their products but they are overstepping their boundaries by actually trying to be a part of it if they are not the type of person the culture and community was built for. They are especially overstepping their boundaries if they want to be a part of it and simultaneously have contempt for the people it was made for. Consider the relationship of black people and white people with hip hop. I'm sure black people don't mind white people listening to hip hop, but a lot of them are rightfully pissed off at sheltered suburban white kids who are trying to be part of the hip hop culture because it seems cool at the moment. Eminem is white but he gets a pass because he grew up in the culture and understands the background and mentality. Therefore, even though hip hop culture was created by black people, Eminem is a part of it because he is still the type of person who built the culture because it was ultimately built for people coming from an environment of urban poverty. Simultanously, Drake, even though he's black, actually gets criticized a lot for not really being the type of person that the hip hop community is made for because he grew up in a sheltered middle class neighborhood in Canada. Normies can enjoy the products of anime culture, but they are overstepping their boundaries by trying to influence or call themselves a part of it. Anime is a culture built by the Japanese, but ultimately it was built as a refuge for people with social difficulties. For people who have trouble reading facial expressions and body language. Romance anime is created from the perspective of people who have a tough time understanding social cues and it gives stories reflecting their wishes, mindset, and experience with life. Anime has kind of taken over Japanese culture the way hip hop has kind of taken over American culture. If people are inspired by the norms and culture of people who created a community and hobby as a refuge for their social difficulties and more normal, extroverted people want to take some of those values into their personal lives, then that's fine. But to encroach on the space and try to change it from being a refuge for those with social difficulties into just another product for the masses is destroying the culture and community that anime ultimately was made for. |
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| wait...... this aint a joke post??? |
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| Really, a true anime fan should be someone who just loves to watch anime and doesn't worry about any of that otaku shit, just chill out and watch anime, no need to get too weird about it. |
| The keyboard warriors who claim "they want to protect children from evil pedophile cartoons" invaded our fandom (because they were bored) so now it kinda sucks. But this is not limited to our fandom. It is every fandom. Nobody is allowed to enjoy anything. |
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| This better be satire. asdasdasdasdas |
| Anyone saying OP is a troll clearly do not understand the anime culture. If you ever went to Akihabara in Japan, you will know what it is to be a true/hardcore anime fan. People doing cosplay, being chuuni, going maid cafe, buying shit tons of waifu figures/body pillow/whatnot in their home. You might have some understanding if you ever watched Steins Gate. I'm not saying you have to do anything above to be an anime fan. An anime fan could be just simply enjoy watching anime. However while you joined the community, you should at least have the decency to respect these true/hardcore fans instead of calling them an embarrassment to the community. Because it is them who built the anime culture. |
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monkeybrain14 said: I really really hope this is ironic, if not I have lost all hope in humanity. Either way, it's the funniest thing I've read in a while... |
| People are missing the point. I agree with this sentiment 100%. If you want to call yourself an anime fan, then don't hide behind irony. There's nothing more obnoxious than someone coming in to suck all of the status out of a subculture for themselves, all the while shitting on more passionate fans. |
| You hear that you nerds, this cuck is a real anime fan. Learn from his anti-social REBEL ways. His lack of a life should be respected and revered. |
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hohofish said: However while you joined the community, you should at least have the decency to respect these true/hardcore fans instead of calling them an embarrassment to the community. Because it is them who built the anime culture. WELL SAID. WELL SAID. You could not have explained this better. we built this city, bitches xD |
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hohofish said: lolno.I've been around myself but still, lolno.However while you joined the community, you should at least have the decency to respect these true/hardcore fans instead of calling them an embarrassment to the community. Because it is them who built the anime culture. |
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| @Breach344 Its like I said, there's a difference between consuming products and actually trying to take over a culture. I'm not even talking about people wearing kimonos as that's completely harmless imo. There are a lot of people on this forum who come in and act like the people who built this community are an embarrassment. Enjoying another culture is a good thing, I don't mind casual fans who aren't necessarily on board with all the hardcore anime concepts like dakimakuras. I do expect them, however, to understand what community they are in. Going into another culture and trying to remake it into an image that saves you from worrying about embarrassment is being subversive to the community. We should not change our community to accommodate people who are too embarrassed to associate with us. Hence, why these people do not deserve to be called anime fans. Chiibi said: we built this city, bitches xD Damn right. |
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zieek said: Is that you in the picture dude. If so want to go out with me. Its not me in the picture unfortunately. Although I guess I look kind of like him but with short brown hair. If that's you in your profile picture, however, and especially if you like Kotonoha, then sure, sounds good to me. |
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