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Apr 27, 9:06 AM
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Everyone says that one anime fanbase is toxic, another is even more toxic, and so on... But for the people who think or label a fanbase as toxic, what exactly were you guys thinking, or what points/ factors made you come to that verdict?



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Apr 27, 9:09 AM
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Humans are in general toxic, so every fandom is going to be toxic one way or another.
Apr 27, 10:12 AM
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For sanity's sake, I will exclude stuff that's catered to nonces. It's self evident why those are toxic.

For big name series such as Pokémon, Sonic, Naruto, etc., these fandoms are full of teenagers and young adults that don't handle conflict well, so they get into a lot of petty spats and huge conflicts over trivial things such as ship wars.

I'd also cite Madoka, which has gotten a lot better since it first came out, but early on, it caused a schism in the magical girl fandom as a whole because you had a bunch of (typically male) fans who had never seen a magical girl show before, but were insisting this is the One True Magical Girl show and everything else before it is trash. Ironically, these are the types of people who would accuse others of being "tourists."
Apr 27, 10:26 AM
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For sanity's sake, I will exclude stuff that's catered to nonces. It's self evident why those are toxic.

For big name series such as Pokémon, Sonic, Naruto, etc., these fandoms are full of teenagers and young adults that don't handle conflict well, so they get into a lot of petty spats and huge conflicts over trivial things such as ship wars.

I'd also cite Madoka, which has gotten a lot better since it first came out, but early on, it caused a schism in the magical girl fandom as a whole because you had a bunch of (typically male) fans who had never seen a magical girl show before, but were insisting this is the One True Magical Girl show and everything else before it is trash. Ironically, these are the types of people who would accuse others of being "tourists."
@MelodyOfMemory ancient stuff. They barely happen these days. I miss the good ol days when One Piece, Naruto, Bleach fans eat each other. Oh how forums were so lively. 2008. Good times, good vibes.
Apr 27, 10:30 AM
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@MelodyOfMemory ancient stuff. They barely happen these days. I miss the good ol days when One Piece, Naruto, Bleach fans eat each other. Oh how forums were so lively. 2008. Good times, good vibes.
@ArabianLuffy Feels like a double-edged sword because the reason why this stuff happens less now is because social media sites have become less and less interactive over time.
Apr 27, 10:35 AM
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@ArabianLuffy Feels like a double-edged sword because the reason why this stuff happens less now is because social media sites have become less and less interactive over time.
@MelodyOfMemory yeah… nobody uses vBulletin system for forums. They move to XenForo system. Little by little, Reddit, Twitter killed forums. I suppose they moved the battles to Reddit? I dunno. I don’t touch that platform.
Apr 27, 11:11 AM
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I don't label any fan base toxic, just individual fans.
Apr 27, 11:13 AM
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I don't think toxicity is specific to an anime fansbase. Because even people who don't enjoy or are haters of a particular series are just as capable of toxicity as fans.
Apr 27, 11:26 AM
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Not sure as how I would go about it, but RWBY fans seem to fall under that umbrella. OMG the infighting, outfighting, backstabbing, etc.
Apr 27, 11:38 AM
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Why care about fandoms if the anime is great? ๐Ÿ˜…
Apr 27, 11:56 AM

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It's sort of like when ugly people get really mad about ugly people on tv/film. They don't like to see themselves reflected.


Another way of viewing this is how we assign traits to the userbases of certain social media. "Instagram appeals to narcissism, shallowness", "redditors are a dumb and uncool, they are hivemind", "discord/twitter is a cancerous cesspool". My man, 90% of humans are like this basic, shallowminded, often very unpleasant and think too highly of themselves. When the audience of an anime gets so much traction that you begin talking about a "fanbase", the closer that distribution of people will be to the average distribution of people, the normality.

"Chimp in state of nature never jerks off, but in captivity he does, wat does this mean? In state of nature he’s too busy, to put plainly. He is concerned with mastering space: solving problem of life in and under trees, mastering what tools he can, mastering social relations in the jockeying for power and status. Deprived of this drive to development and self-increase he devolves to pointless masturbation, in captivity, where he senses he is in owned space and therefore the futility of all his efforts and all his actions."
Apr 27, 12:00 PM

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I've been harassed by ReZero fans. Sometimes they even come onto my profile to yell at me. It's not as if I make a habit of trash talking the show or anything but you cant say anything negative about it without the fanboys wanting to murder you.
Apr 27, 2:01 PM

