Going to try another anime convention

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19 Dec 2019, 5:21 pm

I am going to attend another anime convention like I did near the end of last year. I just hope I am socially successful this time around but if I am not, it will be another year that ends in failure.

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19 Dec 2019, 5:42 pm

Don't try too hard.

Just enjoy the convention.

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19 Dec 2019, 5:49 pm

do you even like anime?

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19 Dec 2019, 5:53 pm

It's funny:

When I was a kid in the 1960s, there was this cartoon called "Speed Racer" which I liked.

Only recently did I find out that "Speed Racer" is actually Anime.....

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19 Dec 2019, 6:03 pm

it was one of the first.

i tried to get into it myself, didn't work.

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19 Dec 2019, 6:20 pm

Kiprobalhato wrote:

do you even like anime?

Yes.

kraftiekortie wrote:

It's funny:

When I was a kid in the 1960s, there was this cartoon called "Speed Racer" which I liked.

Only recently did I find out that "Speed Racer" is actually Anime.....

It’s an Americanized anime. It’s called Mach GoGoGo in Japan.

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19 Dec 2019, 11:45 pm

I hope you have fun.

Do you cosplay?

Sometimes people will come talk to you because they like the character you dress up as (or if they are dressed as another character from the same show).

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19 Dec 2019, 11:47 pm

that1weirdgrrrl wrote:

I hope you have fun.

Do you cosplay?

Sometimes people will come talk to you because they like the character you dress up as (or if they are dressed as another character from the same show).

This is definitely true and will probably increase your chances. I took a picture with a bunch of cosplayers when I went to comiccon.

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20 Dec 2019, 5:53 am

Good luck with it! Try to have fun too instead of thinking of it as just a social test... by the way, what would need to happen in order for you to count yourself having been socially succesful?

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that1weirdgrrrl wrote:

I hope you have fun.

Do you cosplay?

Sometimes people will come talk to you because they like the character you dress up as (or if they are dressed as another character from the same show).

This is definitely true and will probably increase your chances. I took a picture with a bunch of cosplayers when I went to comiccon.

Yup, I cosplay and this is a way I get random people talking to me sometimes... of course, it depends a lot on from what series you're cosplaying from, 'cause if no one knows the character their attention won't be drawn to your custome unless it's really eyecatching.

And if you don't cosplay yourself, you can start conversations with people who do about the series they're cosplaying from. Just make sure you actually know something about the series instead of just knowing that particular character.

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20 Dec 2019, 1:24 pm

Marknis wrote:

Go as Eeyore and people will be blown away by your dedication to that character.

(I just realized that could work - you could speak your mind and say what you were feeling and girls would probably find it cute!)

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20 Dec 2019, 1:36 pm

that1weirdgrrrl wrote:

I hope you have fun.

Do you cosplay?

Sometimes people will come talk to you because they like the character you dress up as (or if they are dressed as another character from the same show).

If he cosplays as Eeyore he can talk about his feelings all he wants and girls will think he's in character - he could get girls numbers then!

I'm a genius!

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20 Dec 2019, 1:37 pm

^ No they wouldn't.

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20 Dec 2019, 1:49 pm

smudge wrote:

^ No they wouldn't.

American girls might - they cosplay as all sorts of things and find cosplay to be very creative and cute.

If he talked about depression, they would just think he was in character.

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20 Dec 2019, 2:13 pm

I don't think it's a good idea. Eeyore wasn't having trouble getting girlfriends nor lived around very religious people.

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20 Dec 2019, 2:51 pm

Eeyore wasn't trying to get a girlfriend either, and people seemed to have a "live and let live" attitude in the Pooh-niverse.

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20 Dec 2019, 4:04 pm

smudge wrote:

I don't think it's a good idea. Eeyore wasn't having trouble getting girlfriends nor lived around very religious people.

Yeah but Eeyore is cute - and he's just going to an Anime convention where people no doubt dress up as cartoon characters as well.

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