Also as an anime fan when I was a teenager, who wouldn't shut up about my faves, how great they were and who would buy merch and use it at school and all that jazz.... Yeah, I was never bullied because of it. It's only those acting weird thinking being a "weeaboo" is a good thing

Of course I can't speak for everyone but let me tell you, I was in 5 different schools, in two of them I would even be the only one who watched anime, and in none of the schools I went was I bullied for liking anime.

If you go around speaking broken japanese, doing the nico Nico ni dance and running like naruto unironically, wearing naked anime girls merch and thinking being a "weeaboo or otaku" (not even in Japan is that seen as cool) was a quirky personality trait then yeah, that was when.

I'm not gonna condone it, it's shitty yeah, bullying is never excusable, but people who "liked anime" weren't bullied because of that, they were bullied for being, honestly, really annoying, cringe and kinda creepy

Because people who watched and passionately enjoyed anime unashamedly weren't bullied, maybe cause they weren't being cringe and creepy about hentai and wearing fully or half-naked anime girls merch at school, speaking japanese words they don't even know how to use

Like.... When will people realise it's completely different liking anime to a big extent than being a creep about it, telling girls how hot they'd look if they dressed like Lucy Heartfilia or whatever hot anime girl at the moment and not being respectful about a whole culture

Being an "Otaku" or a "weeaboo" is not cool, is not a quirky personality trait, it's not even an "I'm gonna go to Japan and I'll have friends there" because not even in Japan is any of what they are doing seen as cool

Anyways might delete this thread later but ugh it's so annoying. TL;DR the bullying wasn't because you liked anime, it was because you were an annoying creepy perv.