Do you hide your anime/manga nerdiness?

(I don't like using the term "otaku.")

I do :( Waps/wotaku who run around screaming about jutsus and wearing kawaii bishie Inuyasha t-shirts scare me. Even sadder, I'm further down the "hardcore" end of the fan spectrum than most local fans, watching and reading more obscure franchises, listening to soundtracks, and playing import games, as compared to only watching Adult Swim and buying Tokyopop books.

Haha, being ANONYMOUS is the best.

I'd consider my self a medium fan of anime. I have no posters, I have no box sets of any kind. I have the Berserk DvD's though, and all the Berserk manga Released in the US. I don't download manga, I like it when I can hold it type of thing.

I download only fansub'd anime, and never spend a dime on the stuff. When I watch anime I usually spend about 8 hours a day watching it until I'm done. Recently watched all 72eps of monster in about three or four days. Re-watching Gundam Seed:Destiny right now.

I used to keep current on a few shows, now I just wait for them to be finished. In all honesty, I was probably the biggest wap around these parts a few months ago. I wanted to go to japan, and la di da da, i'd live this pathetic and fabulous life tending to my bonsai garden. I got a swift kick to the nuts and woke out of that.

I hope none of you are professing to the same unrealistic view of japan that I did. It's a nice country, not somewhere you really want to live though. In anime you take most of what's good from it, and you can enjoy that from the comfort of your own country.

Love always,

A born again Wap