Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-4893169-20170804192359/@comment-4849011-20170809005717

BobSamurai Anime Reviews did a video about otaku being stigmatized, and someone in the comments section noted, "I remember taking a Japanese class at my college for extra credit. There was literally a group of people that all sat on one table, and you could tell they were definite weebs. One girl literally had f***ing cat ears. I s*** you not. When we discussed anime, one of my friends brought up the fact that watching anime is looked down upon in Japan, and the teacher agreed. Mind you, the teacher lived there for 10 years and has a s*** ton of experience working with Japanese youth and young adults. When the weebs heard about this, they were f***ing appauled [sic], it was so funny to me. They couldn't believe that Japan wasn't the promised land they hoped for and it became a screaming match at one point. Oh and best part about this was that the weebs were literally the first to drop out of the class once the class-work got a little difficult. By the end of the first exam, the weebs were all gone. People need to face the facts, it's not just companies that look down on otakus, it's a large portion of Japanese society that looks down on them﻿."

I think of your story every time someone talks about how disappointed weeaboos are going to be if they go to Japan. Other anime-themed YouTube channels have also criticized and condemned hateful lunatics who make fans look bad (like "fans" who send death threats to creators, voice actors, etc.). (Just so random people don't come by and get the wrong idea, I'm not insulting all anime fans because I watch some anime myself; I'm just criticizing insane fanatics who make anime fans in general look bad by being deranged and living in a fantasy world. There are also people who are obsessed with things like Twilight, soap operas, video games, etc.)

As if these obsessions weren't bad enough, what's also very sad and depressing is there are people who defend such behavior, like, "Oh, just just a hobby! It doesn't matter what they do!" If someone is suicidal because a fictional character died, sends death threats or hazardous materials to others as "revenge", or expresses the desire to kill people for getting in the way of their obsession, then something is very wrong and shouldn't be shrugged off.

Think that response was long enough?