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What is your earliest otaku memory? How long have you been in the medium? Are there things you wish lasted longer or are you complacent? Sometimes when I'm browsing the net I come across a bunch of old stuff. The internet was a lot different even just 5-10 years ago, or even before that.
What happened other than you just grew older?

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>>35157197
>What is your earliest otaku memory?
Cream Lemon VHS tapes my dad had locked in a box back in 198x

>> No.35158934

Watching alice of life anime and listening to Touhou music when I was in the 5th grade

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I wish this fantasy trend in anime would just die already. It's been years and they're still at it. There is nothing new coming out that scratches that experimental itch of mine either. I still enjoy seasonal shows, but they never make think "goddamn that's some cool cinematography".

Yes I am thinking of SHAFT.

>> No.35159011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMWkqRFbHTk


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrmTNkeDUvg

>> No.35159032

I watched Inuyasha while staying up way too late at my grandmother's house a fucking eternity, looked up what the fuck it was, and ended up here.

>> No.35159339

>What is your earliest otaku memory? How long have you been in the medium?
Vague and loose. Playing Sonic the Hedgehog on the Sega Genesis is my earliest memory, for what it's worth.

>Are there things you wish lasted longer
Who doesn't?

>What happened other than you just grew older?
I'm assuming you're asking about getting jaded and shit? Shit, that's just what happens when you get older. It happens to everyone. Nobody enjoys the exact same things forever(maybe general things like video games, but nothing specific like a specific title or specific album), and continuously generated entertainment will almost inevitably fall in quality. As a whole the world and normal people have more access to the kinds of things we used to get made fun of for enjoying. This is no longer your sekret klub. It's been said many times by many people here in many of these kinds of threads that many old /jp/sies have either become normalfags or killed themselves, and honestly, I think the older you get the harder it is to avoid those two choices. If you do avoid them, you eventually fall into a third category of limbo - not really otaku but not really normalfag.

There's not a lot else to say. Other than that normalfag-not normalfag is a false dichotomy, you're better off as a so-called normalfag and to be loved and fulfilled, and that otaku culture is on borrowed time.

>> No.35160185

>>35159339
>otaku culture is on borrowed time.
I know. Still, I want it to have a fighting chance before it either changes so much that it is distinguishable from what it once was due to normalfag or corporate influence, or just fades into obscurity like the rest of the early internet.
>This is no longer your sekret klub.
I just find it to be a case of no better alternative. I really can't care any less about sekret klub nonsense. Old /jp/sies succeeded in creating various spinoffs, but for the wrong reasons. In the end, it's those who come after them that suffer for it. Usually for no better reason other than a track record they had nothing to do with. Gatekeeping keeps things in check, but it has more potential to do harm than good. When overdone, can kill any hopes of long term survival.

>There's not a lot else to say. Other than that normalfag-not normalfag is a false dichotomy, you're better off as a so-called normalfag and to be loved and fulfilled, and that otaku culture is on borrowed time.
Everyone is better off being a normalfag or attempting to be one, but there's no point in changing yourself for others in order to be liked. If everyone did that, most wouldn't be here in the first place and would be leading better lives. Maybe I'm just looking at it differently. It usually feels that way.

>> No.35161463

Twelve years ago when I was in college I read a shitty harem manga someone linked me and decided I'd start watching anime. Fast-forwards to now and here I am, consuming exclusively Japanese media, most of which nobody in the West gives even a little bit of a shit about, waiting for my real life to begin.

>> No.35162716

>>35160185
>Everyone is better off being a normalfag or attempting to be one, but there's no point in changing yourself for others in order to be liked.

That's definitely not the point I was trying to make. I agree with you, but at the same time your degree of normalcy is a choice, in a way, to a degree. You'll never be able to entirely squash your otaku spirit but you can make lifestyle choices, like not being a hikki or neet, getting a gf/bf, etc. You can also make the choice of going to see a movie or staying inside to watch some obscure anime just so you can keep up on "otaku culture"; basically, choosing the more socially acceptable, potentially out of your comfort zone option when two options present the same amount of enjoyment.

I would never advocate anybody "fake it to make it." I myself would die first. I don't know why but I feel all others that have walked "our path" probably feel the same way.

>> No.35162806

>>35157197
>otaku
Cringe. Who the fuck wants to be otaku

>> No.35163360

>>35162716
Well, there's not much else for me to say either.
I agree.

>> No.35164193

No one is a complete non-normalfag. If you think you are then please get a life, you incel consoomer.

>> No.35164957

>>35162806
>>35164193
Both of you sound pretty cute. When it comes to poster-types, I've found out that these types look best crossdressing. You guys should wear maid outfits next meet-up. I'll treat you nicely, I promise.

>> No.35165836

>>35162806
Now baby quit yer crying put those clown britches on.

>> No.35166841

I'm pretty sure I got groomed by a fujo shotacon when i was 8 that's what got me into anime and otaku culture.

>> No.35167358

>>35162806
me

>> No.35167848

I've been consuming Japanese media since I was a kid because it's either that or western stuff. And the former caught my attention more. But I only consider myself getting into otaku phase when I played my first eroge ten years ago.

>> No.35168098

>>35167848
God I hate VNfags. They are the most pretentious weebs on the planet.
>haha my life changed after consooming this VN. It enlightened me about meaning of life. Please consider VNs as literature. They are better than books.

>> No.35168348

>>35168098
who are you quoiting

>> No.35168415

>>35164193
>>35168098
you have your own board now, use it holobrony

>> No.35168441

>>35168348
I hate eroge faggots like you. You fags are pretentious. Fuck off to your containment threads.

