OP, you don't have to be a huge weeaboo to have fun in this hobby.

You can do all that squealy, annoying, aggrivating stuff, but I'd still limit it to when you're amoungst your peers. Hide your powerlevel a tiny bit. A cat named Kiba is cute, but a cat named Akusuru is... obnoxious.

Like you, I'm reverting back, but I'm picking the halfway - I'll act along with other weeaboos, but I'll still limit myself to behaviour that I deem fit for every day public areas unless I'm in a fully enclosed space.

But I do agree that the self-hating, power-level-hiding elitist mode is boring as fuck. Some embarresing behaviour is fun from time to time.

Also, sushi is fucking top tier kawaii desu nippon grub.

Pic semi-related, it's my old duck that I named Ahiru in my weeaboo days.

>>4591973
Well said. I'm not going to run around a major city in full cosplay when there's no con around or anything, nor am I going to be obnoxious, but I've stopped giving a fuck what other cosplayers think. I'll run around in Naruto and Bleach cosplay at cons and stop giving a shit about the elitist fucktards laughing behind my back.

I'm going to have fun with my hobby again.

(That's an adorable duck, by the way. I had every single chicken in my pen named in Japanese at one point )

Weeaboos are fun to fuck.


Just Saiyan

>>4591971
Pft. Shit tier.

>>4592014
Fuck you. Shino's with bugs > Shino's without.

>Despite its problems I will always like Bleach because it was one of my first series.
>Named my dog Shinobi because she's black and likes to steal my stuff
>Enjoy sushi or a bowl of soba at least once a week now that I'm an dink
>Had only a short, tame weaboo phase mainly due to the only other nerd girls in high school were Narutards and I wanted to get along

>>4591982
Personally I think it only makes you a weeaboo if you don't know the difference between enjoying yourself and annoying the fuck out of everyone around you. It's all about moderation, and if you're having fun cosplaying whatever you want, then do it! Cosplay elitists aren't anyone important anyway, they just wish they were.

Congrats op you are no longer autistic now go post this on /a/ and start a shit storm.

Any fellow Bleach-drinkers pissed at how people can never get the uniform right? Either they have that stupid bias tape over the lapels or they don't realize that the top is supposed to be tucked into the pants.

>>4592038
>Dat Gin
I-I think I'm in love.

Here you go OP.
Have some Rukia maido. :3

>>4592044
Sorry looks like he's...she's(?) taken.

>>4592023
Learn to have a correct collar, faggot.
Just because it's a Naruto character doesn't mean it has to look like shit.

Doin it right

Dear OP,
Getting up in the morning and reading this has already made my day great. I've had this realization time and time again but yet refuse to go back to when I was happy. I find myself wanting to cosplay from Weeabo things but I don't because of fear of CGL's reactions being negative. Kudos to you, <33333333

>>4592038
the ONLY time making a duck face looks good XD

>>4592087
If /cgl/ finds something about you to whine about, they'll whine about it. No matter how well covered you are, no matter how nicely your costume is made, no matter how awful it looks.

So the best idea is just to go ahead and have fun and not give a shit. Haters gonna hate and all that.

>Tell friends mom I'm going to cosplay Armor suit of Alphonse from FMA
>She says "Isn't fma a little three years ago?"
>I go fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu doin it anyway :D

> I was much, much happier as a huge weeaboo than I am as a self-hating, power-level-hiding elitist.

This. So much. I envy the annoying teenage girls who don't give a fuck about how annoying they are or how loud they scream about their yaoi OTP. I don't want to be like that (again) but I'd like to start having fun at cons again.

>>4592050
Oh god.

Fuck Gin. NOW I'm in love.

Say, would it be more advantageous to cosplay Orihime or Hiyori in hopes of attracting a bi/lesbian Rukia cosplayer? Because I'm hellbent on finding one now.

>>4592104
>>4592112
Naw, I seem to get nothing but positive feedback for this right here.

>>4592120
yea but you pull it off so well. Hell man, it is just awesome. <(O_O)>

>>4592120
Because DBZ has pretty much hit the oldschool mark at this point. It's in the same league as Cowboy Bebop and Trigun now.

Plus bitches love a big guy in a body appropriate cosplay. I'd jump a fatass cosplaying a fatass character over a a shitty girly-boy cosplay any day.

