Hikikomori - Anime Conversational Skills - Noob Redemption

Hikikomori - Hello!

First of all I found the perfect work to describe me in general, Hikikomori. HIkikomori literally translates to 'pulling away,being confined." Basically its the Japanese term for a shut in. They are anti social and stay inside their house/room/apartment, so yeah...I get home around two thirty from school...get on the computer, snack, and roleplay and watch anime all night until I go to bed..so maybe when I cry at the end of animes, its likely to be partially because I just spent about roughly 12 to 24 hours of my life on an anime....yeah. BUT I HAVE NO REGRETS!I LOVE ANIME AND MANGA AND VIDEO GAMES AND I WILL NEVER TURN MY BACK ON THEM! So yeah, there's that. Now lets move on shall we?



Conversational Skills!

Everyone needs tutoring on how to talk about some subjects. Like politics and religion and sex....there are some things you just don't voice out loud unless you're ready to get in a scuffle over it. One of these topics is anime. I will fight you over anime. My friends have religion...some of them have politics..and some of them even have sports.(scary right? can't believe I'm friends with such losers who get so much sunlight and fresh air and human interaction)So I have anime. I am not afraid to rip into someone who says something stupid about it, are close minded or ill informed, or are just wrong about something. So yeah its a touchy subject for me. I don't like to talk about it with everyone. So I guess I should get on with the article...here we go!

When you're at a convention or you just met someone who likes anime and you are about to start talking, most people don't think a fight is about to go down. Unlike when people talk about religion or sports, people have died over religion and many have been seriously injured because of sports! But what you don't know is that you are at the same risk for injury even though its anime, sure you may not die, but an otaku will beat you to a bloody pulp for saying the character she stalks is dumb or ugly. She will take a person down! I know because I will as well and as we all know, I'm an otaku.

Now that you know the risks of the conversation, for some reason, you have chosen to continue with the topic, maybe you really love anime and have to talk about it with someone, or maybe you are just willing to take your chances. Whatever the reason, you press onward with the anime conversation. Here is where we start our conversational skills.


Skill 1.
1. When someone mentions an anime they like and they think it is just awesome, don't be all like,'Oh yeah I've seen that' if you haven't. :P No one likes that. Deal with it. Just tell them the truth and say,"Oh sorry, no I haven't seen that one, but whats it about? It sounds kinda cool." Or something along those lines. One, if you lie you are liable to get caught and the person your talking with will be all like 'eh lame.' and two, tell them to tell you more about it opens the way for more conversation and a future conversation for after you've seen an episode or two.

Skill 2.
2. Don't be a noob! Don't be all,'oh I love (random mainstream anime)'. The only time that is alright is if you KNOW FOR A FACT that the other person likes that anime, is a noob themselves, or won't rip you to shreds mentally and emotionally for being such a loser. Sorry but its true. Most anime fans who are veteran anime lovers, will probably think that anime is lame and you suck for watching it, that or they will think you're such a silly noob because they used to watch it and now it is but a childish memory for them. So yeah, unless you know you're with another noob, just dont mention main stream anime.

Here is an example of what might happen if you are a noob talking about mainstream anime to a veteran: Noob:"I love this anime! Its 600 episodes long and STILL GOING! I love the plot and how it repeats over and over, not to mention all the filler! God I love filler! It has no plot point at all and if they cut it out the actually plot would only take up 30 episodes! Oh and there's no blood when it comes to fighting! None at all! And oh I laughed so hard when they ate jelly donuts and sub sandwiches!"

Anime Veteran: "One That anime sucks for every reason you just said. Its boring, there is no action, and on top of that you're watching the 4kids version is there is no blood and they are eating "jelly donuts". 4kids murders anime and if you say one more word I'm going to tell them YOU'RE an anime. No get out of my sight."

Example two:
Noob: "Noob talks about lame anime..."
Anime Vet.: "Oh yeah," *laughed like a five year old just said something dumb* "I remember when I watched that anime. Oh how childish and dumb I was for liking it. So silly!"

So yeah, either way this conversation goes down hill, but take a look at the third example.

(In this conversation both are cosplaying from the same anime and there for they know the other is a noob like themselves.)
Noob: "Oh yeah I love this anime blah blah blah, no point to the plot, blah blah blah, whatever! :D It rocks!"
Noob two: "Oh mi god! I loved that anime too! And oh god that filler episode that had no point?! It was great! Lets be best friends!"
Noob "OH yeah!"