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>>35168441
bro u ok?

>> No.35169091

>>35168098
did a VNfag fuck your mom or something?

>> No.35169173

>>35169091
>>35168348
https://twitter.com/mrfeelswildride/status/1400978533430693895
There's been a meme going around that visual novel readers are pretentious assholes. He probably subscribes to that camp.

>> No.35169219

>>35157197
i remember when the nerd kid was otaku and everybody bullied him. But now, even white bitches like anime and Tik Tok is full of these hoes. Actually, I'm more ashamed of being a weeb at this era than before.

>> No.35169276

>>35169219
Japanese media always had the potential to go mainstream. Really no hindrances other than language/cultural barrier. Anime, manga, LNs, eroge are brimming with normalfag sensibilities. The concept of moe also has pretty universal appeal like cat videos. There's nothing inherently un-normalfag about this shit.

>> No.35169303

>>35169173
the lack of self awareness in that tweet lol

>> No.35169314

>>35169276
Fuck, what should get into then?

>> No.35169347

>>35169314
Maybe get into actual nerd shit like reading non-fiction books or academic resources.

>> No.35170117

>>35159011
The characters in the opening of FFG looks familiar.

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>>35162806
>>35164193
>>35168098
Leave

>> No.35171554

watching Youtube Poops in 2007/2008 and a lot of it was based on anime clips

>> No.35171585

>>35171554
also the U. N. Owen was Her fad was my first exposure to Touhou

>> No.35171821

>>35171554
This but with Ronald McDonald insanity

>> No.35171880

Watching DBZ at a brazilian free-to-air channel at 5 years old.

>> No.35172314

>>35157197
>What is your earliest otaku memory?

Watching anime with my big brother at age 10 or so. Soon after I asked my parents to get me a Shakugan no Shana boxset for Christmas. I watched the whole 26-episode thing in one day, and then later watched all of Lucky Star on youtube split up into three videos for each episode. At that point I knew I wanted to become a big fan of this stuff.

I miss that youthful innocence I had, when anime and Japanese stuff seemed like this magical world full of new things to discover. I understand that I'm just too jaded and old to experience that again, but it's still a bit depressing.

>> No.35172430

Heidi was the first piece of japanese media i consumed, followed by the NES and Gameboy.
I "became" an otaku about a decade or so ago.

>> No.35172636

>>35162806
There is nothing wrong with being an otaku as long as you don't let it interfere with your personal life. I mean seriously people should keep niche interests like those of otakus behind closed doors

>> No.35172714

>>35172430
How did it taste?

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>>35157197
14 years ago a younger me stumbled upon Haruhi Suzumiya. Ever since then Otaku culutre has been a part of my life, and I don't regret a moment of it.

To answer your questions, I don't think a day would come when I miss the overambundance of school life and moeshit anime from the 2000s, but god I want to go back now. Every freaking fantasy anime that comes out nowadays feels so similar, with a few exceptions that have really bizarre concepts, or shit like that.

Anime and otaku culture are becoming a lot more mainstream, and its killing off the culture we used to have, and I cherished. I suppose its no different to back then, but people really seem to eat up whatever new popular show is coming out.

As a Haruhifag maybe I shouldn't be talking, but it really feels like the internet has lost some magic as time has gone on, and its not just us getting older.

>> No.35173332

Lupin the 3rd back in the early 90s. I was too young to know what the fuck it was though. And my dad didn't want me to watch it either. After that, Dragon Ball.

>> No.35178673

watched demon slayer on netflix

>> No.35178774

>>35157197
Lucky Star gif in DM_mariokart

>> No.35189924

>>35168098
I have this friend who refuses to watch anime and just plays VN's. He talks like a ditsy surfer bro.

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>>35171821
>it's 2007
>friend shows me ronald mcdonald insanity on school computers
>get home, watch it again on shitty family laptop thinking it's the funniest thing
>end up liking the music
>look up "touhou" on yahoo search
>find free download for EoSD
>game boots up
>title screen theme starts playing
It's been 13 years /jp/...I've been playing touhou for the same amount of time it takes a kid to go through the entire US school system. It's a nice memory, but sometimes it just feels like I've wasted a whole decade.

>> No.35204720

>>35157197
>What is your earliest otaku memory?
In terms of japanese media? I guess speicifcally trying to hunt down anime related dvds in local video stores which pretty much boiled down to Spirited away and the animatrix. In terms of more generally nerdy behavior placing social orders in for indie graphic novels in a small local bookstore. The lady that owned it was super cool and if her distributor didn't have a book she would just buy it on amazon and then sell it to me. Which was nice since when I was a teen regular bank cards couldn't be used online.
>How long have you been in the medium?
manga since my early teens. I didn't think I started watching anime regularly until I was 18 and had fast internet in college.

>Are there things you wish lasted longer or are you complacent?
Hmm. manga wise I think things are pretty good these days, the English pubs have recovered from the financial crash and are publishing a broader range of titles than they ever have before.

I guess I miss being able to talk about yuri on /a/ but it is what it is.

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Kinda wish the booming era of VNs stayed, there's still plenty of course but I miss when it was a popular medium. Phone VNs aren't the same, and gacha games with VN segments and halfassed battle systems might have well been VNs.
>>35191395
If you enjoyed that time spent playing Touhou, it's not wasted time at all.

>> No.35209530

>>35205324
>you enjoyed that time spent playing Touhou, it's not wasted time at all.
That's called cope. By this logic you don't waste time at all because you just enjoyed whatever bullshit you were doing.

>> No.35211470

>>35172714
salty milk and coins

>> No.35219652

>>35209530
Indeed, no fun allowed

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