2009-07-04, 18:12 | Link #61 |
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Join Date: Jan 2009
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(Trying my best not to sound like an a**hole) I probably wouldn't be here if I had allot of friends to discuss anime about. Using that piece of information I am forced to conclude that anime (at very least for me) is a lonely hobby.
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2009-07-06, 03:05 | Link #62 | |
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Dont have any RL friends who are into it.
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2009-07-06, 03:13 | Link #63 |
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I think anime is deeply a lonely pastime...usually. I've been having anime marathons lately( a week of just watching). And after all that "fun", everything felt empty. That is why i decided to take a break. I felt normal after that. But then i started my marathons again. I feel empty, emotionless, dull, sucked, its like i've been taking drugs.
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2009-07-06, 04:11 | Link #64 |
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Location: England
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I've never feel empty after a marathon, I am normally happy that thats another full series I've seen, and just knackered too. I've only ever once watched a marathon with the mate I mentioned earlier and it was ony 12 episodes. It was great that we could talk about it for a few hours as it turned out, but we never really spoke of it again. To me I'm not really all that bothered if I get to talk about if or not, end of the day its me that just saw it and I can think about what I just saw, or visit forums and chat that way to see other peoples oppions.
I like marathons when I'm on holiday from work as its a great way to pass the time and you can finally get through some of the dvds that are rapidly piling up. Plus I find its a good way to notice suttle thing that keep popping up in different episodes again and again. Also take something like Genshiken, I totally get it and love it to bits. None of the people I know would get it, well they would from a just watching a group if fans in a club. But they wouldn't get it from the target audience's otaku piont of view. |
2009-07-06, 04:20 | Link #65 | |
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2009-07-06, 04:24 | Link #66 |
耳をすませば
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Toronto, Canada
Age: 34
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I know a lot of anime fans. But I don't know anyone who likes the kind of anime that I do. And I certainly don't know anyone who discusses as deeply their reactions and emotions regarding some anime. Anime is a lonely hobby if you want to talk about more than Death Note, Naruto, or Code Geass. That's partly why I have a blog....because I have things to say about series that affect me deeply and no one to tell it to.
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2009-07-06, 05:37 | Link #67 | |
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Yes that is a very good point! I tend to like the more obscure title so that is very much my case too. I'm not one for the shows more aimed at 12 year olds, some maybe but the likes of Naruto and Pokemon nevr did it for me. Although watching pokemon one morning while in japan was interesting.
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2009-07-06, 05:47 | Link #68 | |
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2009-07-06, 07:33 | Link #70 |
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Man, this sounds depressing.
I usually watch anime with my friends. We'd watch the same animes, sometimes different, and try to convince each other to watch the ones we like. Like my friend tried to convince me to watch K-On! while I convinced him to watch Gundam 00. Sometimes we'd sit together and watch sometimes separate, but ultimately it'll come up in our conversations. I wouldn't really call it a lonely past time. Finding a girl who would actually sit down and watch an episode of anime with me is hard though, unless it's something internationally recognized like Miyazaki. Anime as a hobby is not as lonely as fapping ! |
2009-07-06, 12:18 | Link #72 |
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Location: England
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No good for me, sadly as I'd like to goto one.
I've looked around me and there one and its about a 45 mile round trip. They post what they are watching and its stuff I didn't like when it came out 3 years ago, so not a whole lot of point going, plus they want £10 every week, which they know where they can stick that idea. Plus they finish the club at 11pm, just the time I start work about 35 mile away. There are a few others about but noting that would make me want to go there. |
2009-07-06, 12:39 | Link #74 |
'Sup Ballers
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: North Carolina, USA
Age: 34
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For me? Yeah it is for me because I choose to make it one. If I'm watching an anime on my computer and someone(usually a younger sibling) asks what I'm watching, I usually give a really vague answer or click on on another tab and say, "Nothin".
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2009-07-06, 17:30 | Link #75 |
ひきこもりアイドル
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Pennsylvania , United States
Age: 34
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If I was not posting this post and watch anime and visual novels (bishoujo games) all day, then I won't have a life... But anime is actually not a lonely hobby since there are slot of people you can find that talk about it... especially on social networks
So no, it's not a lonely hobby.
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2009-07-14, 17:37 | Link #78 |
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You could probably find more people to talk to about Lost or Heroes or any other TV show than all of anime combined. So it's hard to randomly come meet people on the street who watches anime. That said, it's still not that hard to find other people who watch anime:
http://anime.meetup.com - 125 Groups and 15,625 Members in 100 cities so far and http://otakubooty.com with 19,744 Members so far |
2009-07-14, 18:09 | Link #79 |
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This is defiantly not a lonely hobby,
For anyone who's ever been to a convention, you meet so many people who for some odd reason you get along with. same goes for anime club's, local anime watching places, hell even in a library you can meet an otaku. (or at least in Chicago) That being said If anyone wants to stop talking online to anime fan's and meet some in real life. just go to a place where anime is present. simple! Or at least it works for me! |
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