>Give my pets Japanese names?
I don't mind when I see this, hell, my cats are names Aki and Shinji.

Haters gonna hate, I guess

>>4591951
"I recently came"
I recently came too OP

Japanese names for pets are fine. Especially opposed to an acquaintance of mine who has two cats named Demyx and Axel and a dog named Saix.

>>4592155
Okay, I'm a complete KH fangirl and even I wouldn't go that far...

Did Soul Eater hit weeb-tier yet?

Because I've got a LOT of Soul Eater.

I have 3 cats. I named them Black Roger, Luffy, and Scout. "Why did you name your cat Black Roger?" "Cause he's black." "Why Roger?" "Because he's a badass."

>>4592242

No Soul Eater hasn't reach that level, which is surprising considering how awesome it is

Will dump what I've got! I don't have a lot of Bleach and Naruto, not because I consider them weeboo shit but because I was never a big fan.

Though I do agree with you OP and totally support what you're doing!

>>4592279
>DAT RUKIA

I WILL find a lesbian Rukia cosplayer. I fucking WILL.

>>4592307
If her wig was better, I could fap to this.

>>4591973
"A cat named Kiba is cute, but a cat named Akusuru is... obnoxious."

Who are you?

People, name your damn cats what you want.

I gave up on the rules a long time ago and I'm happy. I like Japanese shit....so fawking what? I also like Brit shit, American shit and Korean shit. I'm just one big fawking Japan-Anglo-Ameri-Korea-boo-narutaurd and I don't give a fuck.

>>4592242

Is that some Soul crossplay you got there?

Here, have some of mine.

>>4592026


This. I consider a weeaboo someone who is loud and obnoxious, has no social skills and doesn't shower.

Is Yu Yu Hakusho weeb shit? Fuck you I don't care.

I've always wanted to do a Botan cosplay. I just might.

Also good luck OP, just don't cling to people who are unwilling or steal tiny Ed cosplayers and I can't disrespect you.

>>4592365
Yu Yu Hakusho is definitely NOT weeb shit. I am offended, good sir. I challenge you to a duel at dawn.

You know what, OP? I'm not a cosplayer, but I'm really happy for you and I think what you're doing is a good idea. I might try to do it myself to an extent.

>>4592371
your right it's not webb shit it's [spoiler]yaoi shit[spoiler]

>>4592382
>your
>spoilers on /cgl/
>implying yaoi is a negative trait in a Let's Embrace Our Inner Weeb thread
Oh really?

I feel like I missed out on all the big fandoms since I hit the elitist phase at 15. I was a weeb at 12 though and was all about 'I wanna be Hikaru from MKR' but I never got to jump on the mentioned fandoms in OP's post. I should pick one of the big 3 so I have a chapter to look forward to every week.

>>4592391
You should. I read all of them (Naruto weekly, OP and Bleach off and on) and it's a pretty good feeling knowing that there's more of what you love to come.

>>4592416
You must have hated the pre-timeskip arcs if you stil enjoy Naruto.

So much wasted potential ;_;

>>4592382
I don't care. Kurama is my husbando. I've had so many fantasies about him.

Good for you, OP.

There shouldn't be a reason not to cosplay a series you love, despite the fandom or associations that come with it.

(Yet I must admit I'm too chicken to wear my Mello outfit these days.)

Either way, I'll contribute a few APH.

>>4592419
I actually didn't lose faith in the series until Jiraiya died. I'm really just running on fumes at this point. I've got nothing invested in the series anymore (fuck shipping wars) I just want to see how it ends.

RIP mai husbando. Sexiest perverted bastard that ever lived.

>>4592450
You're that chick that posted on /x/ two years ago about wanting to kill herself because Jiraiya was dead, aren't you?

How's that going,by the way?

I am happy to wake up to this thread, and I know that feel OP.
>>4592450
I know.. after Asuma, I couldn't take that. My dad even cried about it. (He used to cosplay him, how he met his new wife, who cosplayed Tsunade) And now Kishi really needs to get back on track.

>>4592461
. . .

Wait what?

