/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>7801761
Truth. My SIL has a Japanese language degree and pretty much wasted four years of her life in order to be able to watch animus without subtitles. She works in entry-level retail now. I feel kind of bad for her but girl you could've seen this coming if you'd thought about it for three seconds.
It can be useful, of course, but you'd have to have an actual career in mind either in Japan itself (mangaka doesn't count) or in a company that often deals with Japanese partners. If someone's just doing it to be able to read mangos as they come out that's fine but you don't actually need the degree for that.

>>7802157
I've never met a lolita who doesn't acknowledge they look weird to the general public, they just don't really care. Even someone like Fanny Rosie probably gets a lot of stares and commentary.
I've personally never had anyone think I'm a weeaboo, though, just a weirdo. Even my boyfriend who has a pretty significant powerlevel (runs in the family apparently) didn't believe my printed ETC dresses came from Japan and thought I got them from the Disney store because they look so "Western", whatever that means. Man I wish I could get this shit within Europe because customs are a bitch.