A question for the anime community

Why do you gatekeep anime? Like what kind of satisfaction do you get from gate keeping anime?

Their was this one time where i was watching aot in the bus and i guy came up to me and said “oh you watch aot you probably watch for the hype i bet you simp for levi and eren you probably never heard of naruto and one piece go back to watching riverdale and stranger things” umm- first of all i had been watching aot since 2014 and I believe in the H A N G E SUPREMACY and lastly your opinion aint valid if you wearing a ahegao hoodie and sweatpants the second hand embarrassment i felt was astronomical lowkey wanted to punch the guys for telling me what and what not to watch

If yall dont know what a ahegao hoodie is here it is
https://images.app.goo.gl/3pauhUkDULLvE362A

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[DELETED] 08 01,2021

Guys always complain about the girls simping while they do the exact same thing Tf is going on? 2 reply

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Tuesday 08 01,2021

people who wear ahegao hoodies are an embarrassment. nobody over the age of 13 is genuinely gatekeeping anime. unless you’re being a massive weeaboo or are clearly doing it for validation, nobody cares. and, it’s really not that big a deal. someone telling you to stop watching anime online isn’t going to kill you. it’s really not somethi...... 3 reply

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Elaphae 08 01,2021

out of topic kinda, but: One day, in the bus, I was standing, studying Japanese on my phone -you know the kind of app that can help you to learn kanjis and words?- and one man started to talk to me... Oh let me tell you, it was terrible. He was spouting racist jokes, looking down on me -because apparently, I was learning the language just to unde...... 3 reply

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qwertyuiop 08 01,2021

please dont attack me but i understand the guy in your story, i gatekeep because i feel like anime is just a part of my identity you know, watched it since i was a kid and now that it's become mainstream you see loads of people talking, it almost seems like they're trying to flex idk? i lost my precious little hobby... it used to be just me and t...... 2 reply

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Kat 08 01,2021

I don't think you should be saying that just becuase someone is wearing an aheago hoodie that they are then automatically deemed to not have an opinion. Aheago hoodies are fire. They just are in my opinion and I happen to own multiple. Secondly, the reason people are gate keeping anime from what I've seen is that mainly; when anime was not as popul...... 2 reply

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Fr one time i was just teasing a girl in the comments for misspelling killing stalking and she said "im sorry i know what it is im not a normie i promise" i- like which one if you stuck up rats hurt that girl and i was new to anime too so i felt so bad after doing that, yall really need to stop. 1 reply

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Creaming my jeans 08 01,2021

Sir, I only wear my ahegao hoodie in the privacy of my room when my parents aren't around bc they dont know I have it. And secondly, wtf is gate keeping anime? reply

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Tyra the turtle 08 01,2021

I don’t gatekeep, but honestly, I want to sometimes. Because anime is something that I got bullied for, and then I see the girl that bullied me four years later making haikyuu tik toks, I mean it was a long time ago, but she still made me rlly insecure, and I still Have those insecurities to this day. So I think it’s just Bc these kind of ppl r...... 2 reply

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larissa.lol 08 01,2021

ngl i kinda hate the anime community half of them people are sexist, cringe and annoying asf someone really said DEADASS SERIOUS "i don't understand why girls watch anime, they can't understand the pain of sasuke" AIHEZWUSHS anyway 3 reply

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Lavender ☆ ＤＥＶＡ 08 01,2021

I bet they never heard of Saga of Tanya the Evil or Hellsing Ultimate or Another which are much better animes than Naruto and One Piece will ever be I’d rather watch the WHOLE ENTIRETY of Fairy Tail than watch a single episode of Naruto or One Piece What a bunch of basics name some real and actually good animes other than fucking Naruto or One ...... 6 reply

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