You enjoy doing, but others look down on it

[Akun]

4 hours ago, Gonassis said:

VNs tend to be labeled as "weeb games with naughty anime girls," when nothing could be further from the truth.

well to be honest, this is true to a certain degree though... hehe. 😅 as a lot of VN's have "patched" versions, but of course not all of them. 😁

That's true, and I do agree that a large portion of the VN industry thrives on using such fanservice for profit, but what I meant was that people tend to generalize that all VNs are like that, when there's plenty of solid VN titles that aren't just porn simulators, not to mention certain VN studios which publish VNs that avoid sex scenes altogether like Key (Little Busters, Clannad, Kanon, etc. are all family-friendly). The Higurashi games are suitable for all ages, ironically, considering that the anime adaptations are all filled with blood and gore. Most people's favorite anime like Steins;Gate and Fate/Stay Night came from visual novels too.

I just think it's a shame for people to just dismiss such a great storytelling medium as "hurr durr, cringey nude anime girls go brrr."

Edited September 2, 2022 by Akun

[Heatman]

On 9/2/2022 at 8:11 AM, Akun said:

I generally don't tell people I watch anime, because even in modern communities, especially Discord, people still make fun of you for being a "weeb." It really doesn't hep that I'm also a big visual novel fanatic, and VNs tend to be labeled as "weeb games with naughty anime girls," when nothing could be further from the truth.

I have had similar experience with such kind of people who rates anime lovers low and to be very honest with you, I don't give a damn about what they say because it's completely useless. I'm even in one anime forum and I'm enjoying my time there. 

[Gonassis]

On 9/3/2022 at 5:58 AM, Akun said:

That's true, and I do agree that a large portion of the VN industry thrives on using such fanservice for profit, but what I meant was that people tend to generalize that all VNs are like that, when there's plenty of solid VN titles that aren't just porn simulators, not to mention certain VN studios which publish VNs that avoid sex scenes altogether like Key (Little Busters, Clannad, Kanon, etc. are all family-friendly). The Higurashi games are suitable for all ages, ironically, considering that the anime adaptations are all filled with blood and gore. Most people's favorite anime like Steins;Gate and Fate/Stay Night came from visual novels too.

I just think it's a shame for people to just dismiss such a great storytelling medium as "hurr durr, cringey nude anime girls go brrr."

ah yes...

fate stay night is also infamous for it's original "eroge" status. 🤣

I'm aware there's family friendly, versions, but man when you discover years down the road abut that "extra" content. 😂

anyway, I can't blame people too much for lumping everything anime = big fat weeb cringe group of people.

this is the internet, everything in the open is a cesspool. 🤣

you gotta go find people willing to talk about such stuff, those that don't care, don't, and prefer to have shouting matches over twitter. 😂 and based on psychology everyone has their bias.

 

I like lots of "animation" in general, not just "japanime", but anyway,  the internet is full of failure to convice other people about "japanime" anecdotes.

 

just keep calm and soldier on XD

[Gonassis]

On 9/3/2022 at 7:41 PM, Heatman said:

I have had similar experience with such kind of people who rates anime lovers low and to be very honest with you, I don't give a damn about what they say because it's completely useless. I'm even in one anime forum and I'm enjoying my time there. 

what anime forum is that? haha I mainly hang out in a bunch of anime subreddits 😋

[killamch89]

9 hours ago, Gonassis said:

ah yes...

fate stay night is also infamous for it's original "eroge" status. 🤣

I'm aware there's family friendly, versions, but man when you discover years down the road abut that "extra" content. 😂

anyway, I can't blame people too much for lumping everything anime = big fat weeb cringe group of people.

this is the internet, everything in the open is a cesspool. 🤣
you gotta go find people willing to talk about such stuff, those that don't care, don't, and prefer to have shouting matches over twitter. 😂 and based on psychology everyone has their bias.

I like lots of "animation" in general, not just "japanime", but anyway,  the internet is full of failure to convice other people about "japanime" anecdotes.

just keep calm and soldier on XD

Anime is so ridiculously diverse that I jsut don't see why people have this perception of anime watchers. They do tend to oversexualize some things in anime but that's not why we watch them (maybe I should say I instead lol).