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I call them toxic when they start insulting for no reason just because you made fun of their anime, famous for being the most disgusting fanbases are:
jojo
legend of the galactic heroes
frieren
mushoku tensei
huntrash x garbage
evangelion
vinland saga
one piece
Apr 27, 2:03 PM

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All fanbases are toxic, some are obvious than others. If you don't agree with something accepted by the fanbase, the fanbase will hate you.
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Apr 27, 2:24 PM

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Can I just say "none", because the ones who are toxic I don't even consider fans to begin with?
Like, do you actually think that @chudcunnyrapist1488 that lives in Manilla actually watched Frieren or K-On?
Do you think that ultra-normies who watch shounenslop are fans of anime?
Apr 27, 2:33 PM

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I call them toxic when they start insulting for no reason just because you made fun of their anime, famous for being the most disgusting fanbases are:
jojo
legend of the galactic heroes
frieren
mushoku tensei
huntrash x garbage
evangelion
vinland saga
one piece
Catalano said:
huntrash x garbage


I love HXH but this made me laugh so hard, my humor finally touched rock bottom.
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Apr 27, 10:31 PM

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When I think or label a fanbase as toxic, I'm thinking, of Mushoku tenshit and oshi ko no
Apr 28, 12:07 AM

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"Toxic fanbase?"

Every fanbase ever.
Like even the the seemingly inoffensive ones like the fans of Bocchi The Rock and Girls Band Cry (the one where the characters are in a chronical hysteria and that's suppose to be a good thing) will try to force you into liking those.
Apr 28, 6:43 AM
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"Toxic fanbase?"

Every fanbase ever.
Like even the the seemingly inoffensive ones like the fans of Bocchi The Rock and Girls Band Cry (the one where the characters are in a chronical hysteria and that's suppose to be a good thing) will try to force you into liking those.
@alshu Well, obviously since Bocchi is complete perfection. It must not be defiled in any way WHAT SO EVER. Oh why did you bring this up? Do you have something against it?! Should we look into YOU? HMM.
I'm just kidding. Just LITERALLY letting you know I get your point.
Apr 28, 6:54 AM

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Most fandoms become toxic at some point, when an IP becomes overhyped and attracts more and more overly enthusiastic people. And of course, things like shipping also contribute to this, as it creates confrontational moods and habits in people.
Apr 28, 7:04 AM
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Calling others toxic is the most toxic thing nowadays... just sayin'
Apr 28, 11:12 AM

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Sheol01 said:
Well, obviously since Bocchi is complete perfection. It must not be defiled in any way WHAT SO EVER.

Sasuga.

Sheol01 said:
Oh why did you bring this up?

To demonstrate the toxicity of the fans Bocchi The Rock and Girls Band Cry, duuuh.
You guys think that if someone simply dislikes your favourite show it is an act of defiling...
Apr 28, 11:22 AM
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they actually instigate shit with the anime pfp as their sort of flag to witch hunt and harass.

I remember Kill La Kill "fans" on twitter was straight up making a movement and account to go to each and every official Trigger staff and accounts to berate them to make a KLK sequel. even making jokes that they'll do the kyoani fire on trigger themselves. it was all some middle eastern account idk why.

Apr 28, 2:40 PM
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Sheol01 said:
Well, obviously since Bocchi is complete perfection. It must not be defiled in any way WHAT SO EVER.

Sasuga.

Sheol01 said:
Oh why did you bring this up?

To demonstrate the toxicity of the fans Bocchi The Rock and Girls Band Cry, duuuh.
You guys think that if someone simply dislikes your favourite show it is an act of defiling...
@alshu Did you miss the JOKE? I got the point & was making a joke about it. I never actually do this to anyone. And I never will, OK?
Apr 28, 2:48 PM

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Apparently, if you point out to Boruto fan that their favourite series is not that great, they will hack your account and put real CP on it. Yes, it really happened to someone.

Apr 28, 4:31 PM

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Sheol01 said:
Did you miss the JOKE?

I mean you pretended to get triggered, that was sort of funny...not really, but...

Sheol01 said:
I got the point & was making a joke about it.

All the Bocchi jokes end up being kind of sad.

Sheol01 said:
I never actually do this to anyone.

Telling jokes?



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When the individuals become too vocal with their favorites. To the point to where they take it like it's real life. For example, power scaling on one piece is out of control most of the time.
Jun 8, 12:16 AM

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Everyone can be toxic from a certain perspective, and toxic fanbases are pretty common.



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All fanbases are toxic because fanboys by their very nature are cancerous individuals and it gets worse when they all are given a place to interact with each-other.

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