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Longtime Anime Fans Share Nostalgic and Hilarious Photos from the Peak of their Awkward Otaku Phase

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    Halloween in 7th grade ‘98-‘99?Anime was definitely not cool yet, and we did our best to make it through middle school unscathed.

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    My first cosplay

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    My first anime convention circa 2004. I don't even know what I was supposed to be cosplaying as.

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    Sailor moon cosplay circa 1997

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    There was a Pokemon mall event in 1999 and I decided to cosplay as Pikachu.

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    circa 2014, in my DIY cosplay for character day at school.

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    In 2005, I was really into making my own *~~original designs~~* cosplays. Drew patterns on MSpaint and asked some dude on Ebay to make it for me.

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    Throw back to my 2000 homemade Halloween costume. I was so proud.

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    I too studied the blade circa 2009

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    That time I wore a homemade Naruto outfit to church youth group

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    My good old weeb phase from a decade ago.

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    My weeabo years left some awesome photos

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    Circa 2007? Bless the Mac Photobooth era.

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    While you were partying, I studied the blade...

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    My mom paid money to have this very professional photo taken at an anime convention in 2006.

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    I wanted to live in an anime so bad

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    Here’s me and my life-size anime OCs circa 2009

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    I dressed up as Gaara from Naruto and had my mom take a picture.

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    This was my costume when I was 9 years old...

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    Had an obsession with DN and wanted to look the part (circa 2008)

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    Freshly 16 year old me.. with the piñata my mom secretly filled with tampons.

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    That time I was Gohan for Halloween

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    Me dressed up as Yugi Moto for a costume party, prepared to d-d-d-duel

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    "Mom, take the picture so I look cool but still kawaii"

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    14 y/o me at my first anime convention. I spent the entire weekend working up the nerve to ask them to take a picture with me.

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