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jager Zaku warrior
 Posts: 25 Location: I wish it was japan. |
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My Girlfriend hates anime. She hates manga and doujin(i draw it). Also espically hate anime-cons and cosplay. Hmmmm....Sounds alot like Saki-chan from genshiken.Any of you have girlfriends and/or boyfriends that hate anime. I am getting really sick of her making fun of it and stuff.well bye.Tell me what you think
Last edited by jager Zaku warrior on Fri Jan 12, 2007 6:40 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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penguintruth
 Posts: 8635 Location: Penguinopolis |
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Well, she has to be into SOMETHING you're into, right? Otherwise, why would you have a girlfriend not into anything you're into? Doesn't make any sense.
Concentrate on emphasizing the interests you both share and ignore her complaints about anime. If she doesn't like it, don't bother trying to get her into it - I hate when people do that, it's irritating. If she's into you, she'll make some kind of effort to get into the things you like. |
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The Seventh Son
Posts: 380 Location: Where your missing socks end up. |
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if she starts bashing it every time you bring it up, DUMP HER!
but yea, sounds EXACTLY like Saki. wait......how much are you like Kohsaka. think carefully. |
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unhealthyman
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Well, it's not like you have to both like exactly the same things have share all your hobbies. That would just be boring. But if she is taking the piss out of you all the time, then it suggests there may be something wrong really. Why are you going out with you if she mocks everything you do? Or do you have something else in common?
Do you ignore her all the time and watch anime instead? Or have a penchant for extremely vile hentai? |
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AirCooledMan_2006
 Posts: 594 Location: Delaware, U.S. |
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If your girlfriend hates anime, convert her somehow!
Have her take a look at the anime aisle at Suncoast/Best Buy/FYE. She's BOUND to find something she likes! Hell, you could also start her off with any of Hayao Miyazaki's films, because, well, who doesn't like Miyazaki? Note: I hold no responsibility for any intense fangirlism your girlfriend may experience if she's successfully converted to otakudom. |
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Asako
 Posts: 751 Location: Hawaii |
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If she's doing something that is really getting on your nerves, perhaps you should have a serious talk with her about it. Let her know how it bothers you. Holding it in and talking to others about it but not confronting her will only increase the gap of the relationship you have, whatever it may be.
If she knows it bothers you, even after talking about it and getting your point accross, and doesn't care that you're irritated or hurt by it, then perhaps she doesn't truly care for you. Might want to look at better options if your irritation wins over having her around. |
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Deltakiral
 Posts: 3338 Location: Glendora, CA (Avatar Hei from Darker than BLACK) |
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While my girlfriend doesn't hate anime she doesn't really like it that I watch nearly everyday, although recently I haven't been able to. I don't you necessarily want to convert them, more so you want them to enjoy your hobbies. I used to try to have her watch anime series with me and that never worked out. But a movie that runs for a hour and a half no problem. Some movies she likes (Howls moving castle) and other movies she sleeps through (Spirited away). But then there is a trade off, I have to watch and do things that she enjoys that I might not, it's (well at least I think so) important to have hobbies and sports that you both enjoy. But at the same time your probably going to have things that she doesn't like, and vice versa. The only thing that really got to her was AX 2006. AX 06 was my first con and likewise her as well. Basically it was a little bit of an overload with all these people asking for glomb's and so the night was cut short, (we left around 6 on Monday, the only day I could go) but I had a good time other then lots of people asking me to glomb them. Delta |
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Mohawk52
 Posts: 8204 Location: England, UK |
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You don't say if you watch anime more than spending some time with her. In other words, if that is the situation , then she is finding your anime is in competition with her, and maybe it has developed into a kind of jealousy, as if anime was like another girl.
Also depends on what genre you are watching. If it's anything she might find offensive, that will put her off it, and eventually you for paying more attention to that, then her. My wife hates anime, but she knows I hate her soaps. so we have a mutual understanding. when she watches her soaps I watch my anime. Sometimes with my children who love it, or without depending on the age rating of a title. I have tried to enlighten her I even tried to bribe her with £100.00 (about $194.00)if she just sat throught "Only Yesterday". She refused to do it calling it "rubbish" and "You should know better than to be watching cartoons at your age, I swear your going senial, Blah Blah Blah......."  But I say "so if "Coronation Street" was animated, You would never have watched it? She says "no" but I know she's lying. 
However, I got her into drinking sake, because I saw an article that said it was allegedly good for slowing the aging of the skin. I don't know if that is true, but she likes it anyway, and we sometimes share a gill before retiring at night.
