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Escapism
| I'm no psychologist, but I think that the line lays somewhere around cosplaying outside of conventions/events. Any more than that seems over-the-top to me.
| Stage 1: Normie, thinks anime = cartoon for kids
Stage 2: Casuals, Watch anime because it's popular or bored. Usually watch stuff like naruto and attack in titan
Stage 3: Anime Fans, watch some currently airing anime, talk about anime in twitter and forums. Only watching what's popular in the season and up to date with all the meme.
Stage 4: Hardcore, watch old and new stuff. Go to conventions, owns (or want) dakimakuras, and anime posters. Gets very passionate about anime.
| Stage 5: Jaded, tired of anime, constantly criticizes it. Mostly rewatching their fav anime, only watching new anime that catch their attention. Have sold/thinking of selling their DVD and posters. Want to find better stuff than anime, but can't.
I'd say it can be dangerous at any stage from 3 to 5... if you start mixing IRL and anime stuff. People who success even if they watch anime survive based on their other skills. Modeling skills if they cosplayer, vid editing for youtuber
| What if i have all the symptoms of a level 5 but i dont go to conventions or collect figures?
| I kinda feel that there are some very specific behaviours in lots of anime that are really weird irl, and it also looks like lots of people into anime are socially inept to some degree. And sometimes these circumstances can really cripple someone, if they start using what they watch as a guide to interact with people. And that's natural behavior, and doesn't only happen to anime, but I think that it's not a good sign when someone starts acting too much like anime characters.
| >>163446 you are still stage 5, not all of the symptoms have to be there lol. I myself is Stage 5 that have never collected figurine, posters, dakimakuras, or gone to conventions.
| When you believe that the life you vicariously admire in anime is unobtainable irl. Yes i believe gundams and full metal alchemist and dbz is obtainable (with hefty wiggle room) but i guess more accurately the feeling and not the specifics like shooting energy from your hands etc. Elon musk.
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| When does anime go from being a hobby to being a danger to your life? There are obsessed anime fans who live successful lives. What line has to be crossed?