>Coworkers start talking about anime

1. Indulge them about battle shounen
2. Introduce them to CGDCT, ironically
3. ?????
4. Someone will be the butt of this joke but you were a bottom anyway

>>280366997 (OP)
Trying to hide my power level.

>>280367099
Thing is, I don't watch either one.

>OP quietly spergs in the corner instead of engaging with other people interested in his hobby

>>280367147
Then why do you have any feelings about your coworkers' opinions either way?
Just shrug your shoulders and talk about fishing or something.

>co-workers talk about anime that isn't normalfag friendly

>>280366997 (OP)
>Coworkers

>>280367282
>>280367302
Some of our fellow human beings cannot afford to NEET it up. Please be kind. They have a lot on their plates.

>>280367371
Bro I wish I had enough passive income to just never work again

>>280366997 (OP)
>Talk about an anime with coworkers
>It goes to shit
>Coworkers still glaze it as usual
>>280367302
Buyfaging isn't free.

>coworker talking about anime
>hasnt watched evangelion because he thinks its for pedophiles

>>280367504
Yeah no shit bud.

>>280366997 (OP)
>get new work
>there this chill venezuelan guy
>sees i had godzilla wallet
>goes full WEEB detected mode
>asks me if i like anime
>reply sure
>he leans to my ears and whispers "i like lolis"
mfw

>>280367632
Is that the face you make before calling ICE?

>>280367504
Move to Europe. Apply to jobs. >Be you're self. Fail hard. Get certified as an autism.

>>280367632
>he leans to my ears and whispers "i like lolis"
Well? Do you? Don't chicken out of friendship when it takes initiative.

>>280366997 (OP)
>meet extremely kind but dull normie
>he asks me if I watch anime, he wants to learn Japanese
>ask him what he likes to watch (extremely important to ask this question)
>he says solo leveling is his favorite and he plays genshin impact
Dodged a bullet there, if I hadn’t asked him what he watches first I would have told him I’m 1 season into Girls und Panzer. Told him to watch his shows with subs only and gave him a link to nyaa so he can torrent whatever he wants to. Dude was paying for crunchyroll.

>>280367787
we get togheter every month to get drunk, turned out to be a bro

>>280367843
>not going home and watching SL so you can talk to him about it
Fail. Did that with my boss (also with SL) and it got me a raise

>>280367706
This joke is getting really old. The anon didn't even specify if he is american and the venezuelan guy could be there legally. It's like taking the lowest hanging fruit with a kneejerk reaction everytime a latam country is mentioned.

>>280366997 (OP)
so? you're there for work, not discussing anime

>>280368011
>Dude just suffer through koreanslop
Not worth my time desu.

>>280368073
>t. venezuelan

My coworker played random Naruto openings and was utterly flabbergasted as I successfully named their numbers and name.

>>280368129
You’re right dude /a/ contrarians definitely have your back, fuck real life connection

>co worker talks about how his daughter likes anime and asks if he wants to meet her

bros what do I do

>>280367282
>Coworker tells me that he tried watching Made in Abyss because it was highly rated.
>Before I can tell him that it's one of my favorites, he goes on a rant about how something so pedophilic could be allowed and that the people who worked on it should all be jailed.
>Had to pretend that I didn't know the show existed.

>>280368303
that never happened

>>280368011
The guy isn’t my coworker, but it was a strange experience, I never talk about anime IRL. For shits and giggles next time I see him I’ll tell him to watch ghost in the shell to try and learn Japanese from it, kek. Then Konosuba and Overlord (though he has a wife and kid so I don’t know how on earth that will play out)

>>280368073
calling them rn and citing this post as evidence

>>280368378
it did and now she's my childwife

>>280368303
What? He hasn't meet his own daughter?

>>280368073
Letting gringos in our board was a mistake, they shit everything up everytime they country is in ruin (every day since 2008)

>>280367302
literally I can't stop laughing rn for some reason

>>280368303
If she's legal go for it.

>>280366997 (OP)
>demon Slayer
>Jujutsu
>solo leveling

>>280368450
Worst of all: he is ASKING himself if he wants to meet her. He's not even sure he wants to finally be present for his own blood.

>>280366997 (OP)
>it's anime i dont watch, therefore it's most likely moeslop
prime examples being; attack of titan,

>>280368303
It's a trap. Shoot him in the dick and tell his daughter you saved her.

>Hide my powerlevel for years
>Some day I showed my cowokers a random Youtube video on my phone
>Video ends, Youtube recommends a bunch anime videos
>"Oh anon you watch anime!?"

>coworker asks if I like anime
>"Yeah, kinda"
>we talk about it every now and then
>ine day he invites me to his house to watch it
>some time later we are watching loli hentai while he jerks me off
I regret every single day.

>>280368515
This plus one piece, it has become gigapopular with normalfags for some reason recently.

>>280368719
Netflix, probably.

>watching anime on streaming sites

>>280368773
>Chill out, Mister Miyagi
I lost every single time.

>coworkers talks about iyashikei
Woah.

>co-worker call himself senpai

>>280368773
>The egg.... THE EGG!
Lol I miss Billions, this scene is so fucking stupid

>>280368773
I bet japs see this like how we see two thirdoids arguing over eggs on hamburgers.

>>280368773
Wait, you're not supposed to put ginger on the fish? What do you do with it then?

>>280368773
>Watches anime on Netflix/Prime/Crunchyroll.
>With ads.

>>280368773
>thing in japan

>>280366997 (OP)
Do people really talk to coworkers?
(Real question, my only job was virtual during covid)

>>280369062
Yes, I had an interesting conversations, sometimes about philosophy, sometimes just a good laugh.

>>280369062
I do sometimes for idle chit-chat when we're working together, but for the most part I keep to myself considering most of them are all old and we don't share much in common.

>>280368462
>our board
I didn't know venezuela's national language is english, good for you, brother!

>>280369062
Yeah casually, depending on the job and how much you hate the people. Usually you end up doing it anyway because you're bored or they're strange and you wanna see what they say.

>>280367185
>>OP quietly spergs in the corner instead of engaging with other people interested in his hobby
yeah because real people watch anime for the anime, 4chan/reddit/forum losers watch anime for the memes and the shitposting. it drags you guys outside of your loser bubble how series are actually received.

>>280369329
>4chan/reddit/forum
4chan is not like reddit

>>280369062
>Do people really talk to coworkers?
You really don't have a choice if you want to keep yourself (somewhat) content and sane while doing menial and/or grueling tasks for hours. Different strokes for different folks still applies though.

>>280369329
the self hating poster is always an interesting case

>>280369368
4chan is exactly like reddit and the sooner you understand that the better off your life will be.

>>280369368
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>>280369368
Go back to 2012 and stay there (for your own sake).

>>280369413
no, 4chan is based and reddit is cringe

>>280368714
well did you return the favor

>>280366997 (OP)
I don't care if more people or co workers watch it.
It's just odd how it has turned more and more into a normalfag thing ever since covid. Suddenly people are considered weird for not watching the new anime or anime in general etc. After decades of people getting bullied or seen as weird for even mentioning anime or manga.
It has turned into a whole "aesthetic" thing on social media.

>>280369368
>4chan is not like reddit
lel. you guys that watch anime just to talk about them online 24/7 are all the same. you are unironically like the obsessed autismos with Kpop. the music/anime is not the point but the fandom.
>>280369408
>the self hating poster is always an interesting case
i first saw anime forums in the late 2000s and it was disgust at first sight that i share a hobby with such losers. there is nothing self hating about me because i don't consume anime and manga just to log on seconds later and post whomesome commentarinos about them. i bet you never even thought that you value the "community" above the anime to the point you have a retarded twisted perception about most anime because you view them through said terminally online communities.

>>280369508
lol no they weren't, people were bullied for being faggots and doing strange things.

>>280369568
so you were disgusted and continue to come 15 years after but everyone's a loser and you hate it? am I getting that right?

>>280369627
>continue to come 15 years
the devil is in the details though. i come here very rarely and mainly for the boob posting. you are here terminally to cry how the "normies" don't know that their favorite show fell off after the first chapter.

>>280369329
True.

