[ SECRET POST #3386 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3386 ⌋

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Bit early today, sorry!

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In 1995, without internet, a dedicated fan who made it a point to learn about the show and set aside time to watch it, yes, they should know it's Japanese. I consider myself lucky because my two best friends in day camp were big fans of the show (we were 9) and had some of the Japanese merchandise purchased in the "anime district" of Chinatown.

The reason I'm sticking to this point is because I'm trying to acknowledge that growing up in New York, I was privileged in terms of culture compared to someone who came from a more rural area. I'm trying to think about the experiences of people who grew up in less diverse states with dial-up internet, without places like Chinatown and The Strike Zone (my local fannish shop). I remember being 11 and finding one lone copy of Sailor Moon vol. 2 in Barnes and Nobles and snatching it up quicker than blinking. I'm telling you, there wasn't a single other copy anywhere in that store. I checked!

So I'm thinking that if this was my experience, I can't imagine what someone in a tiny town in North Carolina or Iowa. If you want to call them stupid, that's your right, but I personally feel like to judge them based on my experiences would be unfair.