Digging through my folders trying to find some weeb series cosplay done right and really not finding anything cept this pic. Just goes to show how freakin hard it is to find quality cosplay for these series among the piles of duct tape and broadcloth

I've been cosplaying for 5 years and >>4592054 is hte first time I've ever seen a decent Aizen cosplay.

>>4592466
No shit? That's awesome. I met my boyfriend of two years while he was cosplaying Jiraiya. (I was cosplaying Naruto at the time)

But yeah. Fuck you Kishimoto. Pain could kill the strongest of the sannin and not Hinata? wtf.

Also >>4592461
Don't get me wrong, I took Jiraiya's death like a kick in the teeth, but I think you've got the wrong chick.

Everything went to shit after the timeskip. I had hopes for the pain arc and was torn because he started to weed out side characters (which is a good thing but it is kinda sad when it hits characters you like).

But when he started that bullshit of Clannad proportions and rezzed everyone I lost all hope and dropped the manga.
Seemed to be the right choice.

>>4592461
>Kill yourself over a fictional character

Do people actually do this? I thought it was just some stupid attention whoring tactic used by twilight fangirls or some shit.

>>4592484
I remember when Nagato started reviving everyone he'd killed my heart LITERALLY jumped into my throat. I was so fucking happy and then-

>Fucker doesn't bring Jiraiya back

Well played Kishimoto, well played.

Pic so fucking related.

>>4592461
Please be trolling.

>>4592479
No shit about it. Mind you, they have stopped cosplaying, since life has came up alot, but he still wants to get back in, and they support me so much. <3 And that is awesome! Wish you many more years.
>>4592497
THIS! I was soooo mad/sad. If he hadn't have been knocked into the water, he probably would have been brought back.

>>4592497
No matter how much I like a character. Reviving them without reprecussions is just fucking stupid and invalidates the death of the character. I'd rather have my favorite character stay dead.

For example the end of the Fate route of Fate/stay Night. That was beautiful.

>>4592488
Women are into threatening to kill themselves and making a debacle out of it.

A man wouldn't say a word and just take a shotgun, evacuate his bowels and take care of business.

Also we wouldn't want unstable people reproducing, that just creates more unstable people.

>>4592467
>>4592488
>>4592499
>>4592506

I remember that thread. I'm not trolling. She/he(wasn't specified) mentioned that they had schizophrenia so they literally perceived him as a living, breathing thing and they'd been in and out of therapy/drugs for years trying to correct it and they'd just totally given up.

Not sure what happened to them. They never posted again. They SAID they had a gun handy, but god knows if they really did.

Either way, I hope they didn't. That's just fucking sad.

I never really liked Naruto, Bleach, or One Piece. I read a couple volumes of it at a bookstore or kept up with it when I subscribed to Shonen Jump but I just kind of skimmed through it and later just dropped it before all this time-skip stuff or whatnot.

Still, I do love eating sushi or trying to make Japanese food like omelet rice or what not. Whenever they cook or show food on the shows I watch, I always want to try them. Or I love eating that kind of stuff at Japanese restaurants. And I can't help but always doodle anime-style characters on my notes.

>>4592515
If they DIDN'T kill themselves, I think I might know them.

It's a she. She's really quiet, friendly, cute, but if you talk about Naruto for too long, she just gets -sad- like her fucking puppy died.

>>4592539
She should watch better shows. Show her Cowboy Bebop or Monster. Or even Xam'd.

Or for truly sappy effect, Elfen Lied.

I need to see other shows where main characters eat it.

elitist shit is for retarded teenagers and adults that never left that phase. real adults don't act like that.

>>4592556
Real adults don't watch cartoons. They watch reality TV and football.

>>4592559
Then I never wish to be a real adult. I'll always be a kid at heart.

>>4592559
No, those adults are retarded and still in the teenager phase. Real adults do whatever the hell they like and don't care about others opinions.

>>4592555
I think the LAST thing she needs is to get attached to another character that dies. This poor bitch makes plants and small animals die when you mention Jiraiya. I can only imagine what'd happen if she attached herself to Spike too.

>I recently came to the realization that I was much, much happier as a huge weeaboo than I am as a self-hating, power-level-hiding elitist.

I've realized the same thing. Everything was just so much more fun back then. I'm giving up on hiding my power level. I've grown out of the immature screaming phase though, so I should be in the clear now, but I can't help it if I like what I like.

