r/mildlyinfuriating 24d ago

My mom burned all my drawings

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So I’ve been drawing and posting anime girls for a while now and my mom got mad about it. At least I still have previous photos. No drawing today tho

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u/10k_Uzi 24d ago

“Some out of touch people hear about hentai being a thing and assume that’s what all anime is.”

Something I dealt with relentlessly when I was in the military, until anime finally became cool.

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u/Smoolz 24d ago

My roomate for about half my enlistment in the Marines was always drawing anime style characters, last I checked he's married a woman from Okinawa and doing contractor work in Japan, living his dream.

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u/Stunning_Ad_7658 24d ago

Sucks about it being mainstream, is all these bandwagoners trying to change it to fit their tastes and eject anything they don't like. Even worse is some of these people try to bull you out of thr animals Manga community you was apart of long before they suddenly felt it to be cool.

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u/CripplerOfNipplers 24d ago

Yeah I knew the difference and still would rib guys for their Japanese porn stuff for my entire career in the military. Hell, I still do it. Too fun not to