[Akun]

12 minutes ago, killamch89 said:

Anime is so ridiculously diverse that I jsut don't see why people have this perception of anime watchers. They do tend to oversexualize some things in anime but that's not why we watch them (maybe I should say I instead lol).

I know, right? It's like saying all American animations are for children when you have shows like Invincible. Animation is a tool and a medium, not a genre. There's plenty of Japanese animation that features non-sexual content and even serious philosophical topics like Monster and Mushishi.

Edited September 6, 2022 by Akun

[killamch89]

4 minutes ago, Akun said:

I know, right? It's like saying all American animations are for children when you have shows like Invincible. Animation is a tool and a medium, not a genre. There's plenty of Japanese animation that feature non-sexual content and even serious philosophical topics like Monster and Mushishi.

Even Yu Yu Hakusho, Naruto, Bleach and many of the more mainstream anime have some very insightful lessons that you can apply to your own life - Boruto is trash (sorry -  had to put that in before anyone accused me of liking that crap).

[Yaramaki]

I'd say collecting videogames altough nearly everybody who is into videogames seems to do it these days but i still get shit for it every once in a while, like dude why are you still buying all those games or how the heck do yo keep affording it all or why the fuck do you collect japanese region video games or it's time you grow up the fuck up, you know that sort off comments and in most cases even those comments even come from family and friends.

[Heatman]

On 9/5/2022 at 4:13 PM, Gonassis said:

what anime forum is that? haha I mainly hang out in a bunch of anime subreddits 😋

I'm not sure if it's acceptable to share another forum's link but I can upload the picture to help you know it when you look it up. It's called My Anime Forum. 

 

[killamch89]

On 9/11/2022 at 12:44 PM, Heatman said:

I'm not sure if it's acceptable to share another forum's link but I can upload the picture to help you know it when you look it up. It's called My Anime Forum. 

 

If I'm not mistaken - I was apart of that forum a good while back like 2015? The name looks extremely familiar...

[Heatman]

1 hour ago, killamch89 said:

If I'm not mistaken - I was apart of that forum a good while back like 2015? The name looks extremely familiar...

If you had an account on the anime forum, I'm very sure that it's still going to be there as long as you made some posts with it. You can try logging or reset your password if you can't remember it. It's a very decent anime forum. 

[killamch89]

On 9/6/2022 at 4:42 AM, Yaramaki said:

I'd say collecting videogames altough nearly everybody who is into videogames seems to do it these days but i still get shit for it every once in a while, like dude why are you still buying all those games or how the heck do yo keep affording it all or why the fuck do you collect japanese region video games or it's time you grow up the fuck up, you know that sort off comments and in most cases even those comments even come from family and friends.

Gaming has always had this stigma of being unproductive and mainly for kids (even though it's never been like that) so you shouldn't really be surprised when non-gamers give you a lot of stick about your gaming habits - especially your family.

[Heatman]

15 hours ago, killamch89 said:

Gaming has always had this stigma of being unproductive and mainly for kids (even though it's never been like that) so you shouldn't really be surprised when non-gamers give you a lot of stick about your gaming habits - especially your family.

I don't give any thought to what such people think honestly because when you get to know about their own little secret habits and indulgence, you will know for sure that you're far more better than them with your gaming habits. 

They aren't worth breaking a sweat 😰 over!! 

Edited September 23, 2022 by Heatman

[Justin11]

I can't even pay up to two secs of my attention to what doesn't add value in my life. I love gaming most especially car racing, and I enjoy playing football. But when some persons in my neighborhood see me enjoying this two things they'll ease drop that I dedicate most of my time doing something that doesn't reward with money. I don't talk back nor feel back, because all we do is doing something we take derivatives on, pleasing our soul and nothing much. 

[killamch89]

On 9/23/2022 at 2:52 AM, Heatman said:

I don't give any thought to what such people think honestly because when you get to know about their own little secret habits and indulgence, you will know for sure that you're far more better than them with your gaming habits. 

They aren't worth breaking a sweat 😰 over!! 

I know but I was just reminding everyone that the stigma still exists and won't totally disappear any time soon.