seriously, bullying at the age of 16? SERIOUSLY?
I dunno if it's playfull or not, likely not otherwise you wouldn't post here right?
If it is playfull just go along with it and retaliate with something, since they're 16 my guess is they read Twilight, always an easy target.
If it isn't playfull, dump the fuckers. Get yourself some more highly evolved friends, ones with reasonable intellect would be best.

This is all asuming you yourself are a reasonably intelligent person.
If you are the kind of hardcore otaku that would marry a pillow then you have bigger problems than your friends bullying you. I advise therapy in that case.

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Do but despise reason and science,
The highest of all human gifts -
Then you have surrendered to the Devil
And must surely perish. - J.W. von Goethe

I understand how you feel, same thing happened to me too, one of my friends brought a manga to school after that i started bringing my collection to school too, we would share our collection. However he got more popular for his manga knowledge when I was bullied for it, now he's part of my class's community and i'm just an outcast, worst thing is that he treats me as if i was dirt when we used to be best friends

You must choose very carefully who you tell about what you really are. People sometimes don't accept you for who you are straight away, because it is in our blood to neglect anything that is different, or what we do not understand within a glimpse of an eye.
Be who you are and be proud. That way even with hate or dislike you will gain recognition for who you really are. And that is probably the only thing that I can say to you at a moment like this.

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Nothing happened to me at school..All of my friends know I read manga and watch anime..Hell, they even call me hentai king cuz I always talk about hentai ..There also some guys who read manga and watch anime...Of course there's some joke lol..You just need to try to blend with the 'normal' person..Don't go full otaku transformation unless to your friends who has the same taste as you...

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Slow internet is DEADLY

I'm not an otaku, but I do read still manga. Not nearly as much as I did when I was a teenager, but most people know that I read still read them every now and then. I'm now in my mid-twenties and was born and raised in Japan until the age of ten. So I have a few friends from my chilhood that try to give me flack for still picking up manga sometimes. But I'll usually retort with a "So would it be better to waste my time watching some cheesy drama instead, then?" And that's usually the end of it. There's nothing for me to hide. I like manga and many other things, so what's there to feel ashamed of?

It's okay to like what you like, but "time and place" is also a very important concept. In other words, sometimes it's just best not to mention your likes and dislikes unless someone asks you about them specifically. That's not to say that you should hide who you really are, but don't just lay everything out for any and all to see. For instance, I love biology, but most of my friends would have no earthly idea what I was talking if I mentioned something like vasodilator-stimulated phosphoproteins. So I don't mention it. But if I'm talking to another friend who shares a common interest in that area, then I can go on and on for hours about them. You know? So while most know that I love science (which is about all they need to know), there are still very few people that I can actually discuss that interest with. The same goes for my love of Japanese literature and translating stuff. So yeah, "time and place"

Also, if these people are really your friends, then just let them know that the things that they're saying really bothers you. You don't have to be rude or mean, but be honest. Maybe they don't really mean as much harm as you think. But if they do, then screw 'em. A real friend shouldn't be that malicious. Just try to work it out with them. If they're just some random classmates though, screw 'em.

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I'm a bit of a drifter between two countries

Eh, well. After reading the posts, I don't feel that anything's wrong with being an otaku. I guess, just try not to overdo it? Being proud is one thing, but you can be proud at home and down here. Others may not understand where you are coming from and may not appreciate it.

For me, I simply don't talk about it that much to most friends, just to those who know what manga is and enjoy it. So there, that's what I do.

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Lego & manga. The building blocks of life.

Haven't been in school in a while, huh?

Many many kids nowadays have the "My tastes > Your tastes" mindset going on and wont hesitate to bully people for it.

I've told a lot of people that I watch animes and read manga and I was never bullied for this. Most of the people I've told can't even be considered close friends, so why don't I ever have problems? Well, I guess mostly becouse I always have a cool expression on my face and I mention it as something very natural in my life without going into details.
Out of curiosity, when you told you're friends about your hobby did you start describing to them what an otaku, manga, anime mean or looked too mh into it? Because I think you shoudn't, actually it's better to look like "wow you don't know, ah well..." and get to the next subject. I think is better not to impose your hobbies on other people and just look for those who are one the same wavelenght.
But if there really are some idiots that insist on picking on you think that they aren't even smart enough to find a hobby to fill in their time.
Just don't give up.

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I love vampires.

You really don't take sarcasm well. This is the second time man.

But seriously stand up to bullies.
In grade 10 some girl was bullying my friend and when I intervened she said
"What!? YOU WANNA FIGHT!?"
And she was some crazy gangster girl so it was fairly scary.
So I just said: "Go on... hit me... and I'll tell the teacher."
She backed off and has silently seethed at me from afar after that.
I was like... a hero for a week since everyone was so afraid of her.

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Oh, so sorry, when was the first time I missed a case of such subtle sarcasm?

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If the sea were made of Whiskey and I was a duck
I'd swim to the bottom and never come up

It's been two years yeah, but even when I was 16 people weren't that pathetic to bully others.
Maybe it was because I followed the higher level course where a diploma=instant access to a university.
So maybe it was because all the other people in my classes were of a high intelligence grade.
To me, bullying is something immature brats do. So maybe there was more bullying in the lower level courses.
Wouldn't know though, since those people were in a different wing of the school.
In which case bullying is simply a sign of immaturity as a result of low intelligence.
Which brings me back to the advise of get smarter friends.

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Do but despise reason and science,
The highest of all human gifts -
Then you have surrendered to the Devil
And must surely perish. - J.W. von Goethe

Kids these days are scary.

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I have no choice but to agree with you.

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My bad. I went back and looked and it was someone else.
It may be a lame reason but you both have black and white avatars with just writing signatures.
I am sincerely sorry. D:

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Reading manga is only a hobby, it doesn't mean anything serious. Some people do have stereotypes of otaku and do not feel like make friend with an otaku. I myself haven't seen anyone who read manga is bullied by anyone, I just see that they are always left alone and can only fit in the group who read manga as well.
In my case, I started to read manga after I'd met my best friend. She was an otaku and since we were close, I became like her as well .

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