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The case of Anime/Manga vs. The Fans

69a3606590ab0d3a8b83b3e03 · 2010-11-27T22:20:12-01:00

I'm an otaku. I like it that way. I like Japanese manga and anime, and have a particular fondness for some of their more odd directors. That said, I'm glad I'm White. I'm not glad I'm White because it's magically better than other races, everyone is equal, I say I'm glad I'm White because all the other anime fans I know IRL aren't glad. They wish they were Japanese so they could be...I don't even know why. I find it offensive when White (or any other nationality besides Japanese) people try to use horribly mangled Japanese phrases such as "Kawaii," or "Desu" without having the slightest clue of context or real meaning. Now, I'm not on such a high horse myself. I know the word for hello I think, but I have no clue about speaking Japanese. Because I don't know Japanese, I don't embarrass myself and pretend too. I like a lot of Japanese culture, I read a lot of books on it (not manga mind you), but I won't pretend to know anything. As a Westerner, no matter how much I read, I doubt I will get a grasp of the culture and people doing anything other than going and living in Japan. It just bugs me that people have this incredibly one sided love of Japan without them knowing much about it, it's culture, and it's people. Like Patty from Lucky Star: A foreign exchange student, almost all the Japanese culture she knows is from anime, much to the annoyance of those around her.... I think that you should like what you like, and be yourself, but when you try to emulate another culture just because you like it's comic books, you're not only making yourself look bad, but all Western anime fans. What I ask is this: Do people agree with me, or do I need to relax? If people say "get off your high horse and chill out," I will, but I think that I might not be the only one. That said, if I'm being a dickwad, tell me so and I will gladly "step off." Peace!

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gizgal

13 years ago

animefreak_usa wrote...

Barnes and nobles never anyone on the floor, every body in the starbucks or on the chairs... i just sit with the children in the kids section... since i have my kids with me most of the time.

I beg to differ. Ours has the same issue.

Honestly most stores don't provide *enough* chairs for a reason: they don't want you sitting down for that long to finish and entire book without purchasing it. That is what libraries are for.
So people have to sit. Stupidly, manga fans do it in inconvenient places like RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE SHELVES (because they offer back support, maybe?)...

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