Are you embaressed to let your friends know you read manga?
Quote from LawX
Well I'm not going to just suddenly tell them that I read manga. If they happen to find out that I read manga I won't really care, but it might be a bit awkward for them if they find out the kind of manga I read.
So cool, so true! ( ´∀`)

15 years ago
Posts: 152
Today I'm getting a friend over for talking about anime, manga, cosplay and lolita!

15 years ago
Posts: 264
it's not something i hide from people, but i don't talk to them about it especially. unless they are friends that i do talk about manga with.

15 years ago
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Hell if i care, im brutally honest and i cant careless bout what they might think, they even know i have watched tons of Soap Opera XD seriously i can even name them, but if they dont like them i dont have to talk about them in front of my friends so..... One must be true to themselves 😀

15 years ago
Posts: 167
No
Not one of my friends do, I like to be different...
And actually most guys kinda like it.
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“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
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15 years ago
Posts: 214
Nope, I'm proud to tell people I read manga.

15 years ago
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Honestly, at first, yes. (well, this more relates to anime)...but now I don't really care, since there's tons of people who actually read manga in our school 🙂

15 years ago
Posts: 109
I'm not. Because if I get embarrassed to tell them about it then it's like I'm denying manga, the one thing that has made me go through this sucky life. Besides, my friends and I respect each others' tastes. If they don't like manga and they somehow "insult" it then I won't waste anymore of my time pretending, forcing myself to be their "friend" and denying something I love very much.
“I thought also of another thing between us. Call it trust... That is one of its names. It is a very great thing. Though each of us alone is weak, having that we are strong, stronger than the powers of the dark.”

15 years ago
Posts: 173
if i could ever work up the courage to i would yell it to the world but i feel the need to keep it in around some people

15 years ago
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As some others have stated: I don't go out of my way to let people know. I'm in community college almost everyone else is older than me so I'd rather not do anything else to make myself seem like a child. If we're actually friends and it comes up then yeah I'll cop to it but I'd rather not get automatically grouped with the "weird anime people" view society seems to take. Although honestly 7th grade in middle school I was a total dweeb and might have been (mistaken for 😉 ) one! Anime shirts, backpack, keychains... yeah. I would like to make it clear though that I did not have a cat ear hat (but would have.. 😳 ).
And my boyfriend (who reads more manga than I do) laughs at me now because I still have lingering remnants of my collection. 😁

15 years ago
Posts: 140
No wai I'd admit I'm a big otaku.

15 years ago
Posts: 72
LOL, it's so funny that all of the posters here voted no, but 1/3 of the voters in total voted yes. In other words, only "NO" people comments!!
Favorite Shoujo mangaka:
TAKANO Ichigo
Robiko
IKETANI Rikako
ASHIHARA Hinako
YOSHINAGA Yuu
AOKI Kotomi
Favorite Shoujo Scanlation Group:
Forbidden Garden

15 years ago
Posts: 1050
Quote from aquamarineprincess
LOL, it's so funny that almost all of the posters here voted no, but around 1/4 of the voters in total voted yes. In other words, it's almost like only "NO" people comments!!
fixed...^__^
IMHO Most of them aren't exacly comments... But rather insights...
Hell, I'm not embarrassed to tell my friends about my BL and yaoi interest, let alone manga.
Forever lurking...

15 years ago
Posts: 197
Well yes, because when I'm trying to explain what manga/anime is they start referring to them as "Children's Cartoons" and that annoys me, so I try to keep away from the subject of talking about my personal interests.
Even though most of the time I just say I enjoy Drawing more (which I do! drawing is the schiznit)
You're not alone. We are partners. If you are a witch, Then I'll become a warlock.- Lelouch Lamperouge (Code Geass)