2:48:25koshien (real) was just recently and was really good
2:48:26but i don't think you're "normie tier" anime fan
2:48:27Girl the amount of kids who go "You watch anime? Oh I love Solo Leveling!" ...
2:48:33the amount of tanjiro peek stickers i've seen on cars
2:48:49i do think its nice the merch is so much easier to get
2:48:56me with kpop albums at target
2:48:56I really want to see Japanese Lacrosse. I saw that in Japan when I was there and was lowkey excited about it
2:49:05Oh, I know that feeling alright!
2:49:06Accessibility is awesome, but now na anime cons are getting Weird :disappointed_face:
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2:49:08the other day i went to hot topic and there was vtuber shirts
2:49:09would you really buy an akechi figure in public
2:49:12There's an anime store in my area now, still crazy to me
2:49:12Yeah, I remember anime stuff being harder to find back then.
2:49:12someone had to pave the way for anime to mainstream
2:49:13wth do you mean anime merch is at walmart
2:49:21did you have the financial freedom to buy those things back in the day?
2:49:24yeah, it's great that more people enjoy stuff i like, as long as they aren't more annoying about it than i am
2:49:25VTuber Conventions are the new Anime Conventions :face_with_tongue:
2:49:26do you have any weeb friends who became normies?
2:49:33but the average anime normie isn't so fujo-pilled
2:49:34back in my day we paid a ton of money or we made it ourselves
2:49:35lmao yeah ironmouse is in hot topic these days
2:49:39i woulda killed for this luxury as a younger raccoon