Anyone ever get embarrassed?

shotkeeper · Post by **shotkeeper** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:11 pm

What I noticed is, you are really serious , eh? With that 'embarassing stuff'.
We don't even have a store with DBZ stuff here. Only option is amazon or other only sites, where you never met the man behind the cash register or any employee. I don't know how it feels to buy DBZ stuff openly.

Post by **desirecampbell** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:19 pm

shotkeeper wrote:Lol, I'm not ashamed, but I won't take it too far. You know, like doing a Kamehameha in class.

Right after I finish doing the new DBAF pages, I'll make an instructional video on how to properly perform a kamehameha.

There shall be no embarassment, only love.

Captain Awesome · Post by **Captain Awesome** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:42 pm

Like what you like, don't be embarrassed.

I like Dragonball, I'm not embarrassed.

If I watched (and enjoyed) reality television and jumped on the bandwagon of every generic pop-punk-rubbish band out there like my friends do, then I would feel embarrassed.

Kid Trunks · Post by **Kid Trunks** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:47 pm

disturbed001 wrote:I think my dad scared me. When I was in highschool if he ever caught me watching DBZ (or any cartoon for that matter) he would always say "why do you like/watch this crap?" or "when are you going to grow out of it?"

So I think I just made it habit to keep my anime interests a secret. I figure people will think I'm weird for liking this stuff at 20.

I had the same problem. My father made me feel stupid for watching Pokemon when I was 10. And when I was watching it and he came into the room, I'd turn it off and leave.

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:47 pm

I'm never ashamed of any of my Dragonball purchases.

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:52 pm

Yeah I never really care when I walk to the counter with a Dragonball item, I get more embarrassed buying my Shojo titles or Yaoi. I always get weird looks from the cashier; I don’t look like the sort of person who’d be interested in that stuff.

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:48 pm

Kid Trunks wrote:
disturbed001 wrote:I think my dad scared me. When I was in highschool if he ever caught me watching DBZ (or any cartoon for that matter) he would always say "why do you like/watch this crap?" or "when are you going to grow out of it?"

So I think I just made it habit to keep my anime interests a secret. I figure people will think I'm weird for liking this stuff at 20.
I had the same problem. My father made me feel stupid for watching Pokemon when I was 10. And when I was watching it and he came into the room, I'd turn it off and leave.

My dad treated it the same way. I watched it anyway, of course, and eventually kinda won him over to it and anime in general.

Problem is, now he watches the Naruto fillers. Ugh. Well, I tried.

USSJed · Post by **USSJed** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:02 pm

I keep my Manga/Anime interest a secret, and here's why...

I have a friend at school who does these things:

1. Likes Anime(Publicly)
2. Makes Animal Suits(For Sex!!!)
3. Wears them to the school ball
4. Posts pictures of himself in a female suit on top of his friend in a male suit
5. Draws Wolves everywhere
ETC

Now people at my school have connected Anime with Wolf Suit Homosexual Love(I am not kidding). So I keep my collection of DBZ etc in the bottom of a cuboard in the attic.

bkev · Post by **bkev** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:12 pm

Jed, that sucks. Remember, kids, anime isn't always furry; it's just what brought it to the public.

disturbed001 · Post by **disturbed001** » Thu May 01, 2008 12:13 am

USSJed wrote: Now people at my school have connected Anime with Wolf Suit Homosexual Love(I am not kidding). So I keep my collection of DBZ etc in the bottom of a cuboard in the attic.

That has to be the funniest thing I've heard all day. But yes It's people like that that put a bad taste of Anime in peoples mouths

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Thu May 01, 2008 12:56 am

Not so much anymore. Back when I was a newbie I was nervous about buying my db stuff (I missed out on so much cool dbz merchandice at Suncoast because of that TT_TT ) but now I'm pretty layed back about it. Before my Suncoast shut down in the summer of 03, everyone who worked there knew me as that girl who buys dbz dvds.

