It’s not a bad thing to have hobbies, but some folks take a disproportionate interest in things that borders on obsessions. Infamous among examples like this are the so-called “weebs,” non-Japanese people who are obsessed with Japan in general and anime in particular. Bizarrely, this can even mean preferring todateJapanese folks.
A netizen shared theirexperiencewith an anime-obsessed roommate who somehow landed a date with a Japanese woman and then creeped her out.We reached out to the person who shared the story online via private message and will update the article when they get back to us.
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Some people’s obsession with anime ends up going too far
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A netizen ended up causing a conflict when they told their roommate that his date didn’t like his anime references
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There are a significant amount of people who are deeply fascinated with Japan
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If you’ve spent any amount of time on the internet, you’ve no doubt encountered netizens who seem to solely consume anime over any other sort of media. Anime, in case you’ve been living under a rock, just means Japanese animation. To be clear, a preference for Japanese animation over, say, western isn’t enough to make someone a weeb. After all, anime’s popularity was born from itssuperior craftsmanship. For example, in the US, many viewers saw anime as being leagues above local offerings. The techniques were quite innovative at the time and often featured astylethat is still popular today.
Some folks start to take this a little too seriously, consuming only Japanese media and fantasizing about living inJapan. Often this is due to an unrealistic conception of life in Japan as well as a somewhat weird fetishization of Japanese culture and people. It has also sparked a disproportionate interest inlearning Japanese, as many consider it a prerequisite for living in Japan or at least watching anime in its original language.
Being judgmental and rude is a bad strategy, even when you are right
Similarly, while “weeb” is a sort of catch-all term, there are Japanophiles who aredisinterestedin anime but quite interested in other parts of Japaneseculture. After all, anime is just a sliver of life in Japan and an often unrepresentative one at that. It’s pretty reductive to take aculturethis storied and rich and just focus on animation.
So the person’s advice is solid. However, as some readers note, they have a bad habit of calling women “females,” which is quite often a sign of little experience in the first place, as it makes women sound like some sort of alien creature. Similarly, the anime-loving roommate was actually able to get a date.
All in all, this story gives the impression of a few missing details, for example, why was this comment enough to make a person just move out? They aren’t wrong, an unhealthy obsession with anime and the fetishization of Japanese people would be a turn-off to many people, but there are nicer and more helpful ways to go about it.
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However, a few readers also thought the person who shared the story was too judgmental
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