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Otaku no Blossay: My Decision to Watch Anime

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  My Decision to Watch Anime Anime interested me, but I never really got around to watching it. It was always in my periphery. I have friends who watch it. People who like the same things I like seem to like it. And I’m a fan of some video games from Japan, which have anime-like character designs. But I never got into anime myself. I felt it would be too much work. I have trouble keeping up with all the entertainment content in the world today. The summer before last I finally got around to watching Parks and Recreation, a show my friends have been talking about since like 2015. Star Wars keeps pumping out new shows like someone’s life depends on it. A couple years ago I watched my first Marvel movie, so now I follow that fandom too. It feels like a chore, and every time I meet up with friends or go online, it seems everybody else has seen a ton of other movies and shows I haven’t seen yet. The last thing I needed was a vast addition to my mental list of things I want to watch, a...