Ha - i call it the Blank Look Effect - i get the same thing as well when i talk about my fav novels or anything else in that same vein -

the Blank Look Effect is usually brought up as well by the other person

i.e. Hey, whats that you are reading about? and when you proceed to explain that other person gets that glazed look in their eyes that shows they are now thinking - wtf did i do to myself? 😉

Funny thing!!

This just happened to me THIS Morning..
It was with my lecturer, Alan Slater...I had an appointment meeting him in the office this morning and..So basically this is how it goes:..

**Alan: **You want me to check your essay?

**ME: **Yes plz, I got it all in my Memory drive.
Takes out pendrive and plugs it into Alan's CPU

While we were waiting for the pendrive to load.. Lots of manga pictures (in thumbnail sizes) stored in my pendrive were shown on the CPU screen<<

**ME: ** 😲 Oh dear!!

Alan: I see you put Cartoons in your memory drive! Are you fond of it?

ME: NO NO!!! Those are mangas..it's just my Hobby. Naw. Plz Stop looking at the CPU!

Alan: Tries to control laughter

ME: What?? That's anime..it's like a Subculture in Japan!

Then he was liek trying to hold him laugh the entire time..

_____>

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Funny thing!!

This just happened to me THIS Morning..
It was with my lecturer, Alan Slater...I had an appointment meeting him in the office..

So basically this is how it goes:

**Alan: **You want me to check your essay?

**ME: **Yes plz, I got it all in my Memory drive.
Takes out pendrive and plugs it into Alan's CPU

While we were waiting for the pendrive to load.. Lots of manga pictures (in thumbnail sizes) stored in my pendrive were shown on the CPU screen<<

**ME: ** 😲 Oh dear!!

Alan: I see you put Cartoons in your memory drive! Laughs

ME: NO NO!!! Those are mangas..it's just my Hobby. Plz Stop looking at the CPU!

Alan: Tries to control laughter

ME: What?? That's anime..it's like a Subculture in Japan!

Then he was liek trying to hold him laugh the entire time..

_____>

Wow...if that ever happens to me....I won't be able to look at the professor in the eye ever again.

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@Savantsage

I know!! It's embarassing! I'm PROUD to be an Otaku but...having people see the MANGAS that I saved in my pendrive embrasses me..

I'm so glad I just stored some Onepiece and shoujo mangas in it today..
I often put some hentais in my memory stick.. I'm so blessed he'd only seen my shoujo stash!

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With me, it's more like:

Me: You know manga? Those Japanese comics?
Friend A: Eww
Friend B: That's stupid
Friend C: Yeah, that's totally what a comic nerd would read
Me: You should try it
Friend A: I don't want to be associated with you anymore
Friend B: I don't know you
Friend C: Who are you again?

That's so mean... These people shouldn't be called friends...

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@Savantsage

I know!! It's embarassing! I'm PROUD to be an Otaku but...having people see the MANGAS that I saved in my pendrive embrasses me..

I'm so glad I just stored some Onepiece and shoujo mangas in it today..
I often put some hentais in my memory stick.. I'm so blessed he'd only seen my shoujo stash!

😮    

Hahahah lol, what if he saw some yaoi or yuri!!1 LOL!~! 🤣

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With me, it's more like:

Me: You know manga? Those Japanese comics?
Friend A: Eww
Friend B: That's stupid
Friend C: Yeah, that's totally what a comic nerd would read
Me: You should try it
Friend A: I don't want to be associated with you anymore
Friend B: I don't know you
Friend C: Who are you again?

That's so mean... These people shouldn't be called friends...

I stopped talking to them and now they just complain I am a bad person for not talking to them.

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this is not about cannibalism...please get back on topic

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I think it is exactly the topic. I see nothing wrong.

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@Savantsage

I know!! It's embarassing! I'm PROUD to be an Otaku but...having people see the MANGAS that I saved in my pendrive embrasses me..

I'm so glad I just stored some Onepiece and shoujo mangas in it today..
I often put some hentais in my memory stick.. I'm so blessed he'd only seen my shoujo stash!

😮

LOL saved by a hair frog!!!

Well I normally don't talk about manga, only with a person who I know they like anime/manga

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What usaually happens is
Person: Hey what are you reading
Me: Raise the manga to reveal Gintama
Person: Gin taema
Me:No Gintama it is manga
Person:What is manga and why are you reading it backwards
Me:I am not
Person:Yes you are
Me:No it is Japanese
Person: You speak Japanese
Me: No it is translated
Person: Then why is it backwards?
Me: It isn't backwards
Person: *looks inside and says its a funny book
Me : No it is a Japanese comic
Person: No it is a funny book
Me: No it isn't
Person: Is that guy a Superhero
Me: No
Person : Oh, so why is he so strong
Me: Please don't make me explain
Person: Fine. leaves

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Imagination rules the world. - Napoleon Bonaparte

All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God. - Voltaire

If I actually told people I know I read it, then it wouldn't be a secret hobby, would it?
Honestly, when I do tell people, they tend to already know what it is from other friends or they read it themselves on the sly (it's amazing the number of my friends who read it behind closed doors).
So, it's more like:

Friend: sneaking up behind me What are you doing?
Me: Reading...
Friend: Reading what? grabs from my hands You read manga?
Me: ...sometimes...
Friend: Me, too. Have you ever tried... (or) Oh. So, anyway...

Yes, they all know the term manga and it's never been confused with mango (at least for as long as I've known them).

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Believe it or not I am one of the "popular" kids at school. At my school we don't have cliques and all the "cool" kids are all nerds. (i.e. me.) 😀
So when Manga or Anime comes up everyone knows what you're talking about. And for the ones that don't, either don't care or it wouldn't ever come up in a conversation anyways so it won't matter.

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What usaually happens is...

That guy sounds like he doesn't understand comics as whole more than jut manga.

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What usaually happens is
Person: Hey what are you reading
Me: Raise the manga to reveal Gintama
Person: Gin taema
Me:No Gintama it is manga
Person:What is manga and why are you reading it backwards
Me:I am not
Person:Yes you are
Me:No it is Japanese
Person: You speak Japanese
Me: No it is translated
Person: Then why is it backwards?
Me: It isn't backwards
Person: *looks inside and says its a funny book
Me : No it is a Japanese comic
Person: No it is a funny book
Me: No it isn't
Person: Is that guy a Superhero
Me: No
Person : Oh, so why is he so strong
Me: Please don't make me explain
Person: Fine. leaves

That makes me want to facepalm >.<

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That's so nice... I wish I had friends like that...

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normally, i don't talk to people who don't know about manga. but when i am talking about a manga and they come into the conversation late, they will be like "that sounds like a cool plot. what's it called?"
"[insert japanese name]"
"oh...manga" >_>
and then they just ignore the conversation for a while 🤣

you can always revive the convo with some brilliant jokes about Italians 🙄

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That's known as a "coin".

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i just tell em' i read comic books (oh hush. thats what they are). when they start asking what i'm reading, i tell em' "japanese comic books".

I usually avoid mentioning my interest in manga since people judge you so fast when you mention it. Even my best friend looked at me like I was crazy and thought I was a pokemon fan when I mentioned that I read manga.

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