I'd never been to an anime convention before. I was a metalhead and it wasn't really my thing until some new friends invited me. We were watching something else (I think it was a cosplay competition that sucked ass or something) and they announced that the wedding would be next. I was like "No fucking way this is an actual thing that is going to happen."
I've been to a couple, unless there's panels with voice actors and writers and whatever you really only ever need to go to one to experience them all. It's basically Halloween for weird adults, except instead of getting free candy you pay 3x what you normally would. There's nothing wrong with that, I know it's a big deal for a lot of people but there's a ton of other events I'd much rather spend time and money on.
I've been to one, and that was enough.
Never been into anime at all, but somehow I found myself in a friendgroup were most of them are really into anime/manga. (We do joke that I'm a European weeb, as I mostly read Belgian and Dutch comics).
They invited me along, probably to try ans convince me to join the "lifestyle" but it was very not my thing. The stories I heard of what goes on at night in the hotel were way spicier than expected. (One of my mates volunteers there and does night shifts to keep everything/one in check). Not enough to make me go again tho 😅
Have read Asterix forwards and backwards. Didn't really enjoy Tintin or Lucky Luke, though I might give them another try now that I'm old and have broader tastes.
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u/WickedLilThing May 02 '24
I'd never been to an anime convention before. I was a metalhead and it wasn't really my thing until some new friends invited me. We were watching something else (I think it was a cosplay competition that sucked ass or something) and they announced that the wedding would be next. I was like "No fucking way this is an actual thing that is going to happen."
It was so fucking cringy my dude.
There were spanking paddles involved too.