I think your reasons for hiding yourself were ill founded. You were trying to look cool and normal to people who think are "higher ups".

Many of us hide our powerlevel to avoid annoying squealing yaoi-loving hambeasts. Personally, even though I was once a squealing yaoi-loving hambeast (though I was skinny, I had hambeast behavior) I now no longer resonate with such types, and even if we have interests in common, I cannot stand being around them. Thus, hidden.

bump for more kh?

>>4592218
Now that is awesome.


I'll look for more good Kingdom Hearts, but....Ech, I am sifting through all the Parle crap.

This one captured me, though. They both look pretty good and it's an excellent photograph.

I got over 'obnoxious weeb' fast enough, but thankfully catapulted over 'elitist' and just do whatever I want as long as it doesn't impinge on anybody else.

I like this variation.

>>4592143
I have a pet betta fish named Jojo. My mom thought I named it after a character in a kid's show.
I decided if I got another one, I'd get a yellowish colored one and name it Dio.

Is Vampire Knight also considered in the weabooish league?

>>4593230
Fishfag here... I hope jojo lives in a well aerated tank that is at least 2 gallons big! Cute name :) sage because it isn't cgl related...

Bleach was one of my first animes. Fact.
I cosplayed from Bleach and I'll keep doing it. I don't feel bad for doing something I like.
I'm on a medium path now. I have my room stuffed with posters, a few figmas, some mangas, and I cosplay in public. I refused my friends to call my cat "neko-chan", that seems too much.
I also enjoy japanese food, drink ramune and squeal when I see merchandising that is my favorite series/characters related. I don't feel bad about it.
Stopped wearing pins because I always lose them, but I am able to wear animu t-shirts, bags or hats. I like it, deal with it.

having a huge amount of plushies at a certain age is childish, not weeaboo
having sushi over a burger isn't weeaboo, it's preference

just saying.
I usually dislike burgers and would go for suhsi instead, though if it's good homemade burgers, I'll have the burger

i love bleach. i'm a giant bleach nerd. and i don't care who knows it. I carry my shit in a bleach messenger bag.
when i crave japanese foods, i whine about wanting it (i've wanted udon for two weeks now and havent shut up about it)
i have a shinji hirako plushie, and a gin ichimaru plushie coming in the mail.
i cosplay bleach cuz i can.
i have an extensive manga collection, and i read that when i'm bored.
guess i'm a bit of a weeb. but i'm happy this way.

that being said,i don't say "kawaiii" or call people something-kun or someone-chan. and i don't post my out-of-con cosplay on facebook. meh lol

How about you like what you like because you like it?
The fact that you're treating something so elementary as some sort of epiphany is absurd and silly. Any limits and boundaries you put on your personal preferences are upheld by yourself alone because no one else actually cares whether you still like Bleach or drink Ramune instead of Sprite.

I think you're doing well.
And, honestly, a weaboo and an elite cosplayer is seen as the same kind of freaky nerd in any "normal" person's eyes.
This is about being happy and having fun. And if you manage to make a good costume of a character that has been bad cosplayed to death , then kudos to you.

The older you get, the more you don’t give a shit.

Is One Piece a general weeaboo series? I know it's one of the Big Three, but I just got really into it and it seems... too awesome to be slaughtered by weeaboos...

>>4592450
I'm only still reading it for the slim chance that Sakura will end up kicking ass. She may be useless sometimes, but I love her anyway.

>>4592497
>>4592479
>>4592461
Killing yourself over it is obviously beyond extreme, but I have to admit that if they --actually-- killed off Kakashi I would stop watching the show/reading the manga. The only reason I watch is that glorious bastard.

That said, any awesome Kakashi cosplay? I've never seen a perfect one.

>>4594282
This. Fucking do what you like. Unless you're violating other people's space or privacy, or generally being disrespectful, why should it matter what anime you watch or cosplay from?

>Hey guys I'm thinking of cosplaying Ayame from Inuyasha
>Why not San from Princess Mononoke? At least you'll be recognizable if you cosplay her
>:(

>>4595195
>>4592364
These. I don't think there's a limit as long as you're polite and respectful.
That said, I think if you cosplay a series you haven't seen or something, that's lame.

