That's true. |D On my first day of university, I met a girl, purely by chance, and we stuck together. It wasn't until after a few days that I found out she's an avid reader of manga. |D I was like "8D ME TOO".
Yeah. Where I live, Anime and Manga are still considered to be weird. Many (older/adults) people still associate it with the stigma of "sex and violence" (as those were the first series to enter the European mainland) and although it's getting more popular with (older) teens, it's still a bit frowned upon. And for Pokémon, well that's childish. I blame the TV series for that. Some people just don't want to see that there are other ways to enjoy the Pokémon fandom besides the TV series.
Yeah. Where I live, Anime and Manga are still considered to be weird. Many (older/adults) people still associate it with the stigma of "sex and violence" (as those were the first series to enter the European mainland) and although it's getting more popular with (older) teens, it's still a bit frowned upon. And for Pokémon, well that's childish. I blame the TV series for that. Some people just don't want to see that there are other ways to enjoy the Pokémon fandom besides the TV series.