People Unload Their “Everyone’s Fave, Not Mine” Thoughts
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Noodle-armed Protagonists
Anime.
I’ve watched one or two and they’re good, I love the studio Ghibli films, but some people base their entire lives and personalities around their devotion to it! It’s really not that good. It’s got to a point now where I cringe at the mention of it, and if someone tells me they like anime I can’t help but think less of them and feel like there’s this barrier between us which will prevent me from liking you.
I know it’s irrational and that I must be the “odd one out” as so many people like it, but I can’t wrap my head around the appeal. The way it’s scripted and how it seems to be an exaggeration of everything and how they make it all cutesy ugh I hate it. I understand that all of this is part of Japanese culture but I think it’s the Western adoption of it which is the cause of my aversion. When I think of anime fans I don’t think of a Japanese person, but instead some dorky teenager with poorly dyed greasy hair posting “fan art” of their drawing depicting Kylo Ren crying in a manga art style.