I still don't buy manga at the bookstore I work part-time at, but I do buy it at its partner store at the mall. :3
Ironically, none of that manga is db (which I finished before I changed jobs.)

eienmic · Post by **eienmic** » Thu May 01, 2008 2:11 am

I've never been embarrassed about buying DB related merchandise. If you've seen my collection, I pretty much bought anything that had a Super Saiyajin on it. On the other hand, I've had my fair share of buyer's remorse. After all, who needs a second copy of Super Butouden 3, a near complete second set of the DB tankoubon or even a single copy of the horrendously bad DB Final Bout?

sailorspazz · Post by **sailorspazz** » Thu May 01, 2008 4:18 am

I've been a fan of anime for 12 years. I'm way past the point of feeling embarrassed for any anime related purchases, including Dragonball (though, really, I don't remember ever feeling embarrassed at all....)

It's sometimes hard to admit that Dragonball is my favorite to other anime fans, though. They're very judgmental....if you say something like "Cowboy Bebop" is your favorite, no one questions it, but if you say "Dragonball", then it feels like you have to defend your choice. Not that I really care about explaining myself to n00bs, but the atmosphere at anime conventions is often quite anti-DBZ.

shotkeeper · Post by **shotkeeper** » Thu May 01, 2008 4:26 am

desirecampbell wrote:
shotkeeper wrote:Lol, I'm not ashamed, but I won't take it too far. You know, like doing a Kamehameha in class.
Right after I finish doing the new DBAF pages, I'll make an instructional video on how to properly perform a kamehameha.

There shall be no embarassment, only love.

Ok boss Lol, BTW you make those famous DBAF pages?

testing223 · Post by **testing223** » Thu May 01, 2008 4:41 am

Dragonball Z is pretty much aimed at teenage boys. If you're still pretending to be Goku at age 30, yes, you should be embarrassed. In fact MOST anime would be embarrassing to be a fan of once you're a grown man (with few exceptions, obviously).

Velasa · Post by **Velasa** » Thu May 01, 2008 4:46 am

.... *raises an eyebrow* And why is this?

I started watching Ninja Turtles basically in utero, and I still like it now. And that's Ninja Turtles- silly goofy stuff without a real plot.

So why should we be embaressed for, at the same time, liking something with plot and meaning and depth?

Son Wukong · Post by **Son Wukong** » Thu May 01, 2008 6:15 am

testing223 wrote:In fact MOST anime would be embarrassing to be a fan of once you're a grown man (with few exceptions, obviously).

Totally disagree. I would call you ignorant but I won't since I can't make out what you mean by ''most anime'' or ''grown man''.

Captain Awesome · Post by **Captain Awesome** » Thu May 01, 2008 6:42 am

testing223 wrote:Dragonball Z is pretty much aimed at teenage boys. If you're still pretending to be Goku at age 30, yes, you should be embarrassed. In fact MOST anime would be embarrassing to be a fan of once you're a grown man (with few exceptions, obviously).

I know I'll never grow out of cartoons.

I'm in my 20's now, and I spent the last two weeks on vacation at my girlfriend's parents house, and you know what, I brought my fucking cartoons with me, we all sat around and watched Tintin, it was awesome and I was a hero.

The only thing I see changing by the time I'm 30, is that my collection will have increased substantially.

Jerseymilk · Post by **Jerseymilk** » Thu May 01, 2008 7:27 am

testing223 wrote:Dragonball Z is pretty much aimed at teenage boys. If you're still pretending to be Goku at age 30, yes, you should be embarrassed. In fact MOST anime would be embarrassing to be a fan of once you're a grown man (with few exceptions, obviously).

Well. I'm never inviting you to any of *my* parties.

Captain Awesome: Tintin is pure ownage.

laserkid · Post by **laserkid** » Thu May 01, 2008 10:15 am

I've never been ashamed of my DBZ fandom. If it comes up I talk about it. When I used to work at Toysrus I'd throw mock Kamehameha's at my co workers, and they'd throw one back, so it was always in good fun.