Meh, I have a cat named after Nana K., and I'm chubby. Not hugely fat, but my natural body type kinda hovers around more of a crystal renn size than a size that most people on /cgl/ would care about. I cosplay characters who wear modest clothing and wear shit that fits properly. No one ever bitches about me on /cgl/, and if people started saying I should "cosplay characters who fit my body type." and made a thread, I wouldn't care. White people cosplay as asian characters all the time, even though they obviously aren't asian. And there are no characters in any anime I've seen that have my body type. I'm not going to go searching for chubby anime characters to cosplay and then watch the series, because that seems like defeating the purpose to me.

Besides, I live in the midwest. Here my body type is the most common among 17-25 year olds.

God, I hope everyone in here picks sushi over burgers. Burgers are nasty a greasy.

But you know, I grew up in Europe. We don't eat fast food everyday like Americans do. That and we don't have a huge ridiculous selection of fast food like Americans. I mean, we got things where you can get food fast, but not HEART ATTACK GREASE food

>>4595318
>burgers are nasty and greasy.

If I made other typos IDGAF

>>4595318
You're missing the point.
That was an example. Sushi is cliche Japanese food, a Burger is cliche American food.
So "picking sushi over a burger" is eating something Japanese instead of something american, and weebs are supposed to try to do everything in what they think is the proper Japanese way even if it doesn't make sense to do it in america or is not what most Japanese people do at all.

>>4595334
I did get the point, I was just tossing it out that burgers are nasty. Maybe you missed the point of what I was trying to say.

>>4595354
No, I just figured it was either
A) You didn't get it
or
B) You were attempting to derail a good thread with whining about fatties and telling everyone how superior you are for not being american.

Either way, I thought maybe explaining it would help.

Sage for no contribution

>>4595382
I am American.

Welcome to the club, OP.

I did the same thing (granted I was never that high level of a weeb to begin with), and I'm much happier and have a much better time at conventions. I haven't missed being a bitter high-and-mighty bitch at all.

>>4595318
We have tons of Burgers here that aren't fast food. I feel sorry that you don't have our glorious 5 star burgers.

>>4595536
Oh and good job op. I love my Inuyasha. I'm considering going full weeb in my dorm, but in a way that doesn't shame my roommate.

>>4592437

Shouldn't Switzerland be on the fence?

I actually got into Naruto and Bleach AFTER the initial craze... I was also already out of high school when those shows came about in America. I actually did watch them first before picking up the manga and I have to say... I've lost motivation for both series.

Now I'm into shit that was weab tier back in the early 2000's/late 90's
>Weiss Kreuz
>Sailor Moon (my very first anime)
>Yugioh
>Death Note
ect...ect

I don't know, I guess I just like what I like. I'll usually try out a series based on the plot summary. I'll watch a couple episodes (or read a couple chapter if it's manga) and if it doesn't interest me, I drop it.

As for being a weaboo... Only at cons do I let it out, or in the privacy of my own home when I'm watching my favorite series.

Pic related
I KNOW Weiss Kreuz was Weaboo tier in '03/'04... I've seen the masq skits...

I just have to say... I LOVE the hell out of Kuroshitsuji (manga and anime)

I actually started watching it because I saw some official artwork and I thought Ciel was just the cutest little shit. And I was right... his attitude makes him that much more adorable and I love his character SO much.

In SLIGHT defense of Naruto yaoi fangirls... Kishi doesn't help matters... he knows that's what the girls want and he has no problem hinting at it... I think he does it for the lulz and of course so it sells... I mean, who doesn't want more money?

>Broken Youth should say it all...

Is Code Geass considered Weaboo?

>>4595885
No just awful

i love seeing elitists realizing how lame ass friendless fucks they are. congrats, OP.

>>4595894
Oh I completely agree... thought I'd take a shot either way.

I dont mind the whole naruto, bleach and KH cosplayers. I hate the ones who make their costume half-assed, if that makes me an elitist, fine.

>>4595914
I agree but ONLY if they think it's the shit and bragging about it when there was clearly no effort put in.

I have NO problem if there's Naruto, Bleach, or KH cosplayers that clearly tried and put as much effort as they could.