I suggest, if you want to keep this girl, you spend more time with her, and watch your anime at times your not with her. Last edited by Mohawk52 on Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:23 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Viga_of_stars
 Posts: 1240 Location: Washington D.C. in the Anime Atelier |
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also sounds like mizuki of comic party at the beginning. but what is most impt is...does she love you how you are or not. does she love and accept all of you and respect you enough NOT to knock you hobbies or favorite things. its okay if she isnt into it and thats you are "kosaka" to her "kasukabe" but even kaskabe mellowed out to her boyfriends otakuness and still loves him. so ask ureself and her. plus i did have a boyfriend that didn't like anime once. later we broke up for unrealated reasons but my present boyfriend is an otaku like me. it kinda make a realationship easier if your main hobby is the same but you both still have many diffrences.
i totally dont agree with convertion if its forced or something. but try to ease it with maybe a girl anime. i suggest paradise kiss or boys be. or take a hobby she enjoys an show her an anime on it. tennis player - prince of tennis gay pride - gravitation soaps - peach girl or maybe an anime equivalent to an existing american property. LOTR - record of lodoss war? Last edited by Viga_of_stars on Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:47 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Rakushun
 Posts: 116 Location: Hawaii |
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It may be that she would like anime if given the chance and shown the right types of anime. "Anime" is more of a regional style than a genre, so there must be some genres that might interest her. My bro still thinks most anime is giant robots (and Miyazaki and Cowboy Bebop, but he still makes fun of the robots). If you really want her to become interested in your hobby, find anime that is different than any stereotypes she has.
You might also want to discover why she hates anime so much. It may not be that anime in itself is the culprit. She may want you to spend more time doing things she likes with her. Maybe, instead of drawing your favorite anime female characters, you could do a rendition of her instead (but only if your art is pretty good). She may think that you spend too much money collecting posters/toys/figurines/"junk", which is good reason to check your spending habits. She may be disgusted with otaku culture, like the cosplay and convention circuit and the fanboys/fangirls. I have no advice for you there except if you do drag her to an anime con, she should have the right to drag you somewhere else. |
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fighterholic
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Like Delta said, maybe you can try and take her to a con and see how she likes it. Who knows, maybe that's how she can convert. So she'll actually go, offer to pay for her entry in as well. But you can try and watch something with her like a Ghibli films, those are pretty good ones to try and get people hooked on the stuff.
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Kyuriko
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So maybe your girlfriend has different interests from you; big deal. Not everybody is going to like anime.
Maybe you should try to think about how she feels, too. I know it would be great to share a hobby you love so much with someone you care about, but if she just doesn't like it, my advice to you would be to avoid bringing it up in conversation if it can be helped. I used to have a friend who hated anime with a passion, so I made the effort not to bring up anime; if he made comments about it, I accepted that they were nothing more than his opinion and ignored it. I don't see a problem here besides the fact that she has a different opinion from you about anime and manga. At the same time, if her comments really are bothering you, talk to her about them. Tell her that it is a hobby that you enjoy and that you don't appreciate her putting it down; that is something I do agree with you on that isn't right of her to do, especially if you're not putting down her hobbies and interests. She doesn't have to like them, but she should be able to accept the fact that you like them just as much as you should be able to accept and tolerate the fact that she doesn't. If she still won't listen to you, maybe you should think the relationship over, only because she didn't listen to what you had to say that was bothering you, rather than because she doesn't like anime. Also, don't try to "convert" her. If she wants to become interested in anime, then she will, but never force it on anybody because that will only make them dislike it even more. If you know what genre of movie she likes, it should work with anime as well and you could watch a few titles she might like with her, or even take her to a local convention as Deltakiral mentioned, because that seems to have worked with lots of people I know online whose friends didn't like anime. But don't try to "convert" her just because you enjoy it. There are other good points that people have already made, so I won't go into those beyond what I've posted. |
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Steventheeunuch
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This probably isn't helping your cause, you know that.
Yes, and on top of that he should also buy a Klingon Outfit, live in his parents basement and just roll with it. What?
People don't nessecerally or even paticularly date one another because of interest. I've met my share of teenagers, middle aged and even elderly people who have very little, taste wise, to do with each other.
Aren't we a little sicophant?
Oh god I can't keep going. |
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drakonslair
Posts: 74 Location: Ireland |
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As helpful as the previous comments were.
I wouldnt dump her for not liking anime but if she is constantly hassling you over it thats a bit different, unless you are completely ignoring her. |
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jager Zaku warrior
Posts: 25 Location: I wish it was japan. |
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well we really don't have any common intrests. Sometimes she comes over to my place and sometmes watch anime.She seems to like Azumanga Daioh.She thinks Chiyo is funny.Everybody loves Chiyo. She is Chiyo-chan. She has also read some of my manga, but then again it is all mecha and stuff.
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