>>74378146>>74378629Short answer: somewhere between 2016-2020 imo
Long answer:growing up, family and friends constantly made fun of me for watching anime, especially my sports-ish soccer-playing cousin. This continued for years. Then, in late 2020, that same cousin came to me out of nowhere asking for anime recommendations. I was flabbergasted at the turn of events, gave my best answer, and thought maybe anime had become socially acceptable.
Time skip to now, he's dating a girl that's big into anime and they celebrated their 3rd anniversary a couple months ago... meaning they met in early 2021... which is right after I talked to him in late 2020...
That rat bastard used me like a tool to pull a qt gf once he found out she liked anime. Un-fucking-believable. Meanwhile, I suffered for years trying love something everyone else hated, and now I hug my childhood pillow to sleep every night to block out the existential dread of dying wrinkled and alone.