Any yaoi series is a weab magnet... just saiyin

>>4595921
I don't know many fma weebs, they died out after I was 16

You're a faggot to have cared in the first place. So while you were thinking "i'm one of the cool kids now" No, you were still a faggot. Also, the problem with weaboos isn't that they like a certain series necessarily, it's the way they act. It's disrespectful and immature. Obviously, if you're going to be a disrespectful immature faggot, people aren't going to like you. and no one can blame them.

I love it when people do artbook outfits!

>>4591982

>>4596132
>>4591982
Tragic
>finds a weab corner to cry in

(First one is awfully done btw)

I think it's time for a Naruto dump...

>>4595860
Yea, Kishimoto doesn't help matters, doesn't excuse them from being faggots. and broken youth was an anime ending. Had nothing to do with Kishimoto. You sound like one of those delusional Naruto yaoi fangirls.

>>4596157
Woah, calm down... I was just pointing shit out. Damn...

>>4596158
Calm down? I don't know why you would think I was excited? Getting defensive? Now I know you're a probably a faggot SasNardo yaoi fangirl or something. I bet you're one of those heterophobic types too

>>4596166
To be honest anon... after reading the comment you had initially responded to, there really is no indication or hint that the anon in question is a yaoi fangirl, they seemed like they were just observing why yaoi fangirls would think there WAS yaoi in Naruto...

Not sure why you're getting so uppity over it when it's really not that big of a deal and nothing to get excited over. And yes, you seem very much excited and ready to jump into an argument. For what reason, I can only imagine...

>>4596170
samefagging to defend yourself. It's really obvious. You must be fucking new too.

>>4596177
Hm... a closet fag. You know you fap to Naruto yaoi doujinshi every night.

HNNNNNGGG!!!!!

>>4596186
lolk

>>4596249
Are you really that desperate for an argument that you're looking for my response?

Well then...

OP. You aren't going to be a weeaboo. You're going to start liking the things you want without caring what other people think. ^ ^ Go for it. I eat asian food everyday, I like naruto and kingdom hearts, and I have a massive nendoroid and action figure collection. But I don't run around yelling "KAWAII SUGOI NYAN NEKO DESU DESU DESU -munches on pocky-" Ya know?

Major difference.

>>4596148
dat Hidan

>>4596254
>i'm pissed because yes I was indeed samefagging and I am indeed a newfag. and just a faggot in general

>>4596266
>yes I too am a faggot
>for arguing about nothing in particular
>just for the sake of arguing
>while looking like the biggest fucktard
>in the entire thread.

It's on now, I can go on for hours. Bring it...

>>4596269
>>4596266
Why is dramu being created in this thread? Fuck off; both of you.

>>4596266
You sound like you need more Naruto yaoi....

Have fun.

>>4596276
You too fuckwad!

Senseless arguing is senseless and fucking stupid, all of you sound retarded and underageb&

>>4596269
Nice job admitting you have no life so you have to argue on /cgl/ all night. You newfags are so easy to troll

>>4596281
God fucking damn it anon! What did I tell you!

>>4596281
You completely misunderstand... You're words really have no effect on me, I just find you rather hilarious and simply want to see the argument continue for shits and giggles.

Problem?

>>4596284
I was almost gonna hrrrng then i clicked on the picture. Messy wig/hair, too skinny and shit outfit. I've never seen a GOOD Sasuke cosplay. Just mediocre or shit ones. It's pretty depressing.

>>4596289

>>4596292
LOL. Straight out of a concentration camp

Alright, time to get some decen DN up in here.

>>4596292
Still too skinny. The wig isn't that great either. His muscles just look fucking weird too. I'm a perfectionist, can't help it lol and shut up God you fucking newfag. I bet you learned about this place from FailBook.

>>4596307
Not too many decent male Sasuke's out there sadly... A shame.

Actually, not too many male cosplayers out there for the entire series.

This is some cute shit right here but...

What kind of parent exposed their child to Death Note?

>>4596315
fucking flood detect...

Max images reached... onto the next!

>>4596331

Fuck being a weeaboo and fuck being an elitest, be yourself and you'll be fine as long as you know when to calm down and how to not annoy the absolute shit out of people.

Being yourself is the key to happiness, as bullshit as that sounds, it just might be a little bit harder is all.