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Did I ever make a post about my first experience with a hardcore otaku-nerd? I was in high school in the mid-late 90's, before animu really blew up, and people knew it as Akira/Ghost In The Shell/Ninja Scroll. In art classes, I'd sometimes draw stuff in the manga style. This got the attention of some girl I didn't know, named "Michi." "Michi," according to a friend, was some Japanese chick who loved anime, but was in a grade below me and never in any of my classes. Me, being a big comic book nerd, was interested.
This same mutual friend is telling me about her, and tells me that she wants me to see her home page. Turns out it's a shrine to some minor Sailor Moon character named "Michi," with green hair. I finally see what this girl looks like, and she's a blonde-haired white girl with a terrible green hair dye job. So yeah, this girl was going around, telling everyone her name was that of an anime character, and that she was Japanese. I don't see how the fuck anyone would buy the latter part, and my friend says "Well...I asked her and she said she's like 1/4th Japanese." I see her looking over in my direction, and I just burst out laughing.
Some months later, I'm sitting outside school waiting for a ride home, and out comes "Michi" with a teacher. "What are you doing this weekend?" the teacher asks. "Well, I'm going to an ANIME PARTY!!" The teacher has no idea. "It's this get-together where everyone watches Japanese animation, or Japanimation!" She sees me, and I can't help but start laughing again. Then she shuts up and keeps on walking silently. This was back in '98 or '99...I never thought it would get worse than that. Unfortunately, I still had to deal with Dragonball Z and the horrors that were Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh cards at my job.