>lowercase poster
>i
>shittalking 4chan
>i come here very rarely it's all ironic u losers XD
Every fucking time.

>>280370011
You missed
>kissanime
>SnK
>filename

>>280370011
It's funnier because you just know they're constantly refreshing and rapidly typing.

>>280368326
dormmate told me he was watching this super perverted show where they get naked all the time and he found it so weird. it was this show called "Kill la Kill" or something

>>280368958
Call him douki-tan for shiggles

>>280368982
How is that an argument?
You eat the egg and donate the burger to the poor.

>>280370323
Did he rike it?

>>280370323
>he found it so weird
>kept watching
kek

>>280370323
Did he miss the subtext?

>>280370460
What makes you a think a dude who describes anything as a "super perverted show where they get naked all the time" understands what the hell a subtext is?

>>280370460
To be quite honest klk is actually super perverted within the sfw standard.

>coworker asks if I like anime
>say "no dude wtf you think I'm gay"
>we both laugh about it

>>280370588
But who wore the Konata costume?

>>280370624
Your mom when we went to visit her after our hearty laugh

>>280370411
>>280370422
>>280370460
it sounded like he wasn't sure whether to continue watching. and tbf at that time I also didn't understand most of the subtext. but I enjoyed the fanservice enough to eventually reach a satisfying understanding. It was like 6 years ago though

>>280366997 (OP)
Great, time for another half hour discussion about Attack on Titan or One Piece, while I occasionally nod in the background.

>>280370814
Attack on Titan and One Piece are at least interesting.
What do you want to talk about? K-ON?

>>280367843
>wants to learn japanese
>consumes korean and chinese content instead
Well, good luck with that.

>>280370905
I didn't have the heart to tell him he's in for an uphill battle.

Talking about anime/video games/books/VNs with RL normalfags is a good thing and you should treasure such times. They're not hiding under 3000 layers of irony and most of them are not like reddit creatures or insane "woke" people. When you reach your thirties you're not going to meet any people outside of your wagecucking daily schedule. You will miss those simple times and honest talks.

>>280370460
>nah i watched it in dub, bro

>>280371064
what about online friends

Just don’t tell them about /a/ they’ll act all weird about it and then you’ll catch them browsing

>>280366997 (OP)
>"You mean those cartoons? Yeah I'm not really into that sort of thing."

>>280366997 (OP)
>turns trans
what did OP mean by this

>>280368983
you eat it before you eat the fish, to clean the taste of your mouth.

I have only one person I could talk about anime irl with and he got married and I rarely see him anymore.

>college
>walking to class
>pass by people sperging about anime
>pass someone watching anime full screen on their laptop
>mfw anyone likes anime in public

Why do I react like this even though I've been into this shit for over a decade?

>>280371738
you're ashamed. and also the people who tend to watch anime in public are a certain way

>Don't talk about anime with my co-workers because I know they're not interested in it
It's that easy

I would talk to people about anime but I only watch CGCDT which I can't mention.
>>280371738
Same people who shat on anime whenever it was brought up now pretend that they always loved it because it's cool and socially acceptable now. You're disgusted by the hypocrisy and facade.

>>280368632
This wouldn't have happened had you simply used newpipe instead

>>280371738
>Browsing at a comic book store.
>Couple of nerdy college students and their normalfag female friend start to check out the bookshelf opposite.
>She points at a volume of Goblin Slayer. "What's that?"
>Guy, smug: "Oh, you don't want to read THAT. See this girl? She gets, you know..."
>...
>Guy, smugger: "Raped."
>...
>Guy, smuggest: "Yeaaaaah."
>Zero reaction from the girl.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>280366997 (OP)
imagine having to "work" lol.
my family is not rich rich, but rich enough that I don't have to work and I'm 40yo lol.

>>280372374
Reading this gave me the ick

>>280372374
She bought?

>>280372401
>Have rich family
>They still force me to work

>>280369368
/a/ definitely is

>>280372637
/a/ is the furthest you can get from reddit on this website.

>>280371484
You should join the marriage and have a threesome

>>280372401
What are you gonna do when your family members die? Are they rich enough that their inheritance will cover your expenditures for the rest of your life?

>>280372656
>troon-friendly
no

>>280370323
Even two of my closest mates from back in the day who I've watched Eva with probably 10x times, constructed and played countless anime p&p rpgs with can't get into kill la kill because of the designs, meanwhile it's one of my favorites

>>280369368
The major boards feel a lot like reddit ever since 2016 and the small ones are dead

>>280367632
based guy, would grab a beer with even though I fail to see the appeal myself

>>280372813
what are you even saying?

>>280372813
go back, shartyteen

>coworker starts talking about anime
>he mentions he watched one series on a STREAMING SITE
>autistically sperg out to the point where my gaping neo-vagina opens up and i try to convince him he should torrent his shows instead because streaming sites are literally hitler or something
>he stops talking to me for the rest of the day
What the fuck is wrong with normalfags?

>>280372900
this board is literally the closest thing to reddit

>>280367147
>not watching CGDCT
why are you even on /a/

>>280372938
not everyone is a baby

>>280372932
but it is the furthest from reddit you can get on this website

>that coworker who only exclusively uses nipponese names
>for Demon Slayer and Attack on Titan

>>280372962
that genre is primarily viewed by old men, newfag.

>>280372845
>Constant use of racial and homphobic slurs
>Contrarians present on every thread calling evetything shit
>"Dude 4chan is just like reddit bro"
Fucking retard. Oh and I wouldn't be able to call you a retard on le reddit.

Never happened to me.
In my cunt it's still mostly stuck in the "those chinese cartoons" era.

>>280373014
He can't post jaks, twitter screencaps, cry about (he can technically) trannies, jets, niggers, woke, incel, chuds, slop, browns here so it's reddit. Average /v/tard or shartykek.

>>280373025
Attack on Titan just sounds retarded. Shingeki no Kyojin sounds a lot cooler, same for Kimetsu no Yaiba.

>>280373051
literally everything offensive is instantly deleted here though

>>280373112
do not confuse "offensive" for "garbage"

>>280373045
yeah, old men do watch japanese kids sitcoms all day

>>280373154
they do

>>280373131
so you're just saying they're the same

>>280373208
only that what you consider to be offensive is just garbage

>>280371827
Perhaps, and mostly true. I don't like being associated with them

>>280372292
>You're disgusted by the hypocrisy and facade
It all makes sense now

>>280372374
AAAAAAAAAA

>>280373263
so basically the same

>>280372374
it's only one scene at the beginning of the first fucking episode and it's to establish that the goblins need to be eradicated :/

>>280373357
Trannies did this amrite? They're oppressing innocent tranny spamming posters.

>>280373418
yeah, pretty much the same site

>>280373357
not at all
just get better taste

>>280373357
The very way both sites are structured is completely different. The use of upvotes causes subs to turn into echo chambers where only the top comments are seen and most controversial opinions are hidden or outright deleted. In comparison every single post in 4chan has the same worth and you would need to read it before forming your own judgement on it.

>>280372749
well, yeah, the money is split into 3 sons, I still have enough for the rest of my life unless I waste it on expensive child prostitutes.

>>280367111
Kagami is a certified elitist

>be a part of a historical discussion group
>someone mentions wanting to read Dívčí Válka
>I have to warn that it "begins with nonconsenual consequences of war" because I can't say that naughty word in polite spaces

>buy cool onimai shirt
>take it home
>the design is extremely flashy and half the shirt is pink colored
>realize I don't know if I have the balls to actually wear it outside

>>280373509
>most controversial opinions are hidden or outright deleted
and how is that different

>>280373535
Why would you warn anyone at all? Either in this scenario or the goblin slayer one let people find out themselves, why spoil the shock value?

>>280373454
Maybe you should go back to sharty or /v/?

>>280373598
Controversial opinons are not shunned in 4chan.

>>280371738
You are a failed normalfag

>>280373663
then you've never said anything controversial

>>280373625
Because the normalfaggot would probably go off and say something like "OH MY GOD ANON HOW CAN YOU LIKE THIS YOU'RE SICK WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THERE WAS RAPE IN THIS I WAS A VICTIM OF RAPE YOU MONSTER!!!" or some other shit and if the woman is extra bitchy you could potentially get your whole life into hot water

>>280373700
Spamming crossboarder buzzwords and off-topic trash isn't controversial. It's just a garbage. In the perfect world you should be IPS banned.

