partly inspired by the nerds thread and partly inspired by a friend of mine, i have to ask, what is the obsession with it?
One of my old roommates used to be pretty close to me. he was really obsessed with anime. at some point he started dating some girl who was obsessed with anime, and i saw less of him and at some point he informed me that he and his girl were planning on holding a japanese style wedding. Mind you at the time he was 20, she was younger, and neither of them are japanese (both of them are black and born in america, actually).
Well he disappeared off the face of the earth for over a year after this. I guess at some point his girl cheated on him. but the only sort of knowlege i had of him was through facebook minifeed, and it was almost always an anime quote, an anime drawing, or a quote about his girl.
A few days ago he sent out a mass facebook message apologizing for losing touch with people and giving out his new phone number. and he signed it 'Haku, aka ___(insert actual name here)'.
then a couple of days ago on his birthday, a mass text message saying 'hey it is Haku (aka ___)'.... then some nonsense about enjoying his birthday and watching anime and then this sentence "22 yrs ago a bundle of joy named Haku was born.."
what? I just dont get it. I mean i understand being a fan of a TV show or whatever. but this just seems fucking ridiculous. am i missing something here?



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