[Hero]

I understand what you mean, but what you don't understand is that Anime isn't the "thing" here. Most of the people, aside from myself, that are into anime, are considered outcasts.

It's not just because of anime. They do whatever they do on their own accord, to one degree or another.

It's more or less, what people expect of you when they meet you. I'm hispanic, but when people meet me they expect me to know every Spanish word by heart and know the entire culture. When I tell people I'm American because this is where I was born, if they're foreign, they expect me to cuss all the time and drink and always party.

Granted, I do know the party people and I sometimes get dragged into the main stream culture, I have always been secluded by my beliefs.

There are things I believe in that would haunt even a best friend. I get sick of meeting people and both of us acting how we expect to act. I meet an Asian person, and they listen to American rap music and have chrome rims, just because they think that in order to have an American friend, that's the kind of stuff they have to divulge.

The last girlfriend I dated, started dressing a certain way when we started dating. I stayed quiet on it, didn't compliment, didn't complain, didn't suggest. She got so frustrated, she started wearing different oriented outfits every day of the week.

Monday she would wear Asian clothes, Tuesday she would wear American clothes, Roxy, Hot Topic... Finally she came out wearing a pink shirt with an exposing skirt and I just started laughing.

She broke out into TEARS!!! She started crying about how she didn't know what I wanted her to wear or how I wanted her to act. It took me a solid 2 and a half hours to explain to her that I wanted her to be who she is, so I would be comfortable with who I am.