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Originally Posted by abubo
Well, not young boys and teens. They're allowed to read Shonen titles. It's the older guys reading manga in public; then it's most likely porn. 
Women... ha... women can read Yaoi titles in public and no one would bat an eye. |
as part of a personal experiment (and because i wanted to finish the series beginning to end without skipping around like i did the first time) i read Love Hina during a few of my classes today (ok ALL of them)
comments i received:
"Is that porn?"
"Don't worry...i won't say anything"
"Are you reading japanaporno again?"
"DUDE! BOOBS!" (this quote was from my friend who is also into anime/manga)
I get the first and third ones no matter WHAT series i read: from Di Gi Charat to Love Hina. The second one was unique to today.
Americans like myself usually see anime before we ever touch a manga (though, in my case i actually bought my first manga before i bought my first anime) due to the way our culture just...is.
But, many American-Otaku (this may have a negative definition in Japan, but there's not many other words to use) get their start:
1) Reading comic books/strips as children (myself)
2) Watching an anime as a child (the Pokemon/Dragonball Z generation started like this)
oh and about women reading yaoi in public: one of the girls in my school's anime club actually runs around and shows off her new Yaoi Doujin whenever she finds a new one (if i had a dollar for each Saiyuki yaoi doujin i'd never have to work a day in my life)