>>280373557
>onimai shirt
May I see it?

>>280366997 (OP)
>verso in maelle's ending.

>>280366997 (OP)
the only time I've ever heard a coworker talk about anime was when he was commenting about how there was a big anime convention at a hotel he was staying at and how a tranny tried hitting on him.
he was with his wife and kids

>>280373787
>In the perfect world you should be IPS banned.
so much for not being an echo chamber

>>280373898
Thing is, you are not actually getting your display banned.

>>280373835
this is the one, theres also text on the back

>>280373898
It's not your personal toilet just because this is anonymous board. You really should think about your mental state if anything. You're still being tolerated here.

>>280374080
you're just playing with words, and they're still the same site

>>280366997 (OP)
>Bocchi The Reddit

>occasionally talk about DBZ or (old) One Piece with coworkers
>they start getting pushy and want to know what I'm currently watching
>show them a fight scene from Star Driver since it's the coolest shit ever
>one of them turns away in boredom after 5 seconds, the other thinks it's the new Gundam
Yeah, don't bother revealing your powerlevel. They won't get it.

>>280374041
Nice. Yeah I get that cool shirt you can't normally wear feeling from it two.

>>280374180
they're too old for shonen

>>280367371
>>280367530
I work from home in a 2 person company.

>>280373598
your opinions aren't "controversial", they're unrelated trash
/a/ still has a subject, unlike other boards.

>>280374110
That just makes you redditor. If you don't want to be redditor you should leave this board as fast as possible. No need to suffer this redditcurse. Close the tab. Open /v/. Post jaks, something about tranime and BBC. Relax. Chill. Become freeman.

>>280374411
so much for your lack of echo chamber

>>280366997 (OP)
Imagine not wanting to make friends irl who share your hobby.

>>280366997 (OP)
i miss bocchi
i hope the studio is doing something new atleast

>>280368719
Covid+Netflix.

>>280374430
I don't visit gay bars because I'm not a gay. But you're still here, redditor. Why? Is this some sort of self-harm session? Are you a tranny?

I keep track of everything I hear in the wild about anime

>>280374558
you seem very enthusiastic about inventing backstories for people
why is that?

>>280374558
>tranny
you know this is their home right?

>>280374441
Most of the time it sucks. They are either barely into the hobbies and you can only talk about it on the most surface level or they are on the other extreme and are just annoying to talk to and take everything too serious.

>>280374568
HOLY AUTISM KING

>>280374568
I fucking kneel

>>280374568
>deep themes of Naruto with his girlfriend

>>280374596
>"/a/ is reddit"
>posting on reddit = being redditor
>posting on /a/ = being redditor
>you hate reddit and want to post jaks (tranny post is redflag)
>you're still posting on /a/ = you hate yourself (you're redditor)
If this place is full of trannies...me, you, OP are all reddit trannies too. This is your fate. You can escaped it. Just close the tab.

>>280366997 (OP)
>"Anime? What's that? Oh, like those Japanese cartoons or something?"

>>280374568
>"that's because you're a degenerate"

>>280374568
I believe you.

>>280366997 (OP)
>play one of those online "do you recognize X" games with normalfag friends
>fail to recognize nearly all the normalfag song lyrics/celebrities
>recognize almost every anime/vidya when one comes up
>hide my powerlevel by only answering when the really popular stuff shows up

>>280373852
Why don't you get along? Are you ashamed or what?

>>280374568
i love you

>>280374568
Fucking asved lol

>>280375191
here, take the whole thing. I update it every once in a while
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lxcvYyJ1TwrjZb9RJ4BrJ4piqeGEIvh0kwezIF15FIc/edit?usp=sharing

>>280372888
>based guy
>venezuelan
Anon should report him to the police before the veneco stab him and eats his liver, anon should also fuck their sister or daughter first after calling the cops too

>>280366997 (OP)
To me it's the opposite, I haven't watched any new anime since 2016 and my coworkers are always wearing merch from new anime and talking about Jujutsu Kaisen and shit, anime just isn't the same since it's become a normie activity. I know they've never watched anything that came out before 2010 so I'm happy just to hold onto the memories of a better time.

>>280375317
This would have been far funnier if you had just did this in the first place

>coworkers start talking

>>280366997 (OP)
>see tons of zoomers and normalfags at ado concerts
>everyone's acting like anime is just normal and shit now
nigga what the FUCK happened

>>280366997 (OP)
>>280367111
The one time I was asked about it/drawn into this conversation I just mentioned JoJo because it's normalfag tier in this day and age.

>"anon do you like anime"
>"no, not really haha, my sister had an anime phase when we were kids"

>>280374441
Not if they are 0 powerlevel dub watchers i don't.

>>280368073

>>280372374

>>280374568
Bullshit

They usually stop talking about anime when I recommend them one and the conversation goes
>Isn't that the one with rape and sex in it??
>Yeah so?

>>280375729
Internet, then streaming, then COVID.

>>280375729
>nigga what the FUCK happened
Covid, and hollywood going woke happened, nigga.

>>280374568
>ado concerts
Don't pretend you're not just among your kind.

>>280375729
>everyone's acting like anime is just normal and shit now
t. zoomer
watch old MTV

>>280374041
What did you tell mom it was

>>280375729
>ado concerts
Don't pretend you're not just among your kind.

>>280369062
Yes, but I always reject any invitation to anything social.

>>280367725
tried that. doesn't work anymore. they'll take away your benefits eventually.

>>280374568
>middle aged normalfags talk about anime casually now
It's never been more over

kek one of my coworkers mentioned after a couple beers that he was into harem anime and i told him i enjoyed monogatari
never looked at me the same

>>280375729
Covid combined with tiktok and streaming made the biggest jump.
Now it's weird when you don't watch anime. It's an "aesthetic" now and a personality. And everything has to be "core" #animecore #kawaiicore #retrocore
Same reason why prices for anything miku, old anime, clamp related etc. skyrocketed.
It's all trend hoppping to show it off somewhere on social media while thinking they are unique.
Same with videogames, suddenly all these teens act like they are "nostalgic" for retro games yet they only know and talk about sonic CD or sonic adventure.
You can tell they have never even touched any game or console from that time.

>tiktok schizo is here
It's over

>>280375852
>>280375868
well i dont think hollywood has that much of an influence here
and i doubt the corona did much to make people more weeby
it's just like, not social suicide anymore

also fuck you >>280375977
lurk the site for 12+ years and then get shit for listening to good music
fuuuck you

>>280376055
They were probably like us when they were young.

>>280366997 (OP)
In 2013 when I transferred to this one uni my first RA was this extremely Aryan-looking Norwegian shitlib guy with a fairly strong accent going over the rules and warning us of the dangers of toxic masculinity and sexual harassment on campus. While introducing himself he just casually said, "by the way, I love ecchi anime".

I swear I'm not making this up.

>>280376289
>everyone is a shizo shizo is here

>>280371738
I imagine it's the same reaction a regular atheist has to seeing someone go full fedora on a Christian. There are some things you shouldn't do or bring up in public except for some very specific situations.

>>280376289
Okay

>>280373051
I have eaten 50 bans for racism and I'm not even white, I just hate niggers and beaners, as well as Indians and kikes. Sue me, retard. You know full well the mods and jannies are compromised

>>280375423
yeah well that's just how they say hello

>>280372656
Only people that care are /pol/subhumans and other similar closeted redditards like the sh*rty

>>280374041
those proportions make it look like something you'd put on literal babies sitting on their high chairs
it is a cool shirt though

>>280375317
Why

>>280376878
felt like it

>>280368714
You're supposed to pretend he's still Konata.

>>280368982
Wait, do thirdoids not put eggs on their hamburgers?

>>280372374
Nice

>>280366997 (OP)
>when you try to join in

>>280374568
Some of these are too funny to be real

>>280376784
This post becomes funny if you read it in the voice of that Chinese restaurant owner from South Park

>>280366997 (OP)
My coworker recommended Grimgar and Madoka, because "it's a deconstruction". Had to muster all my will not to reveal my powerlevel and tell him to kill himself.

