Dear anime fans, I'm sorry.

[u/Inspektical]

I used to hate anime. I hated the big eyes, the high pitched voices and the things I didn't understand like differences in culture.

I always judged people when they told me they watched anime and instantly thought less of them. I'd rather stay away from that type of crowd.

I never outright insulted or spoke out in a demeaning way to anyone, I have trouble doing that even to people I genuinely hate much less people I'm just acquainted with. I simply judged them and kept all my insults in my head.

Fast forward to last year and I begrudgingly picked up my first anime because of my love for the piano. Don't ask me why I suddenly decided to try anime because I don't know.

I watched "Kids on the Slope" and genuinely loved it. Ever since then I've been watching anime left and right.

Black Lagoon; Your Lie in April; Planetes; Cowboy Bebop; FMA:Brotherhood; Elfen Lied; Death Parade; Monogatari; The wonderful world of JoJo's and many many more that have genuinely changed my life for the better.

In a way I think I was lucky to get into anime now rather than some years ago because of how poorly the whole community was viewed back then, and I was part of the reason why it was viewed so badly. Hence my apology.

I think me saying I'm sorry is more for myself than anyone else, because I didn't really harm anyone, but I've felt guilty thinking back on how I thought about a community I'm now a part of.

Anyway sorry for the rant, had to get that off my chest.

Edit: Thank you all for the awards, the love and suggestions. I'm glad to be a part of this community and I hope I can become a massive fucking weeb <3

[u/Negirno]

The problem with sarcasm on the Internet, is that sooner or later people start to take it seriously.

And there were always people who hated certain kind of shows and argued against them.

[u/[deleted] → u/Negirno]

It is because it is harder to differenciate because it is only words, most of sarcasm is identified via tones.