In this situation a successful friendship was made but only because they both knew the other was the same as them. Take note of that because this is extremely rare and even when both are noobs the situation can turn south fast. There will be examples of this later.



Skill 3.
3. IF YOU ARE RATHER NEW AND YOU HAVE ONLY SEEN MAINSTREAM ANIMES IT IS VALUABLE THAT YOU READ THIS NOTE!!!!!!
Now then...if you are new to our society, welcome! We are lovely people, really no one is mean, and we are more than willing to help you find good animes. If you embark on your conversation and mention main stream anime as you are likely to do, the veteran you are speaking with may possibly comment on how they used to watch that or how it sucks butt. In this situation, no matter how much you love your crappy anime, DON'T PUSH IT! Do NOT try and defend your anime, you will be crushed and the anime lover will get annoyed with you quickly!

lets look at the first example from before and continue it:

Noob: "Hey! Thats not true! The episode about the hat was important even though it had nothing to do with the plot and 4 kids rocks!"

Anime Vet. raises eyebrow and several others from around and turns to look at you....
They lift up their sleeves to reveal a tattoo on their right arms that reads-'will exterminate 4kids'. The anime veteran will rip into you, pointing out every single, dumb flaw with the anime, crushing your spirit before she/he and the other chase after you with their fake weapons because you said you liked 4kids....you may never attend another con again.

Instead in this situation what should have happened it this:
Noob: "Oh, well I like the anime, sorry your don't."
Aniem vet.: "Yeah its alright, maybe you should watch this anime though!" The anime veteran suggests some appropriate animes that you might enjoy and then you gain a mentor and friend! :D See? All is well.



Noob Redemption:
I know I've bashed anime noobs and mainstream animes a lot, however I will admit this now, I started off as a noob (sort of lol) and I have several loved mainstream animes that are nostalgic for me that I would still watch. I love Sailor Moon, I love the original Yu Gi Oh and I love InuYasha. These are all beginner to gateway animes. Yeah there is a lot of filler, yeah they go on for hundreds of episodes, and yeah they are overly cliche with too many friendship speeches and silly romantic comedy. But thats fine. Everyone starts out like a noob and everyone pretty much starts out with mainstream or gate way animes. They aren't ALL bad. And I will confess that while someone who defends Naruto or Yugioh GX5000 (or any other horrendous anime) to my face as a serious and good anime drives me absolutely insane because they are so stubborn and won't stop insisting that the anime is good...................there is one other type of anime viewer that I detest (with every fiber of my being) more so than the stubborn anime noob..... This is the Egregious Anime Lover. -read below for more details-



Egregious Anime Lover: Egregrious literally means more a fool than any others. This person is a jester is queen's clothing an an absolute insult to me, the humble queen. Another term for this character is 'topper' or 'show out' because of this person's tendency to try and up show you. No matter what you say this person always has to top it. No matter how many animes you've seen, this person has always seen more, no matter how many manga you have or have read, they have always owned or read more. NO MATTER how good you're costume is, theirs is always better, and no matter HOW MUCH you know about Japan, Japanese Culture, or Japanese Language...THEY ALWAYS KNOW MORE EVEN IF THEY ARE PULLING THINGS FROM OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HEAD!!!! They will always feel the need to know,do,see, or have more than you. Lets face it, we don't like these kind of people in regular life because they have a tendency to lie about several feats or accomplishments of theirs and even if they aren't lying, they just drive you nuts because they insist to MAKE SURE you know they are better than you, even if they aren't. ;P So yeah....we are going to refer to them as Toppers.


Conversational Skills Continued:

The latter being said.....

Here is the final HUGE rule for anime convention conversational skills, although this applies to all situations, not just anime conventions:


Skill 4.

4.Don't be a Topper. Its obnoxious and nobody wants to be around you unless they envy you and are just smitten by the site of you. If you have the choice to be a noob or a topper, always be a noob, less people will want to punch you in the face or kick you in the crotch. And this concludes our article. I hope you've enjoyed it.

Remember, its getting cold outside, so bundle up, make some hot snacks, and stay inside where its warm and you can watch anime. :) Forget society, nobody needs them anyways and if it snows, snowball fights are over rated anyways, just have an anime night instead and further seclude your self from the world! XD haha talk to you guys later!