>>280377888
can't win 'em all

>>280366997 (OP)
I have no shame about watching anime and I've never been one to be snobby about anything if somebody's only liking normie shit. I might not give a thorough listing of everything I've ever watched, but I would start people down a path towards things I consider better, that would be nice to talk about with people IRL, and then slowly turn them into the sort of anime fans I'd like everyone to be.
>>280367843
LOL I already recommend GuP to everybody with even a passing interest in WW2 or military hardware, even if they have never seen a single anime. Even if I think they'd hate nearly any anime. It's such a good show for history buffs that I sometimes forget that it's actually a CGDCT.

>>280366997 (OP)
I swear to god, when someone in my environment says that they are going somewhere on holidays then there is a 50% chance that they'll say right after that that they're going to Japan. anime has become way too popular and the yen way too cheap

>>280376309
based adogod

>>280377888
Madoka is quite literally a deconstruction.

>>280378553
I'll deconstruct your asshole

>>280378553
Madoka is not a "deconstruction" at all.

>>280378120
The real litmus test I use if I ever encounter a true anime watcher IRL is to ask if they’ve seen Azumanga Daioh. So far none have ever met the standard to ask them

>>280378614
My litmus test is talking about Hideaki Anno. Literally everyone I've met has watched Evangelion, tons of people even say it's their favorite show, but almost no one knows the name of the guy who made the show. If they know who Anno is, then that means they actually care about anime.

>>280377888
>"De-construction"? What, like Bob the Builder or something?

>>280366997 (OP)
>uni friends talk about naruto and dragon ball
>say I don't watch anime because I don't watch any popular shonen
kind of sucks but what can you do

>Coworker: I love anime! I absolutely love [INSERT DUB VOICE ACTOR HERE.]
>Me: Casually mention ANY Japanese person involved with the project
>CW: Stares blankly like the only thing in their head is an old "phone is off the hook ring tone"

>>280367632
Found a new best friend

>>280369368
Nigger, the only difference between 4chan and reddit is anonymity and likes. We literally had a april fools were we could give likes and this site was indistinguishable from reddit.

>>280379013
>These two sites arw the same except for their differences.
So you admit they are not the same.

>>280378614
Come to think of it, I ask people if they've seen that, too.
>>280378671
I ask Godzilla fans if they've seen NGE. But I've also found quite a few people who say they like Godzilla didn't like Shin Godzilla, which is just disappointing.

>>280379090
I've seen so-called Godzilla fans who didn't like Godzilla Minus One. This demographic does not consist of people.

>>280378728
I've at least seen FMA:B, now. So I can talk about that, even though it was so painful to get through.
I did convince a hardcore FMA:B fan to watch K-On.

I don't know why this is so hard for you faggots. If anime comes up in conversation and someone asks me what I watch I say some recent shit I've been watching such as DIY and 7th prince, and if he asks what my favorite anime is I say Ichigo Mashimaro. He looks it up on a smartphone and that either kills the conversation or makes it go to a fun place
>>280373083
board >culture must preceed the topic

>>280378120
>LOL I already recommend GuP to everybody with even a passing interest in WW2 or military hardware
I reccomend they watch it with the Germad dub since japscreech is hard to listen to for most people

>>280379192
I tried watching demon slayer to have a popular anime to talk about with others, but I dropped it a few minutes in. I just can't force myself to watch an anime I don't like

>close friend starts watching anime
>just pretend I never have watched a single one

>>280379324
I decided to watch the top 100 shows on MAL, whether they were things I'd watch normally or not. It's been... interesting.

>>280378465
i just can't believe she's real
why do they let her out of that cage

>>280366997 (OP)
So, Yosuga No Sora. WHICH ARC IS YOUR FAVORITE?

>>280379386
The top 100 is legitimately so bad. Even the top ranked ones like S;G I think are mid at best.

>>280371293
I normally have a swig of cola for that.

>>280368773
Billions is kino.

>>280368983
The ginger is eaten as a palate cleanser, basically so you don't mix up the tastes of various sushi

>>280380124
at least have some beer

>>280370323
I invited my underage sister to watch end of eva with me when it was being shown in theaters a year or two ago
At the end she said "I didnt really understand it" and asked if I enjoyed it, and I said "well I've seen it like a thousand times, so.."
We walked silently to the car after that, and had a quiet drive home. She sat in the back.

>>280368773
You know, they argue about the right way to watch King of the Hill

>>280371293
>>280380303
I like the taste of ginger with fish though. The sweet and sourness goes well with the fatty fish.

>>280366997 (OP)
thank fucking god I can work alone

>>280366997 (OP)
>be a vendor for a beer company
>putting product away in back room
>listening to the walmart GM and a couple of the employess talking about sports
>GM asks one of them if they're gonna be watching one of the games tonight
>co worker yells "I'm gonna go home and play helldivers and protect SUPER EARTH! The Illuminate are attacking and I'm gonna be there!!"
>silence
This is verbatim what he said and he said it loudly.
I've never encountered such second-hand embarrassment in my life and it makes me fear ever having to discuss my hobbies with any normalfags or even people who like the same shit as me.

>>280380586
Maybe you should've watched the show with her instead? EoE doesn't work as a standalone.

>>280381008
Watching the show wouldn't have helped him
It's super impenetrable for the underaged b&

>>280380979
>asked question
>answer question
>silence
I'd neck myself right where I stood. Is this a normie thing or a retard thing? Why are they like this?

>>280380979
>"I'm gonna go home and play helldivers and protect SUPER EARTH! The Illuminate are attacking and I'm gonna be there!!"
"Sounds like a good time, but I'm locked in on the football"
Not so hard, is it?

>>280381088
The dude was a neckbeard if I've ever seen one.
Maybe it was like an in-joke things amongst the staff. I've heard him and a few other kids talk about it days after so maybe he was just getting along with his coworkers.
I wouldn't know, man.

>Younger coworkers talk excitedly of currently airing anime
>Don't consume any of it so I can't chip in
>All of my domain knowledge comes from when I was a teenager and the zeitgeist of anime discussion were shows from that time
>Remember that that period of otaku culture will never return
>Forced to watch the next generation enjoy what I no longer can

>>280368773
It's like putting ketchup on a hot dog in Chicago

>35 year old co worker jokingly mentions listening to anime music at the gym
covid ruined anime forever

>>280381223
He's probably been watching anime before you were born dude

>>280381239
i'm 35

>>280381088
autistic behavior often involves info dumping as a sign of affection.
The normgroid mind doesn't understand what to do with such an excess of uncontextualized information and shuts down.
As the minority in any given situation, the autistic mind needs to reduce the amount of information initially given during any point of the conversation so they can gauge interest and pivot.
>Are you going to watch one of the games tonight?
>Nah one of the online games I'm playing is having an event right now that's bringing everyone back
>Oh yeah, which one?
>Helldivers, dunno if you heard of it
>Nah
>It's about [...]
or
>But anyway I might catch one of the fights later (lie)

>>280381256
Ok and?
he could have started in 2000 for all we know

>>280381289
he didn't

>>280381134
>Locked in
Nobody speaks like this.

>>280381329
Alright, what does he watch?
I'm 8 years younger than you dude

>>280369329
>kissanime

>>280381364
he doesn't watch anime. he jokingly mentioned listening to a youtube playlist of the hypest anime themes while at the gym. that's it. and it's because of covid.

>>280379433
>why do they let her out of that cage

Now time for me is nothin', 'cause I'm countin' no age

>>280381403
Ok you know what I take that back, that dude is a fucking poser, I could probably outlift him too

>>280373409
>manga
There's actually plenty of rape in the Goblin Slayer manga but it's not the focus

>>280381193
It literally doesn't matter what they're watching, anime stopped being good in 2011 anyways.

>>280381403
Never thought that teritaries could exist in the wild.

>>280381361
It's a regional dialect

>>280381517
my supervisor talks in reddit memes and uses shit like bad luck brian generated memes over teams

they exist
and they are numerous

>>280380979
i think i'd rather die than to talk to anyone about shit like this holy fuck

>>280381497
>Old good new bad
Also pic unrelated, I thought you were supposed to be talking about good anime?

