/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

I didn't have a lot of friends growing up, but luckily my parents/family were pretty supportive

> dad and uncle get me into sailor moon
> dad records all the toonami episodes on VHS tapes for me
> dad also bought me all the fancy VHS tapes from F.Y.E.
> used to play pretend sailor moon; i was always usagi and my dad was always mamoru

> almost every sunday mom would take me to Barnes and Noble to pick out a manga
> she took me to see the live-action Death Note movies and ended up really liking the series herself
> fond memories of her taking me to little shitty anime stores around our home city and helping me pick out anime movies and manga
> she would listen to me ramble about naruto characters or whatever i was into at the time

> dad drove me to first con
> mom helped me make my first cosplay

also, i worked at Barnes and Noble over the summer and the growth of their manga section was amazing to see. i remember back in the day they only had maybe 2 full bookcases and you'd always have to order stuff in when they ran out. now it's like, 4 or 5 full bookcases and tons in the back room. young kids have it so easy these days