Thinking about my first anime convention I went to last weekend and why I had so much fun besides all the cool stuff. In my friend group, I am the otaku. The only one who obsesses over anime and loves pokemon and such. I get called a nerd and geek all of the time. I am proud to love anime as much as I do, but sometimes it really makes me upset when they call me that, even if they are joking sometimes they take it too far. But at the anime convention, man, I could be me without holding back without getting called a name. I kept apologizing to the people we hung out for being so nerdy and they looked at me like "wtf..what are you talking about". Anime conventions are the perfect places for people like me!