>>280381534
Uh-huh? Uhh, what region?

I don't mention anime at all in public btw. I'm still scared by my highschool years

>>280381591
upstate new york

>>280381605
The only person who has ever said locked in in upsate new york was me and I said it ironically during a job interview and i was hired

>>280366997 (OP)
>Coworker has a higher powerlevel than me

>>280381588
When did /a/ become so contrarian? Kill yourself.

>>280381640
>ironically locked in
>got the job
No wonder all this shit is falling apart. They're doing it ironically.

>>280381640
it's an Albany expression

>>280374568
>>280375317
fascinating

>>280381703
Nobody lives in Albany

>>280381681
I'm not the one crying about anime being shit for over 10 years.

>>280381641
I've never met anyone out in my job field with a higher power level than me.
I always assumed they're like me, hiding their power.

>>280375729
>well i dont think hollywood has that much of an influence here
Combination of streaming, covid and Hollywood being so fucking garbage the past decade even the most basic normalfags are getting kind of fed up with it.

>>280381591
It's called American English hun.

>>280366997 (OP)
>Coworker recognized which anime your profile pic came from

>>280381497
I'll never respect anyone who thinks there was not a single good anime released in the last five years.

>>280368632
That's why you never show people videos in your phone, just send them links

>>280381833
>he uses anime profile pics unironically
found the fag

>>280381833
>having an anime pfp and it's visible to your coworkers
bruh

>>280381640
i say this shit all the time. i live in the wilds of upstate ny and every zoomer here is as brainrotted as anywhere else.

>>280381833
>>280381860
>>280381866
The loophole here is using album art from a weeb band. You look cool and mysterious and nobody will expect anime.

>>280372332
Based /g/tania educating the plebs.

>>280381880
This. They'll never know Kofuku a cute.

>>280368773
I watch my anime on animekai.to, and but the physical copy if I liked it.

torrenting sounds too hard, I did use FrostWire and limewire a lot back in the day but idk how to nyaa

>>280373025
Would you get angry if he doesn't says The quintessential quintuplets like good cattle does?
Extra points if he uses the jap acronyms

>>280380586
I gave my youngest sister a couple of anime plushies last Christmas and she quietly muttered something about how they're from the wrong show. I didn't get a chance to ask what she meant because I was more annoyed about how rude she was at the time. Been wondering about it ever since

>>280372332
Is that available on ios?

>>280382025
Is she dead? Go ask her.

>>280381982
Is clicking on the little magnet icon really that hard?

>>280369329
Real people watch anime because it's cool. We watch anime for escapism/cute girls/fanservice.

>>280381719
the age difference in this thread sure is stark isn't it

>>280382094
I see. thanks for the explanation, makes more sense now

>>280382025
> quietly muttered something about how they're from the wrong show
Just had something like this happen with my little nephew the other day. What's up with gen alpha and being ungrateful?

>Coworkers start talking about Boku no Pico

>>280382207
ironically or unironically?
can you even tell?

>>280382177
It's kind of on you (the gift giver) when you miss your shot. You think it's the thought that counts and you're right especially so when you didn't think at all and just got the popular thing that rather than seeking out the specifics.

>coworker tells me his favorite anime is bible black

>>280382207
>coworker starts talking about My Life as Inukai-sans Dog with the boss

>>280382207
Hot babes were saying this?

>>280382177
Kids are being taught less manners and discipline now. But this is an ongoing thing that has been gradually happening for at least 100 years.

>coworker gets me to watch lucky star with her at her house

>>280381860
>>280381866
I don't know, Spoky Ougi feels pretty tame as an anime profile pic, most people would just think it's a cartoon ghost.

>>280382207
>>280382241
I do this, it surprises me how few people can even recognize those shows anymore. I have heavy doubts about this next generation of anime watchers

>>280381641
I work in manufacturing but anecdotally millennials and zoomers wearing Shonenslop T-shirts to work have become extremely common in the last 5 or so years. Most likely this means their actual power level is not high.

>>280382291
>>280382207
hentai is painful to watch in general. Especially now. I have no idea why anyone is into that garbage

>>280367147
>not watching cgdct
Fucking communist

>>280382273
Did you keep pretending he was konata?

>>280382082
I only see her like 2 times a year and she doesn't talk much at all (especially to me because I'm almost 20 years older), autism and being mid-teens has her in a weird phase at the moment.

>>280382317
>coworker shows up wearing the ahegao collage shirt

>/blog/ thread

>>280367632
Kek
Spics are alright sometimes

>>280382291
>People don't watch porn from 20 years ago? It's over
Dumbass. Change it to something like Saimin Seishidou then you'll see a lot more reactions.

>>280382365

>coworker sees my bocchi the rock keychain
>asks me if I watch anime
>smugly sneer at her, tell her to name me her top 5 and if they're too normal then our conversation ends here
>she names Watamote, Adachi to Shimamura, Baccano, Darker Than Black, Dropkick on my Devil
>jaw drops to the ground
>wake up from dream
FUCK

>>280382365
funny how normalfags don't even know that half the characters on the ahegao shirt are dudes
motherfuckers can't even give the titles of the doujin they come from
>>280382403
nobody watches tv hentai, it's all patreon 3d crap or pornhub now

>>280381982
>torrenting sounds too hard

>>280382365

>>280382472
based

>>280382317
The higher powerlevel holders tend to either no wear anime apparel at all or if they do it's anything but the standard shonenslop shirts.

>>280382365
I wonder what the dude who made the original collage think about his work being a staple of the new generations fashion.

>>280382224
He said ironically to another coworker who didn't know the show to watch it
>It's a shonen with sword fight

>>280382519
Masterclass trolling but will get coworker to ask questions if he does it and comes back.

>>280382502
Exactly my point, 20something slightly overweight unshaven white guys wearing Goku/Kimitsu no Yaiba/Naruto are basically normalfags within their own generation.

>>280382365
I saw a fucking ugly high-schooler - at least I HOPE it was a highschooler - chick wearing one of these fucking things at a CVS one day.
I don't know if I should be impressed by their pride or disgusted by it but i think i'm disgusted.

>>280382291
People will continue to talk about Kuroinu season 1 for generations.

>>280382441
>knowing which depicted characters are actually male and which specific doujins they are from
Anon, you seem experienced

>>280374568
thank you based anon for the keks.

>>280369062
Yes, but fairly short and to the point. I don't talk about my hobbies unless someone brings it up/notices something on my desk. One time a coworker recognized my Robby the Robot figure and he was a really cool dude.
Whoever recognizes my Big-O figure becomes my best friend coworker.

>>280382207
the one with All Might and Toga, right?

>>280382513
You mean Asanagi? Pretty sure he'd have a laugh about it.

When I wasn't a NEET, I hid my powerlevel like crazy with coworkers, but the idea that they're also hiding, and we might become friends based similar interest or at least similar levels of passion in anime if discovered always sat in the back of my mind. Whenever asked about anime/manga I typically just reply "Dragon Ball's pretty cool" and that's about it.

>>280368303
Meet her, you dummy

>>280381982
>get qbittorrent
>search for your anime
>click on magnet
>add into qbittorrent
>remove once seeding hits 0.01
Simple as

>>280380586
Based retarded sister
She'll grow up to be a decent wife for an anon

>tfw they mostly talk about mediocre action anime

>>280381982
Building up a high quality local collection through torrents is always going to be the best option, but just do whatever you want.
There are a bunch of trannies on here who will endlessly seethe if you dare mention the fact you use any of those sites (as shown in this very thread) because they're still pretending that they're gatekeeping...something. It's really autistic.

>don't live in America
>anime doesn't have that weird stigma on it
>litterally everyone and their grandma watches anime
>talk about shounenshit or FOTM animes with coworkers occasionally
>talk highlevel shit with the IT guys and sanitation dept.
>supervisor always laments on the lack of new mecha anime
Always get a giggle how some of you guys treat anime like some kind of taboo.

>>280384886
Because anime IS weird

Closest this ever happened to me (because I never talk to my coworkers) was someone asking if me if I knew Initial D and me being the sperg wanting to hide my power level said I never heard of it.

