Episode 204 – Relationship Counseling
Dating is hard enough. It’s even harder when she can’t stand Hajime no Ippo and insists you watch something “better” like that great new anime she just found called Love Hina. We go through some scenarios that can come up in relationships which only anime addicts can fully appreciate.
Scenario 1:
One party only is interested in getting their freak on when the other party has their favorite cosplay costume on. How can you get someone in the mood for the man/women under the hair gel, leather, and makeup?
Scenario 2:
Two anime addicts have entered into the “next stage” where things have “gotten serious” and trips are now being planned. One always goes to Otakon, the other, Anime Expo. There is only enough money for one convention. How do you figure out which to go to without threatening to burn each other’s previous year’s con badges?
Scenario 3:
The decision to move in together has recently been made. You’re in love. You’re happy. You can’t wait to sniff their morning breath. All is well up until he/she arrives at your apartment with his/her box of figures. CLEARLY the shelf in the den is a much better locale, but your S/O wants the shelf of honor, right over the TV. How to decide what figures move where that doesn’t result in someone’s head getting smacked with the spiky Goku hair of doom.
Scenario 4:
You are out on your fifth date and it’s starting to become a regular thing. The person is funny, charming, cute, and hits all the right notes. You find the courage to ask that special someone what they think of anime. They call it ‘Japanimation’ that it is ‘porn’ or ‘for children.’ Do you A) Educate them? Or B) Throw your coffee in their face?
Scenario 5:
When is extreme moe love okay? And when does it cross the line to being worried about your partners giant collection of little girls in panties?
Scenario 6:
You will only watch things subbed. You’ve found this great guy/girl but he/she refuses to watch anything other than dubs. Are things doomed for failure?
Scenario 7:
You begin watching a series with your S/O and they get busy/have to work late/can’t come over as often, and therefore you cannot watch it as regularly as you hoped. You are dying to continue the show. How can you break it to them that you want to continue without them?
Forum submitted questions:
BPE Exeter – Is it possible for a non-anime fan and a true-believer, hardcore, fan to have a long-term relationship?
I know there can be different levels of this, but what I’m asking specifically is if you think somebody who, isn’t simply ignorant of anime, but actively dislikes it can have a truly healthy relationship with a very dedicated, hardcore fan…I’m talking anime con attendee, active anime forum poster, cosplayer, etc.