At bookstores or the library...
No one ever speaks to me about anime/manga when browsing manga and I don't speak to them either!
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They try to speak to me, but I run away from weird otakus.
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I try to speak to them, but they run away from the weird otaku =(
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5
I chat up a storm with whoever in that aisle!
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| I've never talked to anyone when browsing manga, although usually it's one or two other people. Never talked to people at the anime store, either. Or at the public library. Or those scary chicks with black mascara and Naruto shirts and headbands I saw pass me by in the street. I've met plenty of cool people at my anime club, it's safer than annoying random strangers. :P |
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Voiced408 said: I usually go to that aisle with at least two other friends. It's too dangerous to go alone. well said, too bad none of my friends ever go there. im always alone and in dangerous territory. |
| i dont start conversations because i dont want the person to give me the "i dont want to talk to you" look and then say nothing and then me feeling sad afterwards |
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| I start conversations, talking to other fans is interesting. My old job allowed me to read when it was dead in my area, so i found myself buying much more manga then. Buying a lot of manga increases the chances or running into another fan, so talking to other fans happened quite often. Yup. |
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| I have never been in a manga aisle. ): |
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Akito38 said: There's anime stores?! Sounds like a happy place... :DI often chat it up with the owner of the Anime store here in Denver |
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| Mm, no but someone did talk to me when I was reading manga though. Me: *sitting down on the ground and reading* Employee: Excuse me, either buy it or leave. Me: *puts book back in shelf and leaves* |
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| I never had anyone talk to me while I was getting Manga at the bookstore, nor have they talked to me when I was reading it. Although I did talk to a black guy once when I was buying Anime ◔ヮ◔ Twas a fun odd interesting night. |
cartier-ngo said: Mm, no but someone did talk to me when I was reading manga though. Me: *sitting down on the ground and reading* Employee: Excuse me, either buy it or leave. Me: *puts book back in shelf and leaves* lolz wat a dick |
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unellmay said: cartier-ngo said: Mm, no but someone did talk to me when I was reading manga though. Me: *sitting down on the ground and reading* Employee: Excuse me, either buy it or leave. Me: *puts book back in shelf and leaves* lolz wat a dick i lol'd usually they dont mind. must have been a bad day or something... |
-Spooky- said: unellmay said: cartier-ngo said: Mm, no but someone did talk to me when I was reading manga though. Me: *sitting down on the ground and reading* Employee: Excuse me, either buy it or leave. Me: *puts book back in shelf and leaves* lolz wat a dick i lol'd usually they dont mind. must have been a bad day or something... The place wear I usually get it actually has a room to read it in |
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ridojiri said: the thing is, we all know we are scary freaks. thats why noone talks. and seeing as my librarys manga and cartoon section are mixed together there is no *ing way id speak to some guy who likes CARTOONS. Speak for yourself, noob :-P |
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| I only talk to people who are people friendly. it's just something short... mostly since 1 out of alot gave me a way to keep in contact. |
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Standy said: Akito38 said: There's anime stores?! Sounds like a happy place... :DI often chat it up with the owner of the Anime store here in Denver My town has one, it's pretty rad. "Owner-san," as we call the guy who owns the place, is really chill and he'll let you read some manga as long as you don't open ones that are wrapped up, or damage the books. And he'll chat with you. They have DVDs, a rental library, manga, accesories, shirts, hats, figures, bags... My anime club membership gives me a discount *_* good stuff. |
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| Yeah, but not at Borders or at Barnes & Noble. I mostly go to Kinokuniya nowadays. |
| I've only once had someone start talking to me in front of a shelf of anime. She asked me what my favourite series was, to which I didn't have much of an answer (there are so many amazing titles out there that I didn't know where to start!). Now that I think about it, though, she was probably sounding me out to see if I'd answer either Naruto or Bleach oO;; In the end, we started talking a bit about local conventions before her father called out to her to go. Other than that, it's never really happened and I don't go out of my way to talk to random people xD |
| I don't usually talk to the people in the manga aisle because they usually aren't there for the manga: the manga books share a bookshelf with a bunch of psychology books (I think there is a joke in that somewhere... about the minds of the manga fans. I dunno >_>) Anyway, there was this one time where a guy was watching me pick up some Legend of Zelda manga, and I guess he felt it appropriate to nudge and pass me a book titled, "The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy." Kinda weird for him to do that, but it actually was quite an interesting read. I feel glad that I've never experienced the random fanboys/girls in the manga aisle yet. Eh. My luck will run out eventually. |
Gin-iroOct 11, 2009 12:44 AM
| I have a story about this. I refer to the culprit as "Manic Mary". I'd rather not spew a huge wall of text to those who don't want it, though, so if you're the 000.1% who is interested, let me know. :| In any case, I never make conversation with people in the manga aisle. I never start any conversations with strangers. |
Rizzaistlin said: I went to the manga aisle in a Barnes & Nobles once. They didn't have any Berserk. I was disappointed. No one picks Berserk at my B&N. |
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| There's usually no one in the manga section when I look. I wanna talk man! >_< |
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angelfire892 said: There's usually no one in the manga section when I look. I wanna talk man! >_< Try going at different hours. |
DeusExMachina said: Wall-o-text! wall-o-text! Just use a spoiler tag so it don't look so bad.I have a story about this. I refer to the culprit as "Manic Mary". I'd rather not spew a huge wall of text to those who don't want it, though, so if you're the 000.1% who is interested, let me know. :| In any case, I never make conversation with people in the manga aisle. I never start any conversations with strangers. |
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| I dress up constantly, and because of cosplayers who "cosplay lolitas" at conventions, anime fans always seem to think I've got anime clothes on (T___T) so I actually get talked to a lot by anime fans, not really in the manga aisle cause I don't hang out there I hate it because I'm pretty much a closet fan, don't talk about it much except with a few friends and on forums, and dislike anime fans in general. I mean, I'm nice back but I try to get away ASAP. |
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| The aisle is deserted except for a few guys in their 30s-40s looking at comics, not manga. Then sometimes there's a couple of teenagers looking around. So, no I don't talk to anyone, nor does anyone talk to me (everyone's busy reading). I am an anti-social person in general so anime/manga is a personal hobby not really meant for conversation in RL. |
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| A few times, some anime fans did talk to me.. to ask for directions. |
| There was this one time where this guy was talking to me about about Nana. I was like "....okay...", but he was a nice guy. |
| i tend to get funny looks, mainly because im so short so i get those anyway, but i usually buy loads at once, so i dont need to go very often. dont have many actually try to talk to me though |
| The other day I held a 3 sentence conversation for the first time. Two stupid kids were sitting in front of the manga shelves, reading their Naruto, so I decided to be evil and stepped between them saying "excuse me". May I add that I usually wear mini-skirts and heels. To make it even harder for them I decided to bend like anime girls do (hands on knees, lifting skirt, that stuff) and started browsing the shelf slower than what I usually do. They suddenly ask "Do you need help"" And I answer "I was just looking at the news. But there are not any news." And they say "Indeed, this shop is very incomplete". And then I realize that they are idiots, because it is the more complete, only it has more books in French than in English. |
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ladyxzeus said: The other day I held a 3 sentence conversation for the first time. Two stupid kids were sitting in front of the manga shelves, reading their Naruto, so I decided to be evil and stepped between them saying "excuse me". May I add that I usually wear mini-skirts and heels. To make it even harder for them I decided to bend like anime girls do (hands on knees, lifting skirt, that stuff) and started browsing the shelf slower than what I usually do. Now that's just plain cruel |
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