I have some RG gunpla on my office desk and I just say it's like Japanese Transformers. The only other thing I've mentioned is Thunderbolt Fantasy and sent them a clip of it since it's one of my discord avatars, they found it cool.

>>280382365
Oh my god I remember seeing some neckbeard with long hair wearing that at the store, genuinely was so cringe

>>280385214
some guy at my high school wore one of those ~8 years ago. I think most of the teachers had poor eyesight and couldn't comprehend what they were seeing anyways

>>280382365
I've only seen autismos and westerners wear that
When I first went to Tokyo, I saw a Japanese kid wearing a Pornhub shirt walking with his friend one night, I can't believe it was made in a child's size.

My favorite anime is literally Getter Robo Armageddon(yeah I know TTGL is "better" stfu) and literally no one I've talked to knew what the fuck Getter Robo even was let alone have read or watched any anime related to it, but everyone has heard of Devilman of course...

>>280380979
I'm gonna go home and play helldivers and protect SUPER EARTH! The Illuminate are attacking and I'm gonna be there!!

>>280381641
Power level lost all meaning when it became SAFE to like anime

>>280385484
try talking about anything other than shounenshit or the romcom-of-the-season dog vomit and see how that goes

>>280385544
I have. Not even really obscure shit either but certainly stuff that was popular a decade or so ago and it's just like talking to a wall. For some reason these people can't understand that the hobby even existed before them.

>>280368011
If you're doing it just for money might as well just speed read through the manhwa and maybe watch some clips on sakugabooru.

>>280381008
>Maybe you should've watched the show with her
I tried suggesting it to her by telling my parents to tell her to watch it because I was too shy to tell her myself, but I overheard them and they were all making fun of me
>he says he wants you to watch like a billion episodes of a show so you "understand the movie" hahahaha
>ugh noooooooo! tell him no!

>>280381833
that still hasn't happened to me yet

>>280372374
She went back later and bought every copy btw

>>280382620
welcome to /a/, retard. We watch anime here, I think.
>>280385587
>For some reason these people can't understand that the hobby even existed before them
Do you know how much trouble I've had explaining to zoomers that millenials didn't really care if there was drawn porn of a child character and that those who did were made fun of for being moralfags? It's unreal how little these people know outside of their own generation's knowledge. I had to stay at Anime Expo this year with a group of them I knew from highschool and jesus christ it wasn't a good time.

>>280374282
Its true im the other coworker (hey bobby)

>>280374568
>your dad is filtered by Frieren and Maomao
Terrible genes

>>280375317
Not opening your link
Post the whole thing in screenshot version or I'm going to thorw my shit at you underhand toss like a gorilla

>>280386225
Good genes*

>>280385484
It's only safe to watch certain anime. Mainly just shonenslop and comedies.

>>280386225
I watched Patlabor and Stand Alone Complex with him. He's cool but he's gotta stop watching whatever his coworkers recommend him

>>280378671
I would say
>yeah he's a fucking faggot retard and the rebuilds are trash
I am a smart person btw

>have coworker who I constantly talk about shows and movies with
>he's usually a marvelfag and consumes everything marvel
>this was during the time it was generally alright, stuff like the original netflix daredevil was at its peak
>one time ask him a hypothetical about what he would do if he had a notebook that killed people if he wrote their names in it
>did this because I watched a shitpost video essay on the live action deathnote (didnt watch the movie)
>he says "oh I just saw that movie on netflix recently"
>cringe internally, ask him if he has seen the anime it adapted and recommend it to him
>couple weeks later he brings up that he watched the anime and liked it better than the movie, obviously, but basically dropped it after L died lol
>from that point on rec a couple other animes to him, like jojo since he likes superhero shit, but we never really talk about anime again
>go back to normalfag shit like breaking bad and peaky blinders or whatever

>>280385931
I had to explain to someone what an animation cel actually was. I don't know how they THOUGHT animation worked before computers but you want a sobering experience there you go.

>>280386248
fuk u

>>280386563
wtf you look like lupin the third?!

>>280371738
It's primarily self-awareness being projected onto these people, where you view liking anime as something weird and to be ashamed of in a public setting, while they don't.
Trust me, I felt it all the time when my brother would watch anime on the living room TV while my parents were in the room.
>>280372292
>Same people who shat on anime whenever it was brought up now pretend that they always loved it because it's cool and socially acceptable now.
This is some weird made up idea that probably came from /v/.

>>280386602
(I do not)

>>280386563
some of those like ravioli ravioli and kronii aren't even anime wtfff

>>280386492
>>he's usually a marvelfag and consumes everything marvel

I realize this is off topic but it is related to the whole casualization of nerd shit but as a long standing comic book fan the rise of super hero films have been nothing short of an endless migraine. I'll see people parade up and down how much they love "CHARACTER FROM LATEST MCU FILM" but they know nothing about the genre beyond that. And I get everyone has to start somewhere but they actively refuse to show interest in the actual comics. A lot of them even have a hard time understanding that the movies and books can be different. And I want to be very specific with that last point. I don't mean they don't know HOW they're different, because that would be fine, what I mean is they can't or even outright refuse to understand that they CAN BE different. Try explaining the Captain Marvel situation to a movie only fan and boy will you see some looks.

>>280376055
It's only gonna get worse anon. The good news is the obscure shit will stay obscure with normal fags sticking to normie tier anime that is on crunchyroll or netflix, watching it dubbed of course. If you hear someone in public casually mention they have played an eroge that would acutally be impressive compared to just mentioning some mainstream anime.

>>280386653
Ravioli is. Vtubers I decided I might as well because they look anime.
It's more like diary entries than anything else. You're reading my diary right now.

>>280374041
I'm going to impregnate Mahiro and watch her push the babies out. Is there a shirt for that?

>>280386563
>Black girl asks what anime you watch
>Correctly reply you don't watch anime as to not infect your favorite lolihentai or niche anime with nogs
>This is somehow a bad thing

>>280386713
i didn't know spongebob was anime now

>>280379161
Do they only watch the American movies or something? Minus One was great.

Maybe I am being petty but I remember back in the day when I really into nerdy stuff and we all got, if not made fun of at least ostracized somewhat for it. It wasn't cool. Nerd and geek weren't a badge of honor. If you were a geek you were an outsider. But somehow it all got trendy. Now people will go to major motion pictures, streaming services and laugh at how much a "NERD" they think they are LOL. And it does bother me. They're just trend chasing but as a result a lot of us lost what we had to once again accommodate for the normal people.

>be in elementary school, Canada
>YTV would air anime at weird times so I basically never saw it on TV, only experience with anime was glimpses of piracy and some pack-in dvds
>beg family to buy me the "Dragon Ball Z manga" when I'm around 6 or 7 and it was fairly new
>take it to school with me to read it
>other kids call it "Dragon Balls" and insinuate I'm gay
My school library actually did have a small manga section with one (1) volume of One Piece, seemingly all of Prince of Tennis at the time, and two volumes of Mega Man NT Warrior. I read the OP and Mega Man to death, could never get into Prince of Tennis.

>high school
>been able to pirate anime for years, but lingering "Dragon Balls" trauma prevented me from talking about it ever again
>meet tumblrette girl
>is cute, likes anime for fujoshi reasons (Haikyuu and FMA were her favourites obviously)
>despite that she is the first IRL person I feel who 'gets' anime
>basically in a relationship
>goes to hell because I had been on 4chan since I was 10 and now it was 2016 and you know how that goes down
>basically excommunicates me
>relapse into a comtech group in the school, and the closest thing to an ally I get is some ironic weeaboo fag who didn't actually watch anime, just listened to "nightcore" and got off to catgirls (despised them), and a mangafag who only ever talked about how great manga was and only ever showed off boring landscape compositions
This was probably my punishment for being a sperg looking back.

>today
>employed and in college
>for zoom calls in college I have my anime shelf with figures, imported volumes, plushes, fanzines, etc right behind me
>nobody notices
>at work, one of my coworkers has some weirdly normal anime stickers on their car
>they're fun to talk to
>only see them about three times a year due to how our work operates
I was not born to be an anime fan IRL. I can only appreciate it on the internet.