(Current date: November 3rd,2011)
(current time: 11:23)

Crying - Is it REALLY alright? / update

When you enter a movie theater and you are with someone who cries at the end of sad/inspirational/happy/etc. movies and you don't, you probably ask yourself first,"How hard am I going to make fun of them this time?" Secondly you're probably considering the following:
1. Do I really want to sit next to this person as they cry their eyes out and probably get their nose moisture on my new sweater?
2. Do I have any tissues to combat the last problem?
3. Is it going to be awkward for me to sit there and see them cry?
4. Should I comfort them, make fun of them, or act like its not happening?
and finally...
5. Are they going to be loud and cause attention?

Depending on your answers you may act like you have an upset stomach and abandon them at the movie, you may grab an umbrella, or you may snuggle into your chair and get ready to tear your friend apart emotionally for kicks and giggles about how they cried in the movie.

All of the following may be acceptable depending on the time and place, especially the third option. However, while it may be acceptable during movie, it is NOT acceptable during animes. (*shakes head no solemnly*) Not acceptable at all.

If you want to know the main difference between crying during movies and crying during an anime I'll tell you: The biggest difference between crying during a movie and crying during anime is the length of it. A average movie maybe up to an hour and a half long while the average lifespan of one (real) anime season (not mainstream crap anime) is about 25 to 50 episodes, the average episode being about 30 minuets long, the time of your life devoted to that anime, its plot, and its characters ends up being a whopping 12 1/2 to 25 hours of your life. A well sacrificed 12 1/2 to 25 hours, but still a lot of valuable time of your life to be devoted, bequeathed, and bestowed upon/to this anime....and that's just one season. Don't even get me started on if there is a season two!

The question I am answering for today: Is it alright to cry during animes?
the answer: Helz yes it is!

Think about it, you've just spent about 13 to 25 hours of your life with this anime, getting to love its story and plot, and getting attached to its characters as you learn their story and begin to sympathize with them! You may see a whole characters life flash before your eyes, you now every aspect of this character and its heart wrenching to see something horrid happen to them because you now know and love this character! This character is like a part of you now. I know after I spent a whole day with someone, getting to really know who they are and understand them, I'd be pretty upset if a demon came out of no where and was like "The writers of this anime decided they wanted to end it with you death, so it turns out I'm the demon that killed your whole family, and the reason I look like your sister is because I didn't kill her, I just ate her soul so this battle is especially hard for you, eminently leading to your death in order to save someone else who is important to you somehow, however everyone knew you were gonna die, you're just too good a person to survive this anime." and then boom, the person whips out their sword and there's an epic battle and as the character falls, sacrificing his/her self to free his/her sister's soul and prevent this from happening again....yeah I'd cry! I'd ball like a baby as I clutched his/her dead body in my hands,"WHY?! I just watched your whole anime! NOW YOUR DEAD?! I JUST STARTED TO LOVE YOU! I WAS GOING TO COSPLAY AS YOUUUUUUUU! NOOOOOO!" yeah, I'd cry pretty hard.

So I suppose this is a matter to be left up to the individual, however while a 98 percent of the population thinks its unacceptable for the remaining 2 percent to cry in a movie and usually makes fun of poor 2 percent, the norm is that its unacceptable to cry during a movie because its just a movie. However I have deemed it acceptable to cry during an anime. That's the final word on the matter.

P.S. I'd love to hear what you have to say about crying during animes v.s. crying during movies, please feel free to comment.




UPDATE: In other news, I'm a senior this year, wow right? I need to post more on this blog, but I have decided to do my best to try and post at least ONCE A WEEK! Now if you remember, last year when I told you about how when you're a junior, to intimidate others, you have to be mean and scary, well this year I'm a senior, and since I don't have to see any of these people ever again, I've now started pushing people out of my way in the halls because I don't have time to wait around for this huge group of people to finish their conversation about whatever they are talking about. All I hear is blah blah blah. So I push them out of the way and say 'I'm walking here!' so now I'm a big, mean, scary senior. :D Yay! Now, just because I push people out of my way doesn't mean violence is the answer, it is just my particular way of solving things temporarily until I develop mind control over the weaker minds here at my school. :) So yeah, don't be mean its not nice and no one likes mean people. :/ so just don't do it, if you're thinking about being mean, just don't, hold it in and punch a pillow when you get home, because sure, the pillow didn't didn't do anything to you, but it lets you sleep on it, so I think it will be alright with you punching it when you get home. :P


I would also like to announce that I am now working on an official label for my blog and working on my official Anime Lovers Delight Cosplay Kitty Mascot! thanks go out to my dad this time specifically for encouraging me to always do my best! :D I love you daddy!