>>46741277>Be like 6 or 7>Kids loved imitating and discussing Dragon Ball Z but I wasn't allowed to watch it because my dad said it was violent>Felt like an outsider with no friends, always shut up whenever DBZ becomes the topic of discussion>One day, after class finished, one kid mentions a "new show" on tv called pokémon, another responds with "yeah, it's amazing!">first time I hear about this>my first thought being "great, another show I wont be able to watch", already anticipating more months of feeling like an outsider>I actually caught an episode on TV that same week>It's the Bulbasaur episode>Dad was watching it with me>Can I watch this or is to too violent?>Nah, son, this is fine>Proceed to make friends like never in my life as I enter pokémania just in time. Pogs, sticker albums, TCG, GameBoy, it was a continuous progress of making new friends around our obsession with this franchise.>Never actually stoppedFunny to remember that my first reaction was negative.