>>280386761
yes, if you wear spongebob merch at age 35 then I'm laughing at you and putting you in my diary where I laugh at people for wearing cartoons on their clothes

>>280367302
I am not lucky enough to have a small loan of a million dollars

>>280386563
Based, anon looks like Lupin. Are you a nice man?

>>280381833
>not having separate profiles for IRLs and hobbies
Kind of your own fault there.

>>280366997 (OP)
my coworkers are happily married before the age of 30

>>280386846
People say I'm nice. I don't think I'm that nice. I help coach a special needs team and they say they appreciate how I can critique their form and give them advice on how to improve. They keep contacting my mother asking when I'm going out to practice, so I assume people like me, and they probably think I'm nice.

>>280372332
what kind of app is that?

>>280366997 (OP)
I want to kill normalfags until there's never bitching about 2D girls ever again.

>>280386995
Based. Being kind is good of you :)

>>280386995
You're a decent dude

A while back, I overheard a conversation between two of my coworkers where one said he was sad because "they're not making Solo Leveling anymore".

>>280374673
>friends with anime fans
>get excited and want to tell them about the next anime I watched
>80% of the time they've already seen it, usually when it first premiered
>overtime realizing I am probably a super new anime fan to them in comparison
They are all very nice and cool, but it is a weird feeling and realization

>>280386563
I am laughing so hard, this is gold anon because you detail it out enough to put the image in my head
>that Bocchi the Rock /a/ poster entry
kek

I knew an autistic ice-addicted girl who loved Spy vs Family and would meow at people.

>>280368983
The secret is that sushi is supposed to be bland garbage.

On of my exes really enjoyed Dragonropa to an obsessive degree and would watch and make AMVs of it and send them to me.

>>280387669
the japanese think hot cheetos are too spicy and oatmeal raisin cookies are too sweet, they cannot handle anything approaching a rich flavor

>>280387710
Japanese sweets are really mild compared to western, especially American, sweets. I went 6 months without any artificial sugars once and even some fruits were almost sickly sweet.

>>280382273
Did she suck you off?

>>280386788
>other kids call it "Dragon Balls" and insinuate I'm gay
This never fucking happened, every single kid watched Dragon Ball Z after school on YTV back in the day. I remember how mad we'd get when we came home to watch it and it had looped back to Arrival of Raditz instead of showing a new episode. Or the time they put Gundam Wing on in its place.
>pack-in dvds
DBZ was mainstream in Canada before DVDs were even invented.

>>280385755
>you're such a fag your own family makes fun of you behind your back
Grim

>>280386674
While I do agree with you, he seemed like a genuine comic book nerd and actually mentioned how he read the comics of stuff and was intrested in the whole thing beyond the yidsneyslop that would release.

>>280387787
Which episode did it loop back around at? Was it a big loop?

>>280386563
Thanks bro
I will save my dookie for another day

>>280375317

>>280368515
I've been recommended CSM by multiple coworkers.

>>280375317
lmao

>>280387940
The CSM manga is pretty good imo.
The CSM anime OP made me not want to watch the anime.

>>280368773
Everybody shits on this scene, but that guy is 100% in the righht. Yes he over reacted.... But the intention was pure and his points were valid.

>>280386995
>he critiques their forms to help them improve
>they take his critique seriously because they're special needs but they understand that most people coddle them, so it's helpful for them to be treated like everyone else
>in reality anon thinks he's not nice because he knows he took the role of coach just so he could freely make fun of retards under the guise of helping them
Very complex and funny situation here

>>280382273

>>280387997
>Yes he over reacted.
That's all that really matters. What you have to learn is that, as an adult, HOW you say things is often just as if not more important than what you say. Which is the entire point you seem unable to grasp.

>>280387997
The proper way to do it is to
>walk over to them and say
>>excuse me, you're being quite loud right now and we would all appreciate it if you could keep your voice at the same level as everyone else in the restaurant. I heard you from across the bar. Most of us are here to relax and enjoy our time for lunch, as I'm sure you are as well. Speaking of, I say, you are actually ruining the taste of the food for yourself. The ginger is meant to be used as a pallette cleanser, meaning you eat it inbetween different pieces of sushi so you can get the full taste of each one. By adding it on top, you are directly neutralizeing the taste of the piece while tasting it. You're free to do this, of course, but you're objectively making it taste worse for yourself. Furthermore, you are also overwhelming the piece of sushi using the basedsauce bath. It would taste better without so much. Just a recommendation. Have a nice day and, again, please keep your voice down so you are not being a bother to the other patrons in the restaurant
>then, if he says anything back that is disrespectful or rude, slam his head into the plate of sushi over and over again until he's unconscious, pull down his pants, take out your "rapeing faggots" pocket dildo and use it to rape his ass
It's pretty simple

>>280387997
I cut the pasta, I use one spoon for the soup and the main dish, I eat pizza with a fork, I butter my croissants, I order my steak well done and have ketchup on the side, I request forks at asian restaurants, I put the cheese underneath the patty, I pour my milk before my cereal, I order sweet and savory indian food
Fuck your food, and fuck your customs, I eat them how I want

>>280380979
Honestly lol that is pretty sad. Most people I know are normal, they just say "are you going to play the new Resident Evil 2 Remake coming out" and people said yes, and also spoke about Anthem. But never, ever would I hear this type of thing happen. If I did I would be as embarrassed as you were.

>>280387787
>This never fucking happened.
I went to a private school in the 00s and nobody in my year was into anime at all, let alone aware of it.
>DBZ was mainstream in Canada before DVDs
Maybe where you lived but again, I was the only fan of it I knew and my school library straight up had nothing on DB either.
The DVD I meant though was the Kraft Dinner pack in one that recapped the Saiyajin and Freeza arcs by the way, which was only released in Canada and I believe France.

I just never met anyone in elementary school who liked anime. I honestly just blame that on the school being private more than anything.

>>280381282
>autistic behavior often involves info dumping as a sign of affection.
True.
> the autistic mind needs to reduce the amount of information initially given during any point of the conversation so they can gauge interest and pivot.
Yes. Just keep it simple and lead into the topic do not obsess and overly speak on specific subjects. Let them catch up to you.

>>280388174
It's not like sushi tastes like anything to begin with. It's all bland raw fish, no matter if I try the dragon, salmon, or whatever type. No difference.

>>280386688
Most of that is India by the way lol.

>>280386688
Internet and altruistic desire to spread tech to the masses was a mistake

>>280386674
Problem is the same with Anime. It's easy access. It's easier to have people watch an Anime or a Cartoon, even a Movie. But get them to read a Comic Book, A Manga, A Light Novel, Visual Novel or anything that requires some reading, they freeze up. Anime and Manga operate under a similar format that Marvel Movie and Comics do as well. No two mediums are the same from Manga to Anime to Light Novels.

>Have some fellow army fags over for dinner. >Watch the jojo episode with kakyoin going lero lero lero
They are confused but want to watch the rest of the anime

>>280388397
We need and internet 2 without them

>>280388397
Just region block China and India. The site will improve huge time. No drama, no fights, etc.

>>280384284
Wasn't Asanagi at AX this year? Could've asked him in person.

>mfw my imouto discovered anime and hentai because of me
while it wasn't on purpose, now I can talk with her about new shows and other stuff online

>>280386563
>showed an acquantance [sic]... he just said "oh"
fucking nice. I've pulled this move before
>autistic 14 year old girl
damn, you missed your in

>>280386761
>ravioli ravioli
>thinks of spongebob
holy newfag
well I know that reference too because that was back when the show was good

I saw this at a gym recently
>>280385544
>romcom-of-the-season
I was talking to a group of normalfags about this and I said how I don't like watching them anymore since it reminds me of what I never got to experience and is simply unnecessary pain. Their pitying responses tend to not change much, but one of my friends who has a birth defect and watched Lucky Star in middle school knew what I meant.
>>280373731
>exposing your life to randos
I don't know why people still do this

Last year when I was working (at a parking lot as a cashier) I always brought volumes to read during my lunch time (or when the turnover was quite low), and my former workmates doesn't gave a shit because they were "busy" with phones on their faces distracting themselves with shit like reels

>>280390225
One time in college I was reading a volume of Megatokyo in a tire repair place and, despite being a very public lolicon and general oddball, I felt like a manchild from reading comics in public

>>280386788
>I was 10 and now it was 2016

>>280386563
Thanks for your contribution. You are a certified histori/a/n now

i don't hide the fact that i watch anime/read manga at all.
i read manga on breaks etc, listen to utaite when i work so when someone comes over to ask me somethng they see youtube open with nanahira front and center
that way 95% of my coworkers get filtered and don't talk to me, cause "you know, that anon who watches chinese cartoons" and the remaining 5% are good bros
i found that the best thing that keeps normalfags away is joking how "no she's 500 years old and a dragon, she only looks 12"

>>280366997 (OP)
I keep my Power Level Suppressed at all times.

>>280388397
>altruistic desire
you must be very young or dumb

>>280368326
he was right and you're scum

>uni friend wears asa mitaka t-shirt
>he says that he prefers part 2 over part 1 because denji is boring
huh, so part 2 fans really exist

>>280390225
Well this is sort were I've been at for the past decade and a half. I don't have any desire to flaunt my power level but by that same metric I don't hide it either. If someone sees me reading something and want to talk about it cool. If they want to talk about shit I don't like I'll just say "I haven't seen it." Though that last bit has back fired a couple times because one or two of my coworkers kept trying to pester me with "Did you watch it yet."

>I don't like mecha because it's too immature unlike [insert shonen slop.]
>I don't like it because its like too safe to be inside a giant robot. [insert shonen crap were someone gets punch with the forcee of a sun and just bleeds slightly]

>>280391056
>this is why eva is the best mecha show, because it's actually about the people instead of about the mechs
>no I haven't watched any other mecha shows, why do you ask

>>280378553
die now, preferably by killing yourself

>>280373154
how new?

>>280372374
>Oh, you don't want to read THAT
>See this girl? She gets, you know...raped.
He doesn't know

>>280366997 (OP)
i had a coworker who liked CSM, he was s tiresome bitch

>>280391358
That''s one that always pisses me off to no end. The whole
>I Don't like _____ but this one is different
is something only said by complete puds.

>>280374568
>coworker wears black kronii sweater
Based

>>280391556
Your coworker liked CSAM? That's very problematic sweetie

>>280391647
i bet you're tiresome as well

>>280366997 (OP)
>co-worker that openly liked SAO and Franxx hated our manager so much that he almost tried to run her over on the day he quit
>only non-binary coworker talking about chainsaw man
>immigrant new hire likes dragon ball and csm
that's about it

Normie coworkers I've met only like normie shounen anime like Attack on Titan, Naruto and One Piece. They will never understand the beauty of cgdct and sol

>>280373154
you need to go back

>>280369368
What about /v/eddit?

>>280391411
>>280392520
digibro lost

>>280368773
>Every whito piggu gatekeeper in /a/.WEBM

>>280388397
Thank whitey for that

>>280391056
I don't understand people who dislike mecha but like shonen slop, it's practically the same thing but with super robots

>>280392685
It's like liking 100m sprints but not liking F1.

>>280392685
mecha is filled with politics

>>280392700
You're saying that as if most shonen isn't, at least the big ones like One Piece

>>280391358
i cant name one mecha show that isnt about the people piloting them. though i dont watch much mecha.

>when the astroturfers get butthurt after they gaslit you to begin with to promote their garbage

>>280392729
why would shonen contain poltiics when it's made for kids

>>280375729
surprise!! anime is normie shit tier now, and ado, well, always has been
>>280374568
kek, I might start doing this. thanks for the laugh anon

>>280369062
In my old career, you had to otherwise you'd get fired.
I totally get it too given that industry. You need to be good at making connections.

>>280371738
I used to be like this when I was still regularly watching shit.
Nowadays, I just don't watch it enough to be like that anymore.

Modern anime sucks. When I was a kid, anime was badass as fuck and had rep. Violence and gore and sex. Nowadays it's just moe shit.

>>280373535
lol
In my old career, gays and women were deliberately using slurs all the time about themselves and got mad if you didn't too.
What the actual fuck is wrong with lawyers? kek

>At a festival, getting some food from one of the vans
>Guy working there is wearing a Fruits Basket t-shirt
>Foolishly assume this means that he has seen it
>"Hey nice shirt man, it got a remake recently right? Any good?"
>He looks at me like I just took a shit in his shoes
>"I have no idea, I just bought this shirt cause I like the aesthetic"
>He hands me my samosa chaat
>Somehow resist the urge to throw it at him

Anime??

>>280380979
>couple of the employess talking about sports
You see this is easy mode for me. I had a sport addiction. Worse than anime. I was playing 4 seperate games on a weekend as a teen and trained well over 8-10 hours for some time there, 2 hours a weeknight except fridays.

We meme about /sp/ being tsun for /a/, but it's probably true on 4chan, just not elsewhere because most other anime communities HATE jocks and fit types. This place is an anomaly.

>>280382207
I had friends at parties that did this when we were super young.
One also liked MLP.

I never revealed my power level.

>>280385544
Aww hell no, some one used this pico pic before me.
Need to check threads before posting.

>>280376055
Question, what is middle aged here?
45+ like most people?
Or 25+ like how it is in reality (because our species shouldn't live past 40, let alone to 100)?

>>280382471
With modern file sizes?
Absolutely.
When I started torrenting anime in 2009, 480p was generally the best quality and files were about 100mb or so.
Now some are over 1gb for 2K/4K and you don't get the option for smaller files (because who watches 480p unless they have to nowadays?)
Plus you don't have to store it (for when the seeds vanish).

>>280372656
Have you seen /a/?

>>280386904
I'm more worried how few are married and have children at my age.
Or even a job.
Or have left home.

Fucking covid killed half of our careers and lives.

>>280387436
Women do look for niceness in a man because that means they're submissive and less likely to rebel when they start spending all of their money.
My problem was more that I'm an autistic asshole and spit at whores when they talk shit. There's plenty of people like me nowadays, soft men are rare because these times are much harder than they were in 2010 when those sorts of men were more common.

>>280390258
There'd be people born 2012+ on here nowadays dude. I was 14 when I first came here 1.5 decades ago.

>>280393033
Since when could you say slut on reddit?

>>280392835
I made this mistake once with a band shirt or something.

>>280390613
Some of it is interesting.
But it's kinda fucked with some things and the art is abysmal.
I thought Fuji was going insane at some point, but apparently he lost an artist that helped him?

>>280366997 (OP)
Once a History teacher i had showed us all Girls und Panze. He was a cool dude outside of the foot fetish

>>280375729
just woke up from a coma?

>>280374568
>ravioli ravioli
That’s a SpongeBob meme.

>friend that use to make jokes about me watching anime is now deep in to isekai slop
Kinda funny how shit comes around

>>280375729
I'm like this but with metal and techno concerts.

>be me, like 23ish
>decide to go look for metal and techno vibes
>lots of fucking old people, like 40+ year olds, a few my age and no one younger
>barely full, but it was cool, got to mingle with bands and hosts and it felt alive and underground
>stop around 2021ish because covid protocols literally made it illegal for me where I live
>cut to 2025, 8 years later or so
>places are packed to the house for these genres, which had no fucking interest years ago
>The metal gigs are violent as fuck now, kids on meth.
>techno vibes are still cool, but I hear them already just becoming more prog house shit again
>all fucking teens, maybe 1 or 2 people other than me over 30 there

This is fucking surreal to me.

>>280380979
i’d unironically want to kill myself

>>280372374
lol, I've seen girls complaining that sexual assault laws are so bad now that they're finding it harder and harder to fuck men.
But I have seen what you are saying too. You just gotta avoid those crowds. They suck.

>>280366997 (OP)
>meet coworker
>start talking about manga
>"so what's your favorite OP arc"
>mine is Skypea, his is Wano
>"what's your favorite character?"
>mine is Blackbeard his is Luffy
Now you gonna tell me you like meat and hate this cherry pie.
Never before I've been so flabbergasted, I can't imagine liking Wano, my hate for that arc is so immense I can't even imagine liking it a tiny bit.

>>280393456
If anyone asks me if I've watched anime, I say "yes, I have watched the animatrix and Ghost in the Shell" and call it day.

>>280393516
anon nobody knows